Edith May MadillAge: 491882–1931
- Name
- Edith May Madill
- Given names
- Edith May
- Surname
- Madill
| Birth | 16 May 1882 26 26 Undera, Victoria, Australia |
| Australian History | 1882 Note: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Australian History | 1883 (Age 7 months) Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill |
| Birth of a sister | 4 January 1884 (Age 19 months) Undera, Victoria, Australia
younger sister -
Ethel Madill
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| Birth of a sister | 9 December 1885 (Age 3) Undera, Victoria, Australia
younger sister -
Margaret Rebecca Ellen Madill
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| Birth of a sister | 25 August 1887 (Age 5) Undera, Victoria, Australia
younger sister -
Elizabeth Isabel Madill
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| Australian History | 1887 (Age 4) 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 sister | 24 August 1889 (Age 7) Undera, Victoria, Australia
younger sister -
Alice Madill
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| Australian History | 1889 (Age 6) 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 7) Note: The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention. |
| Birth of a sister | 14 September 1891 (Age 9) Undera, Victoria, Australia
younger sister -
Daisy Madill
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| Australian History | 1891 (Age 8) 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 9) Note: Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia. |
| Birth of a brother | 27 June 1893 (Age 11) Undera, Victoria, Australia
younger brother -
Albert Ernest Madill
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| Australian History | 1893 (Age 10) 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 11) 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 sister | 6 June 1895 (Age 13) Undera, Victoria, Australia
younger sister -
Ida Lilian Madill
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| Australian History | 1895 (Age 12) 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 13) Note: The Bathurst Conference (the second 'people's convention') meets to discuss the 1891 draft constitution |
| Australian History | 1897 (Age 14) 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. |
| Marriage of a father | David Madill - View family 1898 (Age 15) 66 Herbet Street, Albert Park, Victoria, Australia
father -
David Madill
step-mother -
Abina Maude Lynas
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| Death of a mother | 1898 (Age 15) Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia
mother -
Mary Ellen Ryan
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| Australian History | 1898 (Age 15) 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. |
| Event | Family Photo 1899 (Age 16)Children of David and Mary Madill |
| Australian History | 1899 (Age 16) 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. |
| Birth of a half-sister | 10 September 1900 (Age 18) Undera, Victoria, Australia
half-sister -
Abina Maude Madill
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| Australian History | 1900 (Age 17) 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 paternal grandmother | 11 September 1901 (Age 19) Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia
paternal grandmother -
Mary Ann Hall
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| Australian History | 1901 (Age 18) 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 19) 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 |
| Birth of a half-brother | 28 February 1903 (Age 20) Albert Park, Victoria, Australia
half-brother -
David James "Jim" Madill
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| Australian History | 1903 (Age 20) 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 |
| Birth of a half-brother | 1 February 1904 (Age 21) Undera, Victoria, Australia
half-brother -
Thomas Matthew Madill
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| Marriage | John "Arthur" Lynas - View family 26 August 1904 (Age 22) 101 Gore Street, Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia Cerificate of Marraige |
| Australian History | 1904 (Age 21) 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 half-sister | 15 October 1905 (Age 23) Undera, Victoria, Australia
half-sister -
Elsie Madill
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| Australian History | 1906 (Age 23) Note: Australia takes control of south-eastern New Guinea |
| Birth of a half-sister | 11 July 1907 (Age 25) Undera, Victoria, Australia
half-sister -
Florence "May" Madill
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| Death of a paternal grandfather | 21 January 1908 (Age 25) Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia
paternal grandfather -
Matthew Madill
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| Birth of a daughter #1 | October 1908 (Age 26) Kyabram, Victoria, Australia
daughter -
Isabel "May" Lynas
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| Australian History | 1908 (Age 25) 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 26) Note: The first powered aeroplane flight in Australia is made. |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | 1910 (Age 27)
