Richard GreggAge: 831839–1922
- Name
- Richard Gregg
- Given names
- Richard
- Surname
- Gregg
| Birth | 1839 29 Kilmacrenan, Donegal, Ireland
Note:
Richard who on at least three occasions, given his birthplace as Kilmacrenan, (six miles north-weste…
Richard who on at least three occasions, given his birthplace as Kilmacrenan, (six miles north-westerly of Letterkenny). County Donegal, Ireland was one of eleven children.
About 1735, Robert Gregg (who was born in 1712, son of Richard) moved from Glenarm, County Antrim to the Letterkenny District in County Donegal. That appears to have been the move that was responsible for quite a settlement of Greggs in that area. Richard and Robert (both sons of Robert) both bought farms at Moneylagin (four miles north-west of Letterkenny). Richard became the Grandfather of Finley, who married Sarah Gailey and bought a farm adjoining his Grandfather's at Moneylagin. Richard's background meant that he was, at least, the fourth generation of farmers. He landed in Australia in 1860 from the "Ocean Chief" but we have no knowledge of any permanent address until 1863, when he married Catherine McKay and gave Ascot as his present and usual address. |
| Australian History | 1839 Note: Paul Edmund Strzelecki becomes first European to ascend and name Australia's highest peak, Mount Kosciuszko. |
| Australian History | 1840 (Age 12 months) Note: Australia's first municipal authority, the City of Adelaide, is established, followed by Sydney City Council. |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | 25 December 1841 (Age 2)
paternal grandfather -
Robert Gregg
|
| Australian History | 1841 (Age 2) Note: New Zealand is proclaimed as a separate colony, no longer part of New South Wales. |
| Australian History | 1842 (Age 3) Note: Copper is discovered at Kapunda in South Australia. |
| Australian History | 1843 (Age 4) 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 sister | 1845 (Age 6) Moneylagan, Donegal, Ireland
younger sister -
Catherine Gregg
|
| Australian History | 1845 (Age 6) 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 11) 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 12) 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 |
| Australian History | 1853 (Age 14) Note: Bendigo Petition and Red Ribbon Rebellion at Bendigo |
| Marriage of a brother | Robert Gregg - View family 2 March 1854 (Age 15) Letterkenny, Donegal, Ireland
brother -
Robert Gregg
sister-in-law -
Isabella Gibson
|
| Marriage of a sister | Mary Gregg - View family 19 December 1854 (Age 15) Letterkenny, Donegal, Ireland
brother-in-law -
John Johnston
elder sister -
Mary Gregg
|
| Australian History | 1854 (Age 15) Note: The Eureka Stockade |
| Australian History | 1855 (Age 16) 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 17) Note: Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania. |
| Australian History | 1857 (Age 18) 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 (Age 19) Note: Sydney and Melbourne linked by electric telegraph. Note: New South Wales men achieve the right to vote. |
| Australian History | 1859 (Age 20) 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. |
| Immigration | 1860 (Age 21) Australia |
| Australian History | 1860 (Age 21) 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 22) 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 23) Note: Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139 degrees E. |
| Marriage | Catherine Mc Kay - View family 7 May 1863 (Age 24) Ascot, Victoria, Australia |
| Australian History | 1863 (Age 24) Note: South Australia takes control of the Northern Territory which was part of the colony of New South Wales. |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | 13 June 1864 (Age 25) Cattle Station Hill, Victoria, Australia
daughter -
Sarah Gregg
|
| Birth of a son #2 | 28 June 1865 (Age 26) Tourello, Victoria, Australia
son -
Daniel Gregg
|
| Birth of a son #3 | 27 October 1866 (Age 27) Creswick, Victoria, Australia
son -
Finley Gregg
|
| Australian History | 1867 (Age 28) Note: Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland. Note: Saint Mary MacKillop founds Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart. |
