Robert Siddell 1822

Robert SiddellAge: 731822–1895

Name: Robert Siddell

Given names: Robert

Surname: Siddell

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Birth	1822 Yorkshire, England
Marriage	Maria Potts - View family yes
Australian History	1824 (Age 2) Note: A penal colony is founded at Moreton Bay, now the city of Brisbane. Note: Bathurst and Melville Islands are annexed. Note: Permission granted to change the name of the continent from 'New Holland' to 'Australia' Note: 1824-25 - Hume and Hovell expedition travels overland to Port Phillip Bay, discovers Murray River
Australian History	1825 (Age 3) Note: New South Wales western border is extended to 129 degrees E. Van Diemen's Land is proclaimed.
Australian History	1828 (Age 6) Note: Charles Sturt charts the Darling River.
Australian History	1829 (Age 7) Note: The whole of Australia is claimed as British territory. The settlement of Perth is founded. Swan River Colony is declared by Charles Fremantle for Britain.
Australian History	1830 (Age 8) Note: Sturt arrives at Goolwa, having charted the Murray River.
Australian History	1831 (Age 9) Note: Sydney Herald (later to become The Sydney Morning Herald) first published.
Australian History	1832 (Age 10) Note: Swan River Colony has its name changed to Western Australia.
Australian History	1833 (Age 11) Note: The penal settlement of Port Arthur is founded in Van Diemen's Land.
Australian History	1835 (Age 13) Note: John Batman and John Pascoe Fawkner establish a settlement at Port Phillip, now the city of Melbourne. Note: William Wentworth establishes Australian Patriotic Association (Australia's first political party) to demand democracy for New South Wales.
Australian History	1836 (Age 14) Note: Province of South Australia proclaimed with its western border at 132 degrees E.
Australian History	1838 (Age 16) Note: First Prussian settlers arrive in South Australia; the largest group on non-British migrants in Australia at the time.
Australian History	1839 (Age 17) Note: Paul Edmund Strzelecki becomes first European to ascend and name Australia's highest peak, Mount Kosciuszko.
Australian History	1840 (Age 18) Note: Australia's first municipal authority, the City of Adelaide, is established, followed by Sydney City Council.
Australian History	1841 (Age 19) Note: New Zealand is proclaimed as a separate colony, no longer part of New South Wales.
Australian History	1842 (Age 20) Note: Copper is discovered at Kapunda in South Australia.
Australian History	1843 (Age 21) Note: Australia's first parliamentary elections held for the New South Wales Legislative Council (though voting rights are restricted to males of certain wealth or property).
Australian History	1845 (Age 23) Note: The ship Cataraqui is wrecked off King Island in Bass Strait. It is Australia's worst civil maritime disaster, with 406 lives lost. Note: Copper is discovered at Burra in South Australia.
Birth of a daughter #1	1847 (Age 25) Simsbury, Connecticut, USA daughter - Mary Siddell
Birth of a son #2	13 March 1848 (Age 26) Livingston, New York, USA son - George Abram Siddell
Birth of a daughter #3	1849 (Age 27) Livingston, Columbia, New York, USA daughter - Sarah Siddell
Australian History	1850 (Age 28) Note: Western Australia becomes a penal colony. Note: Australian Colonies Government Act [1850] grants representative constitutions to New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania, colonies set about writing constitutions which produced democratically progressive parliaments Note: Australia's first university, the University of Sydney, is founded.
Australian History	1851 (Age 29) Note: Victoria separates from New South Wales. Note: The Victorian gold rush starts when gold is found at Summerhill Creek and Ballarat. Note: Forest Creek Monster Meeting of miners at Chewton near Castlemaine
Birth of a daughter #4	1852 (Age 30) Simsbury, Connecticut, USA daughter - Isabella "Belle" Siddell
Australian History	1853 (Age 31) Note: Bendigo Petition and Red Ribbon Rebellion at Bendigo
Birth of a daughter #5	23 September 1854 (Age 32) Simsbury, Connecticut, USA daughter - Estella Siddell
Australian History	1854 (Age 32) Note: The Eureka Stockade
Australian History	1855 (Age 33) Note: The transportation of convicts to Norfolk Island ceases. Note: All men over 21 years of age obtain the right to vote in South Australia.
Australian History	1856 (Age 34) Note: Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania.
Birth of a son #6	March 1857 (Age 35) Simsbury, Connecticut, USA son - Herman Potts Siddell
Australian History	1857 (Age 35) Note: Victorian Committee reported that a 'federal union' would be in the interests of all the growing colonies. However, there was not enough interest in or enthusiasm for taking positive steps towards bringing the colonies together. Note: Victorian men achieve the right to vote.
Birth of a daughter #7	December 1857 (estimated) (Age 35) Simsbury, Connecticut, USA daughter - Maria Romelia Siddell
Death of a wife	5 January 1858 (Age 36) Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, USA wife - Maria Potts
Death of a daughter	30 September 1858 (Age 36) Simsbury, Connecticut, USA daughter - Maria Romelia Siddell
Australian History	1858 (Age 36) Note: Sydney and Melbourne linked by electric telegraph. Note: New South Wales men achieve the right to vote.
Australian History	1859 (Age 37) Note: SS Admella wrecked off south-east coast of South Australia with the loss of 89 lives. Note: Australian rules football codified, Melbourne Football Club founded Note: Queensland separates from New South Wales with its western border at 141 degrees E.
