george frederick curson (c. 1822 – 1 april 1898) of goolwa was partner in engineering firm hooker & curson, then manager, goolwa ironworks and patent slip. the steamer "cato" was built for him and partner joseph nash (see below). george married jane (c. 1827 – 5 february 1866), then sarah (1827 – 22 january 1901), whose sister eliza (c. 1840 – 2 august 1892) was married to joseph nash. his daughter jane married joseph, son of s. shetliff, in 1874.