John StewartAge: 591827–1886
- Name
- John Stewart
- Given names
- John
- Surname
- Stewart
| Birth | 1827 24 23 Mochrum, Wigtown, Scotland |
| Australian History | 1828 (Age 12 months) Note: Charles Sturt charts the Darling River. |
| Australian History | 1829 (Age 2) Note: The whole of Australia is claimed as British territory. The settlement of Perth is founded. Swan River Colony is declared by Charles Fremantle for Britain. |
| Birth of a sister | 14 February 1830 (Age 3) Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland
younger sister -
Sarah Stewart
|
| Marriage | Jane Conchie - View family 12 December 1830 (Age 3) Mochrum, Wigtown, Scotland |
| Australian History | 1830 (Age 3) Note: Sturt arrives at Goolwa, having charted the Murray River. |
| Australian History | 1831 (Age 4) Note: Sydney Herald (later to become The Sydney Morning Herald) first published. |
| Australian History | 1832 (Age 5) Note: Swan River Colony has its name changed to Western Australia. |
| Birth of a brother | 1833 (Age 6) Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland
younger brother -
William Stewart
|
| Australian History | 1833 (Age 6) Note: The penal settlement of Port Arthur is founded in Van Diemen's Land. |
| Birth of a brother | 25 June 1835 (Age 8) Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland
younger brother -
David Stewart
|
| Australian History | 1835 (Age 8) Note: John Batman and John Pascoe Fawkner establish a settlement at Port Phillip, now the city of Melbourne. Note: William Wentworth establishes Australian Patriotic Association (Australia's first political party) to demand democracy for New South Wales. |
| Australian History | 1836 (Age 9) Note: Province of South Australia proclaimed with its western border at 132 degrees E. |
| Australian History | 1838 (Age 11) Note: First Prussian settlers arrive in South Australia; the largest group on non-British migrants in Australia at the time. |
| Australian History | 1839 (Age 12) Note: Paul Edmund Strzelecki becomes first European to ascend and name Australia's highest peak, Mount Kosciuszko. |
| Australian History | 1840 (Age 13) Note: Australia's first municipal authority, the City of Adelaide, is established, followed by Sydney City Council. |
| Birth of a sister | 19 September 1841 (Age 14) Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland
younger sister -
Anne Stewart
|
| Death of a paternal grandfather | 1841 (Age 14) Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland
paternal grandfather -
William Stewart
|
| Australian History | 1841 (Age 14) Note: New Zealand is proclaimed as a separate colony, no longer part of New South Wales. |
| Australian History | 1842 (Age 15) Note: Copper is discovered at Kapunda in South Australia. |
| Death of a mother | 16 August 1843 (Age 16) Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland
mother -
Annie Steven
|
| Australian History | 1843 (Age 16) 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). |
| Marriage of a father | Alexander Stewart - View family 17 June 1845 (Age 18) Killantrae, Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland
father -
Alexander Stewart
step-mother -
Georgina Rowan
|
| Australian History | 1845 (Age 18) Note: The ship Cataraqui is wrecked off King Island in Bass Strait. It is Australia's worst civil maritime disaster, with 406 lives lost. Note: Copper is discovered at Burra in South Australia. |
| Birth of a half-sister | 2 May 1846 (Age 19) Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland
half-sister -
Tomina Stewart
|
| Baptism of a half-sister | 17 May 1846 (Age 19)
half-sister -
Tomina Stewart
|
| Birth of a half-sister | 22 February 1848 (Age 21) Mochrum, Scotland
half-sister -
Jane Stewart
|
| Baptism of a half-sister | 11 March 1848 (Age 21)
half-sister -
Jane Stewart
|
| Birth of a half-brother | 1850 (Age 23) Mochrum, Scotland
half-brother -
Andrew Robert Stewart
|
| Australian History | 1850 (Age 23) 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 24) 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 |
| Birth of a half-sister | 1852 (Age 25) Mochrum, Scotland
half-sister -
Mary Cleave Stewart
|
| Birth of a half-brother | 1853 (Age 26) Mochrum, Wigtown, Scotland
half-brother -
Ivie Stewart
|
| Australian History | 1853 (Age 26) Note: Bendigo Petition and Red Ribbon Rebellion at Bendigo |
| Birth of a half-brother | 31 October 1854 (Age 27) Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland
half-brother -
James Stewart
|
| Marriage of a sister | Sarah Stewart - View family 1854 (Age 27) Mochrum, Wigtown, Scotland
brother-in-law -
John Douglas
younger sister -
Sarah Stewart
|
| Australian History | 1854 (Age 27) Note: The Eureka Stockade |
| Australian History | 1855 (Age 28) 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. |
| Birth of a half-brother | 7 June 1856 (Age 29) Daughtay Farm, Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland
half-brother -
George Stewart
|
| Australian History | 1856 (Age 29) Note: Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania. |
