Joseph HAGGESTTON b. ca 1818, ______, son of Joseph HAGGESTTON and Mary CAMERON was married before 1855 in _____ to Mary MEADE, b. c1832, Co Limerick, Ireland, daughter of Philip MEADE & ______.

Joseph HAGGESTTON and Mary MEADE had a large family at Portland, Victoria from 1855-1866 a number of whom including the parents Joseph & Mary are buried in the Portland North Cemetery.

Joseph HAGGESTTON and Thomas WALKER constructed the "Sandford Hotel" at Sandford in 1856 and Thomas WALKER was granted the license in 1857.

Joseph HAGGESTTON, Thomas WALKER and Hugh GLANCY held the "Rifle Ranges" Pastoral Lease, west of Digby in 1859.

Joseph HAGGESTTON and Mary MEADE had the following known family:

1. John Patrick HAGGESTTON b. 1855, Portland, Vic., d. 1898, Portland, Vic.
2. Joseph HAGGESTTON b. 1855, ____, d. 1888, Portland, Vic.
3. Mary Ann HAGGESTTON b. 1857, d. 1857, Portland, Vic.
4. Frederick HAGGESTTON b. 1857, Portland, Vic., d. 1879, Portland, Vic.
5. Mary Jane HAGGESTTON b. 1857, Portland, Vic., d. 1867, Portland, Vic.
6. Bartholomew HAGGESTTON b. 1859, Portland, Vic., d. 1939, Portland, Vic.
7. Richard HAGGESTTON b. 1860, d. 1861, Portland, Vic.
8. William Henry HAGGESTTON b. 1861, Portland, Vic., d. 1940, Portland, Vic.
9. Sarah Ann HAGGESTTON b. 1862, Portland, Vic., d. 1883, Portland, Vic. m. Richards Daniel DOUGLASS.
10. Rosina Gertrude HAGGESTTON b. 1864, Portland, Vic., d. 1946, Ballarat, Vic. m. Charles Walter SALT.
11. Anthony HAGGESTTON b. 1865, d. 1865, Portland, Vic.
12. Mary Jane HAGGESTTON b. 1866, Portland, Vic., d. ..........

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