Margaret Elizabeth HumphriesAge: 681849–1917
- Name
- Margaret Elizabeth Humphries
- Given names
- Margaret Elizabeth
- Surname
- Humphries
| Birth | 10 May 1849 27 New South Wales, Australia Address: New England |
| Christening | 8 June 1849 (Age 29 days) New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation | Home duties |
| Australian History | 1850 (Age 7 months) 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 19 months) 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 3) Note: Bendigo Petition and Red Ribbon Rebellion at Bendigo |
| Australian History | 1854 (Age 4) Note: The Eureka Stockade |
| Australian History | 1855 (Age 5) 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 6) Note: Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania. |
| Australian History | 1857 (Age 7) 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 8) Note: Sydney and Melbourne linked by electric telegraph. Note: New South Wales men achieve the right to vote. |
| Australian History | 1859 (Age 9) 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 10) 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 11) 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 12) Note: Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139 degrees E. |
| Australian History | 1863 (Age 13) Note: South Australia takes control of the Northern Territory which was part of the colony of New South Wales. |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | 1867 (Age 17)
paternal grandfather -
Stephen Humphries
|
| Australian History | 1867 (Age 17) Note: Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland. Note: Saint Mary MacKillop founds Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart. |
| Death of a mother | 18 December 1868 (Age 19) Narrabri, New South Wales, Australia
mother -
Catherine Farrelly
|
| Australian History | 1868 (Age 18) Note: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases. |
| Death of a father | after 1868 (Age 18)
father -
John Humphries
|
| Australian History | 1869 (Age 19) 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 22) Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens. |
| Marriage | Charles Fitzroy Bayly - View family 7 January 1873 (Age 23) Bomera, Tambar Springs, New South Wales, Australia |
| Australian History | 1873 (Age 23) Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock. |
| Birth of a son #1 | 1874 (Age 24) Bundella, New South Wales, Australia
son -
William Henry Bayly
|
| Australian History | 1875 (Age 25) Note: SS Gothenburg strikes Old Reef off North Queensland and sinks with the loss of approximately 102 lives. Note: Adelaide Steamship Company is formed. |
| Birth of a son #2 | 1877 (Age 27) Coonabarabran, New South Wales, Australia
son -
Percyval Reginald Bayly
|
| Australian History | 1878 (Age 28) Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Birth of a daughter #3 | 1879 (Age 29) Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia
daughter -
Millicent Bayly
|
| Australian History | 1879 (Age 29) Note: The first congress of trade unions is held. |
| Australian History | 1880 (Age 30) Note: The bushranger Ned Kelly is hanged. Note: Parliamentarians in Victoria become the first in Australia to be paid for their work. |
| Birth of a daughter #4 | 1881 (Age 31)
daughter -
Edith Frances Josephine Bayly
|
| Australian History | 1882 (Age 32) Note: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Birth of a daughter #5 | 1883 (Age 33) Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia
daughter -
Alice Maude Bayly
|
| Australian History | 1883 (Age 33) Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill |
| Birth of a daughter #6 | 1884 (Age 34) Gunnedah, New South Wales, Australia
daughter -
Florence Bayly
|
| Birth of a son #7 | 4 July 1885 (Age 36) Bundella, New South Wales, Australia
son -
Clarence Charles Bayly
|
| Birth of a son #8 | 1887 (Age 37) Gunnedah, New South Wales, Australia
son -
Charles Fitzroy Bayly
|
| Australian History | 1887 (Age 37) 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 39) Note: The completion of the railway network between Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney. Note: Sir Henry Parkes delivers the Tenterfield Oration. |
| Birth of a daughter #9 | 1 August 1890 (Age 41)
daughter -
Caroline Emily Bayly
|
| Australian History | 1890 (Age 40) Note: The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention. |
| Australian History | 1891 (Age 41) 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 42) Note: Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia. |