| Birth of a half-brother | 19 November 1857 (Age 30) Drughtag, Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland
half-brother -
Robert Gavin Stewart
|
| Australian History | 1857 (Age 30) 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 31) Note: Sydney and Melbourne linked by electric telegraph. Note: New South Wales men achieve the right to vote. |
| Birth of a half-sister | about 1859 (Age 32)
half-sister -
Elizabeth Stewart
|
| Australian History | 1859 (Age 32) 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 33) 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 34) 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 35) Note: Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139 degrees E. |
| Marriage of a sister | Sarah Stewart - View family 1 January 1863 (Age 36) De Kalb, Illinois, USA
brother-in-law -
Samuel D Todd
younger sister -
Sarah Stewart
|
| Australian History | 1863 (Age 36) Note: South Australia takes control of the Northern Territory which was part of the colony of New South Wales. |
| Marriage of a sister | Anne Stewart - View family 1865 (Age 38) Back Creek, Victoria, Australia
brother-in-law -
John Anderson
younger sister -
Anne Stewart
|
| Australian History | 1867 (Age 40) Note: Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland. Note: Saint Mary MacKillop founds Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart. |
| Australian History | 1868 (Age 41) Note: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases. |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | 18 June 1869 (Age 42) Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland
paternal grandmother -
Grace Biggam
|
| Australian History | 1869 (Age 42) Note: Children of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent are removed from their families by Australian and State government agencies. |
| Australian History | 1872 (Age 45) Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens. |
| Australian History | 1873 (Age 46) Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock. |
| Marriage of a half-sister | Tomina Stewart - View family 1874 (Age 47) Victoria, Australia
father's son-in-law -
Andrew David Barron
half-sister -
Tomina Stewart
|
| Australian History | 1875 (Age 48) Note: SS Gothenburg strikes Old Reef off North Queensland and sinks with the loss of approximately 102 lives. Note: Adelaide Steamship Company is formed. |
| Marriage of a half-brother | James Stewart - View family 2 August 1876 (Age 49) Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia
half-brother -
James Stewart
half-brother's wife -
Margaret Ann Cobbledick
|
| Marriage of a half-sister | Jane Stewart - View family 6 June 1877 (Age 50) Toolamba, Victoria, Australia
father's son-in-law -
George Houston Bowie
half-sister -
Jane Stewart
|
| Marriage of a half-brother | Ivie Stewart - View family 14 November 1878 (Age 51) Tatura, Victoria, Australia
half-brother -
Ivie Stewart
half-brother's wife -
Sarah Ann Lupton
|
| Australian History | 1878 (Age 51) Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Australian History | 1879 (Age 52) Note: The first congress of trade unions is held. |
| Australian History | 1880 (Age 53) Note: The bushranger Ned Kelly is hanged. Note: Parliamentarians in Victoria become the first in Australia to be paid for their work. |
| Death of a half-sister | 29 January 1882 (Age 55) Tatura, Victoria, Australia
half-sister -
Tomina Stewart
|
| Australian History | 1882 (Age 55) Note: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Australian History | 1883 (Age 56) Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill |
| Death | 28 April 1886 (Age 59) Barnstable, Devonshire, England Note: "In fond remembrance of Annie Steven wife of Alexander Stewart of Droughtag who died the 16th August 1843 aged 40 years. Erected by her children to the memory of their affectionate and beloved mother whose end was peaceful. Also of John Stewart her eldest son who peacefully passed away the 28th April 1886 Barnstaple, Devonshire. Also of Grace Biggam widow of William Stewart who died at Droughtag 18th June 1869 aged 93 years." |
| Family with parents - View family |
| father |
Alexander Stewart
Birth 1803 33 27 Mochrum, Wigtown, Scotland Death 4 November 1891 (Age 88) Tatura, Victoria, Australia |
|
1 year mother |
Annie Steven
Birth 1804 Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland Death 16 August 1843 (Age 39) Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland |
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Marriage: 5 October 1823 — Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland |
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15 months #1 elder sister |
Grace Stewart
Birth 1825 22 21 Mochrum, Wigtown, Scotland Death yes |
|
2 years #2 himself |
John Stewart
Birth 1827 24 23 Mochrum, Wigtown, Scotland Death 28 April 1886 (Age 59) Barnstable, Devonshire, England |
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3 years #3 younger sister |
