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John Connell LaycockAge: 781818–1897

Name
John Connell Laycock
Given names
John Connell
Surname
Laycock
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Birth 2 December 1818 32 20
 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Australian History 1818
 

Note: Oxley charts the Macquarie River.
Birth of a half-sister 17 February 1820 (Age 14 months)
 London, England

half-sister - Margaret Hannah Laycock
Birth of a brother 17 June 1821 (Age 2)
 Bringelly, New South Wales, Australia

younger brother - Elias Pearson Laycock
Death of a paternal grandfather 7 November 1823 (Age 4)
 Pitt St, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

paternal grandfather - Thomas Laycock II
Death of a father 7 November 1823 (Age 4)
 Bringelly, New South Wales, Australia

father - Thomas Laycock III
Australian History 1824 (Age 5)
 

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 6)
 

Note: New South Wales western border is extended to 129 degrees E. Van Diemen's Land is proclaimed.
Australian History 1828 (Age 9)
 

Note: Charles Sturt charts the Darling River.
Australian History 1829 (Age 10)
 

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 11)
 

Note: Sturt arrives at Goolwa, having charted the Murray River.
Death of a paternal grandmother 1831 (Age 12)
 

paternal grandmother - Hannah Pearson
Australian History 1831 (Age 12)
 

Note: Sydney Herald (later to become The Sydney Morning Herald) first published.
Australian History 1832 (Age 13)
 

Note: Swan River Colony has its name changed to Western Australia.
Australian History 1833 (Age 14)
 

Note: The penal settlement of Port Arthur is founded in Van Diemen's Land.
Australian History 1835 (Age 16)
 

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 17)
 

Note: Province of South Australia proclaimed with its western border at 132 degrees E.
Australian History 1838 (Age 19)
 

Note: First Prussian settlers arrive in South Australia; the largest group on non-British migrants in Australia at the time.
Australian History 1839 (Age 20)
 

Note: Paul Edmund Strzelecki becomes first European to ascend and name Australia's highest peak, Mount Kosciuszko.
Australian History 1840 (Age 21)
 

Note: Australia's first municipal authority, the City of Adelaide, is established, followed by Sydney City Council.
Australian History 1841 (Age 22)
 

Note: New Zealand is proclaimed as a separate colony, no longer part of New South Wales.
Australian History 1842 (Age 23)
 

Note: Copper is discovered at Kapunda in South Australia.
MarriageMary Jane Simpson - View family
1 February 1843 (Age 24)
 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Address:
St Andrew's Presbyterate Church
Birth of a son
#1		 28 November 1843 (Age 24)
 

son - Maurice Laycock
Australian History 1843 (Age 24)
 

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).
Christening of a son 5 January 1844 (Age 25)
 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

son - Maurice Laycock
Birth of a son
#2		 8 May 1845 (Age 26)
 

son - Elias Laycock
Australian History 1845 (Age 26)
 

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.
Christening of a son 6 June 1845 (Age 26)
 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

son - Elias Laycock
Birth of a son
#3		 28 October 1847 (Age 28)
 

son - John Cornell Laycock
Christening of a son 19 November 1847 (Age 28)
 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

son - John Cornell Laycock
Birth of a daughter
#4		 20 November 1850 (Age 31)
 

daughter - Mary Laycock
Australian History 1850 (Age 31)
 

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.
Christening of a daughter 18 December 1850 (Age 32)
 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

daughter - Mary Laycock
Australian History 1851 (Age 32)
 

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
Birth of a daughter
#5		 6 April 1853 (Age 34)
 

daughter - Emily Laycock
Australian History 1853 (Age 34)
 

Note: Bendigo Petition and Red Ribbon Rebellion at Bendigo
Christening of a daughter June 1853 (Age 34)
 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

daughter - Emily Laycock
Australian History 1854 (Age 35)
 

