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Eleanor Graham GreggAge: 581828–1887

Name
Eleanor Graham Gregg
Given names
Eleanor Graham
Surname
Gregg
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Birth 2 February 1828 45 45
 Killycreen, Donegal, Ireland

Death of a sister 17 February 1828 (Age 15 days)
 

elder sister - Jean Gregg
Death of a paternal grandfather 21 July 1828 (Age 5 months)
 Moneylaggan, Donegal, Ireland

paternal grandfather - Richard Gregg
Australian History 1828
 

Note: Charles Sturt charts the Darling River.
Death of a brother 21 July 1829 (Age 17 months)
 Gladbrook, Tama, Iowa, USA

elder brother - Richard Gregg
Australian History 1829 (Age 10 months)
 

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 22 months)
 

Note: Sturt arrives at Goolwa, having charted the Murray River.
Australian History 1831 (Age 2)
 

Note: Sydney Herald (later to become The Sydney Morning Herald) first published.
Australian History 1832 (Age 3)
 

Note: Swan River Colony has its name changed to Western Australia.
Australian History 1833 (Age 4)
 

Note: The penal settlement of Port Arthur is founded in Van Diemen's Land.
Australian History 1835 (Age 6)
 

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.
Death of a sister 14 November 1836 (Age 8)
 

elder sister - Isabella Gregg
Australian History 1836 (Age 7)
 

Note: Province of South Australia proclaimed with its western border at 132 degrees E.
Australian History 1838 (Age 9)
 

Note: First Prussian settlers arrive in South Australia; the largest group on non-British migrants in Australia at the time.
Marriage of a brotherMoses Gregg Sr - View family
21 February 1839 (Age 11)
 Ramelton, Donegal, Ireland

elder brother - Moses Gregg Sr
sister-in-law - Mary Anne Black
Marriage of a sisterMartha Gregg - View family
23 May 1839 (Age 11)
 Ramelton, Donegal, Ireland

brother-in-law - John Spencer
elder sister - Martha Gregg
Australian History 1839 (Age 10)
 

Note: Paul Edmund Strzelecki becomes first European to ascend and name Australia's highest peak, Mount Kosciuszko.
Australian History 1840 (Age 11)
 

Note: Australia's first municipal authority, the City of Adelaide, is established, followed by Sydney City Council.
Australian History 1841 (Age 12)
 

Note: New Zealand is proclaimed as a separate colony, no longer part of New South Wales.
Marriage of a brotherDaniel Gregg Jr - View family
6 October 1842 (Age 14)
 Ramelton, Donegal, Ireland

elder brother - Daniel Gregg Jr
sister-in-law - Isabella Ellison
Australian History 1842 (Age 13)
 

Note: Copper is discovered at Kapunda in South Australia.
Australian History 1843 (Age 14)
 

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 16)
 

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 21)
 

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.
Death of a father 10 July 1851 (Age 23)
 Ramelton, Donegal, Ulster, Ireland

father - Daniel Gregg
Australian History 1851 (Age 22)
 

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 24)
 

Note: Bendigo Petition and Red Ribbon Rebellion at Bendigo
Australian History 1854 (Age 25)
 

Note: The Eureka Stockade
Australian History 1855 (Age 26)
 

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 27)
 

Note: Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania.
Death of a mother 7 July 1857 (Age 29)
 Cashelshanaghan, Augnish, Donegal, Ireland

mother - Jane Graham
Australian History 1857 (Age 28)
 

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 29)
 

Note: Sydney and Melbourne linked by electric telegraph.
Note: New South Wales men achieve the right to vote.
Australian History 1859 (Age 30)
 

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 31)
 

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 32)
 

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 33)
 

Note: Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139 degrees E.
Australian History 1863 (Age 34)
 

Note: South Australia takes control of the Northern Territory which was part of the colony of New South Wales.
Australian History 1867 (Age 38)
 

Note: Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland.
Note: Saint Mary MacKillop founds Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart.
Australian History 1868 (Age 39)
 

Note: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases.
Australian History 1869 (Age 40)
 

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 43)
 

Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens.
Australian History 1873 (Age 44)
 

Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock.
Death of a brother 9 November 1875 (Age 47)
 

elder brother - Daniel Gregg Jr
Australian History 1875 (Age 46)
 

