Herman Potts SiddellAge: 501857–1908
- Name
- Herman Potts Siddell
- Given names
- Herman Potts
- Surname
- Siddell
| Birth | March 1857 35 28 Simsbury, Connecticut, USA |
| Australian History | 1857 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 months) Simsbury, Connecticut, USA
younger sister -
Maria Romelia Siddell
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| Death of a mother | 5 January 1858 (Age 10 months) Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
mother -
Maria Potts
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| Death of a sister | 30 September 1858 (Age 18 months) Simsbury, Connecticut, USA
younger sister -
Maria Romelia Siddell
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| Australian History | 1858 (Age 10 months) Note: Sydney and Melbourne linked by electric telegraph. Note: New South Wales men achieve the right to vote. |
| Australian History | 1859 (Age 22 months) 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 2) 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 3) 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 4) Note: Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139 degrees E. |
| Australian History | 1863 (Age 5) Note: South Australia takes control of the Northern Territory which was part of the colony of New South Wales. |
| Marriage of a brother | George Abram Siddell - View family 19 September 1867 (Age 10) Simsburg, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
elder brother -
George Abram Siddell
sister-in-law -
Anna Maria Batchelder
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| Australian History | 1867 (Age 9) Note: Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland. Note: Saint Mary MacKillop founds Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart. |
| Australian History | 1868 (Age 10) Note: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases. |
| Australian History | 1869 (Age 11) Note: Children of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent are removed from their families by Australian and State government agencies. |
| Australian History | 1872 (Age 14) Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens. |
| Australian History | 1873 (Age 15) Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock. |
| Australian History | 1875 (Age 17) 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 maternal grandmother | 20 December 1876 (Age 19) Livingston, Columbia, New York, USA
maternal grandmother -
Elizabeth "Betsey" Spickerman
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| Australian History | 1878 (Age 20) Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Australian History | 1879 (Age 21) Note: The first congress of trade unions is held. |
| Australian History | 1880 (Age 22) Note: The bushranger Ned Kelly is hanged. Note: Parliamentarians in Victoria become the first in Australia to be paid for their work. |
| Australian History | 1882 (Age 24) Note: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Australian History | 1883 (Age 25) Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill |
| Australian History | 1887 (Age 29) 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 31) 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 32) Note: The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention. |
| Australian History | 1891 (Age 33) 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 34) Note: Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia. |
| Australian History | 1893 (Age 35) 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 36) 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 37) Simsbury, Connecticut, USA
father -
Robert Siddell
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| Australian History | 1895 (Age 37) 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 |
| Australian History | 1896 (Age 38) Note: The Bathurst Conference (the second 'people's convention') meets to discuss the 1891 draft constitution |
| Australian History | 1897 (Age 39) 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 40) 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. |
| Australian History | 1899 (Age 41) 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 42) 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 |
| Australian History | 1901 (Age 43) 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 44) 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 45) 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 46) 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 48) Note: Australia takes control of south-eastern New Guinea |
| Death of a sister | 2 November 1907 (Age 50) Simsbury, Connecticut, USA
elder sister -
Estella Siddell
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| Australian History | 1908 (on the date of death) Note: Dorothea Mackellar publishes My Country Note: The Dalgety proposal for the national capital is revoked, and Canberra is chosen instead |
| Death | 1908 (Age 50) |
| 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 |
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| #1 elder sister |
Mary Siddell
Birth 1847 25 18 Simsbury, Connecticut, USA Death yes |
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14 months #2 elder brother |
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 elder sister |
Sarah Siddell
Birth 1849 27 20 Livingston, Columbia, New York, USA Death yes |
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3 years #4 elder sister |
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3 years #5 elder 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 himself |
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 |