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William Lawson Jr.1804–?

Name
William Lawson Jr.
Given names
William
Surname
Lawson
Name suffix
Jr.
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Birth 2 August 1804 30 24
 Kingston, , Norfolk Island

Note: WILLIAM Lawson born 2nd August 1804 Norfolk Island, on 10th May 1832 married Caroline Icely at Bathurst the daughter of Thomas Icely and Susanna nee Pinhey. She was sister to Thomas Icely of Carcoar and Samuel Icely of Bathurst she arrived in the colony with her two brothers and Thomas's wife. She died at "Veteran Hall", Prospect 3rd July 1875 and was laid to rest in William Snr vault at St. Bartholomew's Cemetery, Prospect. William Lawson Jnr died 2nd February 1861 at "Veteran Hall" and rests in the family vault with his wife and parents.
Christening 26 September 1804 (Age 55 days)
 Kingston, , Norfolk Island

Birth of a daughter
#1
 Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia

daughter - Eliza Lawson
Australian History 1804
 

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.
Birth of a brother 26 May 1806 (Age 21 months)
 At Sea

younger brother - Nelson Simmons Lawson Sr.
Birth of a brother 26 February 1808 (Age 3)
 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

younger brother - James Lawson
Australian History 1808 (Age 3)
 

Note: The Rum Rebellion
Death of a brother 20 October 1811 (Age 7)
 Prospect, New South Wales, Australia

younger brother - James Lawson
Marriage of parentsView family
23 March 1812 (Age 7)
 Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia

father - Lieut. William Lawson Sr.
mother - Sarah Leadbeater
Birth of a sister 17 January 1813 (Age 8)
 Prospect, New South Wales, Australia

younger sister - Rebecca Lawson
Birth of a sister 13 October 1816 (Age 12)
 Prospect, New South Wales, Australia

younger sister - Hannah Anne Lawson
Birth of a sister 13 October 1816 (Age 12)
 Prospect, New South Wales, Australia

younger sister - Sophia West Lawson
Australian History 1817 (Age 12)
 

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 13)
 

Note: Oxley charts the Macquarie River.
Birth of a sister about 1819 (Age 14)
 Prospect, New South Wales, Australia

younger sister - Sarah Maria Lawson
Death of a sister 16 January 1819 (Age 14)
 Prospect, New South Wales, Australia

younger sister - Sarah Maria Lawson
Birth of a sister 1 May 1821 (Age 16)
 Prospect, New South Wales, Australia

younger sister - Sarah Maria Lawson
Birth of a brother 21 January 1823 (Age 18)
 Prospect, New South Wales, Australia

younger brother - Thomas Lawson
Australian History 1824 (Age 19)
 

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 20)
 

Note: New South Wales western border is extended to 129 degrees E. Van Diemen's Land is proclaimed.
Birth of a sister 5 July 1826 (Age 21)
 Prospect, New South Wales, Australia

younger sister - Allis Lawson
Australian History 1828 (Age 23)
 

Note: Charles Sturt charts the Darling River.
Australian History 1829 (Age 24)
 

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 sisterRebecca Lawson - View family
7 June 1830 (Age 25)
 Castlereagh, New South Wales, Australia

brother-in-law - James Brindley Bettington Sr.
younger sister - Rebecca Lawson
Death of a mother 11 July 1830 (Age 25)
 Prospect, New South Wales, Australia

mother - Sarah Leadbeater
Marriage of a sisterHannah Anne Lawson - View family
18 November 1830 (Age 26)
 Castlereagh, New South Wales, Australia

brother-in-law - Henry Bayly
younger sister - Hannah Anne Lawson
Australian History 1830 (Age 25)
 

Note: Sturt arrives at Goolwa, having charted the Murray River.
Australian History 1831 (Age 26)
 

Note: Sydney Herald (later to become The Sydney Morning Herald) first published.
MarriageCaroline Icely - View family
10 May 1832 (Age 27)
 Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia

Marriage of a sisterSophia West Lawson - View family
22 October 1832 (Age 28)
 Castlereagh, New South Wales, Australia

brother-in-law - Edward Hallen
younger sister - Sophia West Lawson
Australian History 1832 (Age 27)
 

Note: Swan River Colony has its name changed to Western Australia.
Birth of a son
#2		 July 1833 (Age 28)
 "Stoke Farm", Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia

son - William Icely Lawson
Australian History 1833 (Age 28)
 

Note: The penal settlement of Port Arthur is founded in Van Diemen's Land.
Australian History 1835 (Age 30)
 

