Richard John Silk was the fifth child of Matilda Wilson and Thomas Silk. He was born in Richmond in 1867. He died in Dubbo in 1929. Richard was married twice. First to Mary Ann Woods (married in Narromine in 1899) and then Esther Stephens.
Richard fathered three children:
1. Elsie M 1900 -? married Robert Taylor in 1919. They had three children.
2. Annie Matilda 1901 - 1902
3. Mollie Adelaide 1918 - ? married Leslie Triplett in 1937. They had four children.
