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George Abram Siddell Age 19

George Abram SiddellAge: 841848–1933

Name
George Abram Siddell
Given names
George Abram
Surname
Siddell
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Birth 13 March 1848 26 19
 Livingston, New York, USA

Birth of a sister 1849 (Age 9 months)
 Livingston, Columbia, New York, USA

younger sister - Sarah Siddell
Australian History 1850 (Age 21 months)
 

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 2)
 

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 sister 1852 (Age 3)
 Simsbury, Connecticut, USA

younger sister - Isabella "Belle" Siddell
Australian History 1853 (Age 4)
 

Note: Bendigo Petition and Red Ribbon Rebellion at Bendigo
Birth of a sister 23 September 1854 (Age 6)
 Simsbury, Connecticut, USA

younger sister - Estella Siddell
Australian History 1854 (Age 5)
 

Note: The Eureka Stockade
Australian History 1855 (Age 6)
 

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 7)
 

Note: Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania.
Birth of a brother March 1857 (Age 8)
 Simsbury, Connecticut, USA

younger brother - Herman Potts Siddell
Australian History 1857 (Age 8)
 

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 sister December 1857 (estimated) (Age 9)
 Simsbury, Connecticut, USA

younger sister - Maria Romelia Siddell
Death of a mother 5 January 1858 (Age 9)
 Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, USA

mother - Maria Potts
Death of a sister 30 September 1858 (Age 10)
 Simsbury, Connecticut, USA

younger sister - Maria Romelia Siddell
Australian History 1858 (Age 9)
 

Note: Sydney and Melbourne linked by electric telegraph.
Note: New South Wales men achieve the right to vote.
Australian History 1859 (Age 10)
 

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.
Australian History 1860 (Age 11)
 

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 12)
 

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 13)
 

Note: Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139 degrees E.
Australian History 1863 (Age 14)
 

Note: South Australia takes control of the Northern Territory which was part of the colony of New South Wales.
MarriageAnna Maria Batchelder - View family
19 September 1867 (Age 19)
 Simsburg, Hartford, Connecticut, USA

George Abram Siddell and Anna Maria Batchelder COM
George Abram Siddell and Anna Maria Batchelder COM

Australian History 1867 (Age 18)
 

Note: Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland.
Note: Saint Mary MacKillop founds Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart.
Birth of a son
#1		 23 May 1868 (Age 20)
 Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, USA

son - Charles Herman Siddell
Australian History 1868 (Age 19)
 

Note: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases.
Australian History 1869 (Age 20)
 

Note: Children of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent are removed from their families by Australian and State government agencies.
Birth of a son
#2		 26 June 1872 (Age 24)
 Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, USA

son - Robert Batchelder Siddell
Australian History 1872 (Age 23)
 

Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens.
Birth of a daughter
#3		 14 August 1873 (Age 25)
 Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, USA

daughter - Anna Bertha Siddell
Australian History 1873 (Age 24)
 

Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock.
Australian History 1875 (Age 26)
 

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 son 23 April 1876 (Age 28)
 Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, USA

son - Charles Herman Siddell
Death of a son 28 April 1876 (Age 28)
 Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, USA

son - Robert Batchelder Siddell
Death of a maternal grandmother 20 December 1876 (Age 28)
 Livingston, Columbia, New York, USA

maternal grandmother - Elizabeth "Betsey" Spickerman
Australian History 1878 (Age 29)
 

Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.
Australian History 1879 (Age 30)
 

Note: The first congress of trade unions is held.
Birth of a daughter
#4		 7 September 1880 (Age 32)
 Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, USA

daughter - Margaret Smith Siddell
Australian History 1880 (Age 31)
 

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 daughter 28 June 1882 (Age 34)
 Erving, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA

daughter - Margaret Smith Siddell
Australian History 1882 (Age 33)
 

Note: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.
Birth of a son
#5		 25 January 1883 (Age 34)
 Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, USA

son - George Abram Siddell Jr.
Australian History 1883 (Age 34)
 

Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway
Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill
Birth of a son
#6		 28 May 1884 (Age 36)
 Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, USA

son - John Batchelder Siddell
Australian History 1887 (Age 38)
 

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 40)
 

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 41)
 

