Hugh's Page.

Hugh Daniel Watkins (b) 1834 Greenwich Kent, ENGLAND (m) Martha Smith (b) 1842 Greenwich Kent, ENGLAND and married on the 25th December 1864. Hugh (d) Williamstown Victoria.
Children:

  1. Hugh Daniel (b) 17 October 1865 was aged 1 year old when the "Netherby" was ship wrecked off King Island (m) Martha Cooper.
  2. James George (b) 1867 (d) when 16 months old.
  3. Martha (May) (b) 1869 (m) Bill Elliot.
  4. William (b) 1870 Ballarat.
  5. Thomas (b) 1873.
  6. Eliza Emily (b) 1873 Williamstown (d) when 16 months old.
  7. Florence _ Mary Ann_or Ada (b) 1876 (m) xxxx Holt.
  8. Annie Susanna (b) 1878 Little Nelson Place Williamstown (m) Herman Patterson.

Hugh was a boiler maker, the Netherby in addition to conveying immigrants carried a locomotive and rolling stock. The locomotive and rolling stock had been intended to establish a foundry in Queensland.