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 daughter
#3		 7 January 1836 (Age 31)
 Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia

daughter - Susannah Caroline Lawson
Marriage of a brotherNelson Simmons Lawson Sr. - View family
7 January 1836 (Age 31)
 Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia

younger brother - Nelson Simmons Lawson Sr.
sister-in-law - Honoria Mary Dickinson
Australian History 1836 (Age 31)
 

Note: Province of South Australia proclaimed with its western border at 132 degrees E.
Marriage of a sisterSarah Maria Lawson - View family
15 July 1837 (Age 32)
 Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia

brother-in-law - Ambrose Hallen
younger sister - Sarah Maria Lawson
Birth of a daughter
#4		 24 January 1838 (Age 33)
 New South Wales, Australia

daughter - Sarah Ann Lawson
Australian History 1838 (Age 33)
 

Note: First Prussian settlers arrive in South Australia; the largest group on non-British migrants in Australia at the time.
Birth of a daughter
#5		 1839 (Age 34)
 Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia

daughter - Maria Emily Lawson
Australian History 1839 (Age 34)
 

Note: Paul Edmund Strzelecki becomes first European to ascend and name Australia's highest peak, Mount Kosciuszko.
Birth of a daughter
#6		 1840 (Age 35)
 Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia

daughter - Sophia Rebecca Lawson
Australian History 1840 (Age 35)
 

Note: Australia's first municipal authority, the City of Adelaide, is established, followed by Sydney City Council.
Birth of a son
#7		 23 September 1841 (Age 37)
 "Errowanbang", Carcoar, New South Wales, Australia

son - Thomas James Lawson
Marriage of a brotherNelson Simmons Lawson Sr. - View family
1841 (Age 36)
 

younger brother - Nelson Simmons Lawson Sr.
sister-in-law - Sarah Ann Kirk
Australian History 1841 (Age 36)
 

Note: New Zealand is proclaimed as a separate colony, no longer part of New South Wales.
Australian History 1842 (Age 37)
 

Note: Copper is discovered at Kapunda in South Australia.
Birth of a son
#8		 April 1843 (Age 38)
 Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia

son - Frances Lawson
Australian History 1843 (Age 38)
 

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).
Death of a son 4 August 1844 (Age 40)
 New South Wales, Australia

son - Frances Lawson
Birth of a son
#9		 5 October 1844 (Age 40)
 Kelso, New South Wales, Australia

son - Samuel Charles Lawson
Death of a son 20 December 1844 (Age 40)
 Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia

son - Samuel Charles Lawson
Australian History 1845 (Age 40)
 

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 son
#10		 1847 (Age 42)
 Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia

son - Samuel Charles Lawson
Death of a brother 3 February 1849 (Age 44)
 Prospect, New South Wales, Australia

younger brother - Nelson Simmons Lawson Sr.
Death of a father 16 June 1850 (Age 45)
 Prospect, New South Wales, Australia

father - Lieut. William Lawson Sr.
Death of a brother 4 November 1850 (Age 46)
 "Merrendee", Wellington, New South Wales, Australia

elder brother - John Hugh Lawson
Burial of a brother 7 November 1850 (Age 46)
 "Pioneer Cemetery", Wellington, New South Wales, Australia

elder brother - John Hugh Lawson
Australian History 1850 (Age 45)
 

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 46)
 

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
Australian History 1853 (Age 48)
 

Note: Bendigo Petition and Red Ribbon Rebellion at Bendigo
Australian History 1854 (Age 49)
 

Note: The Eureka Stockade
Australian History 1855 (Age 50)
 

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 51)
 

Note: Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania.
Australian History 1857 (Age 52)
 

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 53)
 

Note: Sydney and Melbourne linked by electric telegraph.
Note: New South Wales men achieve the right to vote.
Australian History 1859 (Age 54)
 

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 daughterEliza Lawson - View family
3 July 1860 (Age 55)
 Prospect, New South Wales, Australia

son-in-law - Edric Norfolk Vaux Morisset
daughter - Eliza Lawson
Marriage of a daughterSusannah Caroline Lawson - View family
4 December 1860 (Age 56)
 Prospect, New South Wales, Australia

son-in-law - John Rendell Street
daughter - Susannah Caroline Lawson
Australian History 1860 (Age 55)
 

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 56)
 

Note: The ill-fated Burke and Wills expedition occurs.
Note: skiing in Australia introduced by Norwegians in the Snowy Mountains goldrush town of Kiandra
Marriage of a daughterMaria Emily Lawson - View family
7 August 1862 (Age 58)
 St. Bartholomew's Church, Prospect, New South Wales, Australia

son-in-law - Charles Icely Sr
daughter - Maria Emily Lawson
Australian History 1862 (Age 57)
 