Note: The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention.
Australian History 1891 (Age 42)
 

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 43)
 

Note: Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia.
Australian History 1893 (Age 44)
 

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 45)
 

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.
Death of a father 1895 (Age 46)
 Simsbury, Connecticut, USA

father - Robert Siddell
Australian History 1895 (Age 46)
 

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
Birth of a granddaughter
#1		 February 1896 (Age 47)
 Massachusetts, USA

granddaughter - Louia Meara
Birth of a granddaughter
#2		 February 1896 (Age 47)
 Connecticut, USA

granddaughter - Luvia S Meara
Australian History 1896 (Age 47)
 

Note: The Bathurst Conference (the second 'people's convention') meets to discuss the 1891 draft constitution
Australian History 1897 (Age 48)
 

Note: In two sessions, the Second National Australasian Convention meets (with representatives from all colonies except Queensland present). They agree to adopt a constitution based on the 1891 draft, and then revise and amend it later that year.
Note: Catherine Helen Spence became the first female political candidate for political office, standing for election as a representative for South Australia.
Australian History 1898 (Age 49)
 

Note: The Convention agrees on a final draft to be put to the people.
Note: After much public debate, the Victorian, South Australian and Tasmanian referendums are successful; the New South Wales referendum narrowly fails. Later New South Wales votes 'yes' in a second referendum, and Queensland and Western Australia also vote to join.
Birth of a grandson
#3		 March 1899 (Age 50)
 Connecticut, USA

grandson - Robert W Meara
Australian History 1899 (Age 50)
 

Note: The decision is made to site the national capital in New South Wales, but not within 100 miles of Sydney.
Note: The Australian Labor Party holds office for a few days in Queensland, becoming the first trade union party to do so anywhere in the world.
Note: The first contingents from various Australian colonies are sent to South Africa to participate in the Second Boer War.
Australian History 1900 (Age 51)
 

Note: Several delegates visit London to resist proposed changes to the agreed-upon constitution.
Note: The constitution is passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom as a schedule to the Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act, and is given royal assent
Death of a son 17 December 1901 (Age 53)
 Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA

son - George Abram Siddell Jr.
Australian History 1901 (Age 52)
 

Note: (01 Jan) Australia becomes a federation on 1 January. Edmund Barton becomes Prime Minister; the 7th Earl of Hopetoun becomes Governor-General
Note: The first parliament met in Parliament House, Melbourne
Note: Immigration Restriction act was introduced- The White Australian Policy
Note: The Australian National Flag was flown for the first time
Australian History 1902 (Age 53)
 

Note: The Franchise Act guarantees women the right to vote in federal elections (by this stage, most states had already done this). However, it excludes most non-European ethnic groups, including Aboriginal people, unless already registered to vote on State roles.
Note: King Edward VII approved the design of the Australian flag.
Note: Breaker Morant is executed for having shot Boers who had surrendered
Australian History 1903 (Age 54)
 

Note: The High Court of Australia is established with Samuel Griffith as the first Chief Justice.
Note: The Defence Act gives the federal government full control over the Australian Army
Note: Alfred Deakin elected Prime Minister
Australian History 1904 (Age 55)
 

Note: A site at Dalgety, New South Wales chosen for the new national capital
Note: Chris Watson forms the first federal Labor (minority) government
Australian History 1906 (Age 57)
 

Note: Australia takes control of south-eastern New Guinea
Death of a sister 2 November 1907 (Age 59)
 Simsbury, Connecticut, USA

younger sister - Estella Siddell
Birth of a granddaughter
#4		 9 July 1908 (Age 60)
 Connecticut, USA

granddaughter - Elizabeth Meara
Death of a brother 1908 (Age 59)
 

younger brother - Herman Potts Siddell
Australian History 1908 (Age 59)
 

Note: Dorothea Mackellar publishes My Country
Note: The Dalgety proposal for the national capital is revoked, and Canberra is chosen instead
Birth of a grandson
#5		 25 December 1909 (Age 61)
 44 Thomas Street, Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA

grandson - George Arthur Siddell
Australian History 1909 (Age 60)
 

Note: The first powered aeroplane flight in Australia is made.
Australian History 1910 (Age 61)
 

