George Abram Siddell Jr.Age: 181883–1901
- Name
- George Abram Siddell Jr.
- Given names
- George Abram
- Surname
- Siddell
- Name suffix
- Jr.
| Birth | 25 January 1883 34 34 Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, USA |
| Australian History | 1883 Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill |
| Birth of a brother | 28 May 1884 (Age 16 months) Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
younger brother -
John Batchelder Siddell
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| Australian History | 1887 (Age 3) 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 5) 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 6) Note: The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention. |
| Australian History | 1891 (Age 7) 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 8) Note: Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia. |
| Australian History | 1893 (Age 9) 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 10) 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 paternal grandfather | 1895 (Age 11) Simsbury, Connecticut, USA
paternal grandfather -
Robert Siddell
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| Australian History | 1895 (Age 11) 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 12) Note: The Bathurst Conference (the second 'people's convention') meets to discuss the 1891 draft constitution |
| Australian History | 1897 (Age 13) 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 14) 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 15) 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 16) 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 17) 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 |
| Death | 17 December 1901 (Age 18) Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA |
| Family with parents - View family |
| father |
Birth 13 March 1848 26 19 Livingston, New York, USA Death 13 January 1933 (Age 84) Goffstown, New Hampshire, USA |
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1 month mother |
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 |
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8 months #1 elder brother |
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 elder brother |
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 elder sister |
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 elder sister |
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 himself |
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 younger brother |
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 |