Adelaide Francis Wilson was the fourth child of Edward Wilson and Susannah Riley. She was born in Kurrajong in 1854 and died at Hornsby in 1933. Adelaide married John Merrick in 1875.
Adelaide and John had seven children.
1. Charles John 1876 - 1923 married Christina Woods. Possibility of two other marriages. He had five children.
2. Edith Susannah 1878 - 1948 married Ernest Thiele and Guy Engleheart. She had three children.
3. Rowland William 1880 - 1958 married Alice Moulds. He had at least one child.
4. Alexander Leslie 1883 - 1961 married Gertrude Palmer. He had three children.
5. Lillian May 1885 - 1980 married Thomas Drinkwater. They had two children.
6. Violetta May 1888 - 1889.
7. Eva Eliza 1890 - 1936 married Cyril Small. She had two children.
