William Hastie was born on 6 October 1855 at Bothwell, Tasmania, the son of William Hastie and Janet McCrae, and was baptised there the following month. He entered public service as a police constable and, on 16 April 1879, married Mary Foster at St Anne’s Church, Dysart. The couple lived at various postings connected with William’s police duties, including the Quoin, Green Ponds, and Bothwell. Between 1880 and 1894, William and Mary had eight children: Alice Margaret (1880), Cecelia Mary (1883), Rosabella (1886), Ethel May (1888), Harold William (1890), and twins Alexander Edward and Archibald James (1894). William later left the police force and became a licensed victualler, operating an inn and store at Apsley by 1914. Electoral records show several of the children still living at home at that time, while their son Harold worked as a labourer before serving overseas during the First World War. In June 1929, William Hastie disappeared after leaving his home at Macquarie Plains to travel to Hobart. Despite police enquiries and newspaper notices describing him as a former constable aged seventy-three, no trace of him was found, and his death date and place remain unknown. His wife Mary survived him by many years, dying on 14 October 1945 at New Norfolk aged ninety-six. She was buried at Red Hills Cemetery, Bushy Park.

William Hastie, son of William Hastie and Janet McCrae.

Born: 6 Oct 1855, Bothwell, TAS; informant: Janet Hastie, mother (RGD33: William Hastie, no 34/1855, https:/libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-33p383j2k)
Baptised: 18 Nov 1855, Bothwell, TAS (PRES: William Hastie, baptism, NS592/1/1, no 193/1855)
Married: 16 Apr 1879, Mary Foster, St Anne's Church, Dysart, TAS; William: 23, bachelor, police constable; Mary Foster: 30, spinster; witnesses: Isabella Foster, Thomas Foster (RGD37: Hastie-Foster, no 240/1879, https:/libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD37-1-38p126j2k)
Residence:  28 Jul 1880, Quoin, Hollow Tree, TAS; police constable (RGD33: Alice Margaret Hastie, no 507/1880, https:/libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-58p331j2k)
Residence:  7 Jul 1888, Quoin, Hollow Tree, TAS; police constable (RGD33: Ethel May Hastie, no 871/1888, https:/libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-67p091j2k)
Residence:  15 Dec 1890, Bothwell, TAS; police constable (RGD33: Harold William Hastie, no 866/1890, https:/libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-69p126j2k)
Death Informant: 11 Jul 1896, Janet (McCrae) Hastie, mother (RGD35: Janet Hastie, no 293/1896, https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD35-1-65p112j2k)
Hotel Licence: 13 Oct 1910, Apsley Inn, Apsley, TAS; application for transfer from Richard Allen to William Hastie (MERC: "Bothwell Licensing District," 13 Oct 1910, https:/trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/10078809)
Electoral Roll: 1914, Apsley Inn, Apsley, TAS; licensed victualler (ELEC: p8-9/1914, https:/www.ancestry.com.au/imageviewer/collections/1207/images/RDAUS1901_100678__0007-00898)
Residence:  3 Nov 1914, Apsley Inn, Apsley, TAS; James Pearce (owner), inn, store, 2 acres, annual rateable value £50 (TGG: "Valuation Roll," 1914, p2012-2013, https:/www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G98N-976R)
Article: 28 Jun 1929, named under "Persons Enquired For" "Persons Enquired For," p141/1929, https:/www.ancestry.com.au/imageviewer/collections/60971/images/44403_b219920-00159)
Article: 29 Jun 1929, named under "Two Men Missing" (EXAM: "Two Men Missing," 29 Jun 1929, https:/trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/51553356)
Died:  went missing and was never found

Spouse - Mary Foster/Forster

Born: abt 1849, place unknown (MERC: "Deaths," Hastie, 15 Oct 1945, https:/trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/26150257)
Married: 16 Apr 1879, William Hastie, St Anne's Church, Dysart, TAS; William: 23, bachelor, police constable; Mary Foster: 30, spinster; witnesses: Isabella Foster, Thomas Foster (RGD37: Hastie-Foster, no 240/1879, https:/libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD37-1-38p126j2k)
Electoral Roll: 1914, Apsley Inn, Apsley, TAS; domestic duties (ELEC: p8-9/1914, https:/www.ancestry.com.au/imageviewer/collections/1207/images/RDAUS1901_100678__0007-00898)
Died: 14 Oct 1945, New Norfolk, TAS; aged 96 (MERC: "Deaths," Hastie, 15 Oct 1945, https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/26150257)
Death Notice: HASTIE - On October 14. 1945, at the residence of Miss Eiszele, Gum Banks, New Norfolk, Mary, relict of William Hastie, late of Macquarie Plains, aged 96 years (MERC: "Deaths," Hastie, 15 Oct 1945, https:/trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/26150257)
Buried: 16 Oct 1945, Red Hills Cemetery, Bushy Park, TAS (MERC: "Deaths," Hastie, 15 Oct 1945, https:/trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/26150257)

Children of William Hastie and Mary Foster/Forster:

1. Alice Margaret Hastie

   Born: 20 Jul 1880, Bothwell, TAS; informant: William Hastie, father, police constable (RGD33: Alice Margaret Hastie, no 507/1880, https:/libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-58p331j2k)
   Married: 5 Jul 1905, Charles Frederick Berry, Hobart, TAS; Charles: 38, bachelor, stockkeeper; Alice: 24, spinster, dressmaker; witnesses: A A Palfreyman, Louisa Laughlin (RGD37: Berry-Hastie, no 537/1905, https:/libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD1-1-15/RGD1-1-15p00161jpg)
   Marriage Notice: BERRY-HASTIE - On July 5, 1905, at Hobart, Tasmania, by the Rev Isaac H Palfreyman, Charles Frederick Berry, of Victoria Valley, near Ouse, Tasmanian, eldest son of the late James Guildford Berry, of Osterley, Tasmania, formerly of Knutsford, near Manchester, England, to Alice Margaret Hastie, also of Victoria Valley, eldest daughter of Mr William Hastie, of Victoria Valley, formerly of Bothwell, Tasmania. By license, at the residence of the officiating minister, Andrew and Arthur streets, Hobart (MERC: "Marriages," Berry-Hastie, 29 Jul 1905, https:/trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/12312454)
   Died: 17 Oct 1971, Tasmania; aged 91 (FAG: Alice Margaret Berry, 1971, Memorial ID 248105694, citing St. James' Anglican Church Cemetery, Osterley, Tasmania; maintained by Jigsaw, contributor 50742518, https:/www.findagrave.com/memorial/248105694/alice_margaret-berry)
   Buried: aft 17 Oct 1971, St James' Cemetery, Osterley, TAS (FAG: Alice Margaret Berry, 1971, Memorial ID 248105694, citing St. James' Anglican Church Cemetery, Osterley, Tasmania; maintained by Jigsaw, contributor 50742518, https:/www.findagrave.com/memorial/248105694/alice_margaret-berry)

   Spouse - Charles Frederick Berry, son of James Guildford Berry and Frances Edith Harrex.

   Born: abt 1867, Tasmania (RGD37: Berry-Hastie, no 537/1905, https:/libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD1-1-15/RGD1-1-15p00161jpg)
   Married: 5 Jul 1905, Alice Margaret Hastie, Hobart, TAS; Charles: 38, bachelor, stockkeeper; Alice: 24, spinster, dressmaker; witnesses: A A Palfreyman, Louisa Laughlin (RGD37: Berry-Hastie, no 537/1905, https:/libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD1-1-15/RGD1-1-15p00161jpg)
   Marriage Notice: BERRY-HASTIE - On July 5, 1905, at Hobart, Tasmania, by the Rev Isaac H Palfreyman, Charles Frederick Berry, of Victoria Valley, near Ouse, Tasmanian, eldest son of the late James Guildford Berry, of Osterley, Tasmania, formerly of Knutsford, near Manchester, England, to Alice Margaret Hastie, also of Victoria Valley, eldest daughter of Mr William Hastie, of Victoria Valley, formerly of Bothwell, Tasmania. By license, at the residence of the officiating minister, Andrew and Arthur streets, Hobart (MERC: "Marriages," Berry-Hastie, 29 Jul 1905, https:/trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/12312454)
   Died: 3 Aug 1950, Hobart, TAS; aged 83 (FAG: Charles Frederick Berry, 1950, Memorial ID 230037964, citing St James' Anglican Church Cemetery, Osterley, Tasmania; maintained by Sue McC, contributor 50920935, https:/www.findagrave.com/memorial/230037964/charles-frederick-berry)
   Buried: 5 Aug 1950, St James' Cemetery, Osterley, TAS (FAG: Charles Frederick Berry, 1950, Memorial ID 230037964, citing St James' Anglican Church Cemetery, Osterley, Tasmania; maintained by Sue McC, contributor 50920935, https:/www.findagrave.com/memorial/230037964/charles-frederick-berry)

