Daniel Mc Entosh Gregg Sr.Age: 701819–1889
- Name
- Daniel Mc Entosh Gregg Sr.
- Given names
- Daniel Mc Entosh
- Surname
- Gregg
- Name suffix
- Sr.
| Birth | 1819 51 Altrincham, Cheshire, England |
| Birth of a sister | 1822 (estimated) (Age 3) Ballinascadden, Parish Of Killmacrenan, County Donegal, Ireland
younger sister -
Martha "Mattie" Gregg
|
| Occupation | Farmer Note: 1870 census - Daniel MacIntosh Gregg - farmer - born in Ireland Spouse Sarah J. Humphrey - age 47 - housekeeper born - New York Value of real-estate $ 20,000 value of personal 11,230. Ten years after selling a farm on Oil Creek after Drake drilled the oil well in 1859. He sold the farm and moved to Grove city Pa. bought 500 acres of land and stated farming. Pine Twp. records pg.429--430 |
| Australian History | 1824 (Age 5) 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 |
| Australian History | 1825 (Age 6) Note: New South Wales western border is extended to 129 degrees E. Van Diemen's Land is proclaimed. |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | 21 July 1828 (Age 9) Moneylaggan, Donegal, Ireland
paternal grandfather -
Richard Gregg
|
| Australian History | 1828 (Age 9) Note: Charles Sturt charts the Darling River. |
| Australian History | 1829 (Age 10) 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. |
| Australian History | 1830 (Age 11) Note: Sturt arrives at Goolwa, having charted the Murray River. |
| Australian History | 1831 (Age 12) Note: Sydney Herald (later to become The Sydney Morning Herald) first published. |
| Marriage of a half-brother | Finlay Gregg Sr - View family 1832 (estimated) (Age 13)
half-brother -
Finlay Gregg Sr
first cousin -
Sarah Gailey
|
| Australian History | 1832 (Age 13) Note: Swan River Colony has its name changed to Western Australia. |
| Australian History | 1833 (Age 14) Note: The penal settlement of Port Arthur is founded in Van Diemen's Land. |
| Australian History | 1835 (Age 16) 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. |
| Marriage of a half-brother | Robert Gregg - View family 1836 (Age 17)
half-brother -
Robert Gregg
half-brother's wife -
Ann Mc Connell
|
| Australian History | 1836 (Age 17) Note: Province of South Australia proclaimed with its western border at 132 degrees E. |
| Birth of a brother | 10 November 1837 (Age 18) Ballinascadden, Parish Of Killmacrenan, County Donegal, Ireland
younger brother -
William Gregg
|
| Australian History | 1838 (Age 19) Note: First Prussian settlers arrive in South Australia; the largest group on non-British migrants in Australia at the time. |
| Australian History | 1839 (Age 20) Note: Paul Edmund Strzelecki becomes first European to ascend and name Australia's highest peak, Mount Kosciuszko. |
| Australian History | 1840 (Age 21) Note: Australia's first municipal authority, the City of Adelaide, is established, followed by Sydney City Council. |
| Death of a father | 25 December 1841 (Age 22)
father -
Robert Gregg
|
| Australian History | 1841 (Age 22) Note: New Zealand is proclaimed as a separate colony, no longer part of New South Wales. |
| Marriage | Sarah Jane Humphrey - View family 22 June 1842 (Age 23) Mercer, Pennsylvania, USA Address: Presyb. Church Mercer |
| Australian History | 1842 (Age 23) Note: Copper is discovered at Kapunda in South Australia. |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | 6 April 1843 (Age 24) Cherrytree, Venango, Pennsylvania, USA
daughter -
Harriet Rose Gregg
|
| Australian History | 1843 (Age 24) 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 #2 | 4 April 1845 (Age 26) Cherrytree, Venango, Pennsylvania, USA
son -
Robert John Gregg
|
| Australian History | 1845 (Age 26) 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 #3 | 3 June 1846 (Age 27) Cherrytree, Venango, Pennsylvania, USA
daughter -
Margaret Jane Gregg
|
| Death of a son | 19 August 1847 (Age 28)
son -
Robert John Gregg
|
| Birth of a son #4 | 16 October 1847 (Age 28) Cherrytree, Venango, Pennsylvania, USA
son -
Henry Humphrey Gregg
|
| Birth of a son #5 | 31 March 1850 (Age 31) Cherrytree, Venango, Pennsylvania, USA
son -
William Adams Gregg
|
| Australian History | 1850 (Age 31) 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 32) 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 son #6 | 11 June 1853 (Age 34) Cherrytree, Venango, Pennsylvania, USA
son -
Joseph Finlay Gregg
|
| Australian History | 1853 (Age 34) Note: Bendigo Petition and Red Ribbon Rebellion at Bendigo |
