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Letitia HallAge: 901837–1927

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Letitia Hall
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Birth 1837 27 33
 Drumswords, Monaghan, Ireland

Christening 23 July 1837
 Killeevan, Monaghan, Ireland

Australian History 1838 (Age 12 months)
 

Note: First Prussian settlers arrive in South Australia; the largest group on non-British migrants in Australia at the time.
Australian History 1839 (Age 2)
 

Note: Paul Edmund Strzelecki becomes first European to ascend and name Australia's highest peak, Mount Kosciuszko.
Australian History 1840 (Age 3)
 

Note: Australia's first municipal authority, the City of Adelaide, is established, followed by Sydney City Council.
Birth of a brother 1841 (Age 4)
 

younger brother - David Hall
Australian History 1841 (Age 4)
 

Note: New Zealand is proclaimed as a separate colony, no longer part of New South Wales.
Australian History 1842 (Age 5)
 

Note: Copper is discovered at Kapunda in South Australia.
Birth of a sister 1843 (Age 6)
 Drumswords, Ireland

younger sister - Eliza Hall
Australian History 1843 (Age 6)
 

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).
Christening of a sister 12 September 1843 (Age 6)
 Killeevan, Monaghan, Ireland

younger sister - Eliza Hall
Australian History 1845 (Age 8)
 

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.
Australian History 1850 (Age 13)
 

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 14)
 

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 sisterMary Ann Hall - View family
5 February 1852 (Age 15)
 Clones, Monaghan, Ireland

brother-in-law - Matthew Madill
elder sister - Mary Ann Hall
Australian History 1853 (Age 16)
 

Note: Bendigo Petition and Red Ribbon Rebellion at Bendigo
Marriage of a brotherJohn Hall - View family
20 February 1854 (Age 17)
 St Andrews, Scotshouse, Currin Parish, Ireland

elder brother - John Hall
sister-in-law - Mary Corbett
Death of a brother 8 December 1854 (Age 17)
 Headstone, Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia

elder brother - John Hall
Australian History 1854 (Age 17)
 

Note: The Eureka Stockade
Australian History 1855 (Age 18)
 

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 19)
 

Note: Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania.
MarriageAlexander Nelson - View family
3 July 1857 (Age 20)
 Killeevan, Monaghan, Ireland

MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE ALEXANDER NELSON & LETITIA HALL
MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE ALEXANDER NELSON & LETITIA HALL

Australian History 1857 (Age 20)
 

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 son
#1		 24 April 1858 (Age 21)
 Rawdeerpark, Monaghan, Ireland

son - William Henry Nelson
Australian History 1858 (Age 21)
 

Note: Sydney and Melbourne linked by electric telegraph.
Note: New South Wales men achieve the right to vote.
Australian History 1859 (Age 22)
 

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 23)
 

Note: John McDouall Stuart reaches the centre of the continent. South Australian border changed from 132 degrees E to 129 degrees E.
Emigration October 1861 (Age 24)
 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Note: Ship "Great Tasmania" with son William H, & Mother Mary Hall & family
Australian History 1861 (Age 24)
 

Note: The ill-fated Burke and Wills expedition occurs.
Note: skiing in Australia introduced by Norwegians in the Snowy Mountains goldrush town of Kiandra
Birth of a daughter
#2		 1862 (Age 25)
 Bet Bet, Victoria, Australia

daughter - Mary Ann Nelson
Australian History 1862 (Age 25)
 

Note: Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139 degrees E.
Marriage of a brotherDavid Hall - View family
2 March 1863 (Age 26)
 Clones, Monaghan, Ulster, Ireland

younger brother - David Hall
sister-in-law - Elizabeth Ann Scott
Australian History 1863 (Age 26)
 

Note: South Australia takes control of the Northern Territory which was part of the colony of New South Wales.
Birth of a daughter
#3		 1864 (Age 27)
 Clunes, Victoria, Australia

daughter - Elizabeth Nelson
Birth of a son
#4		 1867 (Age 30)
 Clunes, Victoria, Australia

son - David Nelson
Australian History 1867 (Age 30)
 

Note: Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland.
Note: Saint Mary MacKillop founds Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart.
Australian History 1868 (Age 31)
 

Note: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases.
Birth of a son
#5		 1869 (Age 32)
 Clunes, Victoria, Australia

son - Alexander Nelson
Australian History 1869 (Age 32)
 

Note: Children of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent are removed from their families by Australian and State government agencies.
Death of a husband 1870 (Age 33)
 Creswick, Victoria, Australia

husband - Alexander Nelson
Death of a mother 12 April 1870 (Age 33)
 Talbot Road, Clunes, Victoria, Australia

mother - Ann Mills
MarriageWilliam Myott - View family
8 April 1871 (Age 34)
 Victoria, Australia

