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Charles William LawsonAge: 501841–1891

Name
Charles William Lawson
Given names
Charles William
Surname
Lawson
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Birth about 1841 34
 Prospect, New South Wales, Australia

Address:
"Greystanes House"
Marriage of a fatherNelson Simmons Lawson Sr. - View family
1841
 

father - Nelson Simmons Lawson Sr.
step-mother - Sarah Ann Kirk
Occupation
Inspector Bank New South Wales, Australia
 

Australian History 1841
 

Note: New Zealand is proclaimed as a separate colony, no longer part of New South Wales.
Australian History 1842 (Age 12 months)
 

Note: Copper is discovered at Kapunda in South Australia.
Australian History 1843 (Age 2)
 

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 4)
 New South Wales, Australia

brother - Frederick. L. Lawson
Death of a mother 13 June 1845 (Age 4)
 Prospect, New South Wales, Australia

mother - Honoria Mary Dickinson
Australian History 1845 (Age 4)
 

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 8)
 Prospect, New South Wales, Australia

father - Nelson Simmons Lawson Sr.
Death of a paternal grandfather 16 June 1850 (Age 9)
 Prospect, New South Wales, Australia

paternal grandfather - Lieut. William Lawson Sr.
Australian History 1850 (Age 9)
 

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 10)
 

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 12)
 

Note: Bendigo Petition and Red Ribbon Rebellion at Bendigo
Australian History 1854 (Age 13)
 

Note: The Eureka Stockade
Australian History 1855 (Age 14)
 

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 15)
 

Note: Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania.
Australian History 1857 (Age 16)
 

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 17)
 

Note: Sydney and Melbourne linked by electric telegraph.
Note: New South Wales men achieve the right to vote.
Australian History 1859 (Age 18)
 

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 19)
 

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 20)
 

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 brotherNelson Simmons Lawson Jr. - View family
11 March 1862 (Age 21)
 Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia

elder brother - Nelson Simmons Lawson Jr.
sister-in-law - Marianne Williams
Australian History 1862 (Age 21)
 

Note: Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139 degrees E.
Australian History 1863 (Age 22)
 

Note: South Australia takes control of the Northern Territory which was part of the colony of New South Wales.
MarriageMary Town - View family
31 January 1865 (Age 24)
 Richmond, New South Wales, Australia

Address:
St. Peters Church,
Birth of a son
#1		 6 December 1865 (Age 24)
 Richmond, New South Wales, Australia

son - Nelson Simmons Lawson
Australian History 1867 (Age 26)
 

Note: Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland.
Note: Saint Mary MacKillop founds Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart.
Australian History 1868 (Age 27)
 

Note: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases.
Australian History 1869 (Age 28)
 

Note: Children of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent are removed from their families by Australian and State government agencies.
Birth of a son
#2		 27 September 1871 (Age 30)
 Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia

son - Andrew Lawson
Australian History 1872 (Age 31)
 

Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens.
Birth of a son
#3		 27 May 1873 (Age 32)
 "Putta Bucca", Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia

son - Eddington Campbell Lawson
Australian History 1873 (Age 32)
 

Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock.
Birth of a son
#4		 16 August 1875 (Age 34)
 Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia

son - Fitzcharles Lawson
Australian History 1875 (Age 34)
 

Note: SS Gothenburg strikes Old Reef off North Queensland and sinks with the loss of approximately 102 lives.
Note: Adelaide Steamship Company is formed.
Australian History 1878 (Age 37)
 

Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.
Australian History 1879 (Age 38)
 

Note: The first congress of trade unions is held.
Australian History 1880 (Age 39)
 

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 41)
 

Note: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.
Australian History 1883 (Age 42)
 

Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway
Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill
Australian History 1887 (Age 46)
 

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 48)
 

Note: The completion of the railway network between Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney.
Note: Sir Henry Parkes delivers the Tenterfield Oration.
Marriage of a sonNelson Simmons Lawson - View family
12 December 1890 (Age 49)
 Baptist Church, Petersham, New South Wales, Australia

son - Nelson Simmons Lawson
daughter-in-law - Mary Ann Meldrum
Australian History 1890 (Age 49)
 

Note: The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention.
Death of a son 15 January 1891 (Age 50)
 Taree, New South Wales, Australia

son - Andrew Lawson
Death of a brother 1 July 1891 (Age 50)
 Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia

elder brother - Nelson Simmons Lawson Jr.
Birth of a grandson
#1		 14 September 1891 (Age 50)
 New South Wales, Australia

grandson - Donald George Lawson
Australian History 1891 (Age 50)
 

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 3 December 1891 (Age 50)
 Taree, 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 elder brother
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 himself
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 Mary Town - View family
himself
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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wife
Mary Town

Death yes  

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Marriage: 31 January 1865 — Richmond, New South Wales, Australia
10 months
#1 son
Nelson Simmons Lawson

Birth 6 December 1865 24  Richmond, New South Wales, Australia

Death 1 December 1912 (Age 46)  "Lochiel", Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia

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6 years
#2 son
Andrew Lawson

Birth 27 September 1871 30  Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia

Death 15 January 1891 (Age 19)  Taree, New South Wales, Australia

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20 months
#3 son
Eddington Campbell Lawson

Birth 27 May 1873 32  "Putta Bucca", Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia

Death 5 January 1968 (Age 94)  Moss Vale, New South Wales, Australia

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2 years
#4 son
Fitzcharles Lawson

Birth 16 August 1875 34  Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia

Death yes  

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wife's husband
… Hale

Death yes  

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wife
Mary Town

Death yes  

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Marriage: yes

Charles William Lawson 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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