Robert Macoubrey GreggAge: 621872–1935
- Name
- Robert Macoubrey Gregg
- Given names
- Robert Macoubrey
- Surname
- Gregg
| Birth | 22 December 1872 24 21 Stanwood, Cedar, Iowa, USA |
| Australian History | 1872 Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens. |
| Australian History | 1873 (Age 10 days) Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock. |
| Birth of a sister | December 1874 (Age 23 months) Stanwood, Cedar, Iowa, USA
younger sister -
Mary Smith Gregg
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| Australian History | 1875 (Age 2) 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 sister | December 1876 (Age 3) Traer, Tama, Iowa, USA
younger sister -
Sadie Isabell Gregg
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| Birth of a brother | 23 February 1878 (Age 5) Rose City, Tama, Iowa, USA
younger brother -
William Black Gregg
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| Australian History | 1878 (Age 5) Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Birth of a brother | 18 December 1879 (Age 6) Rochester, Cedar, Iowa, USA
younger brother -
Richard Daniel Gregg
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| Australian History | 1879 (Age 6) Note: The first congress of trade unions is held. |
| Australian History | 1880 (Age 7) Note: The bushranger Ned Kelly is hanged. Note: Parliamentarians in Victoria become the first in Australia to be paid for their work. |
| Birth of a sister | 1 December 1882 (Age 9) Stanwood, Cedar, Iowa, USA
younger sister -
Mildred (Maria) (Mcmillan) Gregg
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| Australian History | 1882 (Age 9) Note: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Australian History | 1883 (Age 10) Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | January 1884 (Age 11) Traer, Tama, Iowa, USA
paternal grandfather -
Moses Gregg Sr
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| Birth of a brother | 17 February 1884 (Age 11) Tipton, Cedar, Iowa, USA
younger brother -
Christy Brown Gregg
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| Birth of a sister | 11 March 1886 (Age 13) Tipton, Cedar, Iowa, USA
younger sister -
Anna Myrtle Gregg
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| Australian History | 1887 (Age 14) 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 16) Note: The completion of the railway network between Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney. Note: Sir Henry Parkes delivers the Tenterfield Oration. |
| Birth of a brother | 13 April 1890 (Age 17) Tipton, Cedar, Iowa, USA
younger brother -
Paul Eugene Gregg
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| Australian History | 1890 (Age 17) Note: The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention. |
| Australian History | 1891 (Age 18) 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 19) Note: Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia. |
| Australian History | 1893 (Age 20) 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 sister | Jane Macoubrey Gregg - View family 27 February 1894 (Age 21) Tipton, Cedar, Iowa, USA
brother-in-law -
John Edwin Willer
elder sister -
Jane Macoubrey Gregg
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| Australian History | 1894 (Age 21) 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 22) 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 23) Note: The Bathurst Conference (the second 'people's convention') meets to discuss the 1891 draft constitution |
| Australian History | 1897 (Age 24) 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 25) 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 | Etha Waldo Curry - View family 15 February 1899 (Age 26) Tipton, Cedar, Iowa, USA |
| Birth of a son #1 | 7 November 1899 (Age 26) Tipton, Cedar, Iowa, USA
son -
Robert Weston Gregg
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| Australian History | 1899 (Age 26) 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 27) 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 sister | 18 November 1901 (Age 28) Tipton, Cedar, Iowa, USA
younger sister -
Mary Smith Gregg
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| Australian History | 1901 (Age 28) 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 29) 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 30) 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 daughter #2 | 3 March 1904 (Age 31) Tipton, Cedar, Iowa, USA
daughter -
Helen Lucile Gregg
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| Australian History | 1904 (Age 31) 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 brother | William Black Gregg - View family 19 June 1906 (Age 33) Ida Grove, Ida, Iowa, USA
younger brother -
William Black Gregg
sister-in-law -
Ethel Perham Hubbard
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| Australian History | 1906 (Age 33) Note: Australia takes control of south-eastern New Guinea |
| Death of a sister | 7 December 1908 (Age 35) Davenport, Scott, Iowa, USA
younger sister -
Sadie Isabell Gregg
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| Australian History | 1908 (Age 35) Note: Dorothea Mackellar publishes My Country Note: The Dalgety proposal for the national capital is revoked, and Canberra is chosen instead |
| Death of a brother | 1909 (Age 36)
younger brother -
Richard Daniel Gregg
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| Australian History | 1909 (Age 36) Note: The first powered aeroplane flight in Australia is made. |
| Marriage of a sister | Anna Myrtle Gregg - View family 24 March 1910 (Age 37) Tipton, Cedar, Iowa, USA
