Sarah Maria Lawson 1821

Sarah Maria LawsonAge: 801821–1902

Name: Sarah Maria Lawson

Given names: Sarah Maria

Surname: Lawson

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Birth	1 May 1821 46 41 Prospect, New South Wales, Australia Note: SARAH Maria Lawson born 1st May 1821 Prospect, on 15th July 1837 at St. Johns Church, Parramatta married Ambrose Hallen brother of Edward. Ambrose was Colonial Architect from 1832 until 1835. Ambrose died at sea on the vessel "Greenlow" in 1844 and Sarah had a second marriage to George Langley she died 30th March 1902 and is buried with her husband and family members at St. Johns Cemetery, Parramatta. A son from her first marriage is buried in the family vault also.
Birth of a brother	21 January 1823 (Age 20 months) Prospect, New South Wales, Australia younger brother - Thomas Lawson
Australian History	1824 (Age 2) 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 3) 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 5) Prospect, New South Wales, Australia younger sister - Allis Lawson
Australian History	1828 (Age 6) Note: Charles Sturt charts the Darling River.
Australian History	1829 (Age 7) 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 sister	Rebecca Lawson - View family 7 June 1830 (Age 9) Castlereagh, New South Wales, Australia brother-in-law - James Brindley Bettington Sr. elder sister - Rebecca Lawson
Death of a mother	11 July 1830 (Age 9) Prospect, New South Wales, Australia mother - Sarah Leadbeater
Marriage of a sister	Hannah Anne Lawson - View family 18 November 1830 (Age 9) Castlereagh, New South Wales, Australia brother-in-law - Henry Bayly elder sister - Hannah Anne Lawson
Australian History	1830 (Age 8) Note: Sturt arrives at Goolwa, having charted the Murray River.
Australian History	1831 (Age 9) Note: Sydney Herald (later to become The Sydney Morning Herald) first published.
Marriage of a brother	William Lawson Jr. - View family 10 May 1832 (Age 11) Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia elder brother - William Lawson Jr. sister-in-law - Caroline Icely
Marriage of a sister	Sophia West Lawson - View family 22 October 1832 (Age 11) Castlereagh, New South Wales, Australia brother-in-law - Edward Hallen elder sister - Sophia West Lawson
Australian History	1832 (Age 10) Note: Swan River Colony has its name changed to Western Australia.
Australian History	1833 (Age 11) Note: The penal settlement of Port Arthur is founded in Van Diemen's Land.
Australian History	1835 (Age 13) 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 14) Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia elder brother - Nelson Simmons Lawson Sr. sister-in-law - Honoria Mary Dickinson
Australian History	1836 (Age 14) Note: Province of South Australia proclaimed with its western border at 132 degrees E.
Marriage	Ambrose Hallen - View family 15 July 1837 (Age 16) Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia
Australian History	1838 (Age 16) Note: First Prussian settlers arrive in South Australia; the largest group on non-British migrants in Australia at the time.
Australian History	1839 (Age 17) Note: Paul Edmund Strzelecki becomes first European to ascend and name Australia's highest peak, Mount Kosciuszko.
Australian History	1840 (Age 18) 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 19) elder brother - Nelson Simmons Lawson Sr. sister-in-law - Sarah Ann Kirk
Australian History	1841 (Age 19) Note: New Zealand is proclaimed as a separate colony, no longer part of New South Wales.
Australian History	1842 (Age 20) Note: Copper is discovered at Kapunda in South Australia.
Australian History	1843 (Age 21) 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 husband	1844 (Age 22) husband - Ambrose Hallen
Australian History	1845 (Age 23) 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.
Death of a brother	3 February 1849 (Age 27) Prospect, New South Wales, Australia elder brother - Nelson Simmons Lawson Sr.
Death of a father	16 June 1850 (Age 29) Prospect, New South Wales, Australia father - Lieut. William Lawson Sr.
Death of a brother	4 November 1850 (Age 29) "Merrendee", Wellington, New South Wales, Australia elder brother - John Hugh Lawson
Burial of a brother	7 November 1850 (Age 29) "Pioneer Cemetery", Wellington, New South Wales, Australia elder brother - John Hugh Lawson
Australian History	1850 (Age 28) 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 29) 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 31) Note: Bendigo Petition and Red Ribbon Rebellion at Bendigo
Australian History	1854 (Age 32) Note: The Eureka Stockade
Australian History	1855 (Age 33) 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 34) Note: Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania.
Australian History	1857 (Age 35) 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 36) Note: Sydney and Melbourne linked by electric telegraph. Note: New South Wales men achieve the right to vote.
Australian History	1859 (Age 37) 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 38) 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 39) 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 40) Note: Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139 degrees E.
Australian History	1863 (Age 41) Note: South Australia takes control of the Northern Territory which was part of the colony of New South Wales.
Australian History	1867 (Age 45) Note: Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland. Note: Saint Mary MacKillop founds Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart.
Australian History	1868 (Age 46) Note: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases.
Australian History	1869 (Age 47) 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 50) Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens.
Australian History	1873 (Age 51) Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock.
Australian History	1875 (Age 53) 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 56) Liverpool St, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia elder sister - Hannah Anne Lawson
Burial of a sister	23 March 1878 (Age 56) Crows Nest, New South Wales, Australia elder sister - Hannah Anne Lawson
Australian History	1878 (Age 56) Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.
Australian History	1879 (Age 57) Note: The first congress of trade unions is held.
Australian History	1880 (Age 58) 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 sister	25 February 1882 (Age 60) California, USA elder sister - Rebecca Lawson
Australian History	1882 (Age 60) Note: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.
Australian History	1883 (Age 61) Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill
Australian History	1887 (Age 65) 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 67) 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 68) Note: The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention.
Australian History	1891 (Age 69) 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 70) Note: Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia.
Australian History	1893 (Age 71) 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 72) 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.
Australian History	1895 (Age 73) 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 74) Note: The Bathurst Conference (the second 'people's convention') meets to discuss the 1891 draft constitution
Australian History	1897 (Age 75) 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 76) 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 77) 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.
Australian History	1900 (Age 78) 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 79) 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 80) 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
Marriage	George Langley - View family
Death	30 March 1902 (Age 80)
Burial	Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia Cemetery: St. Johns Cemetery,