Note: Andrew Fisher forms the first federal majority Labor government.
Australian History 1911 (Age 62)
 

Note: The Royal Australian Navy is founded
Note: The Northern Territory comes under Commonwealth control, being split off from South Australia
Note: The first national census is conducted.
Note: Australian Capital Territory proclaimed.
Australian History 1912 (Age 63)
 

Note: Australia sends women to the Olympic Games for the first time
Note: Walter Burley Griffin wins a design competition for the new city of Canberra
Australian History 1913 (Age 64)
 

Note: Blaxland, Lawson and Wentworth cross the Blue Mountains.
Note: Matthew Flinders refers to New South Wales by the name 'Australia'.
Australian History 1913 (Age 64)
 

Note: The foundation stone for the city of Canberra is put in place
Australian History 1914 (Age 65)
 

Note: Australian soldiers are sent to the First World War. This was first time Australians had fought under the Australian flag, as opposed to that of Britain's.
Australian History 1915 (Age 66)
 

Note: (25 APRIL)Australian soldiers land at Anzac Cove on the Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey on 25 April.
Note: Jervis Bay Territory comprising 6,677 hectares surrendered and becomes part of the Australia Capital Territory.
Note: Surfing is first introduced to Australia
Note: Billy Hughes became Prime Minister
Australian History 1916 (Age 67)
 

Note: Hotels are forced to close at 6 p.m., leading to the beginning of the 'six o'clock swill'
Note: Australia suffers heavy casualties in the Western Front Battle of the Somme.
Note: The Returned Sailors� and Soldiers� Imperial League of Australia, the forerunner to the Returned and Services League of Australia is founded
Note: The Labor government under Billy Hughes splits over conscription. First referendum on conscription is rejected
Australian History 1917 (Age 68)
 

Note: Second referendum on conscription is rejected. Transcontinental railway linking Adelaide to Perth is completed.
Note: Australian 4th Light Horse Brigade launches last cavalry charge in modern warfare to capture Beersheba from the Ottoman Turks.
Death of a son 22 December 1918 (Age 70)
 24 Victoria St. Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA

son - John Batchelder Siddell
Australian History 1918 (Age 69)
 

Note: (08 AUG) Battle of Amiens
Note: Australian troops spearhead 8 August offensive against Hindenberg Line - the 'black day of the German Army'.
Note: On 12 August, Australian commander General Sir John Monash is knighted in the field of battle by King George V
Note: First World War ends - 60,000 Australians dead.
Note: The Darwin Rebellion takes place, with 1,000 demonstrators demanding the resignation of the Administrator of the Northern Territory, John A. Gilruth.
Australian History 1919 (Age 70)
 

Note: Prime Minister Billy Hughes signs Treaty of Versailles: the first signing of an international treaty by Australia. Australia obtains League of Nations mandate over German New Guinea.
Australian History 1920 (Age 71)
 

Note: The airline Qantas is founded
Australian History 1921 (Age 72)
 

Note: Edith Cowan becomes the first woman elected to an Australian parliament
Australian History 1922 (Age 73)
 

Note: The Smith Family charity is founded in Sydney
Australian History 1923 (Age 74)
 

Note: Vegemite is first produced
Australian History 1926 (Age 77)
 

Note: The first Miss Australia contest is held
Australian History 1927 (Age 78)
 

Note: The tenth parliament is formally opened in Canberra, finalising the move to the new capital
Australian History 1928 (Age 79)
 

Note: Bert Hinkler makes the first successful flight from Britain to Australia, and Charles Kingsford Smith makes the first flight from the United States to Australia. The Shrine of Remembrance is built.
Australian History 1929 (Age 80)
 

Note: Western Australia celebrates its centenary
Note: Labor returns to office under James Scullin. The Great Depression hits Australia.
Australian History 1930 (Age 81)
 

Note: Batsman Don Bradman scores a record 452 not out in one cricket innings
Note: Phar Lap wins his first Melbourne Cup
Australian History 1931 (Age 82)
 

Note: Sir Douglas Mawson charts 4,000 miles of Antarctic coastline and claims 42% of the icy mass for Australia
Death of a wife 23 March 1932 (Age 84)
 Chicopee, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA

wife - Anna Maria Batchelder
Australian History 1932 (Age 83)
 

