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Richard GreggAge: 771848–1925

Name
Richard Gregg
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Richard
Surname
Gregg
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Birth 26 March 1848 41 38
 Killycreen, Ramelton, Donegal, Ireland

Christening 29 May 1848 (Age 2 months)
 Killycreen, Ramelton, Donegal, Ireland

Birth of a sister about 1849 (Age 9 months)
 Killycreen, Ramelton, Donegal, Ireland

younger sister - Elizabeth Gregg
Australian History 1850 (Age 21 months)
 

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 3)
 Ramelton, Donegal, Ulster, Ireland

paternal grandfather - Daniel Gregg
Australian History 1851 (Age 2)
 

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 4)
 

Note: Bendigo Petition and Red Ribbon Rebellion at Bendigo
Australian History 1854 (Age 5)
 

Note: The Eureka Stockade
Australian History 1855 (Age 6)
 

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 7)
 

Note: Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania.
Birth of a brother 18 February 1857 (Age 8)
 Killycreen, Ramelton, Donegal, Ireland

younger brother - Moses Gregg Jr
Birth of a sister 18 February 1857 (Age 8)
 Killycreen, Ramelton, Donegal, Ireland

younger sister - Annie Gregg
Death of a paternal grandmother 7 July 1857 (Age 9)
 Cashelshanaghan, Augnish, Donegal, Ireland

paternal grandmother - Jane Graham
Australian History 1857 (Age 8)
 

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 9)
 

Note: Sydney and Melbourne linked by electric telegraph.
Note: New South Wales men achieve the right to vote.
Australian History 1859 (Age 10)
 

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 12)
 Killycreen, Ramelton, Donegal, Ireland

younger sister - Jane "Jennie" Gregg
Death of a mother 25 November 1860 (Age 12)
 Ramelton, Donegal, Ireland

mother - Mary Anne Black
Australian History 1860 (Age 11)
 

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 12)
 

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 13)
 

Note: Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139 degrees E.
Australian History 1863 (Age 14)
 

Note: South Australia takes control of the Northern Territory which was part of the colony of New South Wales.
Australian History 1867 (Age 18)
 

Note: Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland.
Note: Saint Mary MacKillop founds Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart.
Australian History 1868 (Age 19)
 

Note: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases.
MarriageSarah Anne Macoubrey - View family
2 November 1869 (Age 21)
 Stanwood, Cedar, Iowa, USA

Death of a brother about 1869 (Age 20)
 

elder brother - William Gregg
Australian History 1869 (Age 20)
 

Note: Children of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent are removed from their families by Australian and State government agencies.
Birth of a daughter
#1		 26 March 1870 (Age 22)
 Stanwood, Cedar, Iowa, USA

daughter - Jane "Jennie" Gregg
Birth of a daughter
#2		 3 May 1870 (Age 22)
 Stanwood, Cedar, Iowa, USA

daughter - Jane Macoubrey Gregg
Birth of a son
#3		 22 December 1872 (Age 24)
 Stanwood, Cedar, Iowa, USA

son - Robert Macoubrey Gregg
Australian History 1872 (Age 23)
 

Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens.
Marriage of a sisterMary Gregg - View family
25 February 1873 (Age 24)
 

brother-in-law - John Smith
elder sister - Mary Gregg
Australian History 1873 (Age 24)
 

Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock.
Birth of a daughter
#4		 December 1874 (Age 26)
 Stanwood, Cedar, Iowa, USA

daughter - Mary Smith Gregg
Death of a sister 1875 (Age 26)
 

elder sister - Mattie Gregg
Australian History 1875 (Age 26)
 

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 daughter
#5		 December 1876 (Age 28)
 Traer, Tama, Iowa, USA

daughter - Sadie Isabell Gregg
Birth of a son
#6		 23 February 1878 (Age 29)
 Rose City, Tama, Iowa, USA

son - William Black Gregg
Australian History 1878 (Age 29)
 

Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.
Birth of a son
#7		 18 December 1879 (Age 31)
 Rochester, Cedar, Iowa, USA

son - Richard Daniel Gregg
Australian History 1879 (Age 30)
 

Note: The first congress of trade unions is held.
Australian History 1880 (Age 31)
 

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 32)
 

elder sister - Mary Gregg
Birth of a daughter
#8		 1 December 1882 (Age 34)
 Stanwood, Cedar, Iowa, USA

daughter - Mildred (Maria) (Mcmillan) Gregg
Australian History 1882 (Age 33)
 

Note: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.
Australian History 1883 (Age 34)
 

Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway
Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill
Death of a father January 1884 (Age 35)
 Traer, Tama, Iowa, USA

father - Moses Gregg Sr
Birth of a son
#9		 17 February 1884 (Age 35)
 Tipton, Cedar, Iowa, USA

son - Christy Brown Gregg
Birth of a daughter
#10		 11 March 1886 (Age 37)
 Tipton, Cedar, Iowa, USA

daughter - Anna Myrtle Gregg
Australian History 1887 (Age 38)
 