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father	Lieut. William Lawson Sr. Birth 2 June 1774 Finchley, Middlesex, England Death 16 June 1850 (Age 76) Prospect, New South Wales, Australia Loading...
6 years mother	Sarah Leadbeater Birth 28 February 1780 Death 11 July 1830 (Age 50) Prospect, New South Wales, Australia Loading...
	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 Loading...
15 months #2 elder brother	William Lawson Jr. Birth 2 August 1804 30 24 Kingston, , Norfolk Island Death yes Loading...
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 Loading...
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 Loading...
5 years #5 elder sister	Rebecca Lawson Birth 17 January 1813 38 32 Prospect, New South Wales, Australia Death 25 February 1882 (Age 69) California, USA Loading...
4 years #6 elder sister	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 Loading...
#7 elder sister	Sophia West Lawson Birth 13 October 1816 42 36 Prospect, New South Wales, Australia Death yes Loading...
2 years #8 elder sister	Sarah Maria Lawson Birth about 1819 44 38 Prospect, New South Wales, Australia Death 16 January 1819 Prospect, New South Wales, Australia Loading...
2 years #9 herself	Sarah Maria Lawson Birth 1 May 1821 46 41 Prospect, New South Wales, Australia Death 30 March 1902 (Age 80) Loading...
21 months #10 younger brother	Thomas Lawson Birth 21 January 1823 48 42 Prospect, New South Wales, Australia Burial Prospect, New South Wales, Australia Loading...
3 years #11 younger sister	Allis Lawson Birth 5 July 1826 52 46 Prospect, New South Wales, Australia Burial Prospect, New South Wales, Australia Loading...

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husband	Ambrose Hallen Death 1844 Loading...
herself	Sarah Maria Lawson Birth 1 May 1821 46 41 Prospect, New South Wales, Australia Death 30 March 1902 (Age 80) Loading...
	Marriage: 15 July 1837 — Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia

Family with George Langley - View family

husband	George Langley Death yes Loading...
herself	Sarah Maria Lawson Birth 1 May 1821 46 41 Prospect, New South Wales, Australia Death 30 March 1902 (Age 80) Loading...
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Birth	SARAH Maria Lawson born 1st May 1821 Prospect, on 15th July 1837 at St. Johns Church, Parramatta married Ambrose Hallen brother of Edward. Ambrose was Colonial Architect from 1832 until 1835. Ambrose died at sea on the vessel "Greenlow" in 1844 and Sarah had a second marriage to George Langley she died 30th March 1902 and is buried with her husband and family members at St. Johns Cemetery, Parramatta. A son from her first marriage is buried in the family vault also.
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.

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