2. Cecelia Mary Hastie.

   Born: 31 Oct 1883, Green Ponds, TAS; informant: William Hastie, father, farmer (RGD33: Cecelia Mary Hastie, no 1081/1883, https:/libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-62p626j2k)
   Electoral Roll: 1914, Apsley Inn, Apsley, TAS; domestic duties (ELEC: p8-9/1914, https:/www.ancestry.com.au/imageviewer/collections/1207/images/RDAUS1901_100678__0007-00898)
   Died: 4 Oct 1946, Tasmania; aged 62 (MERC: "Deaths & Funerals," Hastie, 5 Oct 1946, https:/trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/26361426)
   Death Notice: HASTIE - On October 4, 1946, Cecelia Mary, beloved daughter of the late William and Mary Hastie, late of Macquarie Plains, aged 63 years (MERC: "Deaths & Funerals," Hastie, 5 Oct 1946, https:/trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/26361426)
   Buried: 7 Oct 1946, Red Hills Cemetery, Bushy Park, TAS (MERC: "Deaths & Funerals," Hastie, 5 Oct 1946, https:/trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/26361426)

3. Rosabella Hastie.

   Born: 19 May 1886, Bothwell, TAS; informant: William Hastie, father, constable (RGD33: Rosabella Hastie, no 842/1886, https:/libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-65p106j2k)
   Baptised: 7 Dec 1886, Bothwell, TAS (ANG: Rose Belle Hastie, NS1854/1/1, no 818/1886)
   Married: 28 Sep 1908, William Nunn, New Norfolk, TAS; William; age unknown; married Rosabella: 22, spinster (TFI: Nunn-Hastie, marriage, no 1063/1908)
   Died: 28 Jan 1943, Hobart, TAS; aged 56 (MERC: "Deaths & Funerals," Nunn, 29 Jan 1943, https:/trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/25953020)
   Death Notice: NUNN - On January 28, 1943, at Royal Hobart Hospital, Rosabella, beloved wife of William Nunn, of Bushy Park, and loving mother of Una and Ethel, and loving daughter of Mrs W and the late W Hastie, of Macquarie Plains, aged 56 years (MERC: "Deaths & Funerals," Nunn, 29 Jan 1943, https:/trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/25953020)
   Buried: 30 Jan 1943, Red Hills Cemetery, Bushy Park, TAS (MERC: "Deaths & Funerals," Nunn, 29 Jan 1943, https:/trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/25953020)

   Spouse - William Nunn.

   Born:  date and place unknown
   Married: 28 Sep 1908, Rosabella Hastie, New Norfolk, TAS; William; age unknown; married Rosabella: 22, spinster (TFI: Nunn-Hastie, marriage, no 1063/1908)
   Died:  date and place unknown

4. Ethel May Hastie.

   Born: 19 Jun 1888, Bothwell, TAS; informant: William Hastie, father, police constable (RGD33: Ethel May Hastie, no 871/1888, https:/libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-67p091j2k)
   Baptised: 22 Dec 1888, Bothwell, TAS (ANG: Ethel May Hastie, NS1854/1/1, no 890/1888)
   Married:  Charles Lawrence Reynolds, date and place unknown
   Electoral Roll: 1914, Apsley Inn, Apsley, TAS; domestic duties (ELEC: p8-9/1914, https:/www.ancestry.com.au/imageviewer/collections/1207/images/RDAUS1901_100678__0007-00898)
   Died: 14 May 1943, Hobart, TAS; aged 54 (MERC: "Deaths & Funerals," Reynolds, 15 May 1943, https:/trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/25950218)
   Death Notice: REYNOLDS - On May 14, 1943, at Royal Hobart Hospital, Ethel May, dearly loved and loving wife of Charles Lawrence Reynolds, of Tarraleah, and beloved daughter of Mary and late William Hastie, of Macquarie Plains, aged 54 years (MERC: "Deaths & Funerals," Reynolds, 15 May 1943, https:/trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/25950218)
   Buried: 16 May 1943, General Cemetery, Osterley, TAS (MERC: "Deaths & Funerals," Reynolds, 15 May 1943, https:/trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/25950218)

   Spouse - Charles Lawrence Reynolds, son of Lawrence Saxon Reynolds and Eva Jane Berry.

   Born: 17 Jul 1894, Hamilton, TAS; informant: Lawrence Reynolds, father, shepherd (RGD33: Charles Laurence Wm Reynolds, no 1102/1894, https:/libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-77p212j2k)
   Married:  Ethel May Hastie, date and place unknown
   Died: 29 Jun 1989, Tasmania; aged 94, son of Lawrence Saxon Reynolds and Eva Jane Berry, (FAG: Charles Lawrance William Reynolds, 1989, Memorial ID 248108234, citing St James' Anglican Church Cemetery, Osterley, Tasmania; maintained by Jigsaw, contributor 50742518, https:/www.findagrave.com/memorial/248108234/charles_lawrance_william-reynolds)
   Buried: aft 29 Jun 1989, General Cemetery, Osterley, TAS (FAG: Charles Lawrance William Reynolds, 1989, Memorial ID 248108234, citing St James' Anglican Church Cemetery, Osterley, Tasmania; maintained by Jigsaw, contributor 50742518, https:/www.findagrave.com/memorial/248108234/charles_lawrance_william-reynolds)

5. Harold William Hastie.

   Born: 6 Dec 1890, Bothwell, TAS; informant: William Hastie, father, police constable (RGD33: Harold William Hastie, no 866/1890, https:/libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-69p126j2k)
   Baptised: 2 Feb 1892, Bothwell, TAS (ANG: Harold William Hastie, NS1854/1/1, no 1017/1892)
   Electoral Roll: 1914, Apsley Inn, Apsley, TAS; labourer (ELEC: p8-9/1914, https:/www.ancestry.com.au/imageviewer/collections/1207/images/RDAUS1901_100678__0007-00898)
   Married: 16 Jun 1915, Elvie Pearl White, Hobart, TAS; Harold: 24, bachelor; married Elvie: 21, spinster (TFI: Hastie-White, marriage, no 649/1915)
   Enlisted: 14 Mar 1916, Australian Imperial Force, named on the War Memorial Avenue Plaque (AIF: Harold William Hastie, no 712, https:/aif.adfa.edu.au/showPerson?pid=130567)
   Electoral Roll: 1919, Apsley Inn, Apsley, TAS; labourer (ELEC: p6-7/1919, https:/www.ancestry.com.au/imageviewer/collections/1207/images/RDAUS1901_100682__0007-00959)
   Died: 9 Jul 1970, Tasmania; aged 79 (FAG: Harold William Hastie, 1970, Memorial ID 241637473, citing Red Hills Cemetery, Bushy Park, Tasmania; maintained by Sue McC, contributor 50920935, https:/www.findagrave.com/memorial/241637473/harold-william-hastie)
   Buried: aft 9 Jul 1970, Red Hills Cemetery, Bushy Park, TAS (FAG: Harold William Hastie, 1970, Memorial ID 241637473, citing Red Hills Cemetery, Bushy Park, Tasmania; maintained by Sue McC, contributor 50920935, https:/www.findagrave.com/memorial/241637473/harold-william-hastie)

   Spouse - Elvie Pearl White.

   Born: abt 1894, place unknown (FAG: Elvie Pearl Hastie, 1974, Memorial ID 241637498, citing Red Hills Cemetery, Bushy Park, Tasmania; maintained by Sue McC, contributor 50920935, https:/www.findagrave.com/memorial/241637498/elvie_pearl-hastie)
   Married: 16 Jun 1915, Harold William Hastie, Hobart, TAS; Harold: 24, bachelor; married Elvie: 21, spinster (TFI: Hastie-White, marriage, no 649/1915)
   Electoral Roll: 1919, Apsley Inn, Apsley, TAS; domestic duties (ELEC: p6-7/1919, https:/www.ancestry.com.au/imageviewer/collections/1207/images/RDAUS1901_100682__0007-00959)
   Died: 14 Nov 1974, Tasmania; aged 80 (FAG: Elvie Pearl Hastie, 1974, Memorial ID 241637498, citing Red Hills Cemetery, Bushy Park, Tasmania; maintained by Sue McC, contributor 50920935, https:/www.findagrave.com/memorial/241637498/elvie_pearl-hastie)
   Buried: aft 14 Nov 1974, Red Hills Cemetery, Bushy Park, TAS (FAG: Elvie Pearl Hastie, 1974, Memorial ID 241637498, citing Red Hills Cemetery, Bushy Park, Tasmania; maintained by Sue McC, contributor 50920935, https:/www.findagrave.com/memorial/241637498/elvie_pearl-hastie)

