Isabella GreggAge: 711842–1914
- Name
- Isabella Gregg
- Given names
- Isabella
- Surname
- Gregg
| Birth | 7 September 1842 36 32 Killycreen, Ramelton, Donegal, Ireland |
| Christening | 2 October 1842 (Age 25 days) Killycreen, Ramelton, Donegal, Ireland |
| Marriage | Henry Gimber - View family |
| Death of a sister | 1842
elder sister -
Jane Gregg
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| Australian History | 1842 Note: Copper is discovered at Kapunda in South Australia. |
| Australian History | 1843 (Age 3 months) 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 | 4 February 1844 (Age 16 months) Killycreen, Ramelton, Donegal, Ireland
younger brother -
William Gregg
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| Christening of a brother | 17 March 1844 (Age 18 months) Killycreen, Ramelton, Donegal, Ireland
younger brother -
William Gregg
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| Birth of a brother | 15 April 1845 (Age 2) Killycreen, Ramelton, Donegal, Ireland
younger brother -
Daniel Gregg
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| Australian History | 1845 (Age 2) 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 brother | 11 May 1845 (Age 2) Killycreen, Ramelton, Donegal, Ireland
younger brother -
Daniel Gregg
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| Birth of a sister | 29 September 1846 (Age 4) Killycreen, Ramelton, Donegal, Ireland
younger sister -
Mary Gregg
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| Christening of a sister | 15 December 1846 (Age 4) Killycreen, Ramelton, Donegal, Ireland
younger sister -
Mary Gregg
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| Birth of a brother | 26 March 1848 (Age 5) Killycreen, Ramelton, Donegal, Ireland
younger brother -
Richard Gregg
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| Christening of a brother | 29 May 1848 (Age 5) Killycreen, Ramelton, Donegal, Ireland
younger brother -
Richard Gregg
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| Birth of a sister | about 1849 (Age 6) Killycreen, Ramelton, Donegal, Ireland
younger sister -
Elizabeth Gregg
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| Australian History | 1850 (Age 7) 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 paternal grandfather | 10 July 1851 (Age 8) Ramelton, Donegal, Ulster, Ireland
paternal grandfather -
Daniel Gregg
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| Australian History | 1851 (Age 8) 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 10) Note: Bendigo Petition and Red Ribbon Rebellion at Bendigo |
| Australian History | 1854 (Age 11) Note: The Eureka Stockade |
| Australian History | 1855 (Age 12) 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 13) Note: Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania. |
| Birth of a brother | 18 February 1857 (Age 14) Killycreen, Ramelton, Donegal, Ireland
younger brother -
Moses Gregg Jr
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| Birth of a sister | 18 February 1857 (Age 14) Killycreen, Ramelton, Donegal, Ireland
younger sister -
Annie Gregg
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| Death of a paternal grandmother | 7 July 1857 (Age 14) Cashelshanaghan, Augnish, Donegal, Ireland
paternal grandmother -
Jane Graham
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| Australian History | 1857 (Age 14) 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 15) Note: Sydney and Melbourne linked by electric telegraph. Note: New South Wales men achieve the right to vote. |
| Australian History | 1859 (Age 16) 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. |
| Birth of a sister | 22 November 1860 (Age 18) Killycreen, Ramelton, Donegal, Ireland
younger sister -
Jane "Jennie" Gregg
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| Death of a mother | 25 November 1860 (Age 18) Ramelton, Donegal, Ireland
mother -
Mary Anne Black
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| Australian History | 1860 (Age 17) 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 18) 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 19) Note: Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139 degrees E. |
| Australian History | 1863 (Age 20) Note: South Australia takes control of the Northern Territory which was part of the colony of New South Wales. |
| Australian History | 1867 (Age 24) Note: Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland. Note: Saint Mary MacKillop founds Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart. |
| Australian History | 1868 (Age 25) Note: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases. |
| Marriage of a brother | Richard Gregg - View family 2 November 1869 (Age 27) Stanwood, Cedar, Iowa, USA
younger brother -
Richard Gregg
sister-in-law -
Sarah Anne Macoubrey
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| Death of a brother | about 1869 (Age 26)
younger brother -
William Gregg
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| Australian History | 1869 (Age 26) 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 29) Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens. |
| Marriage of a sister | Mary Gregg - View family 25 February 1873 (Age 30)
brother-in-law -
John Smith
younger sister -
Mary Gregg
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| Australian History | 1873 (Age 30) Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock. |
| Death of a sister | 1875 (Age 32)
elder sister -
Mattie Gregg
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| Australian History | 1875 (Age 32) 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 35) Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Australian History | 1879 (Age 36) Note: The first congress of trade unions is held. |
| Australian History | 1880 (Age 37) Note: The bushranger Ned Kelly is hanged. Note: Parliamentarians in Victoria become the first in Australia to be paid for their work. |
| Death of a sister | 21 January 1881 (Age 38)
younger sister -
Mary Gregg
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| Australian History | 1882 (Age 39) Note: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Australian History | 1883 (Age 40) Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill |
