Peter Quinane - married Mary Agnes Ryan at Benalla on 8th February 1880. Peter worked as a Farmer, a Labourer and on the Railway at various times. Mary died in 1905 and in 1918 Peter remarried Maggie Theodora Costick, who had already had 13 thirteen children from a previous marriage, but sadly only 3 were still living at the time of her marriage to Peter. Peter and Mary had 9 children.

 

Patrick  - was born about 1880 in Yarrawonga. Tragically, Patrick drowned in the Murray River on 31 August 1891. Patrick's parents had left Yarrawonga, but he remained behind and was living with his grandmother, Mrs Ryan at the time of his death. Read a newspaper account of his tragic drowning.

Mary - was born 1882 and married William Kilpatrick on 10 July 1908 at St Peter and Paul's Church in South Melbourne. They had one child, Mary Kilpatrick.

Anne - was born 1885 and married David Murray Ritchie in 1905. They had six children - George, Jack, David,  Harry, Irene and Arthur.

Daniel James - was born 1887 and married Louisa Pascoe in 1918. They didn't have any children. Daniel died in 1960 and Louisa in 1968 and are buried in the Willaura Cemetery in Victoria.

Honora - was born in 1889 and died at Carlton in 1904.

Peter Joseph - was born in 1893 in Melton, didn't marry and died at Port Fairy in 1966.

Veronica - was born in 1895 and died before 1942. It is believed that Veronica did not marry.

Irene - was born 1898 and married George Hockley, they had one child, Joyce.

Josephine - was born 1902 and married Alf John Verga in 1927, it is not known how many children they had. Josephine died in 1995.

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