| Birth of a son #4 | 24 May 1868 (Age 29) Creswick, Victoria, Australia
son -
Samuel Alexander Gregg
|
| Australian History | 1868 (Age 29) Note: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases. |
| Australian History | 1869 (Age 30) Note: Children of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent are removed from their families by Australian and State government agencies. |
| Birth of a daughter #5 | about 1870 (Age 31) Australia
daughter -
Eleanor Gregg
|
| Marriage of a sister | Catherine Gregg - View family 2 August 1870 (Age 31) Creswick, Victoria, Australia
brother-in-law -
Robert Starritt
younger sister -
Catherine Gregg
|
| Birth of a daughter #6 | 20 December 1870 (Age 31)
daughter -
Flora Gregg
|
| Death of a daughter | 25 July 1871 (Age 32)
daughter -
Flora Gregg
|
| Birth of a son #7 | 27 May 1872 (Age 33) Clunes Rd, Creswick, Victoria, Australia
son -
John Gregg
|
| Australian History | 1872 (Age 33) Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens. |
| Birth of a son #8 | 28 August 1873 (Age 34) Creswick, Victoria, Australia
son -
Angus Nicholson Gregg
|
| Australian History | 1873 (Age 34) Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock. |
| Death of a daughter | 26 April 1874 (Age 35)
daughter -
Eleanor Gregg
|
| Birth of a son #9 | 20 April 1875 (Age 36) Australia
son -
Richard Gregg
|
| Australian History | 1875 (Age 36) 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 son | 19 February 1876 (Age 37) Australia
son -
Richard Gregg
|
| Birth of a daughter #10 | 14 May 1876 (Age 37) Tourello, Victoria, Australia
daughter -
Annie "Marnet" Gregg
|
| Australian History | 1878 (Age 39) Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Birth of a daughter #11 | 29 April 1879 (Age 40) Tourello, Victoria, Australia
daughter -
Euphemia Flora "Phemi" Gregg
|
| Residence | Catherine Mc Kay - View family 25 August 1879 (Age 40) Poowong, Victoria, Australia Address: It was on 25th. August, 1879, that Richard made an application for a "License to Occupy" under Part 2 of "The Land Act, 1869" amended by "The Land Act, 1878" and being for one hundred an sixty acres, Parish of Poowong. |
| Newspaper | Application for Land 13 November 1879 (Age 40) Poowong, Victoria, Australia Note: WARRAGUL LAND BOARD. (1879, November 13). Warragul Guardian and Buln Buln and Narracan Shire Advocate (Warragul, Vic. : 1879 - 1894) , p. 3. Retrieved February 27, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article68745527 |
| Australian History | 1879 (Age 40) Note: The first congress of trade unions is held. |
| Newpaper | Application for Licence Approved 22 January 1880 (Age 41)Note: GOVERNMENT GAZETTE. (1880, January 22). Warragul Guardian and Buln Buln and Narracan Shire Advocate (Warragul, Vic. : 1879 - 1894) , p. 3. Retrieved February 27, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article68745686 |
| Australian History | 1880 (Age 41) 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 43) Note: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Birth of a daughter #12 | 21 August 1883 (Age 44) Australia
daughter -
Christina Catherine Gregg
|
| Newspaper | Paid for Contract with Buln Buln Shire Council 8 November 1883 (Age 44) Poowong, Victoria, Australia Note: BULN BULN SHIRE COUNCIL. (1883, November 8). Warragul Guardian and Buln Buln and Narracan Shire Advocate (Warragul, Vic. : 1879 - 1894) , p. 3. Retrieved February 27, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article68607332 |
| Australian History | 1883 (Age 44) Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill |
| Death of a son | 29 May 1885 (Age 46) Poowong, Victoria, Australia
son -
Finley Gregg
|
| Newspaper | Application for Lease at Poowong 12 August 1886 (Age 47) Poowong, Victoria, Australia Note: GOVERNMENT GAZETTE. (1886, August 12). Warragul Guardian and Buln Buln and Narracan Shire Advocate (Warragul, Vic. : 1879 - 1894) , p. 3. Retrieved February 27, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article70667042 |
| Australian History | 1887 (Age 48) 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. |
| Death of a daughter | 26 January 1888 (Age 49) Poowong, Victoria, Australia
daughter -
Annie "Marnet" Gregg
|