Birth of a son
#6		 1 June 1872 (Age 35)
 Clunes, Victoria, Australia

son - Enoch Myott
Australian History 1872 (Age 35)
 

Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens.
Australian History 1873 (Age 36)
 

Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock.
Birth of a son
#7		 14 January 1875 (Age 38)
 Clunes, Victoria, Australia

son - John James Myott
Australian History 1875 (Age 38)
 

Note: SS Gothenburg strikes Old Reef off North Queensland and sinks with the loss of approximately 102 lives.
Note: Adelaide Steamship Company is formed.
Birth of a son
#8		 28 August 1877 (Age 40)
 Waranga, Victoria, Australia

son - Thomas Henry Myott
Australian History 1878 (Age 41)
 

Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.
Death of a father 17 February 1879 (Age 42)
 Undera, Victoria, Australia

father - David Hall
Australian History 1879 (Age 42)
 

Note: The first congress of trade unions is held.
Birth of a son
#9		 10 June 1880 (Age 43)
 Undera, Victoria, Australia

son - Samuel Henry Myott
Australian History 1880 (Age 43)
 

Note: The bushranger Ned Kelly is hanged.
Note: Parliamentarians in Victoria become the first in Australia to be paid for their work.
Marriage of a sonWilliam Henry Nelson - View family
1882 (Age 45)
 Victoria, Australia

son - William Henry Nelson
daughter-in-law - Selina Doidge
Australian History 1882 (Age 45)
 

Note: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.
Birth of a grandson
#1		 1883 (Age 46)
 Undera, Victoria, Australia

grandson - Bertie Ernest Nelson
Australian History 1883 (Age 46)
 

Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway
Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill
Birth of a granddaughter
#2		 1884 (Age 47)
 Undera, Victoria, Australia

granddaughter - Edith May Nelson
Birth of a grandson
#3		 1885 (Age 48)
 Undera, Victoria, Australia

grandson - Alexander Nelson
Marriage of a daughterMary Ann Nelson - View family
1886 (Age 49)
 Victoria, Australia

son-in-law - Albert Charles Walker
daughter - Mary Ann Nelson
Burial of a brother 8 December 1886 (Age 49)
 Undera, Victoria, Australia

elder brother - John Hall
Birth of a granddaughter
#4		 1887 (Age 50)
 Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia

granddaughter - Clara Nelson
Australian History 1887 (Age 50)
 

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.
Birth of a granddaughter
#5		 25 July 1888 (Age 51)
 Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia

granddaughter - Letitia Walker
Birth of a grandson
#6		 1889 (Age 52)
 Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia

grandson - William Collins Nelson
Australian History 1889 (Age 52)
 

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 53)
 

Note: The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention.
Birth of a grandson
#7		 1891 (Age 54)
 Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia

grandson - Alexander Walker
Australian History 1891 (Age 54)
 

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
Birth of a granddaughter
#8		 1892 (Age 55)
 Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia

granddaughter - Florence Nelson
Death of a granddaughter 1892 (Age 55)
 Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia

granddaughter - Florence Nelson
Australian History 1892 (Age 55)
 

Note: Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia.
Australian History 1893 (Age 56)
 

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 57)
 

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.
Birth of a granddaughter
#9		 1895 (Age 58)
 Dunbulbalane, Victoria, Australia

granddaughter - Elizabeth Walker
Australian History 1895 (Age 58)
 

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 of a daughter 1896 (Age 59)
 Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia

daughter - Mary Ann Nelson
Australian History 1896 (Age 59)
 

Note: The Bathurst Conference (the second 'people's convention') meets to discuss the 1891 draft constitution
Australian History 1897 (Age 60)
 

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 61)
 

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 62)
 

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.
Marriage of a sonEnoch Myott - View family
1900 (Age 63)
 Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia

son - Enoch Myott
daughter-in-law - Catherine D Davis
Australian History 1900 (Age 63)
 

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 sister 11 September 1901 (Age 64)
 Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia

elder sister - Mary Ann Hall
Australian History 1901 (Age 64)
 

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 65)
 

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
Death of a brother 21 February 1903 (Age 66)
 Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia

elder brother - James Hall
Australian History 1903 (Age 66)
 

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
Marriage of a daughterElizabeth Nelson - View family
1904 (Age 67)
 Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia

son-in-law - Alfred Caunt
daughter - Elizabeth Nelson
Australian History 1904 (Age 67)
 

