Christina McCaigAge: 591832–1892
- Name
- Christina McCaig
- Given names
- Christina
- Surname
- McCaig
Christina Campbell
- Name
- Christina Campbell
- Given names
- Christina
- Surname
- Campbell
Birth | 10 September 1832 33 30 Strone, Glen Trool, Minnigaff, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland |
Birth of a sister | about 1832 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
sister -
Margaret McCaig
|
Australian History | 1832 Note: Swan River Colony has its name changed to Western Australia. |
Australian History | 1833 (Age 3 months) Note: The penal settlement of Port Arthur is founded in Van Diemen's Land. |
Birth of a brother | about 1834 (Age 15 months) Minnigaff, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland
younger brother -
John McCaig
|
Australian History | 1835 (Age 2) 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. |
Birth of a brother | 1836 (Age 3) Minnigaff, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland
younger brother -
George McCaig
|
Australian History | 1836 (Age 3) Note: Province of South Australia proclaimed with its western border at 132 degrees E. |
Birth of a brother | 1838 (Age 5) Kirkinner, Wigtownshire, Scotland
younger brother -
Edward Irvin McCaig
|
Australian History | 1838 (Age 5) Note: First Prussian settlers arrive in South Australia; the largest group on non-British migrants in Australia at the time. |
Australian History | 1839 (Age 6) Note: Paul Edmund Strzelecki becomes first European to ascend and name Australia's highest peak, Mount Kosciuszko. |
Birth of a brother | 3 September 1840 (Age 7) March Farm, Kirkinner, Wigtownshire, Scotland
younger brother -
Thomas McCaig
|
Australian History | 1840 (Age 7) Note: Australia's first municipal authority, the City of Adelaide, is established, followed by Sydney City Council. |
Census | 7 June 1841 (Age 8) March Farm, Kirkinner, Wigtownshire, Scotland Note: 9, No |
Australian History | 1841 (Age 8) Note: New Zealand is proclaimed as a separate colony, no longer part of New South Wales. |
Australian History | 1842 (Age 9) Note: Copper is discovered at Kapunda in South Australia. |
Australian History | 1843 (Age 10) 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). |
Birth of a brother | about 1844 (Age 11) March Farm?, Kirkinner, Wigtownshire, Scotland
younger brother -
William McCaig
|
Death of a maternal grandmother | 4 August 1844 (Age 11) Dalgig, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
maternal grandmother -
Margaret Dunbar
|
Australian History | 1845 (Age 12) 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. |
Birth of a sister | 21 June 1848 (Age 15) March Farm, Kirkinner, Wigtownshire, Scotland
younger sister -
Jane Richmond McCaig
|
Australian History | 1850 (Age 17) 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. |
Census | 30 March 1851 (Age 18) |
Australian History | 1851 (Age 18) 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 |
Death of a father | 12 May 1853 (Age 20) Campford, Kirkcowan, Ayrshire, Scotland
father -
Thomas McCaig
|
Australian History | 1853 (Age 20) Note: Bendigo Petition and Red Ribbon Rebellion at Bendigo |
Australian History | 1854 (Age 21) Note: The Eureka Stockade |
Australian History | 1855 (Age 22) 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 23) Note: Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania. |
Australian History | 1857 (Age 24) 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 McCaig - View family 1 October 1858 (Age 26) Burnockhead, Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland
younger brother -
John McCaig
sister-in-law -
Christina Morrison
|
Australian History | 1858 (Age 25) Note: Sydney and Melbourne linked by electric telegraph. Note: New South Wales men achieve the right to vote. |
Australian History | 1859 (Age 26) 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 27) Note: John McDouall Stuart reaches the centre of the continent. South Australian border changed from 132 degrees E to 129 degrees E. |
Census | 8 April 1861 (Age 28) |
Marriage | Ivie Campbell - View family 12 November 1861 (Age 29) King St Independent Chapel, Dudley, Wor, England Note: BESIDES the above who signed the registry, another friend Mr W Couchin? was also within Chapel. We returned to Rosehill after the marriage, had breakfast, after which the eight of us went in two carriages to Enville Gardens, and after we returned has tea and supper with the following friends who had been invited for the wedding, Mr & Mrs Thomas Stevenson, Mr & Mrs James Stevenson, Mr & Mrs Reed & Mr John McTark?, Mrs D Stevenson (Maggie McCaig) and with singing and dancing and stories, very happy evening was spent. Christina and I left by the 10 o'clock train for Carlisle. |
Residence | 12 November 1861 (Age 29) Rosehill, Dudley, Wor, England Note: Residence at time of marriage |
Australian History | 1861 (Age 28) 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 29) Note: Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139 degrees E. |
Birth of a son #1 | 4 July 1863 (Age 30) Craigman, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
son -
Ivie Campbell
|
Marriage of a brother | Ivie McCaig - View family 18 December 1863 (Age 31) Littlemark Hill, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
elder brother -
Ivie McCaig
sister-in-law -
Margaret McMillan
|
Australian History | 1863 (Age 30) Note: South Australia takes control of the Northern Territory which was part of the colony of New South Wales. |
Marriage of a sister | Margaret McCaig - View family about 1865 (Age 32)
