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Nelson Simmons Lawson Jr.Age: 551836–1891

Name
Nelson Simmons Lawson Jr.
Given names
Nelson Simmons
Surname
Lawson
Name suffix
Jr.
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Birth about 1836 29
 Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia

Address:
"Oakfields"
Marriage of parentsView family
7 January 1836
 Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia

father - Nelson Simmons Lawson Sr.
mother - Honoria Mary Dickinson
Australian History 1836
 

Note: Province of South Australia proclaimed with its western border at 132 degrees E.
Australian History 1838 (Age 2)
 

Note: First Prussian settlers arrive in South Australia; the largest group on non-British migrants in Australia at the time.
Death of a sister 1839 (Age 3)
 

sister - Eliza R. Lawson
Australian History 1839 (Age 3)
 

Note: Paul Edmund Strzelecki becomes first European to ascend and name Australia's highest peak, Mount Kosciuszko.
Australian History 1840 (Age 4)
 

Note: Australia's first municipal authority, the City of Adelaide, is established, followed by Sydney City Council.
Birth of a brother about 1841 (Age 5)
 Prospect, New South Wales, Australia

younger brother - Charles William Lawson
Marriage of a fatherNelson Simmons Lawson Sr. - View family
1841 (Age 5)
 

father - Nelson Simmons Lawson Sr.
step-mother - Sarah Ann Kirk
Australian History 1841 (Age 5)
 

Note: New Zealand is proclaimed as a separate colony, no longer part of New South Wales.
Australian History 1842 (Age 6)
 

Note: Copper is discovered at Kapunda in South Australia.
Australian History 1843 (Age 7)
 

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 9 January 1845 (Age 9)
 New South Wales, Australia

brother - Frederick. L. Lawson
Death of a mother 13 June 1845 (Age 9)
 Prospect, New South Wales, Australia

mother - Honoria Mary Dickinson
Australian History 1845 (Age 9)
 

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 father 3 February 1849 (Age 13)
 Prospect, New South Wales, Australia

father - Nelson Simmons Lawson Sr.
Death of a paternal grandfather 16 June 1850 (Age 14)
 Prospect, New South Wales, Australia

paternal grandfather - Lieut. William Lawson Sr.
Australian History 1850 (Age 14)
 

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 15)
 

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 17)
 

Note: Bendigo Petition and Red Ribbon Rebellion at Bendigo
Australian History 1854 (Age 18)
 

Note: The Eureka Stockade
Australian History 1855 (Age 19)
 

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 20)
 

Note: Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania.
Australian History 1857 (Age 21)
 

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 22)
 

Note: Sydney and Melbourne linked by electric telegraph.
Note: New South Wales men achieve the right to vote.
Australian History 1859 (Age 23)
 

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 24)
 

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 25)
 

Note: The ill-fated Burke and Wills expedition occurs.
Note: skiing in Australia introduced by Norwegians in the Snowy Mountains goldrush town of Kiandra
MarriageMarianne Williams - View family
11 March 1862 (Age 26)
 Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia

Address:
St. Johns Church
Australian History 1862 (Age 26)
 

Note: Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139 degrees E.
Australian History 1863 (Age 27)
 

Note: South Australia takes control of the Northern Territory which was part of the colony of New South Wales.
Marriage of a brotherCharles William Lawson - View family
31 January 1865 (Age 29)
 Richmond, New South Wales, Australia

younger brother - Charles William Lawson
sister-in-law - Mary Town
Australian History 1867 (Age 31)
 

Note: Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland.
Note: Saint Mary MacKillop founds Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart.
Australian History 1868 (Age 32)
 

Note: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases.
Australian History 1869 (Age 33)
 

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 36)
 

Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens.
Australian History 1873 (Age 37)
 

Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock.
Australian History 1875 (Age 39)
 

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 wife 12 May 1878 (Age 42)
 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

wife - Marianne Williams
Australian History 1878 (Age 42)
 

Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.
Australian History 1879 (Age 43)
 

Note: The first congress of trade unions is held.
Australian History 1880 (Age 44)
 

Note: The bushranger Ned Kelly is hanged.
Note: Parliamentarians in Victoria become the first in Australia to be paid for their work.
Australian History 1882 (Age 46)
 

Note: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.
Australian History 1883 (Age 47)
 

Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway
Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill
Australian History 1887 (Age 51)
 

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 53)
 

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 54)
 

Note: The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention.
Australian History 1891 (Age 55)
 

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
Death 1 July 1891 (Age 55)
 Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia

Family with parents - View family
father
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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mother
Honoria Mary Dickinson

Death 13 June 1845  Prospect, New South Wales, Australia

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Marriage: 7 January 1836 — Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia
#1 sister
Eliza R. Lawson

Death 1839  

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#2 himself
Nelson Simmons Lawson Jr.

Birth about 1836 29  Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia

Death 1 July 1891 (Age 55)  Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia

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#3 sister
Honoria Sophia Lawson

Death yes  

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#4 younger brother
Charles William Lawson

Birth about 1841 34  Prospect, New South Wales, Australia

Death 3 December 1891 (Age 50)  Taree, New South Wales, Australia

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#5 brother
Frederick. L. Lawson

Death 9 January 1845  New South Wales, Australia

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Father’s family with Sarah Ann Kirk - View family
father
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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step-mother
Sarah Ann Kirk

Death yes  

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Marriage: 1841
Family with Marianne Williams - View family
himself
Nelson Simmons Lawson Jr.

Birth about 1836 29  Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia

Death 1 July 1891 (Age 55)  Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia

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wife
Marianne Williams

Death 12 May 1878  Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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Marriage: 11 March 1862 — Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia

Nelson Simmons Lawson Jr. has 30 first cousins recorded

Father's family (30)

Parents William Lawson Jr. + Caroline Icely
1 William Icely Lawson 1833–1865
2 Eliza Lawson ?–1900
3 Sarah Ann Lawson 1838–1893
4 Maria Emily Lawson 1839–?
5 Sophia Rebecca Lawson 1840–1916
6 Thomas James Lawson 1841–1877
7 Frances Lawson 1843–1844
8 Samuel Charles Lawson 1844–1844
9 Samuel Charles Lawson 1847–1881
10 Susannah Caroline Lawson 1836–1872
Parents James Brindley Bettington Sr. + Rebecca Lawson
1 James Brindley Bettington Jr. 1831–1831
2 Ann Bettington 1832–?
3 Rebecca Bettington 1834–?
4 James Brindley Bettington 1837–1915
5 John Henshall Bettington 1839–1850
6 William Lawson Bettington 1842–1883
7 Susanna Caroline Bettington 1848–?
Parents Henry Bayly + Hannah Anne Lawson
1 Sarah Caroline Bayly 1832–?
2 William Henry Bayly 1834–1864
3 Wallace Paget Bayly 1835–1878
4 Emily Augusta Bayly 1836–1911
5 Wallace Paget Bayly 1838–1878
6 Clarence Paget Bayly 1839–1926
7 Charles Fitzroy Bayly 1845–1925
8 Flora Louisa Bayly 1841–?
9 Louisa Bayly Bayly ?–?
10 Arthur Lindsay Bayly 1848–1903
11 Flora Louisa Bayly 1850–?
12 Florence Amy Bayly ?–1851
Parents Edward Hallen + Sophia West Lawson
1 Caroline Sophia Hallen ?–?

Mother's family (0)

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