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Wilhemina CampbellAge: 741802–1876

Name
Wilhemina Campbell
Given names
Wilhemina
Surname
Campbell

Wilhelmina McCaig

Name
Wilhelmina McCaig
Given names
Wilhelmina
Surname
McCaig
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Birth 1802 47 41
 Dalgig, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

Marriage of a half-sisterMargaret Campbell - View family
about 1803 (Age 12 months)
 

father's son-in-law - William Fisher
half-sister - Margaret Campbell
Australian History 1803 (Age 12 months)
 

Note: Matthew Flinders completes the first circumnavigation of the continent (still known as 'New Holland')
Australian History 1804 (Age 2)
 

Note: A settlement is founded at Risdon on the Derwent River in Van Diemen's Land by Lieutenant Bowen.
Note: Castle Hill convict rebellion also known as the second Battle of Vinegar Hill
Note: The Risdon settlement is moved to Sullivan's Cove (now Hobart) by Colonel David Collins.
Australian History 1808 (Age 6)
 

Note: The Rum Rebellion
Marriage of a half-brotherWilliam Campbell - View family
about 1809 (Age 7)
 Dalfarson Mills, Doon, Dalmellington, Ayrshire, Scotland

half-brother - William Campbell
half-brother's wife - Jean Scott
Marriage of a sisterIsabel Campbell - View family
4 April 1812 (Age 10)
 Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland

brother-in-law - William Graham
elder sister - Isabel Campbell
Marriage of a sisterJean Campbell - View family
about 1812 (Age 10)
 Prob New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

brother-in-law - William Brown
elder sister - Jean Campbell
Marriage of a sisterTomina Campbell - View family
24 June 1815 (Age 13)
 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

brother-in-law - Alexander Rowan
elder sister - Tomina Campbell
Australian History 1817 (Age 15)
 

Note: John Oxley charts the Lachlan River
Note: Australia's first bank, the Bank of New South Wales, opens in Macquarie Place, Sydney (it became Westpac in 1982).
Note: Governor Lachlan Macquarie petitioned the British Admiralty to use the name 'Australia' instead of 'New Holland'
Australian History 1818 (Age 16)
 

Note: Oxley charts the Macquarie River.
Marriage of a sisterJanet Campbell - View family
14 June 1820 (Age 18)
 Coylton, Ayrshire, Scotland

brother-in-law - Andrew Campbell
elder sister - Janet Campbell
Marriage of a sisterHelen Campbell - View family
about 1820 (Age 18)
 

brother-in-law - David Ferguson
elder sister - Helen Campbell
Australian History 1824 (Age 22)
 

Note: A penal colony is founded at Moreton Bay, now the city of Brisbane.
Note: Bathurst and Melville Islands are annexed.
Note: Permission granted to change the name of the continent from 'New Holland' to 'Australia'
Note: 1824-25 - Hume and Hovell expedition travels overland to Port Phillip Bay, discovers Murray River
MarriageThomas McCaig - View family
1825 (estimated) (Age 23)
 

Address:
Probably New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
Australian History 1825 (Age 23)
 

Note: New South Wales western border is extended to 129 degrees E. Van Diemen's Land is proclaimed.
Birth of a son
#1		 about 1826 (Age 24)
 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

son - Hugh Dunbar McCaig
Birth of a son
#2		 16 September 1826 (Age 24)
 Prob New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

son - Robert McCaig
Australian History 1828 (Age 26)
 

Note: Charles Sturt charts the Darling River.
Birth of a son
#3		 about 1829 (Age 27)
 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

son - Ivie McCaig
Australian History 1829 (Age 27)
 

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.
Marriage of a half-brotherGeorge Campbell - View family
1830 (Age 28)
 

half-brother - George Campbell
half-brother's wife - Janet McDonald
Australian History 1830 (Age 28)
 

Note: Sturt arrives at Goolwa, having charted the Murray River.
Marriage of a brotherIvie Campbell - View family
4 July 1831 (Age 29)
 Riccarton, Ayrshire, Scotland

elder brother - Ivie Campbell
sister-in-law - Jean Richmond
Death of a father 28 July 1831 (Age 29)
 Dalgig, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

father - Ivie Campbell
Australian History 1831 (Age 29)
 

Note: Sydney Herald (later to become The Sydney Morning Herald) first published.
Birth of a daughter
#4		 about 1832 (Age 30)
 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

daughter - Margaret McCaig
Birth of a daughter
#5		 10 September 1832 (Age 30)
 Strone, Glen Trool, Minnigaff, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland

daughter - Christina McCaig
Australian History 1832 (Age 30)
 

Note: Swan River Colony has its name changed to Western Australia.
Death of a half-brother 17 April 1833 (Age 31)
 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

half-brother - William Campbell
Australian History 1833 (Age 31)
 

Note: The penal settlement of Port Arthur is founded in Van Diemen's Land.
Birth of a son
#6		 about 1834 (Age 32)
 Minnigaff, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland

son - John McCaig
Australian History 1835 (Age 33)
 

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.
Birth of a son
#7		 1836 (Age 34)
 Minnigaff, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland

son - George McCaig
Australian History 1836 (Age 34)
 

Note: Province of South Australia proclaimed with its western border at 132 degrees E.
Birth of a son
#8		 1838 (Age 36)
 Kirkinner, Wigtownshire, Scotland

son - Edward Irvin McCaig
Australian History 1838 (Age 36)
 

Note: First Prussian settlers arrive in South Australia; the largest group on non-British migrants in Australia at the time.
Australian History 1839 (Age 37)
 

Note: Paul Edmund Strzelecki becomes first European to ascend and name Australia's highest peak, Mount Kosciuszko.
Birth of a son
#9		 3 September 1840 (Age 38)
 March Farm, Kirkinner, Wigtownshire, Scotland

son - Thomas McCaig
Australian History 1840 (Age 38)
 

Note: Australia's first municipal authority, the City of Adelaide, is established, followed by Sydney City Council.
Census 7 June 1841 (Age 39)
 March Farm, Kirkinner, Wigtownshire, Scotland

Note: 30, No
Death of a sister 5 November 1841 (Age 39)
 Kellintrae, Mochrum, Wigtown, Scotland

elder sister - Tomina Campbell
Australian History 1841 (Age 39)
 

Note: New Zealand is proclaimed as a separate colony, no longer part of New South Wales.
Australian History 1842 (Age 40)
 

Note: Copper is discovered at Kapunda in South Australia.
Australian History 1843 (Age 41)
 

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 son
#10		 about 1844 (Age 42)
 March Farm?, Kirkinner, Wigtownshire, Scotland

son - William McCaig
Death of a mother 4 August 1844 (Age 42)
 Dalgig, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

mother - Margaret Dunbar
Australian History 1845 (Age 43)
 

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 daughter
#11		 21 June 1848 (Age 46)
 March Farm, Kirkinner, Wigtownshire, Scotland

daughter - Jane Richmond McCaig
Australian History 1850 (Age 48)
 

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.
Census 30 March 1851 (Age 49)
 March Farm, Kirkinner, Wigtownshire, Scotland

Note: Wife mar 48 New Cumnock AYR
Australian History 1851 (Age 49)
 

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
Death of a husband 12 May 1853 (Age 51)
 Campford, Kirkcowan, Ayrshire, Scotland

husband - Thomas McCaig
Burial of a husband 13 May 1853 (estimated) (Age 51)
 

husband - Thomas McCaig
Australian History 1853 (Age 51)
 

Note: Bendigo Petition and Red Ribbon Rebellion at Bendigo
Australian History 1854 (Age 52)
 

Note: The Eureka Stockade
Marriage of a brotherIvie Campbell - View family
15 January 1855 (Age 53)
 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

elder brother - Ivie Campbell
sister-in-law - Jean Lee
Death of a half-brother 14 March 1855 (Age 53)
 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

half-brother - George Campbell
Australian History 1855 (Age 53)
 

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 54)
 

Note: Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania.
Australian History 1857 (Age 55)
 

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.
Birth of a grandson
#1		 28 May 1858 (Age 56)
 Dalricket Mill, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

grandson - William Park
Marriage of a sonJohn McCaig - View family
1 October 1858 (Age 56)
 Burnockhead, Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland

son - John McCaig
daughter-in-law - Christina Morrison
Birth of a grandson
#2		 6 October 1858 (Age 56)
 Dalgig, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

grandson - Male McCaig
Death of a grandson 6 October 1858 (Age 56)
 Dalgig, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

grandson - Male McCaig
Australian History 1858 (Age 56)
 

Note: Sydney and Melbourne linked by electric telegraph.
Note: New South Wales men achieve the right to vote.
Death of a sister 24 May 1859 (Age 57)
 Airelick, Mochrum, Scotland

elder sister - Jean Campbell
Australian History 1859 (Age 57)
 

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.
Birth of a granddaughter
#3		 about 1860 (Age 58)
 England

granddaughter - Wilhelmina Stevenson
Birth of a granddaughter
#4		 about 1860 (Age 58)
 Dudley, England

granddaughter - Christina Stevenson
Death of a sister 15 September 1860 (Age 58)
 Marchburn, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

elder sister - Isabel Campbell
Australian History 1860 (Age 58)
 

