Rebecca LawsonAge: 691813–1882
- Name
- Rebecca Lawson
- Given names
- Rebecca
- Surname
- Lawson
| Birth | 17 January 1813 38 32 Prospect, New South Wales, Australia Note: REBECCA Lawson born 17th January 1813 at Prospect (Veteran Hall not built) on 7th June 1830 at Castlereagh she married James Brindley Bettington son of John Bettington and Susanna Brindley of Bristol. Susanna was the daughter of James Brindley who designed and built all the water canals in England I have a wonderful photo of him. The marriage was performed by Henry Fulton and the witness was George Druitt. Rebecca died 25th February 1882 in California, USA.. |
| Birth of a sister | 13 October 1816 (Age 3) Prospect, New South Wales, Australia
younger sister -
Hannah Anne Lawson
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| Birth of a sister | 13 October 1816 (Age 3) Prospect, New South Wales, Australia
younger sister -
Sophia West Lawson
|
| Australian History | 1817 (Age 3) 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 4) Note: Oxley charts the Macquarie River. |
| Birth of a sister | about 1819 (Age 5) Prospect, New South Wales, Australia
younger sister -
Sarah Maria Lawson
|
| Death of a sister | 16 January 1819 (Age 5) Prospect, New South Wales, Australia
younger sister -
Sarah Maria Lawson
|
| Birth of a sister | 1 May 1821 (Age 8) Prospect, New South Wales, Australia
younger sister -
Sarah Maria Lawson
|
| Birth of a brother | 21 January 1823 (Age 10) Prospect, New South Wales, Australia
younger brother -
Thomas Lawson
|
| Australian History | 1824 (Age 10) 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 11) 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 13) Prospect, New South Wales, Australia
younger sister -
Allis Lawson
|
| Australian History | 1828 (Age 14) Note: Charles Sturt charts the Darling River. |
| Australian History | 1829 (Age 15) 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 | James Brindley Bettington Sr. - View family 7 June 1830 (Age 17) Castlereagh, New South Wales, Australia |
| Death of a mother | 11 July 1830 (Age 17) Prospect, New South Wales, Australia
mother -
Sarah Leadbeater
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| Marriage of a sister | Hannah Anne Lawson - View family 18 November 1830 (Age 17) Castlereagh, New South Wales, Australia
brother-in-law -
Henry Bayly
younger sister -
Hannah Anne Lawson
|
| Australian History | 1830 (Age 16) Note: Sturt arrives at Goolwa, having charted the Murray River. |
| Birth of a son #1 | 21 May 1831 (Age 18) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Australian History | 1831 (Age 17) Note: Sydney Herald (later to become The Sydney Morning Herald) first published. |
| Christening of a son | 8 June 1831 (Age 18) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Death of a son | 9 December 1831 (Age 18) Prospect, New South Wales, Australia |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | 1832 (Age 18)
daughter -
Ann Bettington
|
| Marriage of a brother | William Lawson Jr. - View family 10 May 1832 (Age 19) Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia
elder brother -
William Lawson Jr.
sister-in-law -
Caroline Icely
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| Marriage of a sister | Sophia West Lawson - View family 22 October 1832 (Age 19) Castlereagh, New South Wales, Australia
brother-in-law -
Edward Hallen
younger sister -
Sophia West Lawson
|
| Australian History | 1832 (Age 18) Note: Swan River Colony has its name changed to Western Australia. |
| Australian History | 1833 (Age 19) Note: The penal settlement of Port Arthur is founded in Van Diemen's Land. |
| Birth of a daughter #3 | 1834 (Age 20) New South Wales, Australia
daughter -
Rebecca Bettington
|
| Australian History | 1835 (Age 21) 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 brother | Nelson Simmons Lawson Sr. - View family 7 January 1836 (Age 22) Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia
elder brother -
Nelson Simmons Lawson Sr.
sister-in-law -
Honoria Mary Dickinson
|
| Australian History | 1836 (Age 22) Note: Province of South Australia proclaimed with its western border at 132 degrees E. |
| Birth of a son #4 | 1 April 1837 (Age 24) "Veteran Hall", Prospect, New South Wales, Australia |
| Marriage of a sister | Sarah Maria Lawson - View family 15 July 1837 (Age 24) Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia
brother-in-law -
Ambrose Hallen
younger sister -
Sarah Maria Lawson
|
| Australian History | 1838 (Age 24) Note: First Prussian settlers arrive in South Australia; the largest group on non-British migrants in Australia at the time. |
| Birth of a son #5 | 10 May 1839 (Age 26) New South Wales, Australia
son -
John Henshall Bettington
|
| Australian History | 1839 (Age 25) Note: Paul Edmund Strzelecki becomes first European to ascend and name Australia's highest peak, Mount Kosciuszko. |
| Australian History | 1840 (Age 26) Note: Australia's first municipal authority, the City of Adelaide, is established, followed by Sydney City Council. |
| Marriage of a brother | Nelson Simmons Lawson Sr. - View family 1841 (Age 27)
elder brother -
Nelson Simmons Lawson Sr.
sister-in-law -
Sarah Ann Kirk
|
| Australian History | 1841 (Age 27) Note: New Zealand is proclaimed as a separate colony, no longer part of New South Wales. |
| Birth of a son #6 | 25 December 1842 (Age 29) "Oatlands House", Dundas, New South Wales, Australia |
| Australian History | 1842 (Age 28) Note: Copper is discovered at Kapunda in South Australia. |
| Australian History | 1843 (Age 29) 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). |
| Australian History | 1845 (Age 31) 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 #7 | 1848 (Age 34) New South Wales, Australia
daughter -
Susanna Caroline Bettington
|
| Death of a brother | 3 February 1849 (Age 36) Prospect, New South Wales, Australia
elder brother -
Nelson Simmons Lawson Sr.
