Marcellan Moran was born in 1832, the daughter of William and Sarah Moran of Ireland. She emigrated to Victoria, Australia at the age of 29 with Henry Mead and their daughter, aged 7. She died on 27 Mar 1861.
Henry and Marcellan had five children, three of whom died as infants.
1. Sarah Elizabeth Mead b. about 1851
2. xxx
3. xxx
4. John William Mead b. 1859 d.1860, aged 10 months.
5. George Mead b. 1860

Henry and family emigrated to Victoria, Australia, as unassisted passengers from a foreign port, arriving on the "Waverley" in March 1858. The shipping records have Henry (aged 30), his wife (aged 29) and daughter (aged 7) as passengers. This suggests that the daughter that emigrated was Sarah Elizabeth but two other children born prior to emigration had died young. His brother John also emigrated to Australia.

Henry Mead wed Mary Anne Cardiff on 13 May 1861 at South Brighton, Melbourne at St. Andrews Church, Brighton, the Uniting Church of England and Ireland. Henry was aged 32 at the time of marriage and Mary Ann was aged 28. The marriage was witnessed by Henry's brother John Mead and his wife Mary Mead (nee Arnold). Henry had two children surviving his first marriage. On their marriage certificate, Henry is listed to be from Buckinghamshire and the son of James Mead, Blacksmith, and Sarah Stevens

Mary Anne Cardiff was born in about 1832 or 1833 in Kingstown, Dublin, Ireland, daughter of William Cardiff, a bricklayer, and Mary Byrne. She travelled to Australia on the "Telegraph" leaving Liverpool, England on 28 Apr 1859 and arriving Melbourne 23 Jul 1859, at the age of 28 as an assisted passenger. She married Henry Mead on 13 May 1861, five months after the birth of their first child Mary Cardiff Mead. On the marriage certificate Mary Ann was listed at being of the Church of Rome.

George Mead was born in 1860 in Brighton, Victoria to parents Henry Mead and Marcellan Morran. George was aged 9 months 27 days when his mother Marcella died. George was a witness on the marriage certificate of his half-sister Mary Cardiff Mead in 1881 in St. Arnaud. He married Susan Maria Smale in 1887 in Victoria. George Mead died in 1902 in Boort, Victoria at the age of 42 with his parents named as James Henry Mead and Marcella Morne (d). This was at the same time George’s step-sister, Lilly Robbins (nee Mead), was living in Boort.

Susan Maria Smale was born in 1860 in probably Creswick, Victoria (f). The birth index records have the letters CR ES, so the location is Creswick or Cressy, but as the parents in the succeeding years were living in County Talbot - Kingstown (KING), Springmount (SPRI), Mt. Prospect (MTPR), Forest Hill (FORE), it is most likely to be Creswick. Susan was the oldest child of fourteen to parents Samuel Smale (arrived Victoria Jun 1857 age 33 “Norfolk” from a British port, died?1885) and Mary Ann Westcott (probably arrived Victoria Jan 1857 age 19 “Escort” from a British port, died? 1894)(f), who were married in 1858 in Victoria. Her parents moved frequently around the area between Daylesford and Creswick (based on the birth locations for their children), before moving to the Charlton area in the late 1870’s. Susan married George Mead in 1887. Susan Mead (nee Smale) died in 1935 in Oakleigh, Victoria at the age of 76 (d).

Hi Elizabeth,
Some corrections however:
Under John Mead you listed a daughter Emily. I checked the Victorian Birth index in the State Library a couple of weeks ago and Emily is not related.
The Emily Mead born in 1863 had her mother as Mary Ann Earl (birth ref no. 12234) not Mary Arnold.
And the question you asked about John....he was born 1 Mar 1824 in Bledlow, Buckingshire, England and married in 1854 in Victoria (hope to get a few more details on where he got married to Mary Arnold...suspect it may be Brighton, Victoria). Not sure when John Mead died. There is a possible lead to a J. Mead (spouse Mary) who died in Victoria in 1878.

Mary Arnold was probably born in 1834 in London, England. Most likely Mary Arnold emigrated to Victoria, Australia at the age of 19 in Oct 1853 on the ship “Argyle” as an unassisted passenger from a British port (b) as the ages match best. Another Mary Arnold is noted to have emigrated to Victoria, Australia at the age of 22 in Aug 1853 on the ship “Walmer Castle, as an unassisted passenger from a British port

Mary married John Mead in 1854 in Victoria, Australia, and she died from an abscess in the left lung at the age of 39 in 1873 in South Brighton, Victoria and buried at Brighton General Cemetery on 11 Dec 1873, Australia (n). The burial was attended by the Rev. W. Blamires. Cheers for now,
Richard