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 49)
 

Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.
Australian History 1879 (Age 50)
 

Note: The first congress of trade unions is held.
Death of a sister 30 October 1880 (Age 52)
 

elder sister - Martha Gregg
Australian History 1880 (Age 51)
 

Note: The bushranger Ned Kelly is hanged.
Note: Parliamentarians in Victoria become the first in Australia to be paid for their work.
Australian History 1882 (Age 53)
 

Note: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.
Australian History 1883 (Age 54)
 

Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway
Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill
Death of a brother January 1884 (Age 55)
 Traer, Tama, Iowa, USA

elder brother - Moses Gregg Sr
Australian History 1887 (on the date of death)
 

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 1887 (Age 58)
 

Family with parents - View family
father
Daniel Gregg

Birth about 1783 43  Donegal, Ireland

Death 10 July 1851 (Age 68)  Ramelton, Donegal, Ulster, Ireland

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mother
Jane Graham

Birth about 1783  Altrincham, Cheshire, England

Death 7 July 1857 (Age 74)  Cashelshanaghan, Augnish, Donegal, Ireland

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Marriage: 30 May 1805 — Ramelton, Donegal, Ireland
1 year
#1 elder brother
Moses Gregg Sr

Birth 6 June 1806 23 23  Killycreen, Ramelton, Donegal, Ireland

Death January 1884 (Age 77)  Traer, Tama, Iowa, USA

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20 months
#2 elder sister
Jane Gregg

Birth 11 February 1808 25 25  Killycreen, Donegal, Ireland

Death 31 August 1809 (Age 18 months)  

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18 months
#3 elder brother
Richard Gregg

Birth 28 July 1809 26 26  Ramelton, Donegal, Ireland

Death 21 July 1829 (Age 19)  Gladbrook, Tama, Iowa, USA

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3 years
#4 elder brother
Daniel Gregg Jr

Birth 17 May 1812 29 29  Killycreen, Ramelton, Donegal, Ireland

Death 9 November 1875 (Age 63)  

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#5 elder sister
Jean Gregg

Birth 17 May 1812 29 29  Killycreen, Donegal, Ireland

Death 17 February 1828 (Age 15)  

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20 months
#6 elder sister
Isabella Gregg

Birth 16 January 1814 31 31  Killycreen, Ramelton, Donegal, Ireland

Death 14 November 1836 (Age 22)  

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4 years
#7 elder brother
Robert Gregg

Birth 5 July 1817 34 34  Killycreen, Ramelton, Donegal, Ireland

Death 26 May 1909 (Age 91)  

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#8 elder brother
William Gregg

Birth 5 July 1817 34 34  Killycreen, Ramelton, Donegal, Ireland

Death 26 May 1909 (Age 91)  Ontario, California, USA

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20 months
#9 elder sister
Martha Gregg

Birth 19 February 1819 36 36  Killycreen, Ramelton, Donegal, Ireland

Death 20 April 1820 (Age 14 months)  

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22 months
#10 elder sister
Martha Gregg

Birth 1821 38 38  

Death 30 October 1880 (Age 59)  

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7 years
#11 herself
Eleanor Graham Gregg

Birth 2 February 1828 45 45  Killycreen, Donegal, Ireland

Death 1887 (Age 58)  

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Eleanor Graham Gregg has 16 first cousins recorded

Father's family (16)

Parents Robert Gregg + Mattie Mc Clure
1 Richard Gregg 1790–1864
2 Finlay Gregg Sr ?–?
3 Robert Gregg 1810–?
4 Mary Gregg 1815–?
5 Jeanie Gregg ?–?
6 Eliza Gregg ?–?
Parents Robert Gregg + Peggy Starritt
1 Margaret Rose Gregg ?–?
2 Daniel Mc Entosh Gregg Sr. 1819–1889
3 Nancy Gregg ?–?
4 Martha "Mattie" Gregg 1822–1885
5 William Gregg 1837–?
Parents Richard Gregg + Fanny McClure
1 Sarah Gregg 1812–1894 Birth
2 John Gregg 1829–1908 Birth
3 Daniel Gregg 1831–1901 Birth
Parents John Gailey + Mattie Gregg
1 John Gailey ?–?
2 Sarah Gailey 1810–?

Mother's family (0)

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