Thomas James LawsonAge: 351841–1877
- Name
- Thomas James Lawson
- Given names
- Thomas James
- Surname
- Lawson
| Birth | 23 September 1841 37 "Errowanbang", Carcoar, New South Wales, Australia |
| Birth of a son #1 | 5 September New South Wales, Australia
son -
William Lawson
|
| Australian History | 1841 Note: New Zealand is proclaimed as a separate colony, no longer part of New South Wales. |
| Australian History | 1842 (Age 3 months) Note: Copper is discovered at Kapunda in South Australia. |
| Birth of a brother | April 1843 (Age 18 months) Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia
younger brother -
Frances Lawson
|
| Australian History | 1843 (Age 15 months) 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 brother | 4 August 1844 (Age 2) New South Wales, Australia
younger brother -
Frances Lawson
|
| Birth of a brother | 5 October 1844 (Age 3) Kelso, New South Wales, Australia
younger brother -
Samuel Charles Lawson
|
| Death of a brother | 20 December 1844 (Age 3) Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia
younger brother -
Samuel Charles Lawson
|
| Australian History | 1845 (Age 3) 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 brother | 1847 (Age 5) Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia
younger brother -
Samuel Charles Lawson
|
| Death of a paternal grandfather | 16 June 1850 (Age 8) Prospect, New South Wales, Australia
paternal grandfather -
Lieut. William Lawson Sr.
|
| Australian History | 1850 (Age 8) 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 9) 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 11) Note: Bendigo Petition and Red Ribbon Rebellion at Bendigo |
| Australian History | 1854 (Age 12) Note: The Eureka Stockade |
| Australian History | 1855 (Age 13) 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 14) Note: Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania. |
| Australian History | 1857 (Age 15) 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 16) Note: Sydney and Melbourne linked by electric telegraph. Note: New South Wales men achieve the right to vote. |
| Australian History | 1859 (Age 17) 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 sister | Eliza Lawson - View family 3 July 1860 (Age 18) Prospect, New South Wales, Australia
brother-in-law -
Edric Norfolk Vaux Morisset
sister -
Eliza Lawson
|
| Marriage of a sister | Susannah Caroline Lawson - View family 4 December 1860 (Age 19) Prospect, New South Wales, Australia
brother-in-law -
John Rendell Street
elder sister -
Susannah Caroline Lawson
|
| Australian History | 1860 (Age 18) 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 19) 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 sister | Maria Emily Lawson - View family 7 August 1862 (Age 20) St. Bartholomew's Church, Prospect, New South Wales, Australia
brother-in-law -
Charles Icely Sr
elder sister -
Maria Emily Lawson
|
| Australian History | 1862 (Age 20) Note: Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139 degrees E. |
| Australian History | 1863 (Age 21) Note: South Australia takes control of the Northern Territory which was part of the colony of New South Wales. |
| Death of a brother | 1 February 1865 (Age 23) Flyers Creek, Carcoar, New South Wales, Australia
elder brother -
William Icely Lawson
|
| Marriage | Eleanor Margaret Murray - View family 13 September 1865 (Age 23) Woolloomooloo, New South Wales, Australia Address: St. Peters Church, Note: ELEANOR must also of had a previous marriage as her father was Walter Rannie Davidson. |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | 22 June 1866 (Age 24) Macquarie Street, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
daughter -
Caroline Lawson
|
| Birth of a daughter #3 | July 1867 (Age 25) Carcoar, New South Wales, Australia
daughter -
Mary Lawson
|
| Australian History | 1867 (Age 25) Note: Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland. Note: Saint Mary MacKillop founds Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart. |
| Birth of a daughter #4 | 7 December 1868 (Age 27) "Errowanbang", Carcoar, New South Wales, Australia
daughter -
Eleanor Lawson
|
| Australian History | 1868 (Age 26) Note: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases. |
| Australian History | 1869 (Age 27) Note: Children of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent are removed from their families by Australian and State government agencies. |
| Birth of a daughter #5 | 12 January 1870 (Age 28) Richmond, New South Wales, Australia
daughter -
Florence Lawson
|
| Death of a sister | 1872 (Age 30) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
elder sister -
Susannah Caroline Lawson
|
| Australian History | 1872 (Age 30) Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens. |
| Death of a son | 17 September 1873 (Age 31) Carcoar, New South Wales, Australia
son -
William Lawson
|
| Australian History | 1873 (Age 31) Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock. |
| Marriage of a brother | Samuel Charles Lawson - View family 8 January 1874 (Age 32) Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia
younger brother -
Samuel Charles Lawson
sister-in-law -
Ida Emily Paget Bayly
|
| Birth of a son #6 | 6 November 1874 (Age 33) "Errowanbang", Carcoar, New South Wales, Australia
son -
William Frederick Lawson
|
| Death of a mother | 3 July 1875 (Age 33) Prospect, New South Wales, Australia
mother -
Caroline Icely
|
| Australian History | 1875 (Age 33) 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 | 19 May 1877 (Age 35) "Veteran Hall", Prospect, New South Wales, Australia |
| Family with parents - View family |
| father |
William Lawson Jr.
