Bessie GibsonAge: 241899–1924
- Name
- Bessie Gibson
- Given names
- Bessie
- Surname
- Gibson
| Birth | 6 December 1899 41 32 Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA |
| Australian History | 1899 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 26 days) 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 12 months) 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 2) 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 3) 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 4) 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 6) Note: Australia takes control of south-eastern New Guinea |
| Birth of a brother | 30 March 1907 (Age 7) Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
younger brother -
Richard W. Gibson
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| Australian History | 1908 (Age 8) 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 9) Note: The first powered aeroplane flight in Australia is made. |
| Australian History | 1910 (Age 10) Note: Andrew Fisher forms the first federal majority Labor government. |
| Australian History | 1911 (Age 11) 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 12) 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 13) 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 13) Note: The foundation stone for the city of Canberra is put in place |
| Australian History | 1914 (Age 14) 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 15) 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 16) 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 17) 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 18) 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 19) 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 20) Note: The airline Qantas is founded |
| Australian History | 1921 (Age 21) Note: Edith Cowan becomes the first woman elected to an Australian parliament |
| Australian History | 1922 (Age 22) Note: The Smith Family charity is founded in Sydney |
| Australian History | 1923 (Age 23) Note: Vegemite is first produced |
| Death | 25 July 1924 (Age 24) Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Cause of death: died of complications from the 1918 flu epidemic |
| Family with parents - View family |
| father |
Birth 9 May 1858 48 36 Oil City, Pennsylvania, USA Death 9 August 1936 (Age 78) Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA |
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10 years mother |
Kate Mc Cann
Birth 4 November 1867 Co. Cavan, Ireland Death 28 November 1938 (Age 71) Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA |
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Marriage: about 1885 — Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA |
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3 years #1 elder sister |
Margh Gibson
Birth February 1888 29 20 Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Death 4 June 1973 (Age 85) Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA |
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23 months #2 elder brother |
Robert James Gibson
Birth 17 December 1889 31 22 Illinois, USA Death 1953 (Age 63) Battlecreek, Michigan, USA |
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5 years #3 elder brother |
Raymond Leroy Gibson Sr
Birth 27 October 1894 36 26 Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Death 1 August 1959 (Age 64) West Covina, California, USA |
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5 years #4 herself |
Bessie Gibson
Birth 6 December 1899 41 32 Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Death 25 July 1924 (Age 24) Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA |
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7 years #5 younger brother |
Birth 30 March 1907 48 39 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA Death April 1998 (Age 91) |
| #6 brother |
Raymond Gibson
Death yes |