brother-in-law -
Lloyd Hanna
younger sister -
Anna Myrtle Gregg
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| Marriage of a sister | Mildred (Maria) (Mcmillan) Gregg - View family 3 August 1910 (Age 37)
brother-in-law -
Walter M. Ball
younger sister -
Mildred (Maria) (Mcmillan) Gregg
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| Australian History | 1910 (Age 37) Note: Andrew Fisher forms the first federal majority Labor government. |
| Australian History | 1911 (Age 38) 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 39) 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 brother | Christy Brown Gregg - View family 2 April 1913 (Age 40)
younger brother -
Christy Brown Gregg
sister-in-law -
Winifred Mc Cracken
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| Australian History | 1913 (Age 40) 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 40) Note: The foundation stone for the city of Canberra is put in place |
| Australian History | 1914 (Age 41) 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 42) 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 43) 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 44) 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 mother | 18 January 1918 (Age 45) Tipton, Cedar, Iowa, USA
mother -
Sarah Anne Macoubrey
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| Australian History | 1918 (Age 45) 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 son | Robert Weston Gregg - View family 14 August 1919 (Age 46)
son -
Robert Weston Gregg
daughter-in-law -
Marena Nelson
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| Australian History | 1919 (Age 46) 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 47) Note: The airline Qantas is founded |
| Australian History | 1921 (Age 48) Note: Edith Cowan becomes the first woman elected to an Australian parliament |
| Australian History | 1922 (Age 49) Note: The Smith Family charity is founded in Sydney |
| Australian History | 1923 (Age 50) Note: Vegemite is first produced |
| Death of a father | 16 July 1925 (Age 52) Tipton, Cedar, Iowa, USA
father -
Richard Gregg
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| Marriage of a daughter | Helen Lucile Gregg - View family 14 December 1926 (Age 53) Burlington, Des Moines, Iowa, USA
son-in-law -
Everett Floyd Jeffers
daughter -
Helen Lucile Gregg
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| Australian History | 1926 (Age 53) Note: The first Miss Australia contest is held |
| Australian History | 1927 (Age 54) Note: The tenth parliament is formally opened in Canberra, finalising the move to the new capital |
| Australian History | 1928 (Age 55) 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 56) Note: Western Australia celebrates its centenary Note: Labor returns to office under James Scullin. The Great Depression hits Australia. |
| Australian History | 1930 (Age 57) 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 58) Note: Sir Douglas Mawson charts 4,000 miles of Antarctic coastline and claims 42% of the icy mass for Australia |
| Australian History | 1932 (Age 59) Note: The Sydney Harbour Bridge opens Note: The Labor government falls and Joseph Lyons becomes Prime Minister |
| Australian History | 1933 (Age 60) Note: Western Australia votes at a rerefendum to secede from the Commonwealth, but the vote is ignored by both the Commonwealth and British governments |
| Death | 7 March 1935 (Age 62) Carthage, Hancock, Illinois, USA |
| Family with parents - View family |
| father |
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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3 years mother |
Sarah Anne Macoubrey
Birth 9 February 1851 New York, New York, USA Death 18 January 1918 (Age 66) Tipton, Cedar, Iowa, USA Loading...
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Marriage: 2 November 1869 — Stanwood, Cedar, Iowa, USA |
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5 months #1 elder sister |
Jane "Jennie" Gregg
Birth 26 March 1870 22 19 Stanwood, Cedar, Iowa, USA Death 9 February 1956 (Age 85) Loading...
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1 month #2 elder sister |
Jane Macoubrey Gregg
Birth 3 May 1870 22 19 Stanwood, Cedar, Iowa, USA Death 9 September 1956 (Age 86) Tipton, Cedar, Iowa, USA Loading...
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3 years #3 himself |
Robert Macoubrey Gregg
Birth 22 December 1872 24 21 Stanwood, Cedar, Iowa, USA Death 7 March 1935 (Age 62) Carthage, Hancock, Illinois, USA Loading...
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23 months #4 younger sister |
Mary Smith Gregg
Birth December 1874 26 23 Stanwood, Cedar, Iowa, USA Death 18 November 1901 (Age 26) Tipton, Cedar, Iowa, USA Loading...
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2 years #5 younger sister |
Sadie Isabell Gregg
Birth December 1876 28 25 Traer, Tama, Iowa, USA Death 7 December 1908 (Age 32) Davenport, Scott, Iowa, USA Loading...
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15 months #6 younger brother |
William Black Gregg
Birth 23 February 1878 29 27 Rose City, Tama, Iowa, USA Death 21 September 1951 (Age 73) Tacoma, Thurston, Washington, USA Loading...
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22 months #7 younger brother |
Richard Daniel Gregg
Birth 18 December 1879 31 28 Rochester, Cedar, Iowa, USA Death 1909 (Age 29) Loading...
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3 years #8 younger sister |
Mildred (Maria) (Mcmillan) Gregg
Birth 1 December 1882 34 31 Stanwood, Cedