His father, and uncle William, had arrived at Port Adelaide on 3 September 1849, on the ship Louisa Baillie.

[2] George married Eleanor Fox, daughter of Henry Fox, on 16 October 1877 at St Mary's English Church, in the inner Melbourne suburb of Hotham.

He was active in the South Australian Liberal Federation, and acted as their accountant for 12 years, and was also being involved in a number of community organisations.

He was convicted of fraud on his employer, the Metropolitan Building Society (Melbourne) in 1882 and sentenced to two years imprisonment.

[4] Searcy was a prominent sportsman, on the cricket and Australian rules football playing fields, and later as an official, he was associated with the: