Joseph KEATS 1835-1921
&
Emma BOWYER 1840-1917

Joseph KEATS 1835-1921, b. Somerset, England to Benjamin KEATS and Johanna HUTCHINS; d. Melbourne, Victoria; married in 1857 in Belfast (Port Fairy), Victoria to Emma BOWYER 1840-1917, b. Plymouth, Devenshire, England to Benjamin BOWYER and Mary Ann COOPER; d. Melbourne, Victoria.

This couple had two children at "Muntham" Station or in the Casterton area in 1860 and 1862 before returning to the Port Fairy area in 1863.

Joseph KEATS & Emily BOWYER had the following known family:

1. Benjamin Joseph KEATS 1858-1917, b. Belfast (Port Fairy), Victoria; d. Port Fairy, Victoria; m. 1885 to Susan Elizabeth FOX 1861-1942.
2. Harriet Jane KEATS 1860-1947, b. "Muntham" Station, Carapook, Victoria; d. Burnie, Tasmania; m. 1879 to John DYSON 1858-1929, b. Yambuk, Victoria to James DYSON and Mary Ann PETTINGILL; Police officer; 6 children; d. Mooroopna, Victoria.
3. Jessie KEATS 1862-1874, b. Casterton area, Victoria, d. Belfast (Port Fairy), Victoria.
4. Martha Ann KEATS 1863-1938, b. Belfast (Port Fairy), Victoria; d. Melbourne, Victoria; m. 1887 to James Fleming ROBERTSON c.1864-1926, b. Yorkshire, England; d. Melbourne, Victoria.
5. Emma KEATS 1866-1867, b. and d. Belfast (Port Fairy), Victoria.
6. George Samuel Stradly KEATS 1868-1874, b. and d. Belfast (Port Fairy), Victoria.
7. David Hutchinson KEATS 1870-1916, b. Penshurst, Victoria; d. Port Fairy, Victoria; m. 1900 to Susan Ethel POPE 1876-1944, b. Belfast (Port Fairy), Victoria; d. Melbourne, Victoria.
8. Selina Emily KEATS 1871-1874, b. and d. Belfast (Port Fairy), Victoria.
9. Emma KEATS 1874-1874, b. and d. Belfast (Port Fairy), Victoria.
10. Samuel George Stradling KEATS 1876-1952, b. Port Fairy, Victoria; d. Ferntree Gully, Victoria; m. 1899 to Helena PIANTA.
11. Mary Eleanor KEATS 1878-1967, b. Port Fairy, Victoria; d. Melbourne, Victoria; m. 1902 to George CUTTING 1877-1937, b. Warrnambool, Victoria; d. Melbourne, Victoria.