Elizabeth Medcalf (1851 - 1922)

Elizabeth was the fourth surviving child of George and Sarah Best. She was born at Ryde in 1851 and married Charles Cole Medcalf in 1876. The Medcalfs had a property next to one of the Best properties at Ryde. Elizabeth and Charles lived at Church-st Ashfield and Charles was listed as a hardware and commercial broker at 33 Pitt-st Sydney. They had four children, one of which died in infancy. Charles was accidentally killed in 1893 aged 46, and Elizabeth died in 1922.

• Elsie was born in 1879 and married Robert Goldrick, a civil servant in 1921. They lived at Bellvue Hill. Robert, had six children by his previous wife, Kate, who died in 1919. Elsie died in 1931 and Robert died in 1933.

• Thomas George was born in 1880 and married Martha Ross in 1924. George, a warehouseman, died in 1927. Martha then lived with Marney and died in 1961.

• Amanda Maud (Marney)was born in 1882. She never married and lived in Bellvue Hill. Marney died in 1967.

• Frank (1883 - 1883) at St Leonards, NSW.