| Australian History | 1893 (Age 43) 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 44) 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 45) 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 46) Note: The Bathurst Conference (the second 'people's convention') meets to discuss the 1891 draft constitution |
| Australian History | 1897 (Age 47) 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 48) 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 49) 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 50) 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 51) 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 |
| Marriage of a son | William Henry Bayly - View family 22 April 1902 (Age 52)
son -
William Henry Bayly
daughter-in-law -
Florence "Matilda" Clarke
|
| Marriage of a daughter | Alice Maude Bayly - View family 7 December 1902 (Age 53) Ben Lomond, New South Wales, Australia
son-in-law -
Cyril Portus
daughter -
Alice Maude Bayly
|
| Australian History | 1902 (Age 52) 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 |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | 1903 (Age 53)
grandson -
Philip Fitzroy Bayly
|
| Australian History | 1903 (Age 53) Note: The High Court of Australia is established with Samuel Griffith as the first Chief Justice. Note: The Defence Act gives the federal government full control over the Australian Army Note: Alfred Deakin elected Prime Minister |
| Australian History | 1904 (Age 54) Note: A site at Dalgety, New South Wales chosen for the new national capital Note: Chris Watson forms the first federal Labor (minority) government |
| Birth of a grandson #2 | 1905 (Age 55)
grandson -
Nicholas Paget Bayly
|
| Birth of a grandson #3 | 1906 (Age 56)
grandson -
Geoffrey Armatage Bayly
|
| Australian History | 1906 (Age 56) Note: Australia takes control of south-eastern New Guinea |
| Birth of a granddaughter #4 | 21 October 1908 (Age 59)
granddaughter -
Margaret Hope Bayly
|
| Australian History | 1908 (Age 58) Note: Dorothea Mackellar publishes My Country Note: The Dalgety proposal for the national capital is revoked, and Canberra is chosen instead |
| Marriage of a daughter | Edith Frances Josephine Bayly - View family 1909 (Age 59)
son-in-law -
Frederick Strachan III
daughter -
Edith Frances Josephine Bayly
|
| Australian History | 1909 (Age 59) Note: The first powered aeroplane flight in Australia is made. |
| Birth of a granddaughter #5 | 1910 (Age 60)
granddaughter -
Nancy Bayly
|
| Marriage of a daughter | Caroline Emily Bayly - View family 8 February 1910 (Age 60) Glen Innes, New South Wales, Australia
son-in-law -
Norman Alexander McIntosh
daughter -
Caroline Emily Bayly
|
| Birth of a granddaughter #6 | 9 November 1910 (Age 61)
granddaughter -
Margaret Jean McIntosh
|
| Australian History | 1910 (Age 60) Note: Andrew Fisher forms the first federal majority Labor government. |
| Australian History | 1911 (Age 61) Note: The Royal Australian Navy is founded Note: The Northern Territory comes under Commonwealth control, being split off from South Australia Note: The first national census is conducted. Note: Australian Capital Territory proclaimed. |
| Birth of a grandson #7 | 13 July 1912 (Age 63) Gunnedah, New South Wales, Australia
grandson -
Bruce Joseph Bayly
|
| Australian History | 1912 (Age 62) Note: Australia sends women to the Olympic Games for the first time Note: Walter Burley Griffin wins a design competition for the new city of Canberra |
| Marriage of a son | Clarence Charles Bayly - View family 5 July 1913 (Age 64) Randwick, New South Wales, Australia
son -
Clarence Charles Bayly
daughter-in-law -
Esmee Gertrude Bligh Oakes
|
| Australian History | 1913 (Age 63) Note: Blaxland, Lawson and Wentworth cross the Blue Mountains. Note: Matthew Flinders refers to New South Wales by the name 'Australia'. |
| Australian History | 1913 (Age 63) Note: The foundation stone for the city of Canberra is put in place |
| Australian History | 1914 (Age 64) Note: Australian soldiers are sent to the First World War. This was first time Australians had fought under the Australian flag, as opposed to that of Britain's. |
| Birth of a granddaughter #8 | 30 March 1915 (Age 65) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
granddaughter -
Lois Margaret Fitzroy Bayly
|
| Birth of a grandson #9 | 1915 (Age 65)
grandson -
Ian Alexander McIntosh
|
| Death of a son | 27 August 1915 (Age 66) Gallipoli Pine
son -
William Henry Bayly
|