6. Archibald James Hastie.

   Born: 20 Jul 1894, Bothwell, TAS; informant: William Hastie, police constable (RGD33: Archibald James Hastie, no 101/1894, https:/libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/rgd33-1-77p91j2k)
   Married: 14 Dec 1928, Patricia Jacqueline Nellie Jacques, Glenora, TAS; Archibald: 34, bachelor; married Patricia: 18, spinster (TFI: Hastie-Jacques, marriage, no 1247/1928)
   Died: 21 Aug 1978, Tasmania; aged 84 (MILL: Archibald James Hastie, 1978, https:/server2.admin.millingtons.com.au:81/ASP/search_details.asp?RecordID=85717)
   Cremated: 23 Aug 1978, Cornelian Bay Cemetery, Hobart, TAS (MILL: Archibald James Hastie, 1978, https:/server2.admin.millingtons.com.au:81/ASP/search_details.asp?RecordID=85717)

   Spouse - Patricia Jacqueline Nellie Jacques, daughter of Joseph Jacques and Ellen Neil.

   Born: 6 Jun 1910, Bagdad, TAS; informant: Ellen Jacques, mother (RGD33: Patricia Jacqline Ellie Jacques, no 1377/1910, https:/libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-4-31/d2213c0c-8aac-4370-884b-f998163475af)
   Married: 14 Dec 1928, Archibald James Hastie, Glenora, TAS; Archibald: 34, bachelor; married Patricia: 18, spinster (TFI: Hastie-Jacques, marriage, no 1247/1928)
   Died: 21 May 1999, Tasmania; aged 88 (MILL: Patricia Jacqueline Nellie Hastie, 1999, https:/server2.admin.millingtons.com.au:81/ASP/search_details.asp?RecordID=112009)
   Cremated: 24 May 1999, Cornelian Bay Cemetery, Hobart, TAS (MILL: Patricia Jacqueline Nellie Hastie, 1999, https:/server2.admin.millingtons.com.au:81/ASP/search_details.asp?RecordID=112009)

7. Alexander Edward Hastie.

   Born: 20 Jul 1894, Bothwell, TAS; informant: William Hastie, father, police constable (RGD33: Alexander Edward Hastie, no 102/1894, https:/libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/rgd33-1-77p91j2k)
   Married: 19 Aug 1925, Lily Christina Eiszele, New Norfolk, TAS; Alexander: 31, bachelor; married Lily: 28, spinster (TFI: Hastie-Eiszele, marriage, no 1301/1925)
   Died: 5 Mar 1966, New Norfolk, TAS; aged 71 (PROB: Alexander Edward Hastie, no 11894/1966, https:/libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/ad961-1-26-11894)
   Buried: aft 5 Mar 1966, General Cemetery, Malbina, TAS (FAG: Alexander Edward Hastie, 1966, Memorial ID 229094972, citing Malbina General Cemetery, Malbina, Tasmania, maintained by Julie Henderson & Lacey Milier, contributor 49446508, https:/www.findagrave.com/memorial/229094972/alexander-edward-hastie)

   Spouse - Lily Christina Eiszele, daughter of William John Eiszele and Frances Jane Boulter.

   Born: 20 Dec 1896, New Norfolk, TAS; informant: Frances Eiszele, mother (RGD33: Lily Christina Eiszele, no 1535/1896, https:/libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/rgd33-1-84/rgd33-1-84p29)
   Married: 19 Aug 1925, Alexander Edward Hastie, New Norfolk, TAS; Alexander: 31, bachelor; married Lily: 28, spinster (TFI: Hastie-Eiszele, marriage, no 1301/1925)
   Died: 18 Sep 1985, Tasmania; aged 88 (FAG: Lily Christina Hastie, 1985, Memorial ID 215234983, citing Malbina General Cemetery, Malbina, Tasmania; maintained by !woowoo, contributor 49949980, https:/www.findagrave.com/memorial/215234983/lily-christina-hastie)
   Buried: aft 18 Sep 1985, General Cemetery, Malbina, TAS (FAG: Lily Christina Hastie, 1985, Memorial ID 215234983, citing Malbina General Cemetery, Malbina, Tasmania; maintained by !woowoo, contributor 49949980, https:/www.findagrave.com/memorial/215234983/lily-christina-hastie)