Mattie Mc Clure?–?
- Name
- Mattie Mc Clure
- Given names
- Mattie
- Surname
- Mc Clure
| Marriage | Robert Gregg - View family yes |
| Birth of a son #1 | Ireland
son -
Finlay Gregg Sr
|
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Ireland
daughter -
Jeanie Gregg
|
| Birth of a daughter #3 | Ireland
daughter -
Eliza Gregg
|
| Australian History | 1788 Note: The British First Fleet, led by Governor Arthur Phillip arrives in New South Wales to found first European settlement and penal colony at Sydney. Colony includes 'all the islands adjacent in the Pacific Ocean' and running westward to the 135th meridian east. This claim included the islands of New Zealand, which were administered as part of New South Wales. Note: British settlement founded at Norfolk Island. |
| Birth of a son #4 | 1790 Ireland
son -
Richard Gregg
|
| Australian History | 1790 Note: Beleaguered Second Fleet arrives. Colony gripped by food crisis. |
| Australian History | 1792 Note: Two French ships, La Recherche and L'Esp�rance, anchor at Recherche Bay, near the southernmost point of Tasmania at a time when England and France were racing around the globe to be the first to discover and colonise Australia. Note: Governor Philip returns to England, accompanied by his friend Bennelong and a companion who become the first Australian born person to sail to Europe. |
| Australian History | 1797 Note: Sydney Cove wrecked and some survivors travelled from Bass Strait to Port Jackson allowing for the rescue of others but also furthering knowledge of the geography of Australia. |
| Australian History | 1798 Note: 1798-9 - George Bass and Matthew Flinders sail from Sydney and circumnavigate Tasmania, thus proving it to be an island. |
| Australian History | 1803 Note: Matthew Flinders completes the first circumnavigation of the continent (still known as 'New Holland') |
| Australian History | 1804 Note: A settlement is founded at Risdon on the Derwent River in Van Diemen's Land by Lieutenant Bowen. Note: Castle Hill convict rebellion also known as the second Battle of Vinegar Hill Note: The Risdon settlement is moved to Sullivan's Cove (now Hobart) by Colonel David Collins. |
| Australian History | 1808 Note: The Rum Rebellion |
| Birth of a son #5 | 1810 Ireland
son -
Robert Gregg
|
| Birth of a daughter #6 | about 1815 Donegal, Ireland
daughter -
Mary Gregg
|
| Australian History | 1817 Note: John Oxley charts the Lachlan River Note: Australia's first bank, the Bank of New South Wales, opens in Macquarie Place, Sydney (it became Westpac in 1982). Note: Governor Lachlan Macquarie petitioned the British Admiralty to use the name 'Australia' instead of 'New Holland' |
| Australian History | 1818 Note: Oxley charts the Macquarie River. |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | 1820
grandson -
Mark Gregg
|
| Australian History | 1824 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 Note: New South Wales western border is extended to 129 degrees E. Van Diemen's Land is proclaimed. |
| Australian History | 1828 Note: Charles Sturt charts the Darling River. |
| Australian History | 1829 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. |
| Birth of a grandson #2 | 14 December 1830 Oakland Township, Venango, Pennsylvania, USA
grandson -
Robert Gregg
|
| Australian History | 1830 Note: Sturt arrives at Goolwa, having charted the Murray River. |
| Australian History | 1831 Note: Sydney Herald (later to become The Sydney Morning Herald) first published. |
| Marriage of a son | Finlay Gregg Sr - View family 1832 (estimated)
son -
Finlay Gregg Sr
daughter-in-law -
Sarah Gailey
|
| Australian History | 1832 Note: Swan River Colony has its name changed to Western Australia. |
| Birth of a granddaughter #3 | about 1833 Moneglagon, Donegal, Ireland
granddaughter -
Mary Gregg
|
| Australian History | 1833 Note: The penal settlement of Port Arthur is founded in Van Diemen's Land. |
| Australian History | 1835 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. |
| Birth of a grandson #4 | 2 March 1836 Oakland Township, Venango, Pennsylvania, USA
grandson -
John Gregg
|
| Birth of a granddaughter #5 | 1836 Donegal, Ireland
granddaughter -
Eleanor Buchanan
|
| Marriage of a son | Robert Gregg - View family 1836
son -
Robert Gregg
daughter-in-law -
Ann Mc Connell
|
| Australian History | 1836 Note: Province of South Australia proclaimed with its western border at 132 degrees E. |
| Australian History | 1838 Note: First Prussian settlers arrive in South Australia; the largest group on non-British migrants in Australia at the time. |
| Birth of a grandson #6 | 1839 Kilmacrenan, Donegal, Ireland
grandson -
Richard Gregg
|
| Australian History | 1839 Note: Paul Edmund Strzelecki becomes first European to ascend and name Australia's highest peak, Mount Kosciuszko. |
| Australian History | 1840 Note: Australia's first municipal authority, the City of Adelaide, is established, followed by Sydney City Council. |
| Death of a husband | 25 December 1841
husband -
Robert Gregg
|
| Australian History | 1841 Note: New Zealand is proclaimed as a separate colony, no longer part of New South Wales. |
| Australian History | 1842 Note: Copper is discovered at Kapunda in South Australia. |