Note: The Eureka Stockade
Birth of a daughter
#6		 5 November 1855 (Age 36)
 

daughter - Jane Laycock
Australian History 1855 (Age 36)
 

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.
Christening of a daughter November 1855 (Age 36)
 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

daughter - Jane Laycock
Australian History 1856 (Age 37)
 

Note: Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania.
Australian History 1857 (Age 38)
 

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 39)
 

Note: Sydney and Melbourne linked by electric telegraph.
Note: New South Wales men achieve the right to vote.
Australian History 1859 (Age 40)
 

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 41)
 

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 42)
 

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 43)
 

Note: Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139 degrees E.
Australian History 1863 (Age 44)
 

Note: South Australia takes control of the Northern Territory which was part of the colony of New South Wales.
Australian History 1867 (Age 48)
 

Note: Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland.
Note: Saint Mary MacKillop founds Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart.
Australian History 1868 (Age 49)
 

Note: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases.
Australian History 1869 (Age 50)
 

Note: Children of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent are removed from their families by Australian and State government agencies.
Birth of a grandson
#1		 1872 (Age 53)
 

grandson - Eddy Connell Laycock
Marriage of a sonJohn Cornell Laycock - View family
27 January 1872 (Age 53)
 Yamba, New South Wales, Australia

son - John Cornell Laycock
daughter-in-law - Caroline Matilda Freeburn
Australian History 1872 (Age 53)
 

Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens.
Australian History 1873 (Age 54)
 

Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock.
Birth of a granddaughter
#2		 1874 (Age 55)
 

granddaughter - Caroline Elizabeth Laycock
Birth of a grandson
#3		 1874 (Age 55)
 

grandson - George Ernest Connell Laycock
Death of a granddaughter 1874 (Age 55)
 

granddaughter - Caroline Elizabeth Laycock
Australian History 1875 (Age 56)
 

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 granddaughter
#4		 8 January 1876 (Age 57)
 Maclean, New South Wales, Australia

granddaughter - Mabel Grace Connell Laycock
Marriage of a sonElias Laycock - View family
14 September 1876 (Age 57)
 

son - Elias Laycock
daughter-in-law - Lucy Elizabeth Gregory
Birth of a granddaughter
#5		 1877 (Age 58)
 

granddaughter - Caroline Matilda Connell Laycock
Death of a daughter 1877 (Age 58)
 

daughter - Mary Laycock
Birth of a granddaughter
#6		 1878 (Age 59)
 

granddaughter - Mary Jane Connell Laycock
Death of a son 25 August 1878 (Age 59)
 Rushcutters Bay, New South Wales, Australia

son - Maurice Laycock
Australian History 1878 (Age 59)
 

Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.
Birth of a granddaughter
#7		 1879 (Age 60)
 

granddaughter - Phoebe Connell Laycock
Australian History 1879 (Age 60)
 

Note: The first congress of trade unions is held.
Birth of a grandson
#8		 1880 (Age 61)
 

grandson - John Laycock
Australian History 1880 (Age 61)
 

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 granddaughter
#9		 1881 (Age 62)
 

granddaughter - Alice Connell Laycock
Australian History 1882 (Age 63)
 

Note: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.
Birth of a granddaughter
#10		 1883 (Age 64)
 

granddaughter - Minnie Connell Laycock
Death of a granddaughter 1883 (Age 64)
 

granddaughter - Minnie Connell Laycock
Australian History 1883 (Age 64)
 

Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway
Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill
Birth of a grandson
#11		 1885 (Age 66)
 

grandson - John Connell Laycock
Death of a brother 22 November 1886 (Age 67)
 Ingleburn, New South Wales, Australia

younger brother - Elias Pearson Laycock
Birth of a granddaughter
#12		 1887 (Age 68)
 

granddaughter - Edith Connell Laycock
Australian History 1887 (Age 68)
 

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.
Death of a granddaughter 1888 (Age 69)
 

granddaughter - Edith Connell Laycock
Australian History 1889 (Age 70)
 