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 40)
 

Note: The completion of the railway network between Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney.
Note: Sir Henry Parkes delivers the Tenterfield Oration.
Birth of a son
#11		 13 April 1890 (Age 42)
 Tipton, Cedar, Iowa, USA

son - Paul Eugene Gregg
Australian History 1890 (Age 41)
 

Note: The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention.
Australian History 1891 (Age 42)
 

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 sisterAnnie Gregg - View family
3 November 1892 (Age 44)
 

brother-in-law - Elliott Green Crouch
younger sister - Annie Gregg
Australian History 1892 (Age 43)
 

Note: Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia.
Australian History 1893 (Age 44)
 

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.
Marriage of a daughterJane Macoubrey Gregg - View family
27 February 1894 (Age 45)
 Tipton, Cedar, Iowa, USA

son-in-law - John Edwin Willer
daughter - Jane Macoubrey Gregg
Australian History 1894 (Age 45)
 

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 46)
 

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 47)
 

Note: The Bathurst Conference (the second 'people's convention') meets to discuss the 1891 draft constitution
Australian History 1897 (Age 48)
 

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 49)
 

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 sonRobert Macoubrey Gregg - View family
15 February 1899 (Age 50)
 Tipton, Cedar, Iowa, USA

son - Robert Macoubrey Gregg
daughter-in-law - Etha Waldo Curry
Birth of a grandson
#1		 7 November 1899 (Age 51)
 Tipton, Cedar, Iowa, USA

grandson - Robert Weston Gregg
Australian History 1899 (Age 50)
 

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 51)
 

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
Death of a daughter 18 November 1901 (Age 53)
 Tipton, Cedar, Iowa, USA

daughter - Mary Smith Gregg
Australian History 1901 (Age 52)
 

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 53)
 

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 54)
 

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
Birth of a granddaughter
#2		 3 March 1904 (Age 55)
 Tipton, Cedar, Iowa, USA

granddaughter - Helen Lucile Gregg
Australian History 1904 (Age 55)
 

Note: A site at Dalgety, New South Wales chosen for the new national capital
Note: Chris Watson forms the first federal Labor (minority) government
Marriage of a sonWilliam Black Gregg - View family
19 June 1906 (Age 58)
 Ida Grove, Ida, Iowa, USA

son - William Black Gregg
daughter-in-law - Ethel Perham Hubbard
Australian History 1906 (Age 57)
 

Note: Australia takes control of south-eastern New Guinea
Birth of a granddaughter
#3		 14 June 1908 (Age 60)
 Seattle, King, Washington, USA

granddaughter - Dorothy Elizabeth Gregg
Death of a daughter 7 December 1908 (Age 60)
 Davenport, Scott, Iowa, USA

daughter - Sadie Isabell Gregg
Australian History 1908 (Age 59)
 

Note: Dorothea Mackellar publishes My Country
Note: The Dalgety proposal for the national capital is revoked, and Canberra is chosen instead
Death of a son 1909 (Age 60)
 

son - Richard Daniel Gregg
Australian History 1909 (Age 60)
 

Note: The first powered aeroplane flight in Australia is made.
Marriage of a daughterAnna Myrtle Gregg - View family
24 March 1910 (Age 61)
 Tipton, Cedar, Iowa, USA

son-in-law - Lloyd Hanna
daughter - Anna Myrtle Gregg
Marriage of a daughterMildred (Maria) (Mcmillan) Gregg - View family
3 August 1910 (Age 62)
 

son-in-law - Walter M. Ball
daughter - Mildred (Maria) (Mcmillan) Gregg
Australian History 1910 (Age 61)
 

Note: Andrew Fisher forms the first federal majority Labor government.
Australian History 1911 (Age 62)
 

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 63)
 

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
Marriage of a sonChristy Brown Gregg - View family
2 April 1913 (Age 65)
 

son - Christy Brown Gregg
daughter-in-law - Winifred Mc Cracken
Australian History 1913 (Age 64)
 

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 64)
 

Note: The foundation stone for the city of Canberra is put in place
Death of a sister 1914 (Age 65)
 

elder sister - Isabella Gregg
Death of a brother 14 April 1914 (Age 66)
 

elder brother - Daniel Gregg
Australian History 1914 (Age 65)
 

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 (Age 66)
 

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 (Age 67)
 

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 (Age 68)
 

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.
Death of a wife 18 January 1918 (Age 69)
 Tipton, Cedar, Iowa, USA

wife - Sarah Anne Macoubrey
Burial of a wife 21 January 1918 (Age 69)
 Tipton, Cedar, Iowa, USA

wife - Sarah Anne Macoubrey
Australian History 1918 (Age 69)
 