Note: Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139 degrees E.
Birth of a granddaughter
#1		 1863 (Age 58)
 Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia

granddaughter - Caroline C. Icely
Australian History 1863 (Age 58)
 

Note: South Australia takes control of the Northern Territory which was part of the colony of New South Wales.
Birth of a grandson
#2		 1865 (Age 60)
 Molong, New South Wales, Australia

grandson - Charles Icely Jr
Death of a son 1 February 1865 (Age 60)
 Flyers Creek, Carcoar, New South Wales, Australia

son - William Icely Lawson
Marriage of a sonThomas James Lawson - View family
13 September 1865 (Age 61)
 Woolloomooloo, New South Wales, Australia

son - Thomas James Lawson
daughter-in-law - Eleanor Margaret Murray
Birth of a grandson
#3		 1866 (Age 61)
 Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia

grandson - Thomas William Icely
Birth of a granddaughter
#4		 22 June 1866 (Age 61)
 Macquarie Street, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

granddaughter - Caroline Lawson
Birth of a granddaughter
#5		 1867 (Age 62)
 Molong, New South Wales, Australia

granddaughter - Mary E. Icely
Birth of a granddaughter
#6		 1867 (Age 62)
 Molong, New South Wales, Australia

granddaughter - Mabel F. Icely
Birth of a granddaughter
#7		 July 1867 (Age 62)
 Carcoar, New South Wales, Australia

granddaughter - Mary Lawson
Death of a grandson 1867 (Age 62)
 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

grandson - Thomas William Icely
Australian History 1867 (Age 62)
 

Note: Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland.
Note: Saint Mary MacKillop founds Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart.
Birth of a granddaughter
#8		 7 December 1868 (Age 64)
 "Errowanbang", Carcoar, New South Wales, Australia

granddaughter - Eleanor Lawson
Australian History 1868 (Age 63)
 

Note: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases.
Australian History 1869 (Age 64)
 

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
#9		 12 January 1870 (Age 65)
 Richmond, New South Wales, Australia

granddaughter - Florence Lawson
Birth of a grandson
#10		 1871 (Age 66)
 Molong, New South Wales, Australia

grandson - Ceceil Frederick Icely
Death of a daughter 1872 (Age 67)
 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

daughter - Susannah Caroline Lawson
Australian History 1872 (Age 67)
 

Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens.
Death of a grandson 17 September 1873 (Age 69)
 Carcoar, New South Wales, Australia

grandson - William Lawson
Australian History 1873 (Age 68)
 

Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock.
Marriage of a sonSamuel Charles Lawson - View family
8 January 1874 (Age 69)
 Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia

son - Samuel Charles Lawson
daughter-in-law - Ida Emily Paget Bayly
Birth of a grandson
#11		 6 November 1874 (Age 70)
 "Errowanbang", Carcoar, New South Wales, Australia

grandson - William Frederick Lawson
Birth of a grandson
#12		 1875 (Age 70)
 Wellington, New South Wales, Australia

grandson - Arthur H. Icely
Death of a wife 3 July 1875 (Age 70)
 Prospect, New South Wales, Australia

wife - Caroline Icely
Australian History 1875 (Age 70)
 

Note: SS Gothenburg strikes Old Reef off North Queensland and sinks with the loss of approximately 102 lives.
Note: Adelaide Steamship Company is formed.
Death of a son 19 May 1877 (Age 72)
 "Veteran Hall", Prospect, New South Wales, Australia

son - Thomas James Lawson
Death of a sister 22 March 1878 (Age 73)
 Liverpool St, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

younger sister - Hannah Anne Lawson
Burial of a sister 23 March 1878 (Age 73)
 Crows Nest, New South Wales, Australia

younger sister - Hannah Anne Lawson
Australian History 1878 (Age 73)
 

Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.
Death of a grandson 1879 (Age 74)
 Molong, New South Wales, Australia

grandson - Arthur H. Icely
Australian History 1879 (Age 74)
 

Note: The first congress of trade unions is held.
Australian History 1880 (Age 75)
 

Note: The bushranger Ned Kelly is hanged.
Note: Parliamentarians in Victoria become the first in Australia to be paid for their work.
Death of a son 11 January 1881 (Age 76)
 Wellington, New South Wales, Australia

son - Samuel Charles Lawson
Death of a sister 25 February 1882 (Age 77)
 California, USA

younger sister - Rebecca Lawson
Australian History 1882 (Age 77)
 

Note: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.
Australian History 1883 (Age 78)
 

Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway
Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill
Marriage of a daughterSophia Rebecca Lawson - View family
2 January 1884 (Age 79)
 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

son-in-law - Edward Deas Thompson
daughter - Sophia Rebecca Lawson
Marriage of a daughterSarah Ann Lawson - View family
3 December 1885 (Age 81)
 Strathfield, New South Wales, Australia

son-in-law - Christopher Lethbridge
daughter - Sarah Ann Lawson
Marriage of a granddaughterCaroline Lawson - View family
4 August 1886 (Age 82)
 Ashfield, New South Wales, Australia

granddaughter's husband - Alexander Learmonth
granddaughter - Caroline Lawson
Australian History 1887 (Age 82)
 

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.
Australian History 1889 (Age 84)
 

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 85)
 

Note: The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention.
Australian History 1891 (Age 86)
 

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 87)
 

Note: Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia.
Death of a daughter 2 September 1893 (Age 89)
 Homebush, New South Wales, Australia

daughter - Sarah Ann Lawson
Australian History 1893 (Age 88)
 

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 89)
 

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.
Marriage of a grandsonCharles Icely Jr - View family
1895 (Age 90)
 Richmond, New South Wales, Australia

grandson - Charles Icely Jr
grandson's wife - Flora Cameron
Australian History 1895 (Age 90)
 

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 91)
 

Note: The Bathurst Conference (the second 'people's convention') meets to discuss the 1891 draft constitution
Marriage of a granddaughterFlorence Lawson - View family
5 February 1897 (Age 92)
 New South Wales, Australia

granddaughter's husband - Sir Adrian Knox
granddaughter - Florence Lawson
Marriage of a granddaughterEleanor Lawson - View family
June 1897 (Age 92)
 

granddaughter's husband - General Sir James Melville Babington
granddaughter - Eleanor Lawson
Australian History 1897 (Age 92)
 

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.
Marriage of a granddaughterMary Lawson - View family
21 December 1898 (Age 94)
 Kent, England

granddaughter's husband - Reginald Waterfield
granddaughter - Mary Lawson
Australian History 1898 (Age 93)
 

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.
Australian History 1899 (Age 94)
 

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.
Death of a daughter 11 October 1900 (Age 96)
 

daughter - Eliza Lawson
Australian History 1900 (Age 95)
 

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 96)
 

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
Death of a sister 30 March 1902 (Age 97)
 

younger sister - Sarah Maria Lawson
Australian History 1902 (Age 97)
 

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 98)
 

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
Death of a grandson 1904 (Age 99)
 Waverly, New South Wales, Australia

grandson - Charles Icely Jr
Australian History 1904 (Age 99)
 

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 101)
 

Note: Australia takes control of south-eastern New Guinea
Australian History 1908 (Age 103)
 

Note: Dorothea Mackellar publishes My Country
Note: The Dalgety proposal for the national capital is revoked, and Canberra is chosen instead
Deathyes
 

Family with parents - View family
father
William Lawson Lieut. William Lawson Sr.

Birth 2 June 1774  Finchley, Middlesex, England

Death 16 June 1850 (Age 76)  Prospect, New South Wales, Australia

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mother
Sarah Leadbeater full.png Sarah Leadbeater

Birth 28 February 1780  

Death 11 July 1830 (Age 50)  Prospect, New South Wales, Australia

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Marriage: 23 March 1812 — Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia
-9 years
#1 elder brother
John Hugh Lawson

Birth 26 April 1803 28 23  Kingston, , Norfolk Island

Death 4 November 1850 (Age 47)  "Merrendee", Wellington, New South Wales, Australia

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#2 himself
William Lawson Jr.

Birth 2 August 1804 30 24  Kingston, , Norfolk Island

Death yes  

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22 months
#3 younger brother
Nelson Simmons Lawson Sr.

Birth 26 May 1806 31 26  At Sea

Death 3 February 1849 (Age 42)  Prospect, New South Wales, Australia

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21 months
#4 younger brother
James Lawson

Birth 26 February 1808 33 27  Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Death 20 October 1811 (Age 3)  Prospect, New South Wales, Australia

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5 years
#5 younger sister
Rebecca Lawson

Birth 17 January 1813 38 32  Prospect, New South Wales, Australia

Death 25 February 1882 (Age 69)  California, USA

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4 years
#6 younger sister
Hannah Anne Bayly Headstone.jpg Hannah Anne Lawson

Birth 13 October 1816 42 36  Prospect, New South Wales, Australia

Death 22 March 1878 (Age 61)  Liverpool St, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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#7 younger sister
Sophia West Lawson

