Sarah Gregg 1812

Sarah GreggAge: 821812–1894

Name: Sarah Gregg

Type: birth name

Given names: Sarah

Surname: Gregg

Married Name: Sarah Torrens

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Birth	11 January 1812 31 17 Moneylagan, Donegal, Ireland
Australian History	1817 (Age 4) 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 5) Note: Oxley charts the Macquarie River.
Australian History	1824 (Age 11) 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 12) Note: New South Wales western border is extended to 129 degrees E. Van Diemen's Land is proclaimed.
Death of a paternal grandfather	21 July 1828 (Age 16) Moneylaggan, Donegal, Ireland paternal grandfather - Richard Gregg
Australian History	1828 (Age 15) Note: Charles Sturt charts the Darling River.
Birth of a brother	9 May 1829 (Age 17) Moneylagan, Donegal, Ireland younger brother - John Gregg
Australian History	1829 (Age 16) 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.
Australian History	1830 (Age 17) Note: Sturt arrives at Goolwa, having charted the Murray River.
Birth of a brother	3 January 1831 (Age 18) Letterkenny, Donegal, Ireland younger brother - Daniel Gregg
Australian History	1831 (Age 18) Note: Sydney Herald (later to become The Sydney Morning Herald) first published.
Australian History	1832 (Age 19) Note: Swan River Colony has its name changed to Western Australia.
Australian History	1833 (Age 20) Note: The penal settlement of Port Arthur is founded in Van Diemen's Land.
Australian History	1835 (Age 22) 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.
Australian History	1836 (Age 23) Note: Province of South Australia proclaimed with its western border at 132 degrees E.
Australian History	1838 (Age 25) Note: First Prussian settlers arrive in South Australia; the largest group on non-British migrants in Australia at the time.
Marriage	Francis Torrens - View family 16 February 1839 (Age 27) Moneylagan, Donegal, Ireland
Australian History	1839 (Age 26) Note: Paul Edmund Strzelecki becomes first European to ascend and name Australia's highest peak, Mount Kosciuszko.
Death of a father	6 June 1840 (Age 28) Letterkenny, Donegal, Ireland father - Richard Gregg
Australian History	1840 (Age 27) Note: Australia's first municipal authority, the City of Adelaide, is established, followed by Sydney City Council.
Australian History	1841 (Age 28) Note: New Zealand is proclaimed as a separate colony, no longer part of New South Wales.
Australian History	1842 (Age 29) Note: Copper is discovered at Kapunda in South Australia.
Australian History	1843 (Age 30) 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 32) 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.
Australian History	1850 (Age 37) 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 38) 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 40) Note: Bendigo Petition and Red Ribbon Rebellion at Bendigo
Australian History	1854 (Age 41) Note: The Eureka Stockade
Australian History	1855 (Age 42) 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 43) Note: Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania.
Australian History	1857 (Age 44) 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.
Marriage of a brother	John Gregg - View family October 1858 (Age 46) Well County, Indiana, USA younger brother - John Gregg sister-in-law - Fanny Wallace
Marriage of a brother	John Gregg - View family October 1858 (Age 46) Well County, Indiana, USA younger brother - John Gregg sister-in-law - Fanny Wallace
Australian History	1858 (Age 45) Note: Sydney and Melbourne linked by electric telegraph. Note: New South Wales men achieve the right to vote.
Australian History	1859 (Age 46) 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 47) 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 48) 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 49) Note: Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139 degrees E.
Australian History	1863 (Age 50) Note: South Australia takes control of the Northern Territory which was part of the colony of New South Wales.
Australian History	1867 (Age 54) Note: Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland. Note: Saint Mary MacKillop founds Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart.
Australian History	1868 (Age 55) Note: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases.
Australian History	1869 (Age 56) 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 59) Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens.
Australian History	1873 (Age 60) Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock.
Australian History	1875 (Age 62) 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 65) Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.
Australian History	1879 (Age 66) Note: The first congress of trade unions is held.
Australian History	1880 (Age 67) 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 mother	September 1881 (Age 69) County Donegal, Ireland mother - Fanny McClure
Australian History	1882 (Age 69) Note: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.
Death of a husband	16 June 1883 (Age 71) Rock Creek, Wells, Indiana, USA husband - Francis Torrens
Australian History	1883 (Age 70) Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill
Australian History	1887 (Age 74) 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 76) 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 77) Note: The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention.
Australian History	1891 (Age 78) 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 79) Note: Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia.
Australian History	1893 (Age 80) 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 81) 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.
Death	1 October 1894 (Age 82) Age: 82 Wells, Indiana, USA Address: Rock Creek, Wells, Indiana

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father	Richard Gregg Birth May 1780 40 Donegal, Ireland Death 6 June 1840 (Age 60) Age: 54 Letterkenny, Donegal, Ireland Loading...
14 years mother	Fanny McClure Birth March 1794 County Donegal, Ireland Death September 1881 (Age 87) County Donegal, Ireland Loading...
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#1 herself	Sarah Gregg Birth 11 January 1812 31 17 Moneylagan, Donegal, Ireland Death 1 October 1894 (Age 82) Age: 82 Wells, Indiana, USA Loading...
17 years #2 younger brother	John Gregg Birth 9 May 1829 49 35 Moneylagan, Donegal, Ireland Death 9 February 1908 (Age 78) Liberty Township, Wells, Indiana, USA Loading...
20 months #3 younger brother	Daniel Gregg Birth 3 January 1831 50 36 Letterkenny, Donegal, Ireland Death 5 May 1901 (Age 70) Danville, Illinois, USA Loading...

Family with Francis Torrens - View family

husband	Francis Torrens Birth 21 April 1807 Donegal, Ireland Death 16 June 1883 (Age 76) Rock Creek, Wells, Indiana, USA Loading...
5 years herself	Sarah Gregg Birth 11 January 1812 31 17 Moneylagan, Donegal, Ireland Death 1 October 1894 (Age 82) Age: 82 Wells, Indiana, USA Loading...
	Marriage: 16 February 1839 — Moneylagan, Donegal, Ireland

Sarah Gregg has 24 first cousins recorded

Father's family (24)

Parents Robert Gregg + Mattie Mc Clure

1 Richard Gregg 1790–1864

2 Finlay Gregg Sr ?–?

3 Robert Gregg 1810–?

4 Mary Gregg 1815–?

5 Jeanie Gregg ?–?

6 Eliza Gregg ?–?

Parents Robert Gregg + Peggy Starritt

1 Margaret Rose Gregg ?–?

2 Daniel Mc Entosh Gregg Sr. 1819–1889

3 Nancy Gregg ?–?

4 Martha "Mattie" Gregg 1822–1885

5 William Gregg 1837–?

Parents Daniel Gregg + Jane Graham

1 Moses Gregg Sr 1806–1884

2 Jane Gregg 1808–1809

3 Richard Gregg 1809–1829

4 Daniel Gregg Jr 1812–1875

5 Jean Gregg 1812–1828

6 Isabella Gregg 1814–1836

7 Robert Gregg 1817–1909

8 William Gregg 1817–1909

9 Martha Gregg 1819–1820

10 Martha Gregg 1821–1880

11 Eleanor Graham Gregg 1828–1887

Parents John Gailey + Mattie Gregg

1 John Gailey ?–?

2 Sarah Gailey 1810–?

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Note	Mother is believed to be Nancy Clark, 1st wife of Richard Gregg per old family records
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.
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.