| Death of a father | January 1884 (Age 41) Traer, Tama, Iowa, USA
father -
Moses Gregg Sr
|
| Australian History | 1887 (Age 44) 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 46) Note: The completion of the railway network between Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney. Note: Sir Henry Parkes delivers the Tenterfield Oration. |
| Australian History | 1890 (Age 47) Note: The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention. |
| Australian History | 1891 (Age 48) 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 |
| Marriage of a sister | Annie Gregg - View family 3 November 1892 (Age 50)
brother-in-law -
Elliott Green Crouch
younger sister -
Annie Gregg
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| Australian History | 1892 (Age 49) Note: Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia. |
| Australian History | 1893 (Age 50) 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 51) 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 52) 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 53) Note: The Bathurst Conference (the second 'people's convention') meets to discuss the 1891 draft constitution |
| Australian History | 1897 (Age 54) 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 (Age 55) 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. |
| Australian History | 1899 (Age 56) 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. |
| Australian History | 1900 (Age 57) 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 |
| Australian History | 1901 (Age 58) 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 |
| Australian History | 1902 (Age 59) 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 (Age 60) 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 (Age 61) 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 (Age 63) Note: Australia takes control of south-eastern New Guinea |
| Australian History | 1908 (Age 65) Note: Dorothea Mackellar publishes My Country Note: The Dalgety proposal for the national capital is revoked, and Canberra is chosen instead |
| Australian History | 1909 (Age 66) Note: The first powered aeroplane flight in Australia is made. |
| Australian History | 1910 (Age 67) Note: Andrew Fisher forms the first federal majority Labor government. |
| Australian History | 1911 (Age 68) 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. |
| Australian History | 1912 (Age 69) 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 (Age 70) Note: Blaxland, Lawson and Wentworth cross the Blue Mountains. Note: Matthew Flinders refers to New South Wales by the name 'Australia'. |
| Australian History | 1913 (Age 70) Note: The foundation stone for the city of Canberra is put in place |
| Death of a brother | 14 April 1914 (Age 71)
younger brother -
Daniel Gregg
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| Australian History | 1914 (on the date of death) 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. |
| Death | 1914 (Age 71) |
| Family with parents - View family |
| father |
Moses Gregg Sr
Birth 6 June 1806 23 23 Killycreen, Ramelton, Donegal, Ireland Death January 1884 (Age 77) Traer, Tama, Iowa, USA Loading...
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4 years mother |
Mary Anne Black
Birth about 1810 Ballgreen, Donegal, Ireland Death 25 November 1860 (Age 50) Ramelton, Donegal, Ireland Loading...
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Marriage: 21 February 1839 — Ramelton, Donegal, Ireland |
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-2 months #1 elder sister |
Jane Gregg
Birth 1839 32 29 Killycreen, Ramelton, Donegal, Ireland Death 1842 (Age 3) Loading...
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2 years #2 elder sister |
Mattie Gregg
Birth 25 March 1841 34 31 Killycreen, Ramelton, Donegal, Ireland Death 1875 (Age 33) Loading...
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17 months #3 herself |
Isabella Gregg
Birth 7 September 1842 36 32 Killycreen, Ramelton, Donegal, Ireland Death 1914 (Age 71) Loading...
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17 months #4 younger brother |
William Gregg
Birth 4 February 1844 37 34 Killycreen, Ramelton, Donegal, Ireland Death about 1869 (Age 24) Loading...
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14 months #5 younger brother |
Daniel Gregg
Birth 15 April 1845 38 35 Killycreen, Ramelton, Donegal, Ireland Death 14 April 1914 (Age 68) Loading...
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17 months #6 younger sister |
Mary Gregg
Birth 29 September 1846 40 36 Killycreen, Ramelton, Donegal, Ireland Death 21 January 1881 (Age 34) Loading...
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18 months #7 younger brother |
Richard Gregg
Birth 26 March 1848 41 38 Killycreen, Ramelton, Donegal, Ireland Death 16 July 1925 (Age 77) Tipton, Cedar, Iowa, USA Loading...
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9 months #8 younger sister |
Elizabeth Gregg
Birth about 1849 42 39 Killycreen, Ramelton, Donegal, Ireland Death yes Loading...
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8 years #9 younger brother |
Moses Gregg Jr
Birth 18 February 1857 50 47 Killycreen, Ramelton, Donegal, Ireland Death 1 November 1948 (Age 91) Loading...
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| #10 younger sister |
Annie Gregg
Birth 18 February 1857 50 47 Killycreen, Ramelton, Donegal, Ireland Death 1 November 1948 (Age 91) Loading...
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4 years #11 younger sister |
Jane "Jennie" Gregg
Birth 22 November 1860 54 50 Killycreen, Ramelton, Donegal, Ireland Death 1940 (Age 79) Loading...
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| Family with Henry Gimber - View family |
| husband |
Henry Gimber
Death yes Loading...
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| herself |
Isabella Gregg
Birth 7 September 1842 36 32 Killycreen, Ramelton, Donegal, Ireland Death 1914 (Age 71) Loading...
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Marriage: yes |
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