Poll Susannah Curtis arrived with mother Mary Curtis. Edward Back was a crewman on the ship 'Fanny'. The ladies had come from London and transferred to Anthony Curtis' ship the 'Fanny' in Mauritius. Edward knew the owner Anthony Curtis from their time in the Royal Navy. He held the licence for the 'Stag Inn' (Fremantle) owned by Anthony Curtis. Edward married Poll Susannah Curtis 29 September 1837 at Fremantle. He was also the Acting Harbour Master at Fremantle in 1842-1844 and was the Pilot at Rottnest 1846-1857. The couple had seven children when Governor Fitzgerald directed Edward Back to live on Rottnest. The family lived there for nine years and had four more children - two of whom died in infancy. They left Rottnest in 1857 and Edward Back found work around Fremantle, sometimes as Acting Harbour Master. Poll Susannah died in 1885 aged 78 years and Edward died in 1886 aged 73 years.