Anthony GASPERINO b. c.1835, Italy, son of Lawrence GASPERINO and ______ was married in 1860 at Penola, South Australia to Hannah HOURIGAN, b. c.1839, Co Cork, Ireland, daughter of Matthew HOURIGAN and ___ (possibly Margaret McMAHON).
Anthony GASPERINO arrived at Portland, S-W Victoria in 1856 as a sailor, who along with others "jumped ship" and remained in south west Victoria.
Anthony & Hannah GASPERINO had six children in the Sandford district between 1863 and 1869. In 1865 he was recorded as a labourer.
Anthony GASPERINO died at Sandford in 1910 and his wife died there in 1912, and both are buried in the Sandford Cemetery.
Anthony GASPERINO & Hannah HOURIGAN had the following known family:
- Joseph GASPERINO b. 1862, Sandford, Vic., d. 1923, m1. Margaret HUMPHRIES 1866-1897, m2. 1912, Annie JACKSON (no chn).
Joseph & Margaret GASPERINO had the following children...
- Anthony Charles GASPERINO, b. 1891, Sandford, Vic, d. 1974, Digby, S-W Victoria.
- Alicia Charlotte GASPERINO, b. 1892, Sandford, Vic, d. 1981, Portland, S-W Victoria, m. Thomas Joseph THWAITES 1895-1983.
- Hannah Florence GASPERINO, b. 1894, Sandford, Vic, d. 1981, Casterton, Vic., m. Charles GILL 1892-1965.
- John Joseph Russell GASPERINO, b. 1897, Sandford, Vic, d. 1964, Casterton, Vic.
- Margaret Caroline GASPERINO b. 1863, Sandford, Vic., d. 1904, Henty, S-W Victoria, m. George SHEARWOOD 1856-1914, b. "Merino Downs" d. Sandford, S-W Victoria. George and Margaret are buried in the Sandford cemetery.
- Mary Agnes GASPERINO b. 1865, Sandford, Vic., d. 1941, Melbourne, Vic., m. Joseph Matthew PHELAN 1865-1949, b. Macedon, Vic., Railway employee, 12 children.
- Anthony "Tony" GASPERINO b. 1867, Casterton, Vic., d. 1935, Wangaratta, Vic., m. Ellen Josephine MAHONEY 1869-1942, b. Coleraine, S-W Vic.
Anthony & Ellen GASPERINO had the following children...
- Harold GASPERINO M.M., b. 1895, Coleraine, S-W Vic, d. 1935, Melbourne, Victoria, m. Martha Elizabeth HENWOOD 1904-. [Harold served with the 59th Battalion, 1st AIF, awarded M.M.]
- Eileen Alice GASPERINO, b. 1896, Sandford, S-W Vic, d. 1982, Melbourne, Victoria, m. William George SMITH 1890-1953.
- Lawrence Matthew GASPERINO, b. 1898, Portland, S-W Vic, d. 1961, Melbourne, Victoria, m. Annie Amelia DUGDELL 1900-1933.
- Anthony John GASPERINO, b. 1900, Casterton, S-W Vic, d. 1974, Melbourne, Victoria, m. Ella Marjorie BARTON 1906-.
- Catherine Mary GASPERINO, b. 1903, Casterton, S-W Vic, d. 1983, ___, Victoria (unmarried).
- Leo GASPERINO, b. 1907, Maldon, Vic, d. 1961, Melbourne, Victoria. (unmarried ?).
- Matthew GASPERINO b. 1869, Casterton, Vic., d. 1943, Queensland, Australia, m. Mary Constance LYNCH abt 1870-1955. Matthew became a farmer when he purchased an allottment on "Nangeela" Estate, near Casterton. Later, Matthew, his wife and some children moved to the Rockhampton area of Queensland.
Matthew & Mary GASPERINO had the following known children...
- Raymond Matthew GASPERINO, b. 1899, Casterton, S-W Vic, d. 1901, Sandford, S-W Victoria.
- John Lawrence GASPERINO, b. 1901, Sandford, S-W Vic, d. .........., m. Gladys Carmen SCHULZ 1903-....
- Arthur GASPERINO, b. 1903 Sandford, S-W Vic., d. 1981, NSW. (married ?).
- Enid Margaret GASPERINO, b. 1905, Sandford, S-W Vic, d. ............., m. Sydney, NSW to Herbert PLATT .........
- Matthew Anthony GASPERINO, b. 1908, Sandford, S-W Vic, d. 1967, Adelaide, SA. (unmarried ?).
- Mary Ethel GASPERINO, b. 1914, Casterton, S-W Vic, d. .............
- James GASPERINO, b. 1918, d. 1918, Casterton, S-W Vic.
- Lawrence GASPERINO b. 1869, Casterton, Vic., d. 1894, Sandford, S-W Vic., m. Elizabeth Ellen KING b. 1872 Warrnambool, S-W Vic., d. 1950, Melbourne, Vic.
Lawrence & Elizabeth GASPERINO had the following children...
- Ada Mary GASPERINO, b. 1891, Sandford, S-W Vic, d. 1942, Bairnsdale, Vic., m. Andrew Palmer WATSON 1870-1954.
- Elizabeth Hannah GASPERINO, b. 1893, Sandford, S-W Vic, d. 1963, Melbourne, Vic., m. Johann Friedrich Wilhelm ZIEGLER ~1863-1932.
- Margaret Laurence GASPERINO, b. 1895, d. 1895, Sandford, S-W Victoria.