Occupation	Blacksmith 1860 (Age 38) Simsbury, Connecticut, USA
Australian History	1860 (Age 38) Note: John McDouall Stuart reaches the centre of the continent. South Australian border changed from 132 degrees E to 129 degrees E.
Australian History	1861 (Age 39) Note: The ill-fated Burke and Wills expedition occurs. Note: skiing in Australia introduced by Norwegians in the Snowy Mountains goldrush town of Kiandra
Australian History	1862 (Age 40) Note: Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139 degrees E.
Australian History	1863 (Age 41) Note: South Australia takes control of the Northern Territory which was part of the colony of New South Wales.
Marriage of a son	George Abram Siddell - View family 19 September 1867 (Age 45) Simsburg, Hartford, Connecticut, USA son - George Abram Siddell daughter-in-law - Anna Maria Batchelder
Australian History	1867 (Age 45) Note: Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland. Note: Saint Mary MacKillop founds Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart.
Birth of a grandson #1	23 May 1868 (Age 46) Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, USA grandson - Charles Herman Siddell
Australian History	1868 (Age 46) Note: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases.
Australian History	1869 (Age 47) Note: Children of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent are removed from their families by Australian and State government agencies.
Birth of a grandson #2	26 June 1872 (Age 50) Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, USA grandson - Robert Batchelder Siddell
Australian History	1872 (Age 50) Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens.
Birth of a granddaughter #3	14 August 1873 (Age 51) Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, USA granddaughter - Anna Bertha Siddell
Occupation	1873 (Age 51) Simsbury, Connecticut, USA Employer: Government Office Note: A republican he was elected to the state (CT) Legislature representing the town of Simsbury where he held many offices in town government. He was a blacksmith by trade but also farmed.
Australian History	1873 (Age 51) Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock.
Australian History	1875 (Age 53) Note: SS Gothenburg strikes Old Reef off North Queensland and sinks with the loss of approximately 102 lives. Note: Adelaide Steamship Company is formed.
Death of a grandson	23 April 1876 (Age 54) Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, USA grandson - Charles Herman Siddell
Death of a grandson	28 April 1876 (Age 54) Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, USA grandson - Robert Batchelder Siddell
Australian History	1878 (Age 56) Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.
Australian History	1879 (Age 57) Note: The first congress of trade unions is held.
Birth of a granddaughter #4	7 September 1880 (Age 58) Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, USA granddaughter - Margaret Smith Siddell
Australian History	1880 (Age 58) Note: The bushranger Ned Kelly is hanged. Note: Parliamentarians in Victoria become the first in Australia to be paid for their work.
Death of a granddaughter	28 June 1882 (Age 60) Erving, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA granddaughter - Margaret Smith Siddell
Australian History	1882 (Age 60) Note: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.
Birth of a grandson #5	25 January 1883 (Age 61) Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, USA grandson - George Abram Siddell Jr.
Australian History	1883 (Age 61) Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill
Birth of a grandson #6	28 May 1884 (Age 62) Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, USA grandson - John Batchelder Siddell
Australian History	1887 (Age 65) Note: An Australian cricket team is established, defeating England in the first Ashes series. First direct Inter-colonial passenger trains begin running between Adelaide and Melbourne.
Australian History	1889 (Age 67) Note: The completion of the railway network between Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney. Note: Sir Henry Parkes delivers the Tenterfield Oration.
Australian History	1890 (Age 68) Note: The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention.
Australian History	1891 (Age 69) Note: A National Australasian Convention meets, agrees on adopting the name 'the Commonwealth of Australia' and drafting a constitution. Note: The first attempt at a federal constitution is drafted. Note: The Convention adopts the constitution, although it has no legal status Note: A severe depression hits Australia
Australian History	1892 (Age 70) Note: Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia.
Australian History	1893 (Age 71) Note: The Corowa Conference (the 'people's convention') calls on the colonial parliaments to pass enabling acts, allowing the election of delegates to a new constitutional convention aimed at drafting a proposal and putting it to a referendum in each colony.
Australian History	1894 (Age 72) Note: South Australia becomes the first Australian colony, and the second place in the world, to grant women the right to vote, as well the first Parliament in the world to allow women to stand for office.
Australian History	1895 (on the date of death) Note: The premiers, except for those of Queensland and Western Australia, agree to implement the Corowa proposals. Note: Waltzing Matilda is first sung in public, in Winton, Queensland Note: Banjo Paterson publishes The Man from Snowy River
Death	1895 (Age 73) Simsbury, Connecticut, USA