Note: John McDouall Stuart reaches the centre of the continent. South Australian border changed from 132 degrees E to 129 degrees E.
Birth of a grandson
#5		 about 1861 (Age 59)
 

grandson - David Stevenson
Census 8 April 1861 (Age 59)
 West Bunnockhead, Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland

Note: Head, widower, age 58, housekeeper, bn New Cumnock AYR
Birth of a grandson
#6		 16 April 1861 (Age 59)
 Old Coalburn, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

grandson - Thomas McCaig
Marriage of a daughterChristina McCaig - View family
12 November 1861 (Age 59)
 King St Independent Chapel, Dudley, Wor, England

nephew - Ivie Campbell
daughter - Christina McCaig
Australian History 1861 (Age 59)
 

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 60)
 

Note: Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139 degrees E.
Birth of a grandson
#7		 4 July 1863 (Age 61)
 Craigman, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

grandson - Ivie Campbell
Marriage of a sonIvie McCaig - View family
18 December 1863 (Age 61)
 Littlemark Hill, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

son - Ivie McCaig
daughter-in-law - Margaret McMillan
Australian History 1863 (Age 61)
 

Note: South Australia takes control of the Northern Territory which was part of the colony of New South Wales.
Birth of a granddaughter
#8		 about 1864 (Age 62)
 Dudley, Wor, England

granddaughter - Agnes Jane Stevenson
Birth of a granddaughter
#9		 24 April 1864 (Age 62)
 House Of Water, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

granddaughter - Jane McCaig
Marriage of a daughterMargaret McCaig - View family
about 1865 (Age 63)
 

son-in-law - David Stevenson
daughter - Margaret McCaig
Baptism of a granddaughter 29 April 1865 (Age 63)
 Craigman, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

granddaughter - Jeanie Richmond Campbell
Birth of a grandson
#10		 17 February 1866 (Age 64)
 Brunston, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

grandson - Thomas Stevenson
Birth of a grandson
#11		 1866 (Age 64)
 Victoria, Australia

grandson - Thomas William McCaig
Marriage of a sonThomas McCaig - View family
10 April 1866 (Age 64)
 Barbower Rd, Edgecombe, Victoria, Australia

son - Thomas McCaig
daughter-in-law - Mary Fisher
Birth of a granddaughter
#12		 15 August 1866 (Age 64)
 Knockdunder, Old Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

granddaughter - Mary Murdoch McCaig
Birth of a grandson
#13		 25 January 1867 (Age 65)
 Dalgig, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

grandson - Thomas McCaig Campbell
Death of a sister 4 April 1867 (Age 65)
 Wood Of Auchleand, Wigtown, Wigtownshire, Scotland

elder sister - Helen Campbell
Birth of a grandson
#14		 6 April 1867 (Age 65)
 House Of Water, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

grandson - James McCaig
Death of a brother 3 December 1867 (Age 65)
 Dalgig, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

elder brother - Ivie Campbell
Australian History 1867 (Age 65)
 

Note: Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland.
Note: Saint Mary MacKillop founds Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart.
Birth of a granddaughter
#15		 1868 (Age 66)
 Murchison, Victoria, Australia

granddaughter - Janet Bailie McCaig
Death of a daughter 25 May 1868 (Age 66)
 Burnstoun/Brunston, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

daughter - Jane Richmond McCaig
Australian History 1868 (Age 66)
 

Note: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases.
Birth of a grandson
#16		 6 January 1869 (Age 67)
 Dalgig, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

grandson - John Richmond Campbell
Marriage of a sonWilliam McCaig - View family
23 July 1869 (Age 67)
 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

son - William McCaig
daughter-in-law - Jean McKerrow
Birth of a grandson
#17		 29 August 1869 (Age 67)
 Riggend, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

grandson - Robert McCaig
Birth of a granddaughter
#18		 30 October 1869 (Age 67)
 Brunstene, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

granddaughter - Christina McCaig
Australian History 1869 (Age 67)
 

Note: Children of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent are removed from their families by Australian and State government agencies.
Birth of a granddaughter
#19		 1870 (Age 68)
 Murchison, Victoria, Australia

granddaughter - Wilhelmina Campbell McCaig
Marriage of a daughterMargaret McCaig - View family
about 1870 (Age 68)
 

son-in-law - William Perry
daughter - Margaret McCaig
Death of a grandson 28 January 1871 (Age 69)
 Dudley, Sts, England

grandson - Thomas Stevenson
Death of a granddaughter 1871 (Age 69)
 Victoria, Australia

granddaughter - Wilhelmina Campbell McCaig
Census 2 April 1871 (Age 69)
 Craigman Farm, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