| Newspaper | Surrenders Lease at Poowong 8 October 1889 (Age 50) Poowong, Victoria, Australia Note: GOVERNMENT GAZETTE. (1889, October 8). Warragul Guardian and Buln Buln and Narracan Shire Advocate (Warragul, Vic. : 1879 - 1894) , p. 3 Edition: BI-WEEKLY.. Retrieved February 27, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article68577054 |
| Australian History | 1889 (Age 50) 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 51) Note: The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention. |
| Australian History | 1891 (Age 52) 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 53) Note: Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia. |
| Australian History | 1893 (Age 54) 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 55) 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. |
| Marriage of a son | Daniel Gregg - View family 27 June 1895 (Age 56) Australia
son -
Daniel Gregg
daughter-in-law -
Kate Ewers
|
| Australian History | 1895 (Age 56) 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 |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | 27 June 1896 (Age 57) Australia
granddaughter -
Doris Helena Gregg
|
| Marriage of a daughter | Sarah Gregg - View family 4 August 1896 (Age 57) "Woodland Park", Poowong, Victoria, Australia
son-in-law -
Frederick Umbers
daughter -
Sarah Gregg
|
| Australian History | 1896 (Age 57) Note: The Bathurst Conference (the second 'people's convention') meets to discuss the 1891 draft constitution |
| Birth of a grandson #2 | 14 December 1897 (Age 58) Yarragon, Victoria, Australia
grandson -
John Kenneth "Ken" Gregg
|
| Australian History | 1897 (Age 58) 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. |
| Birth of a granddaughter #3 | 21 June 1898 (Age 59) Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia
granddaughter -
Catherine Mary "Maimie" Umbers
|
| Australian History | 1898 (Age 59) 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 60) 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 granddaughter #4 | 7 August 1900 (Age 61) Australia
granddaughter -
Mary Vera Gregg
|
| Birth of a grandson #5 | 16 August 1900 (Age 61) Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
grandson -
Angus Henry Gregg
|
| Australian History | 1900 (Age 61) 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 |
| Birth of a grandson #6 | 4 June 1901 (Age 62) Australia
grandson -
Eric Alexander Gregg
|
| Australian History | 1901 (Age 62) 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 |
| Birth of a grandson #7 | 28 August 1902 (Age 63) Swan Hill, Victoria, Australia
grandson -
Frank Allan Angus Umbers
|
| Australian History | 1902 (Age 63) 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 grandson #8 | 1 January 1903 (Age 64)
grandson -
Alan Kieth Gregg
|
| Australian History | 1903 (Age 64) 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 65) Note: A site at Dalgety, New South Wales chosen for the new national capital Note: Chris Watson forms the first federal Labor (minority) government |
| Marriage of a son | Angus Nicholson Gregg - View family 1906 (estimated) (Age 67)
son -
Angus Nicholson Gregg
daughter-in-law -
Jessie Cowper Hamilton
|
| Australian History | 1906 (Age 67) Note: Australia takes control of south-eastern New Guinea |
| Birth of a granddaughter #9 | 16 April 1907 (Age 68) Australia
granddaughter -
Jessie Catherine Gregg
|
| Birth of a grandson #10 | 17 June 1907 (Age 68) Australia
grandson -
Hector "Keith" Gregg
|
| Marriage of a daughter | Euphemia Flora "Phemi" Gregg - View family 1907 (Age 68)
son-in-law -
Donald Mc Lennan
daughter -
Euphemia Flora "Phemi" Gregg
|
| Birth of a grandson #11 | 18 July 1908 (Age 69) St Arnaud, Victoria, Australia
grandson -
Neil Fraser Mc Lennan
|
| Birth of a granddaughter #12 | 5 September 1908 (Age 69) Poowong, Victoria, Australia
granddaughter -
Catherine Emma Gregg
|
| Australian History | 1908 (Age 69) 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 70) Note: The first powered aeroplane flight in Australia is made. |
| Birth of a granddaughter #13 | 20 September 1910 (Age 71) Loch, Victoria, Australia
granddaughter -
Thelma Grace Gregg
|
| Australian History | 1910 (Age 71) Note: Andrew Fisher forms the first federal majority Labor government. |