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himself	Robert Siddell Birth 1822 Yorkshire, England Death 1895 (Age 73) Simsbury, Connecticut, USA Loading...
6 years wife	Maria Potts Birth 13 May 1828 26 28 Livingston, Columbia, New York, USA Death 5 January 1858 (Age 29) Age: 30 Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Loading...
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#1 daughter	Mary Siddell Birth 1847 25 18 Simsbury, Connecticut, USA Death yes Loading...
14 months #2 son	George Abram Siddell Birth 13 March 1848 26 19 Livingston, New York, USA Death 13 January 1933 (Age 84) Goffstown, New Hampshire, USA Loading...
10 months #3 daughter	Sarah Siddell Birth 1849 27 20 Livingston, Columbia, New York, USA Death yes Loading...
3 years #4 daughter	Isabella "Belle" Siddell Birth 1852 30 23 Simsbury, Connecticut, USA Death yes Loading...
3 years #5 daughter	Estella Siddell Birth 23 September 1854 32 26 Simsbury, Connecticut, USA Death 2 November 1907 (Age 53) Simsbury, Connecticut, USA Loading...
2 years #6 son	Herman Potts Siddell Birth March 1857 35 28 Simsbury, Connecticut, USA Death 1908 (Age 50) Loading...
9 months #7 daughter	Maria Romelia Siddell Birth December 1857 (estimated) 35 29 Simsbury, Connecticut, USA Death 30 September 1858 (Age 9 months) Simsbury, Connecticut, USA Loading...

