Mary Jane Simpson ?

Mary Jane Simpson?–?

Name: Mary Jane Simpson

Given names: Mary Jane

Surname: Simpson

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Australian History	1824 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 Note: New South Wales western border is extended to 129 degrees E. Van Diemen's Land is proclaimed.
Australian History	1828 Note: Charles Sturt charts the Darling River.
Australian History	1829 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 Note: Sturt arrives at Goolwa, having charted the Murray River.
Australian History	1831 Note: Sydney Herald (later to become The Sydney Morning Herald) first published.
Australian History	1832 Note: Swan River Colony has its name changed to Western Australia.
Australian History	1833 Note: The penal settlement of Port Arthur is founded in Van Diemen's Land.
Australian History	1835 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 Note: Province of South Australia proclaimed with its western border at 132 degrees E.
Australian History	1838 Note: First Prussian settlers arrive in South Australia; the largest group on non-British migrants in Australia at the time.
Australian History	1839 Note: Paul Edmund Strzelecki becomes first European to ascend and name Australia's highest peak, Mount Kosciuszko.
Australian History	1840 Note: Australia's first municipal authority, the City of Adelaide, is established, followed by Sydney City Council.
Australian History	1841 Note: New Zealand is proclaimed as a separate colony, no longer part of New South Wales.
Australian History	1842 Note: Copper is discovered at Kapunda in South Australia.
Marriage	John Connell Laycock - View family 1 February 1843 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Address: St Andrew's Presbyterate Church
Birth of a son #1	28 November 1843 son - Maurice Laycock
Australian History	1843 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 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia son - Maurice Laycock
Birth of a son #2	8 May 1845 son - Elias Laycock
Australian History	1845 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 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia son - Elias Laycock
Birth of a son #3	28 October 1847 son - John Cornell Laycock
Christening of a son	19 November 1847 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia son - John Cornell Laycock
Birth of a daughter #4	20 November 1850 daughter - Mary Laycock
Australian History	1850 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 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia daughter - Mary Laycock
Australian History	1851 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 daughter - Emily Laycock
Australian History	1853 Note: Bendigo Petition and Red Ribbon Rebellion at Bendigo
Christening of a daughter	June 1853 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia daughter - Emily Laycock
Australian History	1854 Note: The Eureka Stockade
Birth of a daughter #6	5 November 1855 daughter - Jane Laycock
Australian History	1855 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 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia daughter - Jane Laycock
Australian History	1856 Note: Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania.
Australian History	1857 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 Note: Sydney and Melbourne linked by electric telegraph. Note: New South Wales men achieve the right to vote.
Australian History	1859 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 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 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 Note: Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139 degrees E.
Australian History	1863 Note: South Australia takes control of the Northern Territory which was part of the colony of New South Wales.
Australian History	1867 Note: Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland. Note: Saint Mary MacKillop founds Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart.
Australian History	1868 Note: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases.
Australian History	1869 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 grandson - Eddy Connell Laycock
Marriage of a son	John Cornell Laycock - View family 27 January 1872 Yamba, New South Wales, Australia son - John Cornell Laycock daughter-in-law - Caroline Matilda Freeburn
Australian History	1872 Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens.
Australian History	1873 Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock.
Birth of a granddaughter #2	1874 granddaughter - Caroline Elizabeth Laycock
Birth of a grandson #3	1874 grandson - George Ernest Connell Laycock
Death of a granddaughter	1874 granddaughter - Caroline Elizabeth Laycock
Australian History	1875 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 Maclean, New South Wales, Australia granddaughter - Mabel Grace Connell Laycock
Marriage of a son	Elias Laycock - View family 14 September 1876 son - Elias Laycock daughter-in-law - Lucy Elizabeth Gregory
Birth of a granddaughter #5	1877 granddaughter - Caroline Matilda Connell Laycock
Death of a daughter	1877 daughter - Mary Laycock
Birth of a granddaughter #6	1878 granddaughter - Mary Jane Connell Laycock
Death of a son	25 August 1878 Rushcutters Bay, New South Wales, Australia son - Maurice Laycock
Australian History	1878 Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.
Birth of a granddaughter #7	1879 granddaughter - Phoebe Connell Laycock
Australian History	1879 Note: The first congress of trade unions is held.
Birth of a grandson #8	1880 grandson - John Laycock
Australian History	1880 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 granddaughter - Alice Connell Laycock
Australian History	1882 Note: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.
Birth of a granddaughter #10	1883 granddaughter - Minnie Connell Laycock
