worked as a shepherd boy in Barwon Heads
moved to Witchipool, near Donald in 1875 where, for 45 years he was a wheat and sheep farmer, and when the railway was built, the township was officially renamed Litchfield in his honour. He was the postmaster and weighbridge keeper for many years. He was a leading Methodist.
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m. Matilda WALTER (1844-) in “Waterlands” Mount Moriac in 1862
Elizabeth Ann LITCHFIELD (1863-) of Mt Moriac, Geelong, Vic
Herbert Ernest LITCHFIELD (1864-) of Mt Moriac, Geelong, Vic
m. Julia LE PAGE (1867-) in Beinnga, Vic, 1893
Laura May LITCHFIELD (1894-1998) of Carron
m. Robert SUMMERS
2 children
Ella Alice LITCHFIELD (1896-) of Donald, Vic
Herbert Joseph LITCHFIELD (1897-)
Albert David LITCHFIELD (1899-) of Donald, Vic
Edgar Ernest LITCHFIELD (1901-) of Donald, Vic
Caroline Matilda LITCHFIELD (1866-) of Mt Moriac, Geelong, Vic
Clara Edith LITCHFIELD (1870-1963) of Mt Moriac, Geelong, Vic
m. Henry Esau GROVES (1870-)
Elsie Irene GROVES b: 1895
Edith Lilian GROVES b: 1897
Edgar Joseph Henry GROVES b: 1898
m. Ethel WILSON
4 children
Edgar Joseph LITCHFIELD (1871-) of Mt Moriac, Geelong, Vic
Charles Henry LITCHFIELD (1872-) of Mt Moriac, Geelong, Vic
Eva Allin LITCHFIELD (1874-) of Mt Moriac, Geelong, Vic
Florence Ethel LITCHFIELD (1875-1944) of Donald, Vic
m. Francis Robert MCKENZIE b: 1870
Robert Alfred MCKENZIE b: 1899
Jessie Florence MCKENZIE b: 1901
Alfred John LITCHFIELD (1879-)
Laura Amy LITCHFIELD (1885-) of Donald, Vic