| Australian History | 1854 (Age 35) Note: The Eureka Stockade |
| Australian History | 1855 (Age 36) 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 37) Note: Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania. |
| Australian History | 1857 (Age 38) 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 39) Note: Sydney and Melbourne linked by electric telegraph. Note: New South Wales men achieve the right to vote. |
| Birth of a son #7 | 5 October 1859 (Age 40) Cherrytree, Venango, Pennsylvania, USA |
| Australian History | 1859 (Age 40) 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. |
| Marriage of a brother | William Gregg - View family 19 December 1860 (Age 41)
younger brother -
William Gregg
sister-in-law -
Agnes Gordon
|
| Australian History | 1860 (Age 41) 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 42) Note: The ill-fated Burke and Wills expedition occurs. Note: skiing in Australia introduced by Norwegians in the Snowy Mountains goldrush town of Kiandra |
| Death of a daughter | 22 October 1862 (Age 43)
daughter -
Margaret Jane Gregg
|
| Birth of a son #8 | 24 October 1862 (Age 43) Grove City, Pennsylvania, USA
son -
David Masson Gregg
|
| Australian History | 1862 (Age 43) Note: Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139 degrees E. |
| Australian History | 1863 (Age 44) Note: South Australia takes control of the Northern Territory which was part of the colony of New South Wales. |
| Death of a half-brother | 10 February 1864 (Age 45) Cherrytree, Venango, Pennsylvania, USA
half-brother -
Richard Gregg
|
| Birth of a son #9 | 18 February 1866 (Age 47) Cherrytree, Venango, Pennsylvania, USA
son -
James Forster Gregg
|
| Marriage of a daughter | Harriet Rose Gregg - View family 25 April 1866 (Age 47)
son-in-law -
William H. Forster
daughter -
Harriet Rose Gregg
|
| Australian History | 1867 (Age 48) Note: Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland. Note: Saint Mary MacKillop founds Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart. |
| Marriage of a son | Henry Humphrey Gregg - View family 18 November 1868 (Age 49)
son -
Henry Humphrey Gregg
daughter-in-law -
Nancy Pearson
|
| Australian History | 1868 (Age 49) Note: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases. |
| Australian History | 1869 (Age 50) Note: Children of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent are removed from their families by Australian and State government agencies. |
| Marriage of a son | Joseph Finlay Gregg - View family 26 December 1872 (Age 53)
son -
Joseph Finlay Gregg
daughter-in-law -
Mary M. Stevenson
|
| Australian History | 1872 (Age 53) Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens. |
| Australian History | 1873 (Age 54) Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock. |
| Australian History | 1875 (Age 56) 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 son | William Adams Gregg - View family 3 February 1876 (Age 57)
son -
William Adams Gregg
daughter-in-law -
Margaret S. Hayes
|
| Australian History | 1878 (Age 59) Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Australian History | 1879 (Age 60) Note: The first congress of trade unions is held. |
| Australian History | 1880 (Age 61) Note: The bushranger Ned Kelly is hanged. Note: Parliamentarians in Victoria become the first in Australia to be paid for their work. |
| Marriage of a son | Daniel Mc Entosh Gregg Jr. - View family 29 June 1882 (Age 63)
daughter-in-law -
Evaline Lydia Emery
|
| Australian History | 1882 (Age 63) Note: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Australian History | 1883 (Age 64) Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill |
| Death of a sister | 3 October 1885 (Age 66) Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA
younger sister -
Martha "Mattie" Gregg
|
| Marriage of a son | David Masson Gregg - View family 14 May 1887 (Age 68) Grove City, Pennsylvania, USA
son -
David Masson Gregg
daughter-in-law -
Sarah Jane Dunkerly
|
| Marriage of a granddaughter | Sarah Gregg - View family 7 December 1887 (Age 68) Grove City, Pennsylvania, USA
granddaughter's husband -
J. E. Christie
granddaughter -
Sarah Gregg
|
| Australian History | 1887 (Age 68) 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. |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | 26 September 1889 (Age 70) Grove City, Pennsylvania, USA
grandson -
Daniel J. Gregg
|
