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Grace Stewart1825–?

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Birth 1825 22 21
 Mochrum, Wigtown, Scotland

Australian History 1825
 

Note: New South Wales western border is extended to 129 degrees E. Van Diemen's Land is proclaimed.
Birth of a brother 1827 (Age 2)
 Mochrum, Wigtown, Scotland

younger brother - John Stewart
Australian History 1828 (Age 3)
 

Note: Charles Sturt charts the Darling River.
Australian History 1829 (Age 4)
 

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 5)
 Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland

younger sister - Sarah Stewart
Marriage of a brotherJohn Stewart - View family
12 December 1830 (Age 5)
 Mochrum, Wigtown, Scotland

younger brother - John Stewart
sister-in-law - Jane Conchie
Australian History 1830 (Age 5)
 

Note: Sturt arrives at Goolwa, having charted the Murray River.
Australian History 1831 (Age 6)
 

Note: Sydney Herald (later to become The Sydney Morning Herald) first published.
Australian History 1832 (Age 7)
 

Note: Swan River Colony has its name changed to Western Australia.
Birth of a brother 1833 (Age 8)
 Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland

younger brother - William Stewart
Australian History 1833 (Age 8)
 

Note: The penal settlement of Port Arthur is founded in Van Diemen's Land.
Birth of a brother 25 June 1835 (Age 10)
 Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland

younger brother - David Stewart
Australian History 1835 (Age 10)
 

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 11)
 

Note: Province of South Australia proclaimed with its western border at 132 degrees E.
Australian History 1838 (Age 13)
 

Note: First Prussian settlers arrive in South Australia; the largest group on non-British migrants in Australia at the time.
Australian History 1839 (Age 14)
 

Note: Paul Edmund Strzelecki becomes first European to ascend and name Australia's highest peak, Mount Kosciuszko.
Australian History 1840 (Age 15)
 

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 16)
 Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland

younger sister - Anne Stewart
Death of a paternal grandfather 1841 (Age 16)
 Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland

paternal grandfather - William Stewart
Australian History 1841 (Age 16)
 

Note: New Zealand is proclaimed as a separate colony, no longer part of New South Wales.
Australian History 1842 (Age 17)
 

Note: Copper is discovered at Kapunda in South Australia.
Death of a mother 16 August 1843 (Age 18)
 Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland

mother - Annie Steven
Australian History 1843 (Age 18)
 

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 fatherAlexander Stewart - View family
17 June 1845 (Age 20)
 Killantrae, Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland

father - Alexander Stewart
step-mother - Georgina Rowan
Australian History 1845 (Age 20)
 

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 21)
 Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland

half-sister - Tomina Stewart
Baptism of a half-sister 17 May 1846 (Age 21)
 

half-sister - Tomina Stewart
Birth of a half-sister 22 February 1848 (Age 23)
 Mochrum, Scotland

half-sister - Jane Stewart
Baptism of a half-sister 11 March 1848 (Age 23)
 

half-sister - Jane Stewart
Birth of a half-brother 1850 (Age 25)
 Mochrum, Scotland

half-brother - Andrew Robert Stewart
Australian History 1850 (Age 25)
 

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 26)
 

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 27)
 Mochrum, Scotland

half-sister - Mary Cleave Stewart
Birth of a half-brother 1853 (Age 28)
 Mochrum, Wigtown, Scotland

half-brother - Ivie Stewart
Australian History 1853 (Age 28)
 

Note: Bendigo Petition and Red Ribbon Rebellion at Bendigo
Birth of a half-brother 31 October 1854 (Age 29)
 Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland

half-brother - James Stewart
Marriage of a sisterSarah Stewart - View family
1854 (Age 29)
 Mochrum, Wigtown, Scotland

brother-in-law - John Douglas
younger sister - Sarah Stewart
Australian History 1854 (Age 29)
 

Note: The Eureka Stockade
Australian History 1855 (Age 30)
 

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 31)
 Daughtay Farm, Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland

half-brother - George Stewart
Australian History 1856 (Age 31)
 

Note: Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania.
Birth of a half-brother 19 November 1857 (Age 32)
 Drughtag, Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland

half-brother - Robert Gavin Stewart
Australian History 1857 (Age 32)
 

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 33)
 

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 34)
 

half-sister - Elizabeth Stewart
Australian History 1859 (Age 34)
 

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 35)
 

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 36)
 

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 37)
 

Note: Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139 degrees E.
Marriage of a sisterSarah Stewart - View family
1 January 1863 (Age 38)
 De Kalb, Illinois, USA

brother-in-law - Samuel D Todd
younger sister - Sarah Stewart
Australian History 1863 (Age 38)
 

Note: South Australia takes control of the Northern Territory which was part of the colony of New South Wales.
Marriage of a sisterAnne Stewart - View family
1865 (Age 40)
 Back Creek, Victoria, Australia

brother-in-law - John Anderson
younger sister - Anne Stewart
Australian History 1867 (Age 42)
 

Note: Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland.
Note: Saint Mary MacKillop founds Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart.
Australian History 1868 (Age 43)
 

Note: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases.
Death of a paternal grandmother 18 June 1869 (Age 44)
 Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland

paternal grandmother - Grace Biggam
Australian History 1869 (Age 44)
 

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 47)
 

Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens.
Australian History 1873 (Age 48)
 

Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock.
Marriage of a half-sisterTomina Stewart - View family
1874 (Age 49)
 Victoria, Australia

father's son-in-law - Andrew David Barron
half-sister - Tomina Stewart
Australian History 1875 (Age 50)
 

