Robert John Silk was the eighth child of Matilda Wilson and Thomas Silk. He was born in Richmond in 1873 and died there in 1945. He married Lillian Maria Wilson in 1897.
They had eight children.
1. Irene Alma 1898 - 1962. Married Osmond Cyril Goddard in 1919. They had nine children.
2. Hilmer Cloydon 1901 - 1958. Married Kathleen Bell in 1927. They had two children.
3. Stanley Wilfred 1904 - ?
4. Eric Stanley 1906 - 1976. Married Dora Hopkins in 1930. They had ten children.
5. Robert Cyril 1908 - 1958. Married Rita Douglass in 1929. They had three children.
6. Raymond Aubrey 1915 - ? Married Louisa Brown in 1937. They had three children.
7. Edward Roy 1918 - 1982 Married 1. Zelma Caterson in 1941 and 2. Joan Hawkins in 1950. With Zelma, one children. With Joan two children.
8. Geoffrey John 1924 - 1975. Married Daphne Davis in 1947. They had three children.