Sarah Stewart
Birth 14 February 1830 27 26 Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland Death 18 January 1907 (Age 76) Shelby, Missouri, USA |
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3 years #4 younger brother |
William Stewart
Birth 1833 30 29 Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland Death yes |
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3 years #5 younger brother |
David Stewart
Birth 25 June 1835 32 31 Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland Death yes |
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6 years #6 younger sister |
Anne Stewart
Birth 19 September 1841 38 37 Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland Death yes |
| Father’s family with Georgina Rowan - View family |
| father |
Alexander Stewart
Birth 1803 33 27 Mochrum, Wigtown, Scotland Death 4 November 1891 (Age 88) Tatura, Victoria, Australia |
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17 years step-mother |
Georgina Rowan
Birth 3 January 1820 37 27 Barr, Scotland Death 22 November 1900 (Age 80) Tatura, Victoria, Australia |
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Marriage: 17 June 1845 — Killantrae, Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland |
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10 months #1 half-sister |
Birth 2 May 1846 43 26 Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland Death 29 January 1882 (Age 35) Tatura, Victoria, Australia |
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22 months #2 half-sister |
Jane Stewart
Birth 22 February 1848 45 28 Mochrum, Scotland Death yes |
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22 months #3 half-brother |
Andrew Robert Stewart
Birth 1850 47 29 Mochrum, Scotland Death 28 February 1891 (Age 41) Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia |
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2 years #4 half-sister |
Mary Cleave Stewart
Birth 1852 49 31 Mochrum, Scotland Death 5 June 1925 (Age 73) |
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3 years #5 half-brother |
James Stewart
Birth 31 October 1854 51 34 Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland Death 17 February 1936 (Age 81) Bunbury, Western Australia, Australia |
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-22 months #6 half-brother |
Birth 1853 50 32 Mochrum, Wigtown, Scotland Death 6 October 1937 (Age 84) Mooroopna Base Hospital, Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia |
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3 years #7 half-brother |
George Stewart
Birth 7 June 1856 53 36 Daughtay Farm, Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland Death 5 December 1930 (Age 74) |
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17 months #8 half-brother |
Robert Gavin Stewart
Birth 19 November 1857 54 37 Drughtag, Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland Death 21 June 1896 (Age 38) Western Australia, Australia |
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13 months #9 half-sister |
Elizabeth Stewart
Birth about 1859 56 38 Death yes |
| Family with Jane Conchie - View family |
| himself |
John Stewart
Birth 1827 24 23 Mochrum, Wigtown, Scotland Death 28 April 1886 (Age 59) Barnstable, Devonshire, England |
| wife | |
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Marriage: 12 December 1830 — Mochrum, Wigtown, Scotland |
John Stewart has 12 first cousins recorded
Father's family (12)
Parents John Biggam + Jane Stewart
Parents Andrew Anderson + Janet Stewart
Parents John Pace + Grace Stewart
Mother's family (0)
| Australian History | Charles Sturt charts the Darling River. |
| Australian History | The whole of Australia is claimed as British territory. The settlement of Perth is founded. Swan River Colony is declared by Charles Fremantle for Britain. |
| Australian History | Sturt arrives at Goolwa, having charted the Murray River. |
| Australian History | Sydney Herald (later to become The Sydney Morning Herald) first published. |
| Australian History | Swan River Colony has its name changed to Western Australia. |
| Australian History | The penal settlement of Port Arthur is founded in Van Diemen's Land. |
| Australian History | John Batman and John Pascoe Fawkner establish a settlement at Port Phillip, now the city of Melbourne. |
| Australian History | Province of South Australia proclaimed with its western border at 132 degrees E. |
| 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. |
| 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 |
| Death | "In fond remembrance of Annie Steven wife of Alexander Stewart of Droughtag who died the 16th August 1843 aged 40 years. Erected by her children to the memory of their affectionate and beloved mother whose end was peaceful. Also of John Stewart her eldest son who peacefully passed away the 28th April 1886 Barnstaple, Devonshire. Also of Grace Biggam widow of William Stewart who died at Droughtag 18th June 1869 aged 93 years." |