| Australian History | 1911 (Age 72) 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 granddaughter #14 | 29 April 1912 (Age 73) Australia
granddaughter -
Flora Christina Mc Lennan
|
| Australian History | 1912 (Age 73) 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 grandson #15 | 6 February 1913 (Age 74) Loch, Victoria, Australia
grandson -
Richard John "Dick" Gregg
|
| Death of a wife | 1913 (Age 74) Poowong, Victoria, Australia
wife -
Catherine Mc Kay
|
| Australian History | 1913 (Age 74) 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 74) Note: The foundation stone for the city of Canberra is put in place |
| Australian History | 1914 (Age 75) 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. |
| Death of a son | 20 January 1915 (Age 76) Australia
son -
Daniel Gregg
|
| Birth of a grandson #16 | 26 January 1915 (Age 76) Loch, Victoria, Australia
grandson -
Daniel Neal Gregg
|
| Australian History | 1915 (Age 76) 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 77) 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 78) 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. |
| Birth of a granddaughter #17 | 22 July 1918 (Age 79) Australia
granddaughter -
Sarah May Gregg
|
| Death of a sister | 25 August 1918 (Age 79) Shepparton, Victoria, Australia
younger sister -
Catherine Gregg
|
| Australian History | 1918 (Age 79) 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. |
| Death of a son | 27 April 1919 (Age 80) Kew, Victoria, Australia
son -
Angus Nicholson Gregg
|
| Australian History | 1919 (Age 80) 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 81) Note: The airline Qantas is founded |
| Australian History | 1921 (Age 82) Note: Edith Cowan becomes the first woman elected to an Australian parliament |
| Australian History | 1922 (on the date of death) Note: The Smith Family charity is founded in Sydney |
| Death | 1922 (Age 83) Loch, Victoria, Australia |
| Family with parents - View family |
| father |
Finlay Gregg Sr
Birth Ireland Death yes |
| mother |
Sarah Gailey
Birth 1810 (estimated) 19 Death yes |
|
Marriage: 1832 (estimated) |
|
|
1 year #1 elder sister |
Mary Gregg
Birth about 1833 23 Moneglagon, Donegal, Ireland Death yes |
| #2 sister |
Mattie Gregg
Death yes |
| #3 sister |
Jean Gregg
Death yes |
| #4 sister |
Ellenor Gregg
Death yes |
| #5 sister |
Elizabeth Gregg
Death yes |
| #6 sister |
Margaret Ann Gregg
Birth Ireland Death yes |
| #7 himself |
Richard Gregg
Birth 1839 29 Kilmacrenan, Donegal, Ireland Death 1922 (Age 83) Loch, Victoria, Australia |
| #8 brother |
Robert Gregg
Birth Ireland Death yes |
| #9 brother |
John Gregg
Birth Ireland Death yes |
| #10 younger sister |
Birth 1845 35 Moneylagan, Donegal, Ireland Death 25 August 1918 (Age 73) Shepparton, Victoria, Australia |
| #11 brother |
Finlay Gregg Jr
Birth Ireland Death yes |
| Family with Catherine Mc Kay - View family |
| himself |
Richard Gregg
Birth 1839 29 Kilmacrenan, Donegal, Ireland Death 1922 (Age 83) Loch, Victoria, Australia |
|
1 year wife |
Catherine Mc Kay
Birth 1840 Isle of Skye, Scotland Death 1913 (Age 73) Poowong, Victoria, Australia |
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Marriage: 7 May 1863 — Ascot, Victoria, Australia |
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|
13 months #1 daughter |
Sarah Gregg
Birth 13 June 1864 25 24 Cattle Station Hill, Victoria, Australia Death 29 March 1949 (Age 84) Poowong, Victoria, Australia |
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1 year #2 son |
Birth 28 June 1865 26 25 Tourello, Victoria, Australia Death 20 January 1915 (Age 49) Australia |
|
16 months #3 son |
Finley Gregg
Birth 27 October 1866 27 26 Creswick, Victoria, Australia Death 29 May 1885 (Age 18) Poowong, Victoria, Australia |
|
19 months #4 son |
Birth 24 May 1868 29 28 Creswick, Victoria, Australia Death November 1943 (Age 75) |
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19 months #5 daughter |
Eleanor Gregg
Birth about 1870 31 30 Australia Death 26 April 1874 (Age 4) |
|
1 year #6 daughter |
Flora Gregg
Birth 20 December 1870 31 30 Death 25 July 1871 (Age 7 months) |
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17 months #7 son |