Note: The Sydney Harbour Bridge opens
Note: The Labor government falls and Joseph Lyons becomes Prime Minister
Australian History 1933 (Age 84)
 

Note: Western Australia votes at a rerefendum to secede from the Commonwealth, but the vote is ignored by both the Commonwealth and British governments
Death 13 January 1933 (Age 84)
 Goffstown, New Hampshire, USA

Family with parents - View family
father
Robert Siddell

Birth 1822  Yorkshire, England

Death 1895 (Age 73)  Simsbury, Connecticut, USA

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6 years
mother
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

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Marriage: yes
#1 elder sister
Mary Siddell

Birth 1847 25 18  Simsbury, Connecticut, USA

Death yes  

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14 months
#2 himself
George Abram Siddell Age 19 George Abram Siddell

Birth 13 March 1848 26 19  Livingston, New York, USA

Death 13 January 1933 (Age 84)  Goffstown, New Hampshire, USA

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10 months
#3 younger sister
Sarah Siddell

Birth 1849 27 20  Livingston, Columbia, New York, USA

Death yes  

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3 years
#4 younger sister
Belle Siddell Isabella "Belle" Siddell

Birth 1852 30 23  Simsbury, Connecticut, USA

Death yes  

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3 years
#5 younger sister
Estella Siddell

Birth 23 September 1854 32 26  Simsbury, Connecticut, USA

Death 2 November 1907 (Age 53)  Simsbury, Connecticut, USA

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2 years
#6 younger brother
Herman Potts Siddell

Birth March 1857 35 28  Simsbury, Connecticut, USA

Death 1908 (Age 50)  

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9 months
#7 younger sister
Maria Romelia Siddell

Birth December 1857 (estimated) 35 29  Simsbury, Connecticut, USA

Death 30 September 1858 (Age 9 months)  Simsbury, Connecticut, USA

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Family with Anna Maria Batchelder - View family
himself
George Abram Siddell Age 19 George Abram Siddell

Birth 13 March 1848 26 19  Livingston, New York, USA

Death 13 January 1933 (Age 84)  Goffstown, New Hampshire, USA

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wife
Anna Maria Batchelder Anna Maria Batchelder

Birth 9 April 1848  Plainfield, Washington, Vermont, USA

Death 23 March 1932 (Age 83)  Chicopee, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA

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Marriage: 19 September 1867 — Simsburg, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
8 months
#1 son
Charles H. Siddell Charles Herman Siddell

Birth 23 May 1868 20 20  Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, USA

Death 23 April 1876 (Age 7)  Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, USA

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4 years
#2 son
Robert Batchelder Siddell

Birth 26 June 1872 24 24  Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, USA

Death 28 April 1876 (Age 3)  Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, USA

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14 months
#3 daughter
Anna Bertha Siddell

Birth 14 August 1873 25 25  Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, USA

Death 23 May 1958 (Age 84)  Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA

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7 years
#4 daughter
Margaret Smith Siddell

Birth 7 September 1880 32 32  Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, USA

Death 28 June 1882 (Age 21 months)  Erving, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA

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2 years
#5 son
George Abram Siddell Jr.

Birth 25 January 1883 34 34  Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, USA

Death 17 December 1901 (Age 18)  Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA

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16 months
#6 son
John Batchelder Siddell

Birth 28 May 1884 36 36  Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, USA

Death 22 December 1918 (Age 34)  24 Victoria St. Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA

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George Abram Siddell has 9 first cousins recorded

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Mother's family (9)

Parents Robert Alvin Potts + Elizabeth Reynold
1 Cora A. Potts 1856–?
2 Maria E Potts 1859–?
3 Emma Estella Potts 1866–?
4 George Robert Potts 1870–?
Parents Herman Thorne Potts + Nancy J. Bacon
1 Ameila Potts 1857–1885
2 Clara E. Potts 1860–1926
3 Lillian Adele Potts 1866–?
Parents George B Lee + Elizabeth Jane Potts
1 Grace Lee 1862–?
2 Robert Lee 1863–?
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George Abram Siddell Age 19
George Abram Siddell Age 19
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George Abram Siddell and Anna Maria Batchelder COM
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