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Australian History	A penal colony is founded at Moreton Bay, now the city of Brisbane.
Australian History	New South Wales western border is extended to 129 degrees E. Van Diemen's Land is proclaimed.
Australian History	Charles Sturt charts the Darling River.
Australian History	The whole of Australia is claimed as British territory. The settlement of Perth is founded. Swan River Colony is declared by Charles Fremantle for Britain.
Australian History	Sturt arrives at Goolwa, having charted the Murray River.
Australian History	Sydney Herald (later to become The Sydney Morning Herald) first published.
Australian History	Swan River Colony has its name changed to Western Australia.
Australian History	The penal settlement of Port Arthur is founded in Van Diemen's Land.
Australian History	John Batman and John Pascoe Fawkner establish a settlement at Port Phillip, now the city of Melbourne.
Australian History	Province of South Australia proclaimed with its western border at 132 degrees E.
Australian History	First Prussian settlers arrive in South Australia; the largest group on non-British migrants in Australia at the time.
Australian History	Paul Edmund Strzelecki becomes first European to ascend and name Australia's highest peak, Mount Kosciuszko.
Australian History	Australia's first municipal authority, the City of Adelaide, is established, followed by Sydney City Council.
Australian History	New Zealand is proclaimed as a separate colony, no longer part of New South Wales.
Australian History	Copper is discovered at Kapunda in South Australia.
Australian History	Australia's first parliamentary elections held for the New South Wales Legislative Council (though voting rights are restricted to males of certain wealth or property).
Australian History	The ship Cataraqui is wrecked off King Island in Bass Strait. It is Australia's worst civil maritime disaster, with 406 lives lost.
Australian History	Western Australia becomes a penal colony.
Australian History	Victoria separates from New South Wales.
Australian History	Bendigo Petition and Red Ribbon Rebellion at Bendigo
Australian History	The Eureka Stockade
Australian History	The transportation of convicts to Norfolk Island ceases.
Australian History	Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania.
Australian History	Victorian Committee reported that a 'federal union' would be in the interests of all the growing colonies. However, there was not enough interest in or enthusiasm for taking positive steps towards bringing the colonies together.
Australian History	Sydney and Melbourne linked by electric telegraph.
Australian History	SS Admella wrecked off south-east coast of South Australia with the loss of 89 lives.
Australian History	John McDouall Stuart reaches the centre of the continent. South Australian border changed from 132 degrees E to 129 degrees E.
Australian History	The ill-fated Burke and Wills expedition occurs.
Australian History	Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139 degrees E.
Australian History	South Australia takes control of the Northern Territory which was part of the colony of New South Wales.
Australian History	Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland.
Australian History	The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases.
Australian History	Children of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent are removed from their families by Australian and State government agencies.
Australian History	Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens.
Occupation	A republican he was elected to the state (CT) Legislature representing the town of Simsbury where he held many offices in town government. He was a blacksmith by trade but also farmed.
Australian History	Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock.
Australian History	SS Gothenburg strikes Old Reef off North Queensland and sinks with the loss of approximately 102 lives.
Australian History	First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.
Australian History	The first congress of trade unions is held.
Australian History	The bushranger Ned Kelly is hanged.
Australian History	First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.
Australian History	The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway
Australian History	An Australian cricket team is established, defeating England in the first Ashes series. First direct Inter-colonial passenger trains begin running between Adelaide and Melbourne.
Australian History	The completion of the railway network between Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney.
Australian History	The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention.
Australian History	A National Australasian Convention meets, agrees on adopting the name 'the Commonwealth of Australia' and drafting a constitution.
Australian History	Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia.
Australian History	The Corowa Conference (the 'people's convention') calls on the colonial parliaments to pass enabling acts, allowing the election of delegates to a new constitutional convention aimed at drafting a proposal and putting it to a referendum in each colony.
Australian History	South Australia becomes the first Australian colony, and the second place in the world, to grant women the right to vote, as well the first Parliament in the world to allow women to stand for office.
Australian History	The premiers, except for those of Queensland and Western Australia, agree to implement the Corowa proposals.

Robert SiddellAge: 731822–1895

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