Note: A site at Dalgety, New South Wales chosen for the new national capital
Note: Chris Watson forms the first federal Labor (minority) government
Birth of a grandson
#10		 29 July 1905 (Age 68)
 Gunning, New South Wales, Australia

grandson - Jack Oswald Nelson
Australian History 1906 (Age 69)
 

Note: Australia takes control of south-eastern New Guinea
Marriage of a sonThomas Henry Myott - View family
1907 (Age 70)
 Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia

son - Thomas Henry Myott
daughter-in-law - Katherine E McCormick
Marriage of a sonJohn James Myott - View family
1908 (Age 71)
 Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia

son - John James Myott
daughter-in-law - Mary A Ruschen
Australian History 1908 (Age 71)
 

Note: Dorothea Mackellar publishes My Country
Note: The Dalgety proposal for the national capital is revoked, and Canberra is chosen instead
Australian History 1909 (Age 72)
 

Note: The first powered aeroplane flight in Australia is made.
Australian History 1910 (Age 73)
 

Note: Andrew Fisher forms the first federal majority Labor government.
Australian History 1911 (Age 74)
 

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.
Death of a son 1912 (Age 75)
 Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia

son - Alexander Nelson
Australian History 1912 (Age 75)
 

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 76)
 

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 76)
 

Note: The foundation stone for the city of Canberra is put in place
Marriage of a granddaughterClara Nelson - View family
1914 (Age 77)
 Victoria, Australia

granddaughter's husband - Reuben Henry Buckland
granddaughter - Clara Nelson
Marriage of a grandsonWilliam Collins Nelson - View family
1914 (Age 77)
 Victoria, Australia

grandson - William Collins Nelson
grandson's wife - Annie Maria Crapnell
Australian History 1914 (Age 77)
 

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 78)
 

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 79)
 

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 80)
 

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.
Australian History 1918 (Age 81)
 

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 82)
 

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 83)
 

Note: The airline Qantas is founded
Australian History 1921 (Age 84)
 

Note: Edith Cowan becomes the first woman elected to an Australian parliament
Australian History 1922 (Age 85)
 

Note: The Smith Family charity is founded in Sydney
Australian History 1923 (Age 86)
 

Note: Vegemite is first produced
Death of a brother 14 September 1924 (Age 87)
 Culcairn, New South Wales, Australia

younger brother - David Hall
Australian History 1926 (Age 89)
 

Note: The first Miss Australia contest is held
Death of a daughter 1927 (Age 90)
 Auburn, New South Wales, Australia

daughter - Elizabeth Nelson
Australian History 1927 (Age 90)
 

Note: The tenth parliament is formally opened in Canberra, finalising the move to the new capital
Death 2 August 1927 (Age 90)
 Redfern, New South Wales, Australia

Letitia Hall Death Certificate
Letitia Hall Death Certificate

Burial
 Rookwood, New South Wales, Australia

Family with parents - View family
father
David Hall

Birth 1810 50  Killeevan, Monaghan, Ulster, Ireland

Death 17 February 1879 (Age 69)  Undera, Victoria, Australia

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mother
Ann Mills

Birth 1804  Monaghan, Ulster, Ireland

Death 12 April 1870 (Age 66)  Talbot Road, Clunes, Victoria, Australia

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Marriage: 1827 — Killeevan, Monaghan, Ireland
#1 elder brother
John Hall

Birth 1827 17 23  Killeevan, Monaghan, Ireland

Death 8 December 1854 (Age 27)  Headstone, Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia

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#2 elder sister
Mary Ann Hall Mary Ann Hall

Birth 28 February 1830 20 26  Killeaven, Monaghan, Monaghan, Ulster, Ireland

Death 11 September 1901 (Age 71)  Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia

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#3 elder sister
Elzabeth Hall

Birth 1833 23 29  Drumswords, Monaghan, Ireland

Death yes  

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#4 elder brother
James Hall

Birth 1835 25 31  Drumswords, Monaghan, Ireland

Death 21 February 1903 (Age 68)  Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia

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#5 herself
Letitia Hall

Birth 1837 27 33  Drumswords, Monaghan, Ireland

Death 2 August 1927 (Age 90)  Redfern, New South Wales, Australia

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#6 younger brother
David Hall

Birth 1841 31 37  

Death 14 September 1924 (Age 83)  Culcairn, New South Wales, Australia

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#7 younger sister
Eliza Hall

Birth 1843 33 39  Drumswords, Ireland

Death yes  

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Family with Alexander Nelson - View family
husband
Alexander Nelson

