Margaret Gordon "Madge" RankinAge: 251914–1939
- Name
- Margaret Gordon "Madge" Rankin
- Given names
- Margaret Gordon
- Nickname
- Madge
- Surname
- Rankin
| Birth | 1914 41 36 Australia |
| Australian History | 1914 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 12 months) 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 2) 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 3) 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. |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | 25 August 1918 (Age 4) Shepparton, Victoria, Australia
maternal grandmother -
Catherine Gregg
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| Photo | Starrit and Rankin Families - Estimated 1918 1918 (estimated) (Age 4) "Kelso Park", North West Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia Starrit and Rankin Families - Estimated 1918 |
| Australian History | 1918 (Age 4) 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 5) 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 6) Note: The airline Qantas is founded |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | 22 January 1921 (Age 7) Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia
maternal grandfather -
Robert Starritt
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| Australian History | 1921 (Age 7) Note: Edith Cowan becomes the first woman elected to an Australian parliament |
| Australian History | 1922 (Age 8) Note: The Smith Family charity is founded in Sydney |
| Australian History | 1923 (Age 9) Note: Vegemite is first produced |
| Australian History | 1926 (Age 12) Note: The first Miss Australia contest is held |
| Australian History | 1927 (Age 13) Note: The tenth parliament is formally opened in Canberra, finalising the move to the new capital |
| Australian History | 1928 (Age 14) 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 15) Note: Western Australia celebrates its centenary Note: Labor returns to office under James Scullin. The Great Depression hits Australia. |
| Australian History | 1930 (Age 16) 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 17) Note: Sir Douglas Mawson charts 4,000 miles of Antarctic coastline and claims 42% of the icy mass for Australia |
| Marriage of a sister | Elenor Lillian "Lilly" Rankin - View family 1932 (Age 18) Australia
brother-in-law -
Percy Pollock
elder sister -
Elenor Lillian "Lilly" Rankin
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| Australian History | 1932 (Age 18) Note: The Sydney Harbour Bridge opens Note: The Labor government falls and Joseph Lyons becomes Prime Minister |
| Australian History | 1933 (Age 19) Note: Western Australia votes at a rerefendum to secede from the Commonwealth, but the vote is ignored by both the Commonwealth and British governments |
| Australian History | 1936 (Age 22) Note: The last Thylacine dies |
| Marriage | Ronald Coutts - View family 1937 (Age 23) Australia |
| Australian History | 1937 (Age 23) Note: The radio series Dad and Dave begins |
| Australian History | 1938 (Age 24) Note: Sydney hosts the Empire Games, the forerunner to the Commonwealth Games |
| Australian History | 1939 (on the date of death) Note: (April) Prime Minister Lyons dies in office and is replaced by Robert Menzies and the first Menzies Government Note: (September) Australia enters the Second World War following the German Invasion of Poland. The 2nd Australian Imperial Force is raised. Note: The first flight is made by an Australian-made warplane, the Wirraway Note: Victoria is devastated by the Black Friday bushfires |
| Death | 1939 (Age 25) Australia |
| Family with parents - View family |
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5 years mother |
Birth 23 August 1877 34 32 Gunbower, Victoria, Australia Death 9 December 1958 (Age 81) |
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Marriage: 1903 |
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1 year #1 elder sister |
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18 months #2 elder brother |
Robert Starritt "Robbie" Rankin J.P., O.B.E.
Birth 7 July 1905 33 27 Rochester, Victoria, Australia Death 1978 (Age 72) Australia |
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3 years #3 elder brother |
James Buchanan Rankin Jr.
Birth 1908 35 30 Rochester, Victoria, Australia Death 1912 (Age 4) Australia |
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2 years #4 elder sister |
Elenor Lillian "Lilly" Rankin
Birth 1910 37 32 Australia Death 1975 (Age 65) Australia |
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4 years #5 herself |
Margaret Gordon "Madge" Rankin
Birth 1914 41 36 Australia Death 1939 (Age 25) Australia |
| Family with Ronald Coutts - View family |
| husband |
Ronald Coutts
Death yes |
| herself |
Margaret Gordon "Madge" Rankin
Birth 1914 41 36 Australia Death 1939 (Age 25) Australia |
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Marriage: 1937 — Australia |
Margaret Gordon "Madge" Rankin has 26 first cousins recorded
Father's family (9)
Parents John Rankin + Jean Bain
Parents David Rankin + Ann Hendry
Parents Andrew Sampson Thomas Rankin + Catherine Ashley
Mother's family (17)
Parents Richard Harry Thomas + Sarah Ann Starritt
Parents Robert Gregg "Bob" Starritt + Emma Tomina "Sis" Stewart
Parents George Starritt OBE + Amanda Rathjen
Parents Alfred Edward Rathjen + Catherine Matilda "Cassie" Starritt
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