| Australian History | 1889 (Age 70) Note: The completion of the railway network between Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney. Note: Sir Henry Parkes delivers the Tenterfield Oration. |
| Death | 19 December 1889 (Age 70) Grove City, Pennsylvania, USA |
| Family with parents - View family |
| father |
Robert Gregg
Birth 1768 28 Donegal, Ireland Death 25 December 1841 (Age 73) |
| mother |
Peggy Starritt
Death yes |
|
Marriage: yes |
|
| #1 sister |
Margaret Rose Gregg
Birth Ireland Death yes |
| #2 himself |
Birth 1819 51 Altrincham, Cheshire, England Death 19 December 1889 (Age 70) Grove City, Pennsylvania, USA |
| #3 sister |
Nancy Gregg
Birth Ireland Death yes |
| #4 younger sister |
Birth 1822 (estimated) 54 Ballinascadden, Parish Of Killmacrenan, County Donegal, Ireland Death 3 October 1885 (Age 63) Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA |
|
16 years #5 younger brother |
William Gregg
Birth 10 November 1837 69 Ballinascadden, Parish Of Killmacrenan, County Donegal, Ireland Death Cherrytree, Venango, Pennsylvania, USA |
| Father’s family with Mattie Mc Clure - View family |
| father |
Robert Gregg
Birth 1768 28 Donegal, Ireland Death 25 December 1841 (Age 73) |
| step-mother |
Mattie Mc Clure
Death yes |
|
Marriage: yes |
|
| #1 half-brother |
Richard Gregg
Birth 1790 22 Ireland Death 10 February 1864 (Age 74) Cherrytree, Venango, Pennsylvania, USA |
| #2 half-brother |
Finlay Gregg Sr
Birth Ireland Death yes |
| #3 half-brother |
Robert Gregg
Birth 1810 42 Ireland Death yes |
|
5 years #4 half-sister |
Mary Gregg
Birth about 1815 47 Donegal, Ireland Death yes |
| #5 half-sister |
Jeanie Gregg
Birth Ireland Death yes |
| #6 half-sister |
Eliza Gregg
Birth Ireland Death yes |
| Family with Sarah Jane Humphrey - View family |
| himself |
Birth 1819 51 Altrincham, Cheshire, England Death 19 December 1889 (Age 70) Grove City, Pennsylvania, USA |
|
4 years wife |
Birth May 1823 Catskil, New York, USA Death 27 November 1901 (Age 78) Grove City, Pennsylvania, USA |
|
Marriage: 22 June 1842 — Mercer, Pennsylvania, USA |
|
|
20 years #1 son |
David Masson Gregg
Birth 24 October 1862 43 39 Grove City, Pennsylvania, USA Death 1934 (Age 71) Grove City, Pennsylvania, USA |
|
-20 years #2 daughter |
Harriet Rose Gregg
Birth 6 April 1843 24 19 Cherrytree, Venango, Pennsylvania, USA Death yes |
|
2 years #3 son |
Robert John Gregg
Birth 4 April 1845 26 21 Cherrytree, Venango, Pennsylvania, USA Death 19 August 1847 (Age 2) |
|
14 months #4 daughter |
Margaret Jane Gregg
Birth 3 June 1846 27 23 Cherrytree, Venango, Pennsylvania, USA Death 22 October 1862 (Age 16) |
|
16 months #5 son |
Henry Humphrey Gregg
Birth 16 October 1847 28 24 Cherrytree, Venango, Pennsylvania, USA Death 1940 (Age 92) |
|
2 years #6 son |
William Adams Gregg
Birth 31 March 1850 31 26 Cherrytree, Venango, Pennsylvania, USA Death yes |
|
3 years #7 son |
Joseph Finlay Gregg
Birth 11 June 1853 34 30 Cherrytree, Venango, Pennsylvania, USA Death 20 April 1922 (Age 68) |
|
6 years #8 son |
Birth 5 October 1859 40 36 Cherrytree, Venango, Pennsylvania, USA Death 10 February 1925 (Age 65) |
|
6 years #9 son |
James Forster Gregg
Birth 18 February 1866 47 42 Cherrytree, Venango, Pennsylvania, USA Death 1947 (Age 80) |
Daniel Mc Entosh Gregg Sr. has 16 first cousins recorded
Father's family (16)
Parents Daniel Gregg + Jane Graham
Parents Richard Gregg + Fanny McClure
Parents John Gailey + Mattie Gregg
Mother's family (0)
| Occupation | 1870 census - Daniel MacIntosh Gregg - farmer - born in Ireland Spouse Sarah J. Humphrey - age 47 - housekeeper born - New York Value of real-estate $ 20,000 value of personal 11,230. Ten years after selling a farm on Oil Creek after Drake drilled the oil well in 1859. He sold the farm and moved to Grove city Pa. bought 500 acres of land and stated farming. Pine Twp. records pg.429--430 |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Australian History | First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Australian History | The first congress of trade unions is held. |
| Australian History | The bushranger Ned Kelly is hanged. |
| Australian History | First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Australian History | The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway |
| Australian History | 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 | The completion of the railway network between Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney. |
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