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-brotherJames Stewart - View family
2 August 1876 (Age 51)
 Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia

half-brother - James Stewart
half-brother's wife - Margaret Ann Cobbledick
Marriage of a half-sisterJane Stewart - View family
6 June 1877 (Age 52)
 Toolamba, Victoria, Australia

father's son-in-law - George Houston Bowie
half-sister - Jane Stewart
Marriage of a half-brotherIvie Stewart - View family
14 November 1878 (Age 53)
 Tatura, Victoria, Australia

half-brother - Ivie Stewart
half-brother's wife - Sarah Ann Lupton
Australian History 1878 (Age 53)
 

Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.
Australian History 1879 (Age 54)
 

Note: The first congress of trade unions is held.
Australian History 1880 (Age 55)
 

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 57)
 Tatura, Victoria, Australia

half-sister - Tomina Stewart
Australian History 1882 (Age 57)
 

Note: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.
Australian History 1883 (Age 58)
 

Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway
Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill
Death of a brother 28 April 1886 (Age 61)
 Barnstable, Devonshire, England

younger brother - John Stewart
Australian History 1887 (Age 62)
 

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.
Australian History 1889 (Age 64)
 

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 65)
 

Note: The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention.
Death of a half-brother 28 February 1891 (Age 66)
 Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia

half-brother - Andrew Robert Stewart
Death of a father 4 November 1891 (Age 66)
 Tatura, Victoria, Australia

father - Alexander Stewart
Australian History 1891 (Age 66)
 

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 67)
 

Note: Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia.
Australian History 1893 (Age 68)
 

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 69)
 

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.
Australian History 1895 (Age 70)
 

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 half-brother 21 June 1896 (Age 71)
 Western Australia, Australia

half-brother - Robert Gavin Stewart
Australian History 1896 (Age 71)
 

Note: The Bathurst Conference (the second 'people's convention') meets to discuss the 1891 draft constitution
Australian History 1897 (Age 72)
 

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 73)
 

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 74)
 

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.
Australian History 1900 (Age 75)
 

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
Australian History 1901 (Age 76)
 

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 77)
 

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
Australian History 1903 (Age 78)
 

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 79)
 

Note: A site at Dalgety, New South Wales chosen for the new national capital
Note: Chris Watson forms the first federal Labor (minority) government
Australian History 1906 (Age 81)
 

Note: Australia takes control of south-eastern New Guinea
Death of a sister 18 January 1907 (Age 82)
 Shelby, Missouri, USA

younger sister - Sarah Stewart
Australian History 1908 (Age 83)
 

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 84)
 

Note: The first powered aeroplane flight in Australia is made.
Australian History 1910 (Age 85)
 

Note: Andrew Fisher forms the first federal majority Labor government.
Australian History 1911 (Age 86)
 

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.
Australian History 1912 (Age 87)
 

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 88)
 

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 88)
 

Note: The foundation stone for the city of Canberra is put in place
Australian History 1914 (Age 89)
 

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 90)
 

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 91)
 

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 92)
 

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 93)
 

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 94)
 

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 95)
 

Note: The airline Qantas is founded
Australian History 1921 (Age 96)
 

Note: Edith Cowan becomes the first woman elected to an Australian parliament
Australian History 1922 (Age 97)
 

Note: The Smith Family charity is founded in Sydney
Australian History 1923 (Age 98)
 

Note: Vegemite is first produced
Death of a half-sister 5 June 1925 (Age 100)
 

half-sister - Mary Cleave Stewart
Australian History 1926 (Age 101)
 

Note: The first Miss Australia contest is held
Australian History 1927 (Age 102)
 

Note: The tenth parliament is formally opened in Canberra, finalising the move to the new capital
Australian History 1928 (Age 103)
 

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.
Australian History 1929 (Age 104)
 

Note: Western Australia celebrates its centenary
Note: Labor returns to office under James Scullin. The Great Depression hits Australia.
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Family with parents - 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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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
15 months
#1 herself
Grace Stewart

Birth 1825 22 21  Mochrum, Wigtown, Scotland

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#2 younger brother
John Stewart

Birth 1827 24 23  Mochrum, Wigtown, Scotland

Death 28 April 1886 (Age 59)  Barnstable, Devonshire, England

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#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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#4 younger brother
William Stewart

Birth 1833 30 29  Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland

Death yes  

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#5 younger brother
David Stewart

Birth 25 June 1835 32 31  Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland

Death yes  

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#6 younger sister
Anne Stewart

Birth 19 September 1841 38 37  Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland

Death yes  

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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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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
10 months
#1 half-sister
Tomina Stewart Tomina Stewart

Birth 2 May 1846 43 26  Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland

Death 29 January 1882 (Age 35)  Tatura, Victoria, Australia

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#2 half-sister
Jane Stewart

Birth 22 February 1848 45 28  Mochrum, Scotland

Death yes  

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#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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#4 half-sister
Mary Cleave Stewart

Birth 1852 49 31  Mochrum, Scotland

Death 5 June 1925 (Age 73)  

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#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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#6 half-brother
Stewart Ivie.jpg Ivie Stewart

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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#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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#9 half-sister
Elizabeth Stewart

Birth about 1859 56 38  

Death yes  

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Grace Stewart has 12 first cousins recorded

Father's family (12)

Parents John Biggam + Jane Stewart
1 Agnes Biggam 1836–1837
2 John Biggam 1838–1911
3 Grace Biggam 1840–1919
4 Janet Biggam 1844–1901
5 William Biggam 1844–1846
Parents Andrew Anderson + Janet Stewart
1 Andrew Anderson 1841–?
2 Janet Anderson ?–?
Parents John Pace + Grace Stewart
1 John Pace 1844–?
2 William Maxwell Pace 1847–1926
3 Ann Pace 1849–1854
4 David Stewart Pace 1853–1936
5 Richard Pace 1853–1854

Mother's family (0)

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