Note: The completion of the railway network between Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney.
Note: Sir Henry Parkes delivers the Tenterfield Oration.
Birth of a granddaughter
#13		 1890 (Age 71)
 

granddaughter - Lilian M. Connell Laycock
Death of a granddaughter 1890 (Age 71)
 

granddaughter - Lilian M. Connell Laycock
Australian History 1890 (Age 71)
 

Note: The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention.
Australian History 1891 (Age 72)
 

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 73)
 

Note: Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia.
Marriage of a grandsonEddy Connell Laycock - View family
1893 (Age 74)
 

grandson - Eddy Connell Laycock
grandson's wife - Nellie Holly
Australian History 1893 (Age 74)
 

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 75)
 

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 76)
 

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 77)
 

Note: The Bathurst Conference (the second 'people's convention') meets to discuss the 1891 draft constitution
Australian History 1897 (Age 78)
 

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.
Death 31 July 1897 (Age 78)
 Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia

Address:
Asylum
Burial
 Rookwood, New South Wales, Australia

Family with parents - View family
father
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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mother
Margaret Connell

Birth 1798  England

Death yes  

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Marriage: 8 July 1817 — Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
17 months
#1 himself
John Connell Laycock

Birth 2 December 1818 32 20  Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Death 31 July 1897 (Age 78)  Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia

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3 years
#2 younger brother
Elias Pearson Laycock

Birth 17 June 1821 35 23  Bringelly, New South Wales, Australia

Death 22 November 1886 (Age 65)  Ingleburn, New South Wales, Australia

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Father’s family with Isabella Bunker - View family
father
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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step-mother
Isabella Bunker

Death 13 May 1817  

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Marriage: 1 June 1809 — Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
13 months
#1 half-brother
John Henry Laycock

Birth 15 July 1810 24  

Death yes  

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#2 half-sister
Margaret Hannah Laycock

Birth 17 February 1820 34  London, England

Death yes  

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#3 half-brother
Thomas William Eber Laycock

Birth about 1815 29  Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Death yes  

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Family with Mary Jane Simpson - View family
himself
John Connell Laycock

Birth 2 December 1818 32 20  Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Death 31 July 1897 (Age 78)  Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia

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wife
Mary Jane Simpson

Death yes  

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Marriage: 1 February 1843 — Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
10 months
#1 son
Maurice Laycock

Birth 28 November 1843 24  

Death 25 August 1878 (Age 34)  Rushcutters Bay, New South Wales, Australia

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17 months
#2 son
Elias Laycock

Birth 8 May 1845 26  

Death yes  

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3 years
#3 son
John Cornell Laycock

Birth 28 October 1847 28  

Death yes  

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#4 daughter
Mary Laycock

Birth 20 November 1850 31  

Death 1877 (Age 26)  

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#5 daughter
Emily Laycock

Birth 6 April 1853 34  

Death yes  

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#6 daughter
Jane Laycock

Birth 5 November 1855 36  

Death yes  

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#7 son
Thomas Laycock

Death 1900  

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#8 daughter
Margaret Laycock

Death yes  

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John Connell Laycock has 13 first cousins recorded

Father's family (12)

Parents Nicholas Paget Bayly Sr + Sarah Laycock
1 Frances Bayly 1803–1824
2 Henry Bayly 1806–1863
3 Major George Bayly 1806–1865
4 Augusta Bayly 1808–1860
5 Caroline Bayly 1810–1840
6 Edward Bayly 1812–1873
7 Nicholas Paget Bayly Jr 1814–1879
8 Charles Luke Bayly 1815–1866
9 Ellen Bayly 1818–1819
10 Sarah Ellen Maria Bayly 1820–1853
Parents Thomas Matcham Pitt + Elizabeth Laycock
1 George Matcham Pitt 1814–?
2 Mary Matcham Pitt 1815–?

Mother's family (1)

Parents James Cox + Mary Connell
1 Ann Cox 1826–?

Extra information

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