brother-in-law -
David Stevenson
sister -
Margaret McCaig
|
Baptism of a daughter | 29 April 1865 (Age 32) Craigman, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
daughter -
Jeanie Richmond Campbell
|
Marriage of a brother | Thomas McCaig - View family 10 April 1866 (Age 33) Barbower Rd, Edgecombe, Victoria, Australia
younger brother -
Thomas McCaig
sister-in-law -
Mary Fisher
|
Birth of a son #2 | 25 January 1867 (Age 34) Dalgig, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
son -
Thomas McCaig Campbell
|
Australian History | 1867 (Age 34) Note: Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland. Note: Saint Mary MacKillop founds Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart. |
Death of a sister | 25 May 1868 (Age 35) Burnstoun/Brunston, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
younger sister -
Jane Richmond McCaig
|
Australian History | 1868 (Age 35) Note: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases. |
Birth of a son #3 | 6 January 1869 (Age 36) Dalgig, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
son -
John Richmond Campbell
|
Marriage of a brother | William McCaig - View family 23 July 1869 (Age 36) New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
younger brother -
William McCaig
sister-in-law -
Jean McKerrow
|
Australian History | 1869 (Age 36) Note: Children of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent are removed from their families by Australian and State government agencies. |
Marriage of a sister | Margaret McCaig - View family about 1870 (Age 37)
brother-in-law -
William Perry
sister -
Margaret McCaig
|
Census | 2 April 1871 (Age 38) Craigman Farm, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Note: Christina Campbell, 38, wife, mar, bn Minnigaff, WIG |
Australian History | 1872 (Age 39) Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens. |
Australian History | 1873 (Age 40) Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock. |
Australian History | 1875 (Age 42) Note: SS Gothenburg strikes Old Reef off North Queensland and sinks with the loss of approximately 102 lives. Note: Adelaide Steamship Company is formed. |
Death of a mother | 25 April 1876 (Age 43) Craigman, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
mother -
Wilhemina Campbell
|
Australian History | 1878 (Age 45) Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
Australian History | 1879 (Age 46) Note: The first congress of trade unions is held. |
Australian History | 1880 (Age 47) Note: The bushranger Ned Kelly is hanged. Note: Parliamentarians in Victoria become the first in Australia to be paid for their work. |
Census | 4 April 1881 (Age 48) Craigman Farm, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Note: Wife Mar 48yrs bn Minnigaff, Kirkcudbright SCT |
Australian History | 1882 (Age 49) Note: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
Marriage of a brother | George McCaig - View family 4 September 1883 (Age 50) George Hotel, Stanraer, Wigtownshire, Scotland
younger brother -
George McCaig
sister-in-law -
Mary Hardie
|
Death of a brother | 19 September 1883 (Age 51) Amblecote, Dudley, Wor, Scotland
elder brother -
Hugh Dunbar McCaig
|
Australian History | 1883 (Age 50) Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill |
Australian History | 1887 (Age 54) 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 56) Note: The completion of the railway network between Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney. Note: Sir Henry Parkes delivers the Tenterfield Oration. |
Death of a brother | 5 November 1890 (Age 58) Crichton Row, Old Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
elder brother -
Ivie McCaig
|
Australian History | 1890 (Age 57) Note: The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention. |
Census | 5 April 1891 (Age 58) Craigman Farm, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Note: Christina Campbell, 58, wife, mar, bn Minnigaff WIG |
Australian History | 1891 (Age 58) 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 59) Note: Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia. |
Death | 23 May 1892 (Age 59) Craigman, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Note: BURIED Auld Kirk New Cumnock |
Family with parents - View family |
father |
Thomas McCaig
Birth 1 September 1799 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 12 May 1853 (Age 53) Campford, Kirkcowan, Ayrshire, Scotland Loading...
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2 years mother |
Wilhemina Campbell
Birth 1802 47 41 Dalgig, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 25 April 1876 (Age 74) Craigman, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Loading...
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Marriage: 1825 (estimated) |
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1 year #1 elder brother |
Hugh Dunbar McCaig
Birth about 1826 26 24 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 19 September 1883 (Age 57) Amblecote, Dudley, Wor, Scotland Loading...
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8 months #2 elder brother |
Robert McCaig
Birth 16 September 1826 27 24 Prob New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 18 September 1912 (Age 86) Riverton Hospital, Riverton, Southland, New Zealand Loading...
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2 years #3 elder brother |
Ivie McCaig
Birth about 1829 29 27 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 5 November 1890 (Age 61) Crichton Row, Old Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Loading...