Birth 27 May 1872 33 32 Clunes Rd, Creswick, Victoria, Australia Death 22 December 1953 (Age 81) Korumburra, Victoria, Australia |
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15 months #8 son |
Birth 28 August 1873 34 33 Creswick, Victoria, Australia Death 27 April 1919 (Age 45) Kew, Victoria, Australia |
|
20 months #9 son |
Richard Gregg
Birth 20 April 1875 36 35 Australia Death 19 February 1876 (Age 9 months) Australia |
|
13 months #10 daughter |
Annie "Marnet" Gregg
Birth 14 May 1876 37 36 Tourello, Victoria, Australia Death 26 January 1888 (Age 11) Poowong, Victoria, Australia |
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3 years #11 daughter |
Birth 29 April 1879 40 39 Tourello, Victoria, Australia Death 25 October 1948 (Age 69) Wycheproof, Victoria, Australia |
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4 years #12 daughter |
Birth 21 August 1883 44 43 Australia Death 12 January 1927 (Age 43) Australia |
Richard Gregg has 19 first cousins recorded
Father's family (19)
Parents Richard Gregg + Mary Ward
Parents Robert Gregg + Ann Mc Connell
Parents John Buchanan + Mary Gregg
Mother's family (0)
| Birth | Richard who on at least three occasions, given his birthplace as Kilmacrenan, (six miles north-westerly of Letterkenny). County Donegal, Ireland was one of eleven children.
About 1735, Robert Gregg (who was born in 1712, son of Richard) moved from Glenarm, County Antrim to the Letterkenny District in County Donegal. That appears to have been the move that was responsible for quite a settlement of Greggs in that area. Richard and Robert (both sons of Robert) both bought farms at Moneylagin (four miles north-west of Letterkenny). Richard became the Grandfather of Finley, who married Sarah Gailey and bought a farm adjoining his Grandfather's at Moneylagin. Richard's background meant that he was, at least, the fourth generation of farmers. He landed in Australia in 1860 from the "Ocean Chief" but we have no knowledge of any permanent address until 1863, when he married Catherine McKay and gave Ascot as his present and usual address. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Newspaper | WARRAGUL LAND BOARD. (1879, November 13). Warragul Guardian and Buln Buln and Narracan Shire Advocate (Warragul, Vic. : 1879 - 1894) , p. 3. Retrieved February 27, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article68745527 |
| Australian History | The first congress of trade unions is held. |
| Newpaper | GOVERNMENT GAZETTE. (1880, January 22). Warragul Guardian and Buln Buln and Narracan Shire Advocate (Warragul, Vic. : 1879 - 1894) , p. 3. Retrieved February 27, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article68745686 |
| Australian History | The bushranger Ned Kelly is hanged. |
| Australian History | First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Newspaper | BULN BULN SHIRE COUNCIL. (1883, November 8). Warragul Guardian and Buln Buln and Narracan Shire Advocate (Warragul, Vic. : 1879 - 1894) , p. 3. Retrieved February 27, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article68607332 |
| Australian History | The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway |
| Newspaper | GOVERNMENT GAZETTE. (1886, August 12). Warragul Guardian and Buln Buln and Narracan Shire Advocate (Warragul, Vic. : 1879 - 1894) , p. 3. Retrieved February 27, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article70667042 |
| 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. |
| Newspaper | GOVERNMENT GAZETTE. (1889, October 8). Warragul Guardian and Buln Buln and Narracan Shire Advocate (Warragul, Vic. : 1879 - 1894) , p. 3 Edition: BI-WEEKLY.. Retrieved February 27, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article68577054 |
| 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 |
Letter Outlining the family of Richard and Catherine Gregg
Extracts from the book "A Moment in Time" by Daniel Gregg with permission of same.
As this is the family history, applying to Richard and Catherine Gregg and their descendants, it was my intention to introduce and publish the first family only of the Starritt, Young and Rankin families, with the McKays to the third generation.
