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Rebeccca Laycock1774–?

Name
Rebeccca Laycock
Given names
Rebeccca
Surname
Laycock
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Birth about 1774 18 16
 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Birth of a sister 19 November 1783 (Age 9)
 Dorset, England

younger sister - Sarah Laycock
Birth of a brother about 1785 (Age 11)
 Dorset, Somerset, England

younger brother - William Laycock
Birth of a brother about 1786 (Age 12)
 Bristol, Somerset, England

younger brother - Thomas Laycock III
Birth of a brother about 1788 (Age 14)
 Bristol, Somerset, England

younger brother - Samuel Laycock
Australian History 1788 (Age 14)
 

Note: The British First Fleet, led by Governor Arthur Phillip arrives in New South Wales to found first European settlement and penal colony at Sydney. Colony includes 'all the islands adjacent in the Pacific Ocean' and running westward to the 135th meridian east. This claim included the islands of New Zealand, which were administered as part of New South Wales.
Note: British settlement founded at Norfolk Island.
Australian History 1790 (Age 16)
 

Note: Beleaguered Second Fleet arrives. Colony gripped by food crisis.
Birth of a brother about 1792 (Age 18)
 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

younger brother - George Laycock
Death of a brother 11 March 1792 (Age 18)
 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

younger brother - George Laycock
Australian History 1792 (Age 18)
 

Note: Two French ships, La Recherche and L'Esp�rance, anchor at Recherche Bay, near the southernmost point of Tasmania at a time when England and France were racing around the globe to be the first to discover and colonise Australia.
Note: Governor Philip returns to England, accompanied by his friend Bennelong and a companion who become the first Australian born person to sail to Europe.
Birth of a sister about 1796 (Age 22)
 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

younger sister - Elizabeth Laycock
Australian History 1797 (Age 23)
 

Note: Sydney Cove wrecked and some survivors travelled from Bass Strait to Port Jackson allowing for the rescue of others but also furthering knowledge of the geography of Australia.
Australian History 1798 (Age 24)
 

Note: 1798-9 - George Bass and Matthew Flinders sail from Sydney and circumnavigate Tasmania, thus proving it to be an island.
Marriage of a sisterSarah Laycock - View family
19 November 1801 (Age 27)
 Homebush, New South Wales, Australia

brother-in-law - Nicholas Paget Bayly Sr
younger sister - Sarah Laycock
Australian History 1803 (Age 29)
 

Note: Matthew Flinders completes the first circumnavigation of the continent (still known as 'New Holland')
Australian History 1804 (Age 30)
 

Note: A settlement is founded at Risdon on the Derwent River in Van Diemen's Land by Lieutenant Bowen.
Note: Castle Hill convict rebellion also known as the second Battle of Vinegar Hill
Note: The Risdon settlement is moved to Sullivan's Cove (now Hobart) by Colonel David Collins.
Australian History 1808 (Age 34)
 

Note: The Rum Rebellion
Marriage of a brotherThomas Laycock III - View family
1 June 1809 (Age 35)
 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

younger brother - Thomas Laycock III
sister-in-law - Isabella Bunker
Marriage of a sisterElizabeth Laycock - View family
15 February 1813 (Age 39)
 Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia

brother-in-law - Thomas Matcham Pitt
younger sister - Elizabeth Laycock
Marriage of a brotherThomas Laycock III - View family
8 July 1817 (Age 43)
 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

younger brother - Thomas Laycock III
sister-in-law - Margaret Connell
Australian History 1817 (Age 43)
 

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 44)
 

Note: Oxley charts the Macquarie River.
Death of a sister 13 June 1820 (Age 46)
 Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia

younger sister - Sarah Laycock
Death of a brother 7 November 1823 (Age 49)
 Bringelly, New South Wales, Australia

younger brother - Thomas Laycock III
Death of a father 7 November 1823 (Age 49)
 Pitt St, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

father - Thomas Laycock II
Australian History 1824 (Age 50)
 

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 51)
 

Note: New South Wales western border is extended to 129 degrees E. Van Diemen's Land is proclaimed.
Australian History 1828 (Age 54)
 