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3 years #4 sister |
Margaret McCaig
Birth about 1832 32 30 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death June 1900 (Age 68) Bridgenorth, England Loading...
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8 months #5 herself |
Christina McCaig
Birth 10 September 1832 33 30 Strone, Glen Trool, Minnigaff, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland Death 23 May 1892 (Age 59) Craigman, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Loading...
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16 months #6 younger brother |
John McCaig
Birth about 1834 34 32 Minnigaff, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland Death 6 November 1914 (Age 80) Coilbank, Littlemill, Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland Loading...
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2 years #7 younger brother |
George McCaig
Birth 1836 36 34 Minnigaff, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland Death 2 December 1897 (Age 61) Main Street, Ballantrae Village, Ayrshire, Scotland Loading...
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2 years #8 younger brother |
Edward Irvin McCaig
Birth 1838 38 36 Kirkinner, Wigtownshire, Scotland Death 25 October 1918 (Age 80) Littlemill (Residence Of His Niece), Patna, Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland Loading...
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3 years #9 younger brother |
Thomas McCaig
Birth 3 September 1840 41 38 March Farm, Kirkinner, Wigtownshire, Scotland Death 9 May 1915 (Age 74) Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia Loading...
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3 years #10 younger brother |
William McCaig
Birth about 1844 44 42 March Farm?, Kirkinner, Wigtownshire, Scotland Death 16 March 1925 (Age 81) Low Balcray, Whithorn, Wigtownshire, Scotland Loading...
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5 years #11 younger sister |
Jane Richmond McCaig
Birth 21 June 1848 48 46 March Farm, Kirkinner, Wigtownshire, Scotland Death 25 May 1868 (Age 19) Burnstoun/Brunston, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Loading...
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Family with Ivie Campbell - View family |
husband |
Ivie Campbell
Birth 30 August 1833 34 25 Dalgig, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 18 December 1910 (Age 77) Craigman, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Loading...
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-1 years herself |
Christina McCaig
Birth 10 September 1832 33 30 Strone, Glen Trool, Minnigaff, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland Death 23 May 1892 (Age 59) Craigman, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Loading...
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Marriage: 12 November 1861 — King St Independent Chapel, Dudley, Wor, England |
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20 months #1 son |
Ivie Campbell
Birth 4 July 1863 29 30 Craigman, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 26 August 1920 (Age 57) 800 Crow Road, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland Loading...
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22 months #2 daughter |
Jeanie Richmond Campbell
Baptism 29 April 1865 31 32 Craigman, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 21 September 1938 Craigman, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Loading...
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21 months #3 son |
Thomas McCaig Campbell
Birth 25 January 1867 33 34 Dalgig, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 19 May 1926 (Age 59) Saskatoon, Sas, Canada Loading...
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23 months #4 son |
John Richmond Campbell
Birth 6 January 1869 35 36 Dalgig, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 10 March 1897 (Age 28) Craigman, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Loading...
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Christina McCaig has 47 first cousins recorded
Father's family (0)
Mother's family (47)
Parents William Graham + Isabel Campbell
Parents William Brown + Jean Campbell
Parents Alexander Rowan + Tomina Campbell
Parents Andrew Campbell + Janet Campbell
Parents David Ferguson + Helen Campbell
Parents Ivie Campbell + Jean Richmond
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. |
Census | 9, No |
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. |
Marriage | BESIDES the above who signed the registry, another friend Mr W Couchin? was also within Chapel. We returned to Rosehill after the marriage, had breakfast, after which the eight of us went in two carriages to Enville Gardens, and after we returned has tea and supper with the following friends who had been invited for the wedding, Mr & Mrs Thomas Stevenson, Mr & Mrs James Stevenson, Mr & Mrs Reed & Mr John McTark?, Mrs D Stevenson (Maggie McCaig) and with singing and dancing and stories, very happy evening was spent. Christina and I left by the 10 o'clock train for Carlisle. |
Marriage | BESIDES the above who signed the registry, another friend Mr W Couchin? was also within Chapel. We returned to Rosehill after the marriage, had breakfast, after which the eight of us went in two carriages to Enville Gardens, and after we returned has tea and supper with the following friends who had been invited for the wedding, Mr & Mrs Thomas Stevenson, Mr & Mrs James Stevenson, Mr & Mrs Reed & Mr John McTark?, Mrs D Stevenson (Maggie McCaig) and with singing and dancing and stories, very happy evening was spent. Christina and I left by the 10 o'clock train for Carlisle. |
Residence | Residence at time of marriage |
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. |
Census | Christina Campbell, 38, wife, mar, bn Minnigaff, WIG |
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. |
Census | Wife Mar 48yrs bn Minnigaff, Kirkcudbright SCT |
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. |
Census | Christina Campbell, 58, wife, mar, bn Minnigaff WIG |
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. |
Death | BURIED Auld Kirk New Cumnock |
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