Daniel J. GreggAge: 501889–1940
- Name
- Daniel J. Gregg
- Given names
- Daniel J.
- Surname
- Gregg
| Birth | 26 September 1889 26 17 Grove City, Pennsylvania, USA |
| Marriage | Gertrude Sowers - View family |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | 19 December 1889 (Age 2 months) Grove City, Pennsylvania, USA
paternal grandfather -
Daniel Mc Entosh Gregg Sr.
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| Australian History | 1889 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 3 months) Note: The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention. |
| Birth of a sister | 19 August 1891 (Age 22 months) Grove City, Pennsylvania, USA
younger sister -
Harriett R. Gregg
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| Australian History | 1891 (Age 15 months) 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 2) Note: Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia. |
| Birth of a sister | 28 April 1893 (Age 3) Grove City, Pennsylvania, USA
younger sister -
Margaret Gregg
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| Australian History | 1893 (Age 3) 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 4) 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. |
| Birth of a brother | 30 October 1895 (Age 6) Grove City, Pennsylvania, USA
younger brother -
Walter M. Gregg
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| Australian History | 1895 (Age 5) 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 |
| Australian History | 1896 (Age 6) Note: The Bathurst Conference (the second 'people's convention') meets to discuss the 1891 draft constitution |
| Birth of a sister | 27 April 1897 (Age 7) Grove City, Pennsylvania, USA
younger sister -
Evaline L. Gregg
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| Australian History | 1897 (Age 7) 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 8) 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. |
| Birth of a brother | 15 November 1899 (Age 10) Grove City, Pennsylvania, USA
younger brother -
Robert O. Gregg
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| Australian History | 1899 (Age 9) 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. |
| Birth of a brother | 7 May 1900 (Age 10) Grove City, Pennsylvania, USA
younger brother -
Donald D. Gregg
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| Australian History | 1900 (Age 10) 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 |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | 27 November 1901 (Age 12) Grove City, Pennsylvania, USA
paternal grandmother -
Sarah Jane Humphrey
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| Australian History | 1901 (Age 11) 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 12) 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 |
| Birth of a brother | 22 December 1903 (Age 14) Grove City, Pennsylvania, USA
younger brother -
William Adams Gregg
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| Australian History | 1903 (Age 13) 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 14) Note: A site at Dalgety, New South Wales chosen for the new national capital Note: Chris Watson forms the first federal Labor (minority) government |
| Birth of a brother | 30 October 1905 (Age 16) Grove City, Pennsylvania, USA
younger brother -
Charles P. Gregg
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| Australian History | 1906 (Age 16) Note: Australia takes control of south-eastern New Guinea |
| Birth of a brother | 17 September 1907 (Age 17) Grove City, Pennsylvania, USA
younger brother -
Clifford Elmer Gregg Sr.