Birth 2 August 1804 30 24 Kingston, , Norfolk Island Death yes |
| mother |
Caroline Icely
Death 3 July 1875 Prospect, New South Wales, Australia |
|
Marriage: 10 May 1832 — Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia |
|
|
14 months #1 elder brother |
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 |
| #2 sister |
Eliza Lawson
Birth Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia Death 11 October 1900 |
| #3 elder sister |
Sarah Ann Lawson
Birth 24 January 1838 33 New South Wales, Australia Death 2 September 1893 (Age 55) Homebush, New South Wales, Australia |
|
11 months #4 elder sister |
Maria Emily Lawson
Birth 1839 34 Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia Death "The Astor", Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
|
1 year #5 elder sister |
Sophia Rebecca Lawson
Birth 1840 35 Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia Death 25 March 1916 (Age 76) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
|
21 months #6 himself |
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 |
|
18 months #7 younger brother |
Frances Lawson
Birth April 1843 38 Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia Death 4 August 1844 (Age 16 months) New South Wales, Australia |
|
18 months #8 younger brother |
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 |
|
2 years #9 younger brother |
Samuel Charles Lawson
Birth 1847 42 Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia Death 11 January 1881 (Age 34) Wellington, New South Wales, Australia |
|
-11 years #10 elder sister |
Birth 7 January 1836 31 Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia Death 1872 (Age 35) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Family with Eleanor Margaret Murray - View family |
| himself |
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 |
| wife |
Eleanor Margaret Murray
Death 13 February 1912 Cheltenham, London, England |
|
Marriage: 13 September 1865 — Woolloomooloo, New South Wales, Australia |
|
|
9 months #1 daughter |
Caroline Lawson
Birth 22 June 1866 24 Macquarie Street, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Death 1929 (Age 62) New South Wales, Australia |
|
1 year #2 daughter |
Mary Lawson
Birth July 1867 25 Carcoar, New South Wales, Australia Death yes |
|
17 months #3 daughter |
Eleanor Lawson
Birth 7 December 1868 27 "Errowanbang", Carcoar, New South Wales, Australia Death yes |
|
13 months #4 daughter |
Florence Lawson
Birth 12 January 1870 28 Richmond, New South Wales, Australia Death yes |
| #5 son |
William Lawson
Birth 5 September New South Wales, Australia Death 17 September 1873 Carcoar, New South Wales, Australia |
| #6 son |
Birth 6 November 1874 33 "Errowanbang", Carcoar, New South Wales, Australia Death yes |
Thomas James Lawson has 25 first cousins recorded
Father's family (25)
Parents Nelson Simmons Lawson Sr. + Honoria Mary Dickinson
Parents James Brindley Bettington Sr. + Rebecca Lawson
Parents Henry Bayly + Hannah Anne Lawson
Parents Edward Hallen + Sophia West Lawson
Mother's family (0)
| 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. |
| Marriage | ELEANOR must also of had a previous marriage as her father was Walter Rannie Davidson. |
| Marriage | ELEANOR must also of had a previous marriage as her father was Walter Rannie Davidson. |
| 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. |