Walter and Mary's first born son was Walter Henry - born in 1878 in Aberystwyth in Wales the home town of his mother Mary James - his second name was probably after his grandfather Henry. In the family, he was always known as "Harry" and he was barely 18 months old when the family went out to South Africa and settled in Pietermaritzburg in the then British colony of Natal. There he spent his childhood, went to school and as he grew older helped his father in his engineering business.

When they came to Brisbane and Walter set up his engineering business at Old Sandgate Road Albion, Harry worked with him for some time possibly until he was married and perhaps for a short while after. His wife was an English lass named Esther Elsie Clark "Elsie" and they were wed in September 1899 at Paddington Registry Office, with Walter's brother Albert William as witness, as well as the bride's sister Katie who later became Albert's wife. The bride was living at Red Hill at this time, so perhaps they lived in that area for a few years.

In early Brisbane Post Office Directories, there are records showing a Walter H. Bailey living in Fernberg Road, Rosalie in 1901, and this may be where his first son Thomas may have been born late in 1900 - he was most likely named after his maternal grandfather. There is a record in 1904 at Bridge Street Red Hill and later that year Harry seems to have bought the dairy at Boundary Road Paddington and here the twins Mabel and Frederick were born in July 1905. Besides the dairy, there was also a milk run, so it must have been a busy life - milking the cows twice a day then harnessing up the horse into the sulky and making deliveries to surrounding areas. Five years later, Harry and Elsie's last daughter Fanny was born, most likely named after her maternal grandmother whilst Elsie was her mother's second name. Family sources have it that Walter's Fanny Rose born six months later was named after Fanny Elsie but Fanny Rose herself says she was named after Walter's cousin in England.

By the end of 1926 in December, Thomas had left home to marry Sarah Weldon and in October 1929 Mabel married Stanley Gallier. Her twin Frederick got married to Isobel Adams in December 1937, while barely three months later Fanny left the family home to marry Claude Bell-Booth.

Elsie passed away in September 1957 and two and a half years later Harry died in June 1960.

As well as the dairy at Paddington, Harry had three milk runs to cope with, so it must have been a busy life - milking the cows twice a day then harnessing up the horses into the sulky and making deliveries to surrounding areas. While Harry did one milk run, the boys Tom and Fred managed the other two.

For some reason or other, Harry and Elsie separated around 1924 and Elsie and the children stayed at Paddington until January 1926 when they moved to Red Hill, near Kate and Albert who lived in Kenwyn Street. After the separation, Elsie's brother in law Albert and a helper had built a house for the family so they would have somewhere to live after the farm at Paddington was sold.

Tom became an owner-driver, with a one ton "T" model Ford truck, delivering sawn timber around Brisbane for Richmond River Timber company, who went out of business during the Depression. After several difficult years around the greater Brisbane area, Tom moved to Nanango about 1933 and took up share farming. The family moved around a lot, but finally settled on a mixed farm at Upper Yarraman, where they stayed until 1951, when Tom's wife Maud died. All the family had left home by this, except ten year old Auriel, who stayed for 3 1/2 years with her sister Beris and brother in law Jack Barrett in Yarraman. Tom went to live with Fred and Isobel at Ashgrove, where he met and married Gladys Phillips about 1954 and Auriel went with them when they moved to Nundah, until Tom had a stroke and died in 1974, while Gladys stayed there until her death in 1980

After the Paddington dairy was sold, Fred still kept up his milk run, getting supplies from Rob Low who had a dairy at The Gap.Later he sold bottled milk until sometime in 1940's, when he sold out and started an office cleaning business which he carried on until his death in 1961. Fanny lost her husband in 1973 and now in her 87th year lives in a retirement home in Kallangur. Her son Trevor Lives in Adelaide, where he has a radiator repair business.

All places in the genealogy that follows are, unless otherwise noted, in Brisbane (Bris) or other places in Queensland

9/[5.2] Walter Henry BAILEY b 24 Feb 1878 Aberystwyth Cardiganshire Wales d 16 Jun 1960 Bris m 4 Sep 1899 Paddington Esther Elsie (Clark) b 4 Jan 1877 South Norwood Surrey Eng d 8 Sep 1957 Bris

[9.1] Family of Thomas Walter BAILEY and Maud Sarah (Weldon)

[9.2] Family of Mabel Ivy (Bailey) and Stanley Arthur James GALLIER

All births at Brisbane

[9.3] Family of Frederick Henry BAILEY and Isobel (Adams)

All births at Brisbane

[9.4] Family of Fanny Elsie (Bailey) and Claude Charlton BELL-BOOTH

[9.5] Family of Ronald Thomas BAILEY and Joan (Phillips) - live at Maryborough Vic

[9.6] Family of Beris Maud (Bailey) and John BARRETT - live at Yarraman near Kingaroy

9.19 Beris Annette b 8 Oct 1950 Kingaroy m 15 Jan 1977 William DAVIES b 8 Mar 1939

[9.7] Family of Auriel Majorie (Bailey) and Lawrence DAY

9.21 Leanne m Anthony DURHAM

[9.8] Family of Thelma Mabel (Gallier) and Leslie STEELE

- live at Lismore NSW.

[9.9.1] Family of Merle Ivy (Gallier) and Keith PHILLIPS

[9.10] Family of Betty Mavis (Gallier) and Clifford MURFIN

[9.13] Family of Russell Frederick BAILEY and Nancy (Fotheringham) - live in Adelaide SA

[9.15(1)] Family of Trevor BELL- BOOTH and Gail (Sherman)

[9.15.2] Family of Trevor BELL-BOOTH and Pamela (Wright) - live in Adelaide SA

[9.17] Family of Lesleigh (Bailey) and Klaas WOLTHZUIZEN

[9.18] Family of Deslyn (Bailey) and Graham DWYER

[9.19] Family of Annette (Barrett) and William DAVIES

[9.20] Family of Darryl BARRETT and Robin (Edmonds)

[9.21] Family of Leanne (Day) and Anthony DURHAM

[9.23] Family of Neil DAY and Therese (Briggs)

[9.25] Family of Janelle (Steele) and Allan Brian SMITH

[9.26] Family of Paul STEELE and Wendy (Hermann)

[9.27] Family of Rowan STEELE and Judith (Michan/Mickan)

[9.28.1/2] Family of Deleina (Phillips) and Tony BARTON/Graeme PRICE

[9.29] Family of Belinda (Phillips) and Adrian HIGGIN

[9.30] Family of Averil (Murfin) and Clive VENN

[9.31] Family of Bonnie (Murfin) and Raymond WHEELER

9/[5.2] Esther Elsie (Clark)

Father Thomas John Bestland CLARK Occ Boot Finisher Mother Fanny (Hack)

This family were living in South Norwood Surrey Eng in 1877 and then came to Australia and in 1882 were living near Sydney NSW - later they went to live in Brisbane.