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| Australian History | 1908 (Age 18) Note: Dorothea Mackellar publishes My Country Note: The Dalgety proposal for the national capital is revoked, and Canberra is chosen instead |
| Birth of a sister | 7 August 1909 (Age 19) Grove City, Pennsylvania, USA
younger sister -
Grace I. Gregg
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| Australian History | 1909 (Age 19) Note: The first powered aeroplane flight in Australia is made. |
| Australian History | 1910 (Age 20) Note: Andrew Fisher forms the first federal majority Labor government. |
| Birth of a sister | 11 March 1911 (Age 21) Grove City, Pennsylvania, USA
younger sister -
Mary L. Gregg
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| Australian History | 1911 (Age 21) 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 22) 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 23) 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 23) Note: The foundation stone for the city of Canberra is put in place |
| Australian History | 1914 (Age 24) 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 25) 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 26) 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 27) 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 28) 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 29) 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 30) Note: The airline Qantas is founded |
| Marriage of a brother | Donald D. Gregg - View family 27 December 1921 (Age 32)
younger brother -
Donald D. Gregg
sister-in-law -
Vera M. Griffith
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| Australian History | 1921 (Age 31) Note: Edith Cowan becomes the first woman elected to an Australian parliament |
| Australian History | 1922 (Age 32) Note: The Smith Family charity is founded in Sydney |
| Australian History | 1923 (Age 33) Note: Vegemite is first produced |
| Australian History | 1926 (Age 36) Note: The first Miss Australia contest is held |
| Australian History | 1927 (Age 37) Note: The tenth parliament is formally opened in Canberra, finalising the move to the new capital |
| Australian History | 1928 (Age 38) 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 39) Note: Western Australia celebrates its centenary Note: Labor returns to office under James Scullin. The Great Depression hits Australia. |
| Australian History | 1930 (Age 40) 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 41) Note: Sir Douglas Mawson charts 4,000 miles of Antarctic coastline and claims 42% of the icy mass for Australia |
| Australian History | 1932 (Age 42) Note: The Sydney Harbour Bridge opens Note: The Labor government falls and Joseph Lyons becomes Prime Minister |
| Australian History | 1933 (Age 43) Note: Western Australia votes at a rerefendum to secede from the Commonwealth, but the vote is ignored by both the Commonwealth and British governments |
| Death of a father | 1934 (Age 44) Grove City, Pennsylvania, USA
father -
David Masson Gregg
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| Australian History | 1936 (Age 46) Note: The last Thylacine dies |
| Australian History | 1937 (Age 47) Note: The radio series Dad and Dave begins |
| Australian History | 1938 (Age 48) Note: Sydney hosts the Empire Games, the forerunner to the Commonwealth Games |
| Australian History | 1939 (Age 49) 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 |
| Australian History | 1940 (on the date of death) Note: A team of scientists, under Howard Florey, develops penicillin Note: Fascist Italy enters war, Royal Australian Navy engages Italian Navy in the early stages of the Battle of the Mediterranean. |
| Death | 1940 (Age 50) |
| Family with parents - View family |
| father |
David Masson Gregg
Birth 24 October 1862 43 39 Grove City, Pennsylvania, USA Death 1934 (Age 71) Grove City, Pennsylvania, USA |
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9 years mother |
Birth 1872 Grove City, Pennsylvania, USA Death 1960 (Age 88) Grove City, Pennsylvania, USA |
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Marriage: 14 May 1887 — Grove City, Pennsylvania, USA |
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2 years #1 himself |
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23 months #2 younger sister |
Harriett R. Gregg
Birth 19 August 1891 28 19 Grove City, Pennsylvania, USA Death yes |
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20 months #3 younger sister |
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3 years #4 younger brother |
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18 months #5 younger sister |
Evaline L. Gregg
Birth 27 April 1897 34 25 Grove City, Pennsylvania, USA Death 7 November 1962 (Age 65) |
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3 years #6 younger brother |
Robert O. Gregg
Birth 15 November 1899 37 27 Grove City, Pennsylvania, USA Death yes |
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6 months #7 younger brother |
Donald D. Gregg
Birth 7 May 1900 37 28 Grove City, Pennsylvania, USA Death 1 September 1984 (Age 84) |
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4 years #8 younger brother |
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22 months #9 younger brother |
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23 months #10 younger brother |
Clifford Elmer Gregg Sr.
Birth 17 September 1907 44 35 Grove City, Pennsylvania, USA Death 19 June 1994 (Age 86) Mercer, Pennsylvania, USA |
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23 months #11 younger sister |
Grace I. Gregg
Birth 7 August 1909 46 37 Grove City, Pennsylvania, USA Death yes |
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19 months #12 younger sister |
Mary L. Gregg
Birth 11 March 1911 48 39 Grove City, Pennsylvania, USA Death yes |
| Family with Gertrude Sowers - View family |
| himself |
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| wife |
Gertrude Sowers
Death yes |
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Marriage: yes |
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