Charles STANFORD b. c1831, Gloucestershire, England (son of John STANFORD and Mary GOULD) was married in England before 1853 to Mary POTTER b. c1828 Gloucestershire, England (dau of William POTTER and Sarah VERNON). Charles and Mary STANFORD arrived at Portland in 1853 on the ship "Eliza" and John was employed by Henry MUNRO of Crawford Station, Hotspur. John and Mary had the following family:
- Julia Elmira STANFORD b. 1854, Portland, Vic;
- Rosa Emma STANFORD b. 1856, Buninyong, Vic, m. Oliver James FILMER;
- Clara Isabel STANFORD b. 1858, Black Lead, Vic, m. William Thomas MERLIN;
- Annie Laura STANFORD b. 1860, Black Lead, Vic;
- Albert Ernest STANFORD b. 1862, Buninyong, Vic, m. Elizabeth Jane WILLIAMS;
- Ada Alice STANFORD b. 1864, Buninyong, Vic;
- Lillian Edith STANFORD b. 1867, Buninyong, Vic, d. 1868.