Birth 1837  Rawdeerpark, Monaghan, Ireland

Death 1870 (Age 33)  Creswick, Victoria, Australia

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herself
Letitia Hall

Birth 1837 27 33  Drumswords, Monaghan, Ireland

Death 2 August 1927 (Age 90)  Redfern, New South Wales, Australia

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Marriage: 3 July 1857 — Killeevan, Monaghan, Ireland
10 months
#1 son
William Henry Nelson William Henry Nelson

Birth 24 April 1858 21 21  Rawdeerpark, Monaghan, Ireland

Death 9 September 1943 (Age 85)  Albury, New South Wales, Australia

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#2 daughter
May Ann Walker (nee Nelson) Mary Ann Nelson

Birth 1862 25 25  Bet Bet, Victoria, Australia

Death 1896 (Age 34)  Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia

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#3 daughter
Elizabeth Nelson

Birth 1864 27 27  Clunes, Victoria, Australia

Death 1927 (Age 63)  Auburn, New South Wales, Australia

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#4 son
David Nelson

Birth 1867 30 30  Clunes, Victoria, Australia

Death 27 September 1943 (Age 76)  Albury, New South Wales, Australia

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#5 son
Alexander Nelson

Birth 1869 32 32  Clunes, Victoria, Australia

Death 1912 (Age 43)  Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia

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Family with William Myott - View family
husband
William Myott

Birth 1820  Wolverhampton, England

Death yes  

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17 years
herself
Letitia Hall

Birth 1837 27 33  Drumswords, Monaghan, Ireland

Death 2 August 1927 (Age 90)  Redfern, New South Wales, Australia

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Marriage: 8 April 1871 — Victoria, Australia
14 months
#1 son
Enoch Myott

Birth 1 June 1872 52 35  Clunes, Victoria, Australia

Death yes  

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#2 son
John James Myott Headstone John James Myott

Birth 14 January 1875 55 38  Clunes, Victoria, Australia

Death 28 August 1938 (Age 63)  Henty, New South Wales, Australia

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#3 son
Thomas Henry Myott

Birth 28 August 1877 57 40  Waranga, Victoria, Australia

Death 5 June 1967 (Age 89)  Collaroy, New South Wales, Australia

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#4 son
Samuel Henry Myott

Birth 10 June 1880 60 43  Undera, Victoria, Australia

Death yes  

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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.

Emigration
Ship "Great Tasmania" with son William H, & Mother Mary Hall & family

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.

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.

Australian History
The Bathurst Conference (the second 'people's convention') meets to discuss the 1891 draft constitution

Australian History
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.

Australian History
The Convention agrees on a final draft to be put to the people.

Australian History
The decision is made to site the national capital in New South Wales, but not within 100 miles of Sydney.

Australian History
Several delegates visit London to resist proposed changes to the agreed-upon constitution.

Australian History
(01 Jan) Australia becomes a federation on 1 January. Edmund Barton becomes Prime Minister; the 7th Earl of Hopetoun becomes Governor-General

Australian History
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.

Australian History
The High Court of Australia is established with Samuel Griffith as the first Chief Justice.

Australian History
A site at Dalgety, New South Wales chosen for the new national capital

Australian History
Australia takes control of south-eastern New Guinea

Australian History
Dorothea Mackellar publishes My Country

Australian History
The first powered aeroplane flight in Australia is made.

Australian History
Andrew Fisher forms the first federal majority Labor government.

Australian History
The Royal Australian Navy is founded

Australian History
Australia sends women to the Olympic Games for the first time

Australian History
Blaxland, Lawson and Wentworth cross the Blue Mountains.

Australian History
The foundation stone for the city of Canberra is put in place

Australian History
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
(25 APRIL)Australian soldiers land at Anzac Cove on the Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey on 25 April.

Australian History
Hotels are forced to close at 6 p.m., leading to the beginning of the 'six o'clock swill'

Australian History
Second referendum on conscription is rejected. Transcontinental railway linking Adelaide to Perth is completed.

Australian History
(08 AUG) Battle of Amiens

Australian History
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
The airline Qantas is founded

Australian History
Edith Cowan becomes the first woman elected to an Australian parliament

Australian History
The Smith Family charity is founded in Sydney

Australian History
Vegemite is first produced

Australian History
The first Miss Australia contest is held

Australian History
The tenth parliament is formally opened in Canberra, finalising the move to the new capital



Documents
MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE ALEXANDER NELSON & LETITIA HALL
MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE ALEXANDER NELSON & LETITIA HALL
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Letitia Hall Death Certificate
Letitia Hall Death Certificate
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