|
| Death of a son | 19 May 1850 (Age 37) Cassilis, New South Wales, Australia
son -
John Henshall Bettington
|
| Death of a father | 16 June 1850 (Age 37) Prospect, New South Wales, Australia
father -
Lieut. William Lawson Sr.
|
| Death of a brother | 4 November 1850 (Age 37) "Merrendee", Wellington, New South Wales, Australia
elder brother -
John Hugh Lawson
|
| Burial of a brother | 7 November 1850 (Age 37) "Pioneer Cemetery", Wellington, New South Wales, Australia
elder brother -
John Hugh Lawson
|
| Australian History | 1850 (Age 36) 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 37) 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 39) Note: Bendigo Petition and Red Ribbon Rebellion at Bendigo |
| Australian History | 1854 (Age 40) Note: The Eureka Stockade |
| Australian History | 1855 (Age 41) 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 42) Note: Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania. |
| Australian History | 1857 (Age 43) 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 44) Note: Sydney and Melbourne linked by electric telegraph. Note: New South Wales men achieve the right to vote. |
| Marriage of a daughter | Ann Bettington - View family 1859 (Age 45) Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia
son-in-law -
John Maguire
daughter -
Ann Bettington
|
| Marriage of a daughter | Rebecca Bettington - View family 1859 (Age 45) Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia
son-in-law -
Lawrence H. Scott
daughter -
Rebecca Bettington
|
| Australian History | 1859 (Age 45) 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. |
| Australian History | 1860 (Age 46) Note: John McDouall Stuart reaches the centre of the continent. South Australian border changed from 132 degrees E to 129 degrees E. |
| Burial of a son | 7 June 1861 (Age 48) Merrima, New South Wales, Australia
son -
John Henshall Bettington
|
| Australian History | 1861 (Age 47) 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 48) Note: Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139 degrees E. |
| Australian History | 1863 (Age 49) Note: South Australia takes control of the Northern Territory which was part of the colony of New South Wales. |
| Marriage of a son | James Brindley Bettington - View family 30 July 1864 (Age 51) Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia
niece -
Caroline Sophia Hallen
|
| Australian History | 1867 (Age 53) Note: Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland. Note: Saint Mary MacKillop founds Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart. |
| Australian History | 1868 (Age 54) Note: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases. |
| Australian History | 1869 (Age 55) Note: Children of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent are removed from their families by Australian and State government agencies. |
| Australian History | 1872 (Age 58) Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens. |
| Australian History | 1873 (Age 59) Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock. |
| Australian History | 1875 (Age 61) 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 sister | 22 March 1878 (Age 65) Liverpool St, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
younger sister -
Hannah Anne Lawson
|
| Burial of a sister | 23 March 1878 (Age 65) Crows Nest, New South Wales, Australia
younger sister -
Hannah Anne Lawson
|
| Australian History | 1878 (Age 64) Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Australian History | 1879 (Age 65) Note: The first congress of trade unions is held. |
| Australian History | 1880 (Age 66) 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 daughter | Susanna Caroline Bettington - View family 1882 (Age 68) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
son-in-law -
Robert C. Guest
daughter -
Susanna Caroline Bettington
|
| Australian History | 1882 (Age 68) Note: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Death | 25 February 1882 (Age 69) California, USA |
| Family with parents - View family |
| father |
Birth 2 June 1774 Finchley, Middlesex, England Death 16 June 1850 (Age 76) Prospect, New South Wales, Australia |
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6 years mother |
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 |
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-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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15 months #2 elder brother |
William Lawson Jr.
Birth 2 August 1804 30 24 Kingston, , Norfolk Island Death yes |
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22 months #3 elder 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 elder 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 herself |
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 |
Birth 13 October 1816 42 36 Prospect, New South Wales, Australia Death 22 March 1878 (Age 61) Liverpool St, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| #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 |
| Family with James Brindley Bettington Sr. - View family |
| husband |
James Brindley Bettington Sr.
Death yes |
| herself |
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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Marriage: 7 June 1830 — Castlereagh, New South Wales, Australia |
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11 months #1 son |
James Brindley Bettington Jr.
Birth 21 May 1831 18 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Death 9 December 1831 (Age 6 months) Prospect, New South Wales, Australia |
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7 months #2 daughter |
Ann Bettington
Birth 1832 18 Death yes |
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2 years #3 daughter |
Rebecca Bettington
Birth 1834 20 New South Wales, Australia Death yes |
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3 years #4 son |
James Brindley Bettington
Birth 1 April 1837 24 "Veteran Hall", Prospect, New South Wales, Australia Death 22 December 1915 (Age 78) "Oatlands House", Dundas, New South Wales, Australia |
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2 years #5 son |
John Henshall Bettington
Birth 10 May 1839 26 New South Wales, Australia Death 19 May 1850 (Age 11) Cassilis, New South Wales, Australia |
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4 years #6 son |
William Lawson Bettington
Birth 25 December 1842 29 "Oatlands House", Dundas, New South Wales, Australia Death 2 June 1883 (Age 40) Petersham, New South Wales, Australia |
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5 years #7 daughter |
Susanna Caroline Bettington
Birth 1848 34 New South Wales, Australia Death yes |
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| Birth | REBECCA Lawson born 17th January 1813 at Prospect (Veteran Hall not built) on 7th June 1830 at Castlereagh she married James Brindley Bettington son of John Bettington and Susanna Brindley of Bristol. Susanna was the daughter of James Brindley who designed and built all the water canals in England I have a wonderful photo of him. The marriage was performed by Henry Fulton and the witness was George Druitt. Rebecca died 25th February 1882 in California, USA.. |
| 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. |