Note: Wilhelmina McCaig, 68, M in Law, widow, bn New Cumnock AYR
Birth of a granddaughter
#20		 16 September 1871 (Age 69)
 Brunsten, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

granddaughter - Wilhelmina McCaig
Australian History 1872 (Age 70)
 

Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens.
Birth of a granddaughter
#21		 19 February 1873 (Age 71)
 Knockdunder, Old Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

granddaughter - Jane McCaig
Birth of a granddaughter
#22		 1873 (Age 71)
 Dargalong, Victoria, Australia

granddaughter - … McCaig
Death of a half-sister 21 July 1873 (Age 71)
 Craignarget, Glenluce, Wigtownshire, Scotland

half-sister - Margaret Campbell
Australian History 1873 (Age 71)
 

Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock.
Birth of a granddaughter
#23		 2 February 1874 (Age 72)
 Dixton, Stair, Ayrshire, Scotland

granddaughter - Margaret McCaig
Birth of a granddaughter
#24		 20 July 1874 (Age 72)
 Currarie, Ballantrae, Ayrshire, Scotland

granddaughter - Jane McCaig
Birth of a grandson
#25		 9 May 1875 (Age 73)
 Knockdunder, Old Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

grandson - Thomas McCaig
Birth of a grandson
#26		 1875 (Age 73)
 Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia

grandson - William McCaig
Australian History 1875 (Age 73)
 

Note: SS Gothenburg strikes Old Reef off North Queensland and sinks with the loss of approximately 102 lives.
Note: Adelaide Steamship Company is formed.
Birth of a grandson
#27		 about 1876 (Age 74)
 Dudley, Sts, England

grandson - Thomas Edward McCaig
Death of a sister 9 January 1876 (Age 74)
 Newton Stewart, Wigtownshire, Scotland

elder sister - Janet Campbell
Death 25 April 1876 (Age 74)
 Craigman, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

Note: 
IN Affectionate Remembrance of
Mrs Wilhelmina Campbell Relict of the late Thomas McCaig, farmer, March Farm who died on Tuesday 25th April 1876 aged seventy three years (Obit card)
Family with parents - View family
father
Grave Ivie Campbell

Baptism 25 September 1754 35 30  Garclough, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

Death 28 July 1831  Dalgig, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

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6 years
mother
Grave Margaret Dunbar

Baptism 20 June 1760  Burnton, Dalrymple, Ayrshire, Scotland

Death 4 August 1844  Dalgig, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

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Marriage: about 1786
16 months
#1 elder sister
Isabel Campbell

Birth 28 April 1787 32 26  New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

Death 15 September 1860 (Age 73)  Marchburn, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

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3 years
#2 elder sister
Jean Campbell

Birth about 1790 35 29  New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

Death 24 May 1859 (Age 69)  Airelick, Mochrum, Scotland

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2 years
#3 elder sister
Tomina Campbell

Birth 17 January 1792 37 31  New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

Death 5 November 1841 (Age 49)  Kellintrae, Mochrum, Wigtown, Scotland

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23 months
#4 elder sister
Janet Campbell

Birth about 1794 39 33  New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

Death 9 January 1876 (Age 82)  Newton Stewart, Wigtownshire, Scotland

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4 years
#5 elder sister
Helen Campbell

Birth about 1798 43 37  New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

Death 4 April 1867 (Age 69)  Wood Of Auchleand, Wigtown, Wigtownshire, Scotland

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18 months
#6 elder brother
Grave Ivie Campbell

Birth 7 July 1799 44 39  Of Dalgig, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

Death 3 December 1867 (Age 68)  Dalgig, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

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3 years
#7 herself
Wilhemina Campbell

Birth 1802 47 41  Dalgig, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

Death 25 April 1876 (Age 74)  Craigman, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

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Father’s family with Jean Gemmell - View family
father
Grave Ivie Campbell

Baptism 25 September 1754 35 30  Garclough, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

Death 28 July 1831  Dalgig, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

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-9 months
step-mother
Jean Gemmell

Birth about 1754  

Death 1786 (Age 32)  New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

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Marriage: 1778
3 months
#1 half-brother
George Campbell

Birth 10 April 1778 23 24  Waterhead, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

Death 14 March 1855 (Age 76)  New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

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3 years
#2 half-brother
William Campbell

Birth 19 November 1780 26 26  New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

Death 17 April 1833 (Age 52)  New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

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3 years
#3 half-sister
Margaret Campbell

Birth 17 July 1783 28 29  New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