| Australian History | 1915 (Age 65) Note: (25 APRIL)Australian soldiers land at Anzac Cove on the Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey on 25 April. Note: Jervis Bay Territory comprising 6,677 hectares surrendered and becomes part of the Australia Capital Territory. Note: Surfing is first introduced to Australia Note: Billy Hughes became Prime Minister |
| Christening of a granddaughter | 1915 (Age 65) St Jude's, Randwick, New South Wales, Australia
granddaughter -
Lois Margaret Fitzroy Bayly
|
| Marriage of a daughter | Florence Bayly - View family 1916 (Age 66)
son-in-law -
Norwood Tasman Strachan
daughter -
Florence Bayly
|
| Australian History | 1916 (Age 66) Note: Hotels are forced to close at 6 p.m., leading to the beginning of the 'six o'clock swill' Note: Australia suffers heavy casualties in the Western Front Battle of the Somme. Note: The Returned Sailors� and Soldiers� Imperial League of Australia, the forerunner to the Returned and Services League of Australia is founded Note: The Labor government under Billy Hughes splits over conscription. First referendum on conscription is rejected |
| Birth of a granddaughter #10 | 16 September 1917 (Age 68)
granddaughter -
Peggy McIntosh
|
| Birth of a granddaughter #11 | 8 December 1917 (Age 68)
granddaughter -
Margaret Strachan
|
| Australian History | 1917 (Age 67) Note: Second referendum on conscription is rejected. Transcontinental railway linking Adelaide to Perth is completed. Note: Australian 4th Light Horse Brigade launches last cavalry charge in modern warfare to capture Beersheba from the Ottoman Turks. |
| Death | 20 December 1917 (Age 68) Adams St, South Yarra, Victoria, Australia Address: "Rossmore" |
| Burial | 21 December 1917 (1 day after death) Brighton, Victoria, Australia |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
| Family with parents - View family |
| father |
John Humphries
Death after 1868 |
| mother |
Catherine Farrelly
Birth about 1822 Death 18 December 1868 (Age 46) Narrabri, New South Wales, Australia |
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Marriage: 26 August 1847 — St Mary's Cathedral, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
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20 months #1 herself |
Margaret Elizabeth Humphries
Birth 10 May 1849 27 New South Wales, Australia Death 20 December 1917 (Age 68) Adams St, South Yarra, Victoria, Australia |
| Family with Charles Fitzroy Bayly - View family |
| husband |
Charles Fitzroy Bayly
Birth 22 November 1845 39 29 "Beaudesert", Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia Death 27 July 1925 (Age 79) "Talarang", Bonshaw, New South Wales, Australia |
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4 years herself |
Margaret Elizabeth Humphries
Birth 10 May 1849 27 New South Wales, Australia Death 20 December 1917 (Age 68) Adams St, South Yarra, Victoria, Australia |
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Marriage: 7 January 1873 — Bomera, Tambar Springs, New South Wales, Australia |
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1 year #1 son |
William Henry Bayly
Birth 1874 28 24 Bundella, New South Wales, Australia Death 27 August 1915 (Age 41) Gallipoli Pine |
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3 years #2 son |
Percyval Reginald Bayly
Birth 1877 31 27 Coonabarabran, New South Wales, Australia Death yes |
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2 years #3 daughter |
Millicent Bayly
Birth 1879 33 29 Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia Death yes |
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2 years #4 daughter |
Birth 1881 35 31 Death 26 January 1971 (Age 90) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
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2 years #5 daughter |
Alice Maude Bayly
Birth 1883 37 33 Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia Death about 1957 (Age 74) |
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1 year #6 daughter |
Florence Bayly
Birth 1884 38 34 Gunnedah, New South Wales, Australia Death 21 November 1932 (Age 48) Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
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18 months #7 son |
Clarence Charles Bayly
Birth 4 July 1885 39 36 Bundella, New South Wales, Australia Death 8 May 1940 (Age 54) 62 Northwood Rd, Northwood, New South Wales, Australia |
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18 months #8 son |
Charles Fitzroy Bayly
Birth 1887 41 37 Gunnedah, New South Wales, Australia Death yes |
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4 years #9 daughter |
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