Death of a granddaughter	1883 granddaughter - Minnie Connell Laycock
Australian History	1883 Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill
Birth of a grandson #11	1885 grandson - John Connell Laycock
Birth of a granddaughter #12	1887 granddaughter - Edith Connell Laycock
Australian History	1887 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 granddaughter - Edith Connell Laycock
Australian History	1889 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 granddaughter - Lilian M. Connell Laycock
Death of a granddaughter	1890 granddaughter - Lilian M. Connell Laycock
Australian History	1890 Note: The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention.
Australian History	1891 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 Note: Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia.
Marriage of a grandson	Eddy Connell Laycock - View family 1893 grandson - Eddy Connell Laycock grandson's wife - Nellie Holly
Australian History	1893 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 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 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 Note: The Bathurst Conference (the second 'people's convention') meets to discuss the 1891 draft constitution
Death of a husband	31 July 1897 Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia husband - John Connell Laycock
Australian History	1897 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 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.
Marriage of a granddaughter	Phoebe Connell Laycock - View family 1899 granddaughter's husband - Matthew Wakely granddaughter - Phoebe Connell Laycock
Australian History	1899 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.
Death of a son	1900 son - Thomas Laycock
Australian History	1900 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
Marriage of a granddaughter	Mabel Grace Connell Laycock - View family 4 May 1901 Marrickville, New South Wales, Australia granddaughter's husband - John William Harrington granddaughter - Mabel Grace Connell Laycock
Australian History	1901 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 grandson	George Ernest Connell Laycock - View family 1902 grandson - George Ernest Connell Laycock grandson's wife - Eliza Thurgood
Marriage of a granddaughter	Alice Connell Laycock - View family 1902 granddaughter's husband - James Purcell granddaughter - Alice Connell Laycock
Australian History	1902 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
Australian History	1903 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 Note: A site at Dalgety, New South Wales chosen for the new national capital Note: Chris Watson forms the first federal Labor (minority) government
Australian History	1906 Note: Australia takes control of south-eastern New Guinea
Australian History	1908 Note: Dorothea Mackellar publishes My Country Note: The Dalgety proposal for the national capital is revoked, and Canberra is chosen instead
Australian History	1909 Note: The first powered aeroplane flight in Australia is made.
Australian History	1910 Note: Andrew Fisher forms the first federal majority Labor government.
Australian History	1911 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.
Marriage of a granddaughter	Mary Jane Connell Laycock - View family 1912 Victoria, Australia granddaughter's husband - Bertie George Best granddaughter - Mary Jane Connell Laycock
Australian History	1912 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
Australian History	1913 Note: Blaxland, Lawson and Wentworth cross the Blue Mountains. Note: Matthew Flinders refers to New South Wales by the name 'Australia'.
Australian History	1913 Note: The foundation stone for the city of Canberra is put in place
Australian History	1914 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.
Australian History	1915 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
Australian History	1916 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
Australian History	1917 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.
Australian History	1918 Note: (08 AUG) Battle of Amiens Note: Australian troops spearhead 8 August offensive against Hindenberg Line - the 'black day of the German Army'. Note: On 12 August, Australian commander General Sir John Monash is knighted in the field of battle by King George V Note: First World War ends - 60,000 Australians dead. Note: The Darwin Rebellion takes place, with 1,000 demonstrators demanding the resignation of the Administrator of the Northern Territory, John A. Gilruth.
Australian History	1919 Note: Prime Minister Billy Hughes signs Treaty of Versailles: the first signing of an international treaty by Australia. Australia obtains League of Nations mandate over German New Guinea.
Australian History	1920 Note: The airline Qantas is founded
Australian History	1921 Note: Edith Cowan becomes the first woman elected to an Australian parliament
Australian History	1922 Note: The Smith Family charity is founded in Sydney
Australian History	1923 Note: Vegemite is first produced
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husband	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 Loading...
herself	Mary Jane Simpson Death yes Loading...
	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 Loading...
17 months #2 son	Elias Laycock Birth 8 May 1845 26 Death yes Loading...
3 years #3 son	John Cornell Laycock Birth 28 October 1847 28 Death yes Loading...
3 years #4 daughter	Mary Laycock Birth 20 November 1850 31 Death 1877 (Age 26) Loading...
2 years #5 daughter	Emily Laycock Birth 6 April 1853 34 Death yes Loading...
3 years #6 daughter	Jane Laycock Birth 5 November 1855 36 Death yes Loading...
#7 son	Thomas Laycock Death 1900 Loading...
#8 daughter	Margaret Laycock Death yes Loading...

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