1. Fredrick¹ Watkins was born in Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia April 16, 1843. Fredrick died August 18, 1928 in Gerringong, New South Wales, Australia, at 85 years of age. His body was interred in Gerringong Cmt, Gerringong, New South Wales, Australia.

He married Margaret Jane Smith in Kiama, New South Wales, Australia, October 8, 1867. Margaret was born in 74 Upr Melville, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia February 28, 1843. Margaret was the daughter of John Smith and Jane Eliza Smith. Margaret died April 11, 1922 in Gerringong, Gerringong, New South Wales, Australia, at 79 years of age. First Brickmaker in Shoalhaven. Note from John Alexander Smith. Grandson of William Watkins from Chillingford East, London. W Watkins buried in churchyard with Freds little brother and sister. About a mile away is the large pits and kilns for brickmaking. They had four daughter and 2 sons. The eldest married a school teacher, the other two daughters became school teachers as well.

Fredrick Watkins and Margaret Jane Smith had the following children:

2 i. Millicent² Watkins was born in Nowra, Nsw, Aust October 9, 1867. She married Henry J Foreman in Nsw, Aust, 1902. (See Henry J Foreman for the continuation of this line.)

3 ii. Matilda Watkins was born in Nowra, Nsw, Aust April 9, 1869. She married Francis J.w. Smith in New South Wales, Australia, 1903.

4 iii. Hugh Taylor Watkins was born in Gerringong, Nsw, Aust 1871. Hugh died April 16, 1872 in Gerringong, Nsw, Aust, at less than one year of age.

5 iv. Jane Eliza Watkins was born in Nsw, Aust 1872. She married Frederick Bate in New South Wales, Australia, 1899.

6 v. Grace Watkins was born in Nsw, Aust 1873.

7 vi. Fred Stuart Tindell Watkins was born in Nsw, Aust 1876. Fred died September 8, 1877 in Gerringong, Nsw, Aust, at 1 year of age.

8 vii. Linsley Wakley Watkins was born in Nsw, Aust 1878.

9 viii. Cecil Livingstone Watkins was born in Nsw, Aust 1879.

10 ix. Ursula Winifred Watkins was born in Nsw, Aust 1882. She married John George Cope in New South Wales, Australia, September 1921.

11 x. Wallace C Watkins was born in Nsw, Aust 1886. He married Ethel Sims in New South Wales, Australia, June 26, 1915.

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