Note: Charles Sturt charts the Darling River.
Australian History 1829 (Age 55)
 

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 56)
 

Note: Sturt arrives at Goolwa, having charted the Murray River.
Death of a mother 1831 (Age 57)
 

mother - Hannah Pearson
Australian History 1831 (Age 57)
 

Note: Sydney Herald (later to become The Sydney Morning Herald) first published.
Australian History 1832 (Age 58)
 

Note: Swan River Colony has its name changed to Western Australia.
Australian History 1833 (Age 59)
 

Note: The penal settlement of Port Arthur is founded in Van Diemen's Land.
Death of a sister 1 January 1835 (Age 61)
 Richmond, New South Wales, Australia

younger sister - Elizabeth Laycock
Australian History 1835 (Age 61)
 

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 62)
 

Note: Province of South Australia proclaimed with its western border at 132 degrees E.
Death of a brother 9 July 1838 (Age 64)
 

younger brother - Samuel Laycock
Australian History 1838 (Age 64)
 

Note: First Prussian settlers arrive in South Australia; the largest group on non-British migrants in Australia at the time.
Australian History 1839 (Age 65)
 

Note: Paul Edmund Strzelecki becomes first European to ascend and name Australia's highest peak, Mount Kosciuszko.
Australian History 1840 (Age 66)
 

Note: Australia's first municipal authority, the City of Adelaide, is established, followed by Sydney City Council.
Australian History 1841 (Age 67)
 

Note: New Zealand is proclaimed as a separate colony, no longer part of New South Wales.
Australian History 1842 (Age 68)
 

Note: Copper is discovered at Kapunda in South Australia.
Australian History 1843 (Age 69)
 

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 71)
 

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 76)
 

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 77)
 

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 79)
 

Note: Bendigo Petition and Red Ribbon Rebellion at Bendigo
Australian History 1854 (Age 80)
 

Note: The Eureka Stockade
Australian History 1855 (Age 81)
 

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 82)
 

Note: Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania.
Australian History 1857 (Age 83)
 

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 84)
 

Note: Sydney and Melbourne linked by electric telegraph.
Note: New South Wales men achieve the right to vote.
Australian History 1859 (Age 85)
 

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 86)
 

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 87)
 

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 88)
 

Note: Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139 degrees E.
Australian History 1863 (Age 89)
 

Note: South Australia takes control of the Northern Territory which was part of the colony of New South Wales.
Australian History 1867 (Age 93)
 

Note: Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland.
Note: Saint Mary MacKillop founds Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart.
Australian History 1868 (Age 94)
 

Note: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases.
Australian History 1869 (Age 95)
 

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 98)
 

Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens.
Australian History 1873 (Age 99)
 

Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock.
Australian History 1875 (Age 101)
 

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 104)
 

Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.
Deathyes
 

Family with parents - View family
father
Thomas Laycock II

Birth 1756  

Death 7 November 1823 (Age 67)  Pitt St, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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mother
Hannah Pearson

Birth 1758  

Death 1831 (Age 73)  

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Marriage: yes
#1 younger sister
Sarah Laycock

Birth 19 November 1783 27 25  Dorset, England

Death 13 June 1820 (Age 36)  Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia

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13 months
#2 younger brother
William Laycock

Birth about 1785 29 27  Dorset, Somerset, England

Death yes  

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1 year
#3 younger brother
Thomas Laycock III

Birth about 1786 30 28  Bristol, Somerset, England

Death 7 November 1823 (Age 37)  Bringelly, New South Wales, Australia

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2 years
#4 younger brother
Samuel Laycock

Birth about 1788 32 30  Bristol, Somerset, England

Death 9 July 1838 (Age 50)  

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4 years
#5 younger brother
George Laycock

Birth about 1792 36 34  Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Death 11 March 1792  Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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#6 herself
Rebeccca Laycock

Birth about 1774 18 16  Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Death yes  

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22 years
#7 younger sister
Elizabeth Laycock

Birth about 1796 40 38  Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Death 1 January 1835 (Age 39)  Richmond, New South Wales, Australia

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