Jane "Jennie" GreggAge: 791860–1940
- Name
- Jane "Jennie" Gregg
- Given names
- Jane "Jennie"
- Surname
- Gregg
- Nickname
- Jennie
| Birth | 22 November 1860 54 50 Killycreen, Ramelton, Donegal, Ireland |
| Marriage | John Smith - View family |
| Death of a mother | 25 November 1860 (Age 3 days) Ramelton, Donegal, Ireland
mother -
Mary Anne Black
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| 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 (Age 40 days) 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 months) Note: Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139 degrees E. |
| Australian History | 1863 (Age 2) Note: South Australia takes control of the Northern Territory which was part of the colony of New South Wales. |
| Australian History | 1867 (Age 6) Note: Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland. Note: Saint Mary MacKillop founds Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart. |
| Australian History | 1868 (Age 7) Note: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases. |
| Marriage of a brother | Richard Gregg - View family 2 November 1869 (Age 8) Stanwood, Cedar, Iowa, USA
elder brother -
Richard Gregg
sister-in-law -
Sarah Anne Macoubrey
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| Death of a brother | about 1869 (Age 8)
elder brother -
William Gregg
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| Australian History | 1869 (Age 8) 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 11) Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens. |
| Marriage of a sister | Mary Gregg - View family 25 February 1873 (Age 12)
brother-in-law -
John Smith
elder sister -
Mary Gregg
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| Australian History | 1873 (Age 12) Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock. |
| Death of a sister | 1875 (Age 14)
elder sister -
Mattie Gregg
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| Australian History | 1875 (Age 14) 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 17) Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Australian History | 1879 (Age 18) Note: The first congress of trade unions is held. |
| Australian History | 1880 (Age 19) 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 20)
elder sister -
Mary Gregg
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| Australian History | 1882 (Age 21) Note: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Australian History | 1883 (Age 22) Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill |
| Death of a father | January 1884 (Age 23) Traer, Tama, Iowa, USA
father -
Moses Gregg Sr
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| Australian History | 1887 (Age 26) 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 28) 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 29) Note: The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention. |
| Australian History | 1891 (Age 30) 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 31)
brother-in-law -
Elliott Green Crouch
elder sister -
Annie Gregg
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| Australian History | 1892 (Age 31) Note: Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia. |
| Australian History | 1893 (Age 32) 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 33) 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 34) 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 35) Note: The Bathurst Conference (the second 'people's convention') meets to discuss the 1891 draft constitution |
| Australian History | 1897 (Age 36) 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 37) 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 38) 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 39) 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 40) 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 41) 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 42) 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 43) 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 45) Note: Australia takes control of south-eastern New Guinea |
| Australian History | 1908 (Age 47) 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 48) Note: The first powered aeroplane flight in Australia is made. |
| Australian History | 1910 (Age 49) Note: Andrew Fisher forms the first federal majority Labor government. |
| Australian History | 1911 (Age 50) 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 51) 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 52) 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 52) Note: The foundation stone for the city of Canberra is put in place |
| Death of a sister | 1914 (Age 53)
elder sister -
Isabella Gregg
|
| Death of a brother | 14 April 1914 (Age 53)
elder brother -
Daniel Gregg
|
| Australian History | 1914 (Age 53) 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 54) 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 55) 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 56) 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 (Age 57) 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 (Age 58) 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 59) Note: The airline Qantas is founded |
| Australian History | 1921 (Age 60) Note: Edith Cowan becomes the first woman elected to an Australian parliament |
| Australian History | 1922 (Age 61) Note: The Smith Family charity is founded in Sydney |
| Australian History | 1923 (Age 62) Note: Vegemite is first produced |
| Death of a brother | 16 July 1925 (Age 64) Tipton, Cedar, Iowa, USA
elder brother -
Richard Gregg
|
| Australian History | 1926 (Age 65) Note: The first Miss Australia contest is held |
| Australian History | 1927 (Age 66) Note: The tenth parliament is formally opened in Canberra, finalising the move to the new capital |
| Australian History | 1928 (Age 67) Note: Bert Hinkler makes the first successful flight from Britain to Australia, and Charles Kingsford Smith makes the first flight from the United States to Australia. The Shrine of Remembrance is built. |
| Australian History | 1929 (Age 68) Note: Western Australia celebrates its centenary Note: Labor returns to office under James Scullin. The Great Depression hits Australia. |
| Australian History | 1930 (Age 69) Note: Batsman Don Bradman scores a record 452 not out in one cricket innings Note: Phar Lap wins his first Melbourne Cup |
| Australian History | 1931 (Age 70) Note: Sir Douglas Mawson charts 4,000 miles of Antarctic coastline and claims 42% of the icy mass for Australia |
| Australian History | 1932 (Age 71) Note: The Sydney Harbour Bridge opens Note: The Labor government falls and Joseph Lyons becomes Prime Minister |
| Australian History | 1933 (Age 72) Note: Western Australia votes at a rerefendum to secede from the Commonwealth, but the vote is ignored by both the Commonwealth and British governments |
| Australian History | 1936 (Age 75) Note: The last Thylacine dies |
| Australian History | 1937 (Age 76) Note: The radio series Dad and Dave begins |
| Australian History | 1938 (Age 77) Note: Sydney hosts the Empire Games, the forerunner to the Commonwealth Games |
| Australian History | 1939 (Age 78) Note: (April) Prime Minister Lyons dies in office and is replaced by Robert Menzies and the first Menzies Government Note: (September) Australia enters the Second World War following the German Invasion of Poland. The 2nd Australian Imperial Force is raised. Note: The first flight is made by an Australian-made warplane, the Wirraway Note: Victoria is devastated by the Black Friday bushfires |
| Australian History | 1940 (on the date of death) Note: A team of scientists, under Howard Florey, develops penicillin Note: Fascist Italy enters war, Royal Australian Navy engages Italian Navy in the early stages of the Battle of the Mediterranean. |
| Death | 1940 (Age 79) |
| 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 elder sister |
Isabella Gregg
Birth 7 September 1842 36 32 Killycreen, Ramelton, Donegal, Ireland Death 1914 (Age 71) Loading...
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17 months #4 elder 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 elder 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 elder 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 elder 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 elder sister |
Elizabeth Gregg
Birth about 1849 42 39 Killycreen, Ramelton, Donegal, Ireland Death yes Loading...
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8 years #9 elder 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 elder 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 herself |
Jane "Jennie" Gregg
Birth 22 November 1860 54 50 Killycreen, Ramelton, Donegal, Ireland Death 1940 (Age 79) Loading...
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| Family with John Smith - View family |
| husband |
John Smith
Death yes Loading...
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| herself |
Jane "Jennie" Gregg
Birth 22 November 1860 54 50 Killycreen, Ramelton, Donegal, Ireland Death 1940 (Age 79) Loading...
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Marriage: yes |
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