Following the ancestry of the Tomlinson family. Family from Chipping area of Lancashire and Mitton area from Yorkshire. Migrated to Maldon, Victoria, Australia during 1850s.

Surnames associated with this family are RAWS, WILSON, BENTLEY, SCOTT, BEER, LARCOMBE, WILD. A BUCKLEY connection found as well.

Part of the family settled in Thyra, NSW and another branch in Gilgandra, NSW. Others stayed in the Maldon area of Victoria.