Richard Henry BEDDELL 1832-1895, b. London, England son of Richard BEDDELL and ____ was married in 1854, Melbourne, Victoria to Ellen TYRER c.1834-1913, b. Adelaide, Colony of South Australia, daughter of William Henry Ormsby Little TYRER and Mary CONNOLLY.

Richard & Ellen BEDDELL were in the Victorian goldfields and the Wimmera district before settling on a farm at Mocamboro near Sandford, S-W Victoria by 1867.

A number of their children died at Sandford, S-W Victoria from diptheria and were buried in the Sandford cemetery.

Ellen TYRER had a sister Mary Jane PESKETT (nee TYRER) living at nearby Carapook, S-W Victoria.

Richard Henry BEDDELL died in the Hamilton Hospital in 1895 and was buried in the Casterton Old Cemetery.

Ellen BEDDELL (nee TYRER) died at Dunrobin, near Casterton in 1913 and was buried in the Sandford Cemetery.

Richard BEDDELL and Ellen TYRER had the following known family:

  1. Richard Henry BEDDELL 1856-1938, b. Guildford, Victoria, d. Wedderburn, Victoria, m.1 in 1881 at Mount Gambier, SA to Catherine WILSON 1863-1891, b. Mount Gambier, SA to Thomas WILSON and Jane HUTCHESON, d. near Sandford S-W Victoria (5 children); m.2 1895, Adelaide, SA to Catherine O'DEA c.1869-1939 (3 children).
  2. Emma BEDDELL 1859-1880, b. Tarringower, near Maldon, Victoria, d. Mocamboro ?, near Sandord, Victoria (1 child), m. 1879 to John TAIT 1854-1931, b. Creswick, Victoria to George TAIT and Janet MUNRO, d. Casterton, S-W Victoria.
  3. Maria BEDDELL 1861-1944, b. Bendigo, Victoria, d. Parkes, NSW, m. 1878 to William PETERS 1848-1911. b. South Australia to Thomas PETERS and Elizabeth HARRIS, d. Forbes, NSW.
  4. Ellen BEDDELL 1863-..?.., b. ___, Victoria..........?
  5. Robert BEDDELL 1864-..?.., b. 1864, Glen___, Wimmera, Victoria...........?
  6. Sarah BEDDELL 1864-1876, b. Glen___, Wimmera, Victoria, d. Sandford, S-W Victoria.
  7. Robert Alfred BEDDELL 1867-1876, b. Sandford, S-W Victoria, d. Sandford, S-W Victoria.
  8. Martha BEDDELL 1869-1955, b. Casterton, S-W Victoria, d. Casterton, S-W Victoria, m. 1909, Dartmoor, S-W Victoria to James JARRAD 1862-1942, b. Mount Gambier, SA, to Isaiah JARRAD and Mary Ann BALL, d. Casterton, S-W Victoria (1 child).
  9. George BEDDELL 1871-1957, b. Bowtell's Creek, Sandford, S-W Victoria, farmer of Dunrobin Estate, near Casterton, d. Ballarat, Victoria, m. 1900 to Emily FUTERIEAL 1877-1937, b. Casterton, S-W Victoria to John FUTERIAL and Mary GALPIN, d. Casteron, S-W Victoria (2 children).
  10. Margaret Helena BEDDELL 1874-1876, b. Sandford, S-W Vic, d. Sandford, S-W Victoria.