daughter -
Hilda Mary "Hilly" Lynas
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| Marriage of a sister | Ethel Madill - View family 1910 (Age 27) Victoria, Australia
brother-in-law -
George Walter Adams
younger sister -
Ethel Madill
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| Australian History | 1910 (Age 27) Note: Andrew Fisher forms the first federal majority Labor government. |
| Marriage of a sister | Elizabeth Isabel Madill - View family 1911 (Age 28) Victoria, Australia
brother-in-law -
Angus Mc Donald
younger sister -
Elizabeth Isabel Madill
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| Australian History | 1911 (Age 28) 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. |
| Birth of a half-sister | 8 August 1912 (Age 30) Undera, Victoria, Australia
half-sister -
Gertrude "Rita" Madill
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| Australian History | 1912 (Age 29) 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 |
| Birth of a half-brother | 28 December 1913 (Age 31) Undera, Victoria, Australia
half-brother -
Frederick Lynas "Fred" Madill
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| Australian History | 1913 (Age 30) 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 30) Note: The foundation stone for the city of Canberra is put in place |
| Australian History | 1914 (Age 31) 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. |
| Birth of a half-brother | 17 May 1915 (Age 33) Undera, Victoria, Australia
half-brother -
Leslie George Madill
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| Australian History | 1915 (Age 32) 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 33) 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 34) 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 35) 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. |
| Birth of a half-sister | 28 February 1919 (Age 36) Undera, Victoria, Australia
half-sister -
Phyllis Rosiland Madill
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| Birth of a son #3 | 6 May 1919 (Age 36) Berrigum, New South Wales, Australia
son -
George Arthur Lynas
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| Australian History | 1919 (Age 36) 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 37) Note: The airline Qantas is founded |
| Australian History | 1921 (Age 38) Note: Edith Cowan becomes the first woman elected to an Australian parliament |
| Australian History | 1922 (Age 39) Note: The Smith Family charity is founded in Sydney |
| Australian History | 1923 (Age 40) Note: Vegemite is first produced |
| Marriage of a half-sister | Abina Maude Madill - View family 1924 (estimated) (Age 41)
father's son-in-law -
John "Jack" Stewart Maddock
half-sister -
Abina Maude Madill
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| Australian History | 1926 (Age 43) Note: The first Miss Australia contest is held |
| Australian History | 1927 (Age 44) Note: The tenth parliament is formally opened in Canberra, finalising the move to the new capital |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | 5 April 1928 (Age 45) |
| Australian History | 1928 (Age 45) 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. |
| Adoption of a grandson | 19 April 1928 (Age 45) |
| Photo | Family Photo 1929 (estimated) (Age 46)Edith May Madill(Lynas) with husband & 3 children |
| Australian History | 1929 (Age 46) Note: Western Australia celebrates its centenary Note: Labor returns to office under James Scullin. The Great Depression hits Australia. |
| Australian History | 1930 (Age 47) 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 48) Note: Sir Douglas Mawson charts 4,000 miles of Antarctic coastline and claims 42% of the icy mass for Australia |
| Death | 18 July 1931 (Age 49) Carnegie, Victoria, Australia The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848-1954) Monday 20 July 1931 Page 1 |
| Family with parents - View family |
| father |
Birth 22 July 1855 25 25 Mullaghboy, Monaghan, Ireland Death 10 March 1933 (Age 77) Age: 77 Undera North, Victoria, Australia |
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5 months mother |
Mary Ellen Ryan
Birth 1856 Ballarat, Victoria, Australia Death 1898 (Age 42) Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia |
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Marriage: about 1881 |
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16 months #1 herself |
Birth 16 May 1882 26 26 Undera, Victoria, Australia Death 18 July 1931 (Age 49) Carnegie, Victoria, Australia |
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20 months #2 younger sister |
Birth 4 January 1884 28 28 Undera, Victoria, Australia Death 18 April 1976 (Age 92) Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia |
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23 months #3 younger sister |
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21 months #4 younger sister |
Birth 25 August 1887 32 31 Undera, Victoria, Australia Death 16 October 1970 (Age 83) Rosebud, Victoria, Australia |