| Australian History | 1843 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). |
| Birth of a granddaughter #7 | 1845 Moneylagan, Donegal, Ireland
granddaughter -
Catherine Gregg
|
| Australian History | 1845 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 granddaughter #8 | 1849 Letterkenny, County Donegal, Ireland
granddaughter -
Jane Buchanan
|
| Australian History | 1850 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 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 |
| Marriage of a grandson | Robert Gregg - View family 2 September 1852 Wayne Township, Crawford, Pennsylvania, USA
grandson -
Robert Gregg
grandson's wife -
Mary Jane Ralston
|
| Australian History | 1853 Note: Bendigo Petition and Red Ribbon Rebellion at Bendigo |
| Marriage of a grandson | Robert Gregg - View family 2 March 1854 Letterkenny, Donegal, Ireland
grandson -
Robert Gregg
grandson's wife -
Isabella Gibson
|
| Birth of a grandson #9 | 3 April 1854 Ballynascadden, Ireland
grandson -
Richard Gregg
|
| Marriage of a granddaughter | Mary Gregg - View family 19 December 1854 Letterkenny, Donegal, Ireland
granddaughter's husband -
John Johnston
granddaughter -
Mary Gregg
|
| Australian History | 1854 Note: The Eureka Stockade |
| Australian History | 1855 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 Note: Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania. |
| Marriage of a grandson | John Gregg - View family 14 August 1857
grandson -
John Gregg
grandson's wife -
Sarah Redfield
|
| 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. |
| Australian History | 1858 Note: Sydney and Melbourne linked by electric telegraph. Note: New South Wales men achieve the right to vote. |
| Australian History | 1859 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. |
| Marriage of a granddaughter | Eleanor Buchanan - View family about 1860 Donegal, Ireland
granddaughter's husband -
Andrew Rankin
granddaughter -
Eleanor Buchanan
|
| Australian History | 1860 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 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 Note: Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139 degrees E. |
| Marriage of a grandson | Richard Gregg - View family 7 May 1863 Ascot, Victoria, Australia
grandson -
Richard Gregg
grandson's wife -
Catherine Mc Kay
|
| Australian History | 1863 Note: South Australia takes control of the Northern Territory which was part of the colony of New South Wales. |
| Death of a son | 10 February 1864 Cherrytree, Venango, Pennsylvania, USA
son -
Richard Gregg
|
| Australian History | 1867 Note: Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland. Note: Saint Mary MacKillop founds Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart. |
| Australian History | 1868 Note: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases. |
| Australian History | 1869 Note: Children of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent are removed from their families by Australian and State government agencies. |
| Marriage of a granddaughter | Catherine Gregg - View family 2 August 1870 Creswick, Victoria, Australia
granddaughter's husband -
Robert Starritt
granddaughter -
Catherine Gregg
|
| Australian History | 1872 Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens. |
| Marriage of a granddaughter | Jane Buchanan - View family 23 December 1873 St. Andrew's Manse, Sandhurst, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia
granddaughter's husband -
James Young Sr
granddaughter -
Jane Buchanan
|
| Australian History | 1873 Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock. |
| Australian History | 1875 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 | yes |
| Family with Robert Gregg - View family |
| husband |
Robert Gregg
Birth 1768 28 Donegal, Ireland Death 25 December 1841 (Age 73) |
| herself |
Mattie Mc Clure
Death yes |
|
Marriage: yes |
|
| #1 son |
Richard Gregg
Birth 1790 22 Ireland Death 10 February 1864 (Age 74) Cherrytree, Venango, Pennsylvania, USA |
| #2 son |
Finlay Gregg Sr
Birth Ireland Death yes |
| #3 son |
Robert Gregg
Birth 1810 42 Ireland Death yes |
|
5 years #4 daughter |
Mary Gregg
Birth about 1815 47 Donegal, Ireland Death yes |
| #5 daughter |
Jeanie Gregg
Birth Ireland Death yes |
| #6 daughter |
Eliza Gregg
Birth Ireland Death yes |
| Robert Gregg + Peggy Starritt - View family |
| husband |
Robert Gregg
Birth 1768 28 Donegal, Ireland Death 25 December 1841 (Age 73) |
| husband's wife |
Peggy Starritt
Death yes |
|
Marriage: yes |
|
| #1 step-daughter |
Margaret Rose Gregg
Birth Ireland Death yes |
| #2 step-son |
Birth 1819 51 Altrincham, Cheshire, England Death 19 December 1889 (Age 70) Grove City, Pennsylvania, USA |
| #3 step-daughter |
Nancy Gregg
Birth Ireland Death yes |
| #4 step-daughter |
Birth 1822 (estimated) 54 Ballinascadden, Parish Of Killmacrenan, County Donegal, Ireland Death 3 October 1885 (Age 63) Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA |
|
16 years #5 step-son |
William Gregg
Birth 10 November 1837 69 Ballinascadden, Parish Of Killmacrenan, County Donegal, Ireland Death Cherrytree, Venango, Pennsylvania, USA |