There had never been any evidence or suggestion that Richard and his sister Catherine had any brothers or sisters. About 1968 I had asked Geo Starritt (1881-1971) how many brothers and sisters his mother had; the reply was, that beyond Richard Gregg being a brother, he did not know. His explanation was that in those days one was not told and did not ask.
It was on Wednesday, 11 th. July this year, in our cousin "Maimie" MacLeod's home, while trying to locate a letter written in 1898, that we discovered a Gregg Family History dating back to 1712.
Handwritten on ordinary writing paper, the abovementioned history had no envelope and showed definite signs of age. The compiler was apparently "R. Gregg" and it is reproduced verbatim, with a (?) against that of which I am not reasonably sure.
May those who are family history conscious receive some assistance from this discovery, which is reproduced by courtesy of "Maimie".
The following is an account of the Gregg Family from their first settlement in Ganacaman (?) Co. Donegal, Ireland.
R. Gregg.
B. 1712. Robert, Son of Richard Gregg of Glenarm, County Antrim, removed to Donegal Co. and married Martha, daughter and heiress of David Logan of the Loganstoon about 1735 having issue Richard, David, Robert, James, James settled in Edenacarnon the next town land but afterwards emigrated to America.
David inherited his Grandfather Logan's farm and Richard and Robert bought farms in Munielagan adjoining the Loganstoon and Edenacarnon. Richard born 1740 married Mattie Clark of Manor cunningham and had issue Robert, John, Richard, Daniel, Mattie, Betty, Jean, Nell. Nell married James Buchanan, Locker. Betty married William Graham of Ballynascadden. Mattie married John Gailey, Killylartin (?). Dan married a daughter and heiress of Mosses (?) Graham of Killycreen. John settled at Carrowcastle near Dan. Robert bought land in Ballynascadden from the Grahams and Richard inherited his father's farm in Munielagan.
Robert, born 1768, married Mattie McClure and had issue Richard, Finlay, Robert, Mary, Jeanie and Eliza. By his second wife Peggy Starrett he had issue Daniel, William, Mattie, Margaret, Nancy. Richard married Mary Ward and went to America settling in Venango, Co. Pa. Mary married John Buchanan, Locker. Jeanie married Daniel Gailey, Fullygay (?). Eliza married John Gailey, Kellylartin (?). All Peggy Starrett's issue went to America and settled in Venango, Co. Pa. after the death of their father Robert - which took place on Christmas Day 1841.
Finlay married Sarah Gailey (daughter of John Gailey, Killylartin and Mattie Gregg) and bought a farm in Muneylagan adjoining his Grandfather's farm and had issue Mary, Mattie, Jean, Ellenor, Elizabeth, Margaret Ann, Catherine, Robert, John, Richard, Finlay. Mary married John Johnstone, Eanecarnan (?). Mattie married to Anderson Churchill. Jean married Hugh Scott. Ellenor died unmarried. Elizabeth married first Robinson second James Graham. Margaret Ann married Robert Kelso and went to America. Catherine went out to Australia and married Robert Starrett of the Loganstoon. Robert married Isabella Gibson daughter and heiress of Billy Gibson, Killydensart (?). John went to America and married the daughter of W. H. Noyes at one time Governor of the State of Ohio. Richard went out to Australia and married Kattie McKay daughter of Donald McKay of the Isle of Sky. Finlay died unmarried and his elder brother Robert inherited his Father's farm in Munielagan which is now in possession of his only son Robert who married the eldest of George Burrowes of Dromore and has a numerous family of sons and daughters.
Robert - born 1810 - married Ann McConnell eldest daughter of Thomas McConnell of Fanad (?) 1836 and had issue Mary, Mattie, Robert, Thomas, Eliza, Richard, Sarah. He inherited his father's farm in Ballynascadden generally called up tho brae. Mary married Robert Rutherford, Cashlenan (?) and had issue James, Robert, Hanah, Anna, Rebecca, Mattie, Catherinne, Samuel, Robert - the first Robert died when 7 years old. Mattie married Alexander Starrett of the Loganstoon and had issue Robert, John, David, Margaret, Anna, Mary and Mattie.