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2 years #5 younger sister |
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2 years #6 younger sister |
Birth 14 September 1891 36 35 Undera, Victoria, Australia Death 1970 (Age 78) Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
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21 months #7 younger brother |
Birth 27 June 1893 37 37 Undera, Victoria, Australia Death 12 July 1983 (Age 90) Berrigan, Victoria, Australia |
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23 months #8 younger sister |
Birth 6 June 1895 39 39 Undera, Victoria, Australia Death 15 May 1978 (Age 82) Finley, New South Wales, Australia |
| Father’s family with Adelaide Annie Briggs - View family |
| father |
Birth 22 July 1855 25 25 Mullaghboy, Monaghan, Ireland Death 10 March 1933 (Age 77) Age: 77 Undera North, Victoria, Australia |
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5 months step-mother |
Adelaide Annie Briggs
Birth 1856 22 21 Ararat, Victoria, Australia Death 11 December 1879 (Age 23) Ararat, Victoria, Australia |
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Marriage: 1877 — Clunes, Victoria, Australia |
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3 years #1 half-sister |
Birth 9 August 1879 24 23 Undera, Victoria, Australia Death 27 November 1956 (Age 77) Ballarat, Victoria, Australia |
| Father’s family with Abina Maude Lynas - View family |
| father |
Birth 22 July 1855 25 25 Mullaghboy, Monaghan, Ireland Death 10 March 1933 (Age 77) Age: 77 Undera North, Victoria, Australia |
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27 years step-mother |
Birth 10 July 1882 40 34 Hanna Street, South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Death 6 July 1963 (Age 80) Traralgon, Victoria, Australia |
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Marriage: 1898 — 66 Herbet Street, Albert Park, Victoria, Australia |
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3 years #1 half-sister |
Birth 10 September 1900 45 18 Undera, Victoria, Australia Death 19 May 1993 (Age 92) Kew, Victoria, Australia |
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3 years #2 half-brother |
Birth 28 February 1903 47 20 Albert Park, Victoria, Australia Death 7 August 1982 (Age 79) Warragul, Victoria, Australia |
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11 months #3 half-brother |
Birth 1 February 1904 48 21 Undera, Victoria, Australia Death 10 December 1952 (Age 48) Garfield, Victoria, Australia |
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20 months #4 half-sister |
Birth 15 October 1905 50 23 Undera, Victoria, Australia Death 2 June 1995 (Age 89) Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia |
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21 months #5 half-sister |
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5 years #6 half-sister |
Birth 8 August 1912 57 30 Undera, Victoria, Australia Death 21 December 1978 (Age 66) Prahran, Victoria, Australia |
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17 months #7 half-brother |
Birth 28 December 1913 58 31 Undera, Victoria, Australia Death August 2007 (Age 93) Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia |
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17 months #8 half-brother |
Birth 17 May 1915 59 32 Undera, Victoria, Australia Death 6 June 1971 (Age 56) Numurkah, Victoria, Australia |
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4 years #9 half-sister |
Birth 28 February 1919 63 36 Undera, Victoria, Australia Death 4 July 2011 (Age 92) |
| Family with John "Arthur" Lynas - View family |
| husband |
Birth 10 October 1879 37 31 Hanna Street, South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Death 1953 (Age 73) Warragul, Victoria, Australia |
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3 years herself |
Birth 16 May 1882 26 26 Undera, Victoria, Australia Death 18 July 1931 (Age 49) Carnegie, Victoria, Australia |
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Marriage: 26 August 1904 — 101 Gore Street, Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia |
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4 years #1 daughter |
Birth October 1908 28 26 Kyabram, Victoria, Australia Death 14 February 2000 (Age 91) Warragul, Victoria, Australia |
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15 months #2 daughter |
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9 years #3 son |
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| John "Arthur" Lynas + Wilma Hill - View family |
| husband |
Birth 10 October 1879 37 31 Hanna Street, South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Death 1953 (Age 73) Warragul, Victoria, Australia |
| husband's wife |
Wilma Hill
Death yes |
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Marriage: 1 May 1933 — Warragul, Victoria, Australia |
Edith May Madill has 21 first cousins recorded
Father's family (21)
Parents John Sherry + Ann Jane Madill
Parents James Alfred Bilson + Mary Ellinor Madill
Parents James Henry Ryan + Margaret Ann Madill
Mother's family (0)
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