Death 21 July 1873 (Age 90)  Craignarget, Glenluce, Wigtownshire, Scotland

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Family with Thomas McCaig - View family
husband
Thomas McCaig

Birth 1 September 1799  New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

Death 12 May 1853 (Age 53)  Campford, Kirkcowan, Ayrshire, Scotland

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2 years
herself
Wilhemina Campbell

Birth 1802 47 41  Dalgig, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

Death 25 April 1876 (Age 74)  Craigman, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

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Marriage: 1825 (estimated)
1 year
#1 son
Hugh Dunbar McCaig

Birth about 1826 26 24  New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

Death 19 September 1883 (Age 57)  Amblecote, Dudley, Wor, Scotland

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8 months
#2 son
Robert McCaig

Birth 16 September 1826 27 24  Prob New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

Death 18 September 1912 (Age 86)  Riverton Hospital, Riverton, Southland, New Zealand

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2 years
#3 son
Ivie McCaig

Birth about 1829 29 27  New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

Death 5 November 1890 (Age 61)  Crichton Row, Old Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

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3 years
#4 daughter
Margaret McCaig

Birth about 1832 32 30  New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

Death June 1900 (Age 68)  Bridgenorth, England

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8 months
#5 daughter
Grave Christina McCaig

Birth 10 September 1832 33 30  Strone, Glen Trool, Minnigaff, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland

Death 23 May 1892 (Age 59)  Craigman, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

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16 months
#6 son
John McCaig

Birth about 1834 34 32  Minnigaff, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland

Death 6 November 1914 (Age 80)  Coilbank, Littlemill, Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland

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2 years
#7 son
George McCaig

Birth 1836 36 34  Minnigaff, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland

Death 2 December 1897 (Age 61)  Main Street, Ballantrae Village, Ayrshire, Scotland

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2 years
#8 son
Edward Irvin McCaig

Birth 1838 38 36  Kirkinner, Wigtownshire, Scotland

Death 25 October 1918 (Age 80)  Littlemill (Residence Of His Niece), Patna, Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland

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3 years
#9 son
Thomas McCaig

Birth 3 September 1840 41 38  March Farm, Kirkinner, Wigtownshire, Scotland

Death 9 May 1915 (Age 74)  Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia

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3 years
#10 son
William McCaig

Birth about 1844 44 42  March Farm?, Kirkinner, Wigtownshire, Scotland

Death 16 March 1925 (Age 81)  Low Balcray, Whithorn, Wigtownshire, Scotland

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5 years
#11 daughter
Jane Richmond McCaig

Birth 21 June 1848 48 46  March Farm, Kirkinner, Wigtownshire, Scotland

Death 25 May 1868 (Age 19)  Burnstoun/Brunston, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

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Wilhemina Campbell has 16 first cousins recorded

Father's family (16)

Parents … Laidlaw + Helen Campbell
1 Thomas Laidlaw ?–1843
2 Ellen Laidlaw ?–?
Parents John Campbell + Sarah Turner
1 George Campbell 1798–?
2 William Campbell 1798–?
Parents George Sloan + Elizabeth Campbell
1 Ivie Sloan ?–?
Parents Thomas Campbell + Jennet Brown
1 Elizabeth Campbell ?–?
2 James Campbell 1783–1836
3 Hugh Campbell 1785–1873
4 Ivie Campbell 1789–1874
5 John Campbell 1800–1878
6 George Campbell ?–1869
7 Thomas Campbell ?–?
Parents Thomas Campbell + Mary Pearson
1 William Campbell 1809–1884
2 Jean Campbell 1808–?
3 Jennet Campbell 1811–?
4 ? Campbell 1814–?

Mother's family (0)

 
Australian History
Matthew Flinders completes the first circumnavigation of the continent (still known as 'New Holland')

Australian History
A settlement is founded at Risdon on the Derwent River in Van Diemen's Land by Lieutenant Bowen.

Australian History
The Rum Rebellion

Australian History
John Oxley charts the Lachlan River

Australian History
Oxley charts the Macquarie River.

Australian History
A penal colony is founded at Moreton Bay, now the city of Brisbane.

Australian History
New South Wales western border is extended to 129 degrees E. Van Diemen's Land is proclaimed.

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.

Census
30, No

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.

Census
Wife mar 48 New Cumnock AYR

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.

Census
Head, widower, age 58, housekeeper, bn New Cumnock AYR

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.

Census
Wilhelmina McCaig, 68, M in Law, widow, bn New Cumnock AYR

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.

Death
IN Affectionate Remembrance of Mrs Wilhelmina Campbell Relict of the late Thomas McCaig, farmer, March Farm who died on Tuesday 25th April 1876 aged seventy three years (Obit card)


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