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     Her married name was Watts. Ada Alice Metcalf was born on 27 January 1855.¹ She married William Kent Watts, son of William Rose Watts and Caroline Mathews, on 24 June 1891 at Tasmania, Australia. Ada Alice Metcalf died in 1951 at Latrobe, Tasmania, Australia.¹

     Annie Rebecca Metcalf was born on 20 August 1888 at Devonport, Tasmania, Australia. She died on 25 March 1963 at age 74.

     Edgar George Metcalf was born on 7 June 1901. He died on 28 June 1985 at age 84.

     Edward Joseph Metcalf was born in 1861 at Port Sorell, Tasmania, Australia. He married Caroline Selina Watts, daughter of William Kent Watts and Maria Burgess, on 13 January 1886 at St Mark's Anglican Church, Tasmania, Australia. Edward Joseph Metcalf died in 1945.

     Edward Joseph Metcalf was born on 19 September 1886 at Port Sorell, Tasmania, Australia. He died on 7 July 1968 at age 81.

     Frederick William Metcalf was born on 23 September 1860 at Port Sorell, Tasmania, Australia. He married Emma Watts, daughter of William Kent Watts and Maria Burgess, on 13 January 1886 at Tasmania, Australia. Frederick William Metcalf died on 12 November 1892 at Tasmania, Australia, at age 32.

     Laurence Bernard Metcalf was born on 30 March 1904. He died on 10 April 1986 at Perth, Western Australia, Australia, at age 82.

     Private Leslie John Metcalf was born on 25 May 1894 at Tasmania, Australia. He served in an unknown place between 1914 and 1916. He died on 7 June 1916 at France at age 22.

     Mabel Caroline Metcalf was born on 11 September 1891 at Tasmania, Australia. She died on 12 June 1978 at Winnaleah, Tasmania, Australia, at age 86.

     Rodham Selwyn Metcalf died at Tasmania, Australia. He was born on 8 August 1910.

     Her married name was Muston. Christina Fairfull Methven was christened in 1847 at Kilconquhar, Fife, Scotland; Christened as Christian Fairful Methven. She was born on 20 September 1847 at Largoward, Kilconquhar, Fife, Scotland. She lived in 1851 at Wemyss, Fife, Scotland. She immigrated on 28 April 1853 to Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, with her parents & siblings on the ship 'Fortune'. She married George Muston, son of William Muston and Eliza Grainger, circa 1873 at New South Wales, Australia. Christina Fairfull Methven lived in 1930 at Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia. She died on 25 November 1940 at Concord, New South Wales, Australia, at age 93. She was buried on 29 November 1940 at Mays Hill Cemetery, Western Road, Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia.

     Jack Methven was born in 1914 at Tasmania, Australia. He died in 1960 at Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

     James Methven was born circa 1846 at Carlton, Van Diemen's Land, Australia. He married Emma Maria Spaulding, daughter of James Spaulding and Abigail Rebecca Smith, on 29 January 1876 at Carlton, Tasmania, Australia.

     James Inglis Methven was born on 21 September 1806 at St Andrews, Fife, Scotland. He died in 1922 at Fife, Scotland.

     James Oliver Methven was born on 29 January 1906 at Tasmania, Australia. He died in 1980 at Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia.

     Max Methven was born on 29 November 1908 at Tasmania, Australia. He died in 1985 at Box Hill, Victoria, Australia.

     Molly Methven was born on 2 December 1914 at Tasmania, Australia. She died in 1975 at Queenstown, Tasmania, Australia.

     Reginald Methven was born on 10 April 1907 at Tasmania, Australia. He died in 1977 at Tablelands, Queensland, Australia.

     Her married name was Torley. Lena Frances Meuhl was born in 1907 at Victoria, Australia. She married Joseph William Torley, son of Joseph William Torley and Margaret Mary Groves, in 1930 at Victoria, Australia. Lena Frances Meuhl died on 10 January 1984 at Malvern, Victoria, Australia. She was buried on 12 January 1984 at Templestowe Cemetery, Templestowe, Victoria, Australia.

     Jean Baptiste Midaveine was born on 4 April 1877 at Tasmania, Australia. He married Gertrude Fanny Woods, daughter of James Edwin Charles O Woods and Fanny Fleming, on 22 February 1905 at Tasmania, Australia. Jean Baptiste Midaveine died in 1963 at Oakleigh, Victoria, Australia.

     Her married name was Keating. Her married name was Edmonds. Convict Ann Middlebrooke was also known as Convict Ann Edmonds Middlebrooke. She was born in 1757 at England.¹ She was convicted on 11 March 1801 at Stafford, Staffordshire, England,for stealing and sentenced to 7 years transportation.

Ann Middlebrooke was a convict who had been sentenced at Stafford on March 11 1801 and transported for 7 years, arriving in Sydney on March 11 1803 on the ship 'Glatton'.
Where and when she married James Keating is not recorded but they were part of the first settlement at Port Dalrymple arriving on 11th November 1804, in HMS “Buffalo”.
she gave birth immediately to a son William Dalrymple Keating on November 11, 1804 (supposedly the first white child born in Northern Tasmania).
The 1817 Victualling List for Port Dalrymple backs up the claim that he was the first European child born in Port Dalrymple, because he was rationed by the orders of Colonel Patterson simply because he was the first child born in the settlement.
Ann Keating (widow) then married Joseph Edmonds (single man) on March 10, 1811. (according to Marriage records at St. John's Church in Launceston) She died in 1841 at Longford, Van Diemen's Land
Ann's headstone in the grounds of the Christ Church, Longford in Tasmania, reads:
"Sacred to the memory of Annie Edmonds who departed this life Oct 25, 1841 aged 86 years
who was the mother of the first child of British descent born on the Northern Side Of Van Diemen's Land". She married Convict James William Keating circa 1803. Convict Ann Middlebrooke arrived 11 March 1803 on the convict transport ship 'Glatton' in Australia from England. She arrived 11 November 1804 on the ship 'HMS Buffalo' in Port Dalrymple, Van Diemen's Land from New South Wales. She died on 26 October 1841 at Longford, Van Diemen's Land, Australia.¹ She was buried circa 28 October 1841 at Christ Church Cemetery, Wellington Street, Longford, Van Diemen's Land, Australia.