Robert was probably a farm labourer. by the 1830's Machines were taking over a lot of the jobs once done by manual labour. Robert, like many other young men at that time was forced to leave the village looking for work. Robert moved London looking for work. It was in London that he met and later married Ellen coppin. They were married at All Saint's Church, Wandsworth, Middlesex on 1st January 1837. Ellen was born 1818 at Boston, Lincolnshire, the daughter of John Coppin and Frances (maiden name unknown). Robert and Ellen had eight children. Robert died some time before 1861, as according to the 1861 census, ellen is shown head of the house.

Charles John Gordon was born on 22nd January 1855, at 42 Roman Road, Bow, London in the county of Middlesex, England. The location of his birth, which was within the sound of Bow Bells making him a genuine “cockney”.

Charles must have had some education, as he could both read and write. He probably started work quite young, at age ten or eleven, working as a boy labourer in one of the many printing or dying works in the Stepney area.

Early in 1875 Charles decided to emigrate to Australia as an assisted migrant. He sailed from London on 6th March 1875, aboard the “Tim Whiffler” a ship of 1100 tons, under the command of Captain Cotter, arriving in Moreton Bay (Brisbane), Queensland on 16th June 1875.

Shortly after his arrival Charles moved to Toowoomba. There he got a job as a butcher, a trade that he worked at for most of his working life.

Charles married Mary Jane Charlton at St.Paul's Church in Ipswich, Queensland on the 24th July 1878. Mary Jane was born 29th December 1856, at Neutral Bay, Sydney, the daughter of James Charlton and Catherine nee Carter.

Sometime between 1886 and 1890, Charles and Mary moved to Richmond in Victoria. About 1893 Charles bought a farm at Donnybrook, north of Melbourne.

Charles was active in the community life of Donnybrook and Kalkallo. He was a member of the Kalkallo School Committee between 1905 and 1918. He was also a member of the Donnybrook Cemetery Trust, being elected as chairman on 21st August 1908; he remained a member of the trust until his death.

Charles died of prostate cancer at his home at 1 Florence Street, Brunswick on 13th July 1930. He was buried in the Fawkner cemetery on 14th July 1930.

He married Wilhelmina Mary Keith at South Yarra in 1907. Wilhelmina was born 5th November 1886 at Eurambeen, Victoria, the daughter of Dugald John Keith and Elizabeth Susan nee Star.

Robert died of Myocarditis (fatty degeneration of the heart) at his home at 15 Vine Street, Moonee Ponds on 31st August 1950. He was buried in the Fawkner cemetery on 1st sept 1950. Wilhelmina died of Bronchopneumonia in the Kew Mental Hospital on 12th July 1962. She was buried in the Donnybrook cemetery on 17th July 1962. Robert and Wilhelmina had nine children.

Isabella was born on 25th June 1908 at Hotham Hill (North Melbourne). She married John Henchelwood Ryans at Northcote on 11th May 1929. Isabella died at Parkville on 18th June 1965. John died at Bentleigh in 1967. They had one child, John Robert Norman, born in 1938, died at Cheltenham in 1972. Nothing further is known of this family.

Emma was born on 25th April 1915 at Moonee Ponds. Emma only received a basic education, leaving school after the sixth Grade to go to work to help support the family. She got a job working in a cake shop in Burnley. It was here that she met Norman John Robert Moyes, a pastrycook, whom she later married. Norman was born at South Melbourne in 1906, the son of John Moyes and Frances nee McKenzie.

During the early 1930's Norman and Emma moved to Box Hill, where they purchased a bakery business. They worked long hours and kept the business going through the depression years.

Emma had to work very hard to make ends meet, as Norman was an alcoholic and compulsive gambler, his drinking and gambling eating into the profits. He was always in debt to someone, and although Box Hill was a dry suburb, he knew where all the “sly grog” shops were.

On the night of 9th July 1947, Emma woke her eldest son Gordon to come with her to help find his father. They walked down Miller Street and into Bank Street, as they turned the corner they saw a man lying in the gutter. It was Norman. He had stumbled and fallen into the gutter. When they knelt to help him up, Emma realised he was dead.

This meant that Emma would have to bring up her family and run the business on her own. For many years she worked six days a week, starting at 3-30 am and finishing after 6 pm.

Emma never had much of a social life, but one good friend Joe Vial, who was the proprietor of the Criterion Bakery (the opposition), would come around every Friday night to do any jobs that needed doing around the house. About ten years after Norman's death Emma married Joe. There was no issue from her second marriage. Emma died of Alzheimer's disease.

George was born at North Melbourne on 12th April 1918. He married Pearl May Elso at the Presbyterian Church, Ascot Vale on 3rd March 1945. Pearl was born at Flemington on 27th March 1924, the eldest daughter of Edward Noah Elso and Lucy nee Wall.

After receiving a basic education, George did an apprenticeship as a pastrycook with Herbert Adams bakery, were he was to work for a number of years.

He later worked as a pastrycook for his sister Emma at her cake shop in Box hill. He also worked for the Blue Moon bakery in Blackburn, riding his bike from Moonee Ponds and back every day. After some years as a pastry cook he got out of the profession, and went to work at Brehaut's Engineering in Box Hill, as a labourer. He later got a job at Fowlers Vacola in Glenferrie. He was working there when forced to retire, due to acute emphysema.

George died at the Box Hill Hospital on 26th March 1976 of emphysema. He was cremated at Springvale on 29th March 1976. George and Pearl had six children.