Birth 13 October 1816 42 36  Prospect, New South Wales, Australia

Death yes  

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2 years
#8 younger sister
Sarah Maria Lawson

Birth about 1819 44 38  Prospect, New South Wales, Australia

Death 16 January 1819  Prospect, New South Wales, Australia

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2 years
#9 younger sister
Sarah Maria Lawson

Birth 1 May 1821 46 41  Prospect, New South Wales, Australia

Death 30 March 1902 (Age 80)  

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21 months
#10 younger brother
Thomas Lawson

Birth 21 January 1823 48 42  Prospect, New South Wales, Australia

Burial  Prospect, New South Wales, Australia

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3 years
#11 younger sister
Allis Lawson

Birth 5 July 1826 52 46  Prospect, New South Wales, Australia

Burial  Prospect, New South Wales, Australia

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Family with Caroline Icely - View family
himself
William Lawson Jr.

Birth 2 August 1804 30 24  Kingston, , Norfolk Island

Death yes  

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wife
Caroline Icely

Death 3 July 1875  Prospect, New South Wales, Australia

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Marriage: 10 May 1832 — Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia
14 months
#1 son
William Icely Lawson

Birth July 1833 28  "Stoke Farm", Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia

Death 1 February 1865 (Age 31)  Flyers Creek, Carcoar, New South Wales, Australia

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#2 daughter
Eliza Lawson

Birth  Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia

Death 11 October 1900  

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#3 daughter
Sarah Ann Lawson

Birth 24 January 1838 33  New South Wales, Australia

Death 2 September 1893 (Age 55)  Homebush, New South Wales, Australia

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11 months
#4 daughter
Maria Emily Lawson

Birth 1839 34  Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia

Death  "The Astor", Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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1 year
#5 daughter
Sophia Rebecca Lawson

Birth 1840 35  Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia

Death 25 March 1916 (Age 76)  Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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21 months
#6 son
Thomas James Lawson

Birth 23 September 1841 37  "Errowanbang", Carcoar, New South Wales, Australia

Death 19 May 1877 (Age 35)  "Veteran Hall", Prospect, New South Wales, Australia

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18 months
#7 son
Frances Lawson

Birth April 1843 38  Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia

Death 4 August 1844 (Age 16 months)  New South Wales, Australia

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18 months
#8 son
Samuel Charles Lawson

Birth 5 October 1844 40  Kelso, New South Wales, Australia

Death 20 December 1844 (Age 2 months)  Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia

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2 years
#9 son
Samuel Charles Lawson

Birth 1847 42  Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia

Death 11 January 1881 (Age 34)  Wellington, New South Wales, Australia

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-11 years
#10 daughter
Susanna Caroline Lawson Susannah Caroline Lawson

Birth 7 January 1836 31  Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia

Death 1872 (Age 35)  Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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Birth
WILLIAM Lawson born 2nd August 1804 Norfolk Island, on 10th May 1832 married Caroline Icely at Bathurst the daughter of Thomas Icely and Susanna nee Pinhey. She was sister to Thomas Icely of Carcoar and Samuel Icely of Bathurst she arrived in the colony with her two brothers and Thomas's wife. She died at "Veteran Hall", Prospect 3rd July 1875 and was laid to rest in William Snr vault at St. Bartholomew's Cemetery, Prospect. William Lawson Jnr died 2nd February 1861 at "Veteran Hall" and rests in the family vault with his wife and parents.

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.

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.

Australian History
The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention.

Australian History
A National Australasian Convention meets, agrees on adopting the name 'the Commonwealth of Australia' and drafting a constitution.

Australian History
Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia.

Australian History
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
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.

Australian History
The premiers, except for those of Queensland and Western Australia, agree to implement the Corowa proposals.

Australian History
The Bathurst Conference (the second 'people's convention') meets to discuss the 1891 draft constitution

Australian History
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.

Australian History
The Convention agrees on a final draft to be put to the people.

Australian History
The decision is made to site the national capital in New South Wales, but not within 100 miles of Sydney.

Australian History
Several delegates visit London to resist proposed changes to the agreed-upon constitution.

Australian History
(01 Jan) Australia becomes a federation on 1 January. Edmund Barton becomes Prime Minister; the 7th Earl of Hopetoun becomes Governor-General

Australian History
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.

Australian History
The High Court of Australia is established with Samuel Griffith as the first Chief Justice.

Australian History
A site at Dalgety, New South Wales chosen for the new national capital

Australian History
Australia takes control of south-eastern New Guinea

Australian History
Dorothea Mackellar publishes My Country


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