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.
Marriage of a grandsonRobert Weston Gregg - View family
14 August 1919 (Age 71)
 

grandson - Robert Weston Gregg
grandson's wife - Marena Nelson
Australian History 1919 (Age 70)
 

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 (Age 71)
 

Note: The airline Qantas is founded
Australian History 1921 (Age 72)
 

Note: Edith Cowan becomes the first woman elected to an Australian parliament
Australian History 1922 (Age 73)
 

Note: The Smith Family charity is founded in Sydney
Australian History 1923 (Age 74)
 

Note: Vegemite is first produced
Death 16 July 1925 (Age 77)
 Tipton, Cedar, Iowa, USA

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

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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

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Marriage: 21 February 1839 — Ramelton, Donegal, Ireland
-2 months
#1 elder sister
Jane Gregg

Birth 1839 32 29  Killycreen, Ramelton, Donegal, Ireland

Death 1842 (Age 3)  

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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)  

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17 months
#3 elder sister
Isabella Gregg

Birth 7 September 1842 36 32  Killycreen, Ramelton, Donegal, Ireland

Death 1914 (Age 71)  

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#4 elder brother
William Gregg

Birth 4 February 1844 37 34  Killycreen, Ramelton, Donegal, Ireland

Death about 1869 (Age 24)  

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#5 elder brother
Daniel Gregg

Birth 15 April 1845 38 35  Killycreen, Ramelton, Donegal, Ireland

Death 14 April 1914 (Age 68)  

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17 months
#6 elder sister
Mary Gregg

Birth 29 September 1846 40 36  Killycreen, Ramelton, Donegal, Ireland

Death 21 January 1881 (Age 34)  

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18 months
#7 himself
Richard Gregg

Birth 26 March 1848 41 38  Killycreen, Ramelton, Donegal, Ireland

Death 16 July 1925 (Age 77)  Tipton, Cedar, Iowa, USA

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#8 younger sister
Elizabeth Gregg

Birth about 1849 42 39  Killycreen, Ramelton, Donegal, Ireland

Death yes  

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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)  

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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)  

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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)  

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Family with Sarah Anne Macoubrey - View family
himself
Richard Gregg

Birth 26 March 1848 41 38  Killycreen, Ramelton, Donegal, Ireland

Death 16 July 1925 (Age 77)  Tipton, Cedar, Iowa, USA

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3 years
wife
Sarah Anne Macoubrey

Birth 9 February 1851  New York, New York, USA

Death 18 January 1918 (Age 66)  Tipton, Cedar, Iowa, USA

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Marriage: 2 November 1869 — Stanwood, Cedar, Iowa, USA
5 months
#1 daughter
Jane "Jennie" Gregg

Birth 26 March 1870 22 19  Stanwood, Cedar, Iowa, USA

Death 9 February 1956 (Age 85)  

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#2 daughter
Jane Macoubrey Gregg

Birth 3 May 1870 22 19  Stanwood, Cedar, Iowa, USA

Death 9 September 1956 (Age 86)  Tipton, Cedar, Iowa, USA

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3 years
#3 son
Robert Macoubrey Gregg

Birth 22 December 1872 24 21  Stanwood, Cedar, Iowa, USA

Death 7 March 1935 (Age 62)  Carthage, Hancock, Illinois, USA

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23 months
#4 daughter
Mary Smith Gregg

Birth December 1874 26 23  Stanwood, Cedar, Iowa, USA

Death 18 November 1901 (Age 26)  Tipton, Cedar, Iowa, USA

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2 years
#5 daughter
Sadie Isabell Gregg

Birth December 1876 28 25  Traer, Tama, Iowa, USA

Death 7 December 1908 (Age 32)  Davenport, Scott, Iowa, USA

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15 months
#6 son
William Black Gregg

Birth 23 February 1878 29 27  Rose City, Tama, Iowa, USA

Death 21 September 1951 (Age 73)  Tacoma, Thurston, Washington, USA

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#7 son
Richard Daniel Gregg

Birth 18 December 1879 31 28  Rochester, Cedar, Iowa, USA

Death 1909 (Age 29)  

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3 years
#8 daughter
Mildred (Maria) (Mcmillan) Gregg

Birth 1 December 1882 34 31  Stanwood, Cedar, Iowa, USA

Death 17 January 1944 (Age 61)  Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA

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15 months
#9 son
Christy Brown Gregg

Birth 17 February 1884 35 33  Tipton, Cedar, Iowa, USA

Death  Tacoma, Thurston, Washington, USA

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2 years
#10 daughter
Anna Myrtle Gregg

Birth 11 March 1886 37 35  Tipton, Cedar, Iowa, USA

Death 10 June 1954 (Age 68)  

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4 years
#11 son
Paul Eugene Gregg

Birth 13 April 1890 42 39  Tipton, Cedar, Iowa, USA

Death 14 April 1966 (Age 76)  Egan, Moody, South Dakota, USA

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