in 1861, he married mary ellen hickey in victoria. they had four children born in victoria:thomas hector (born 1864); mary eveleen, (1867-1942) m. charles seymour-allan; edgar colin francis (born 1868) and lilly eleanor perkins (born 1875) m. randall macdonnell, m. george wilkie gray. they had two children born in queensland: patrick harold (born 1878) and helene cicilia (born 1880, toowoomba d 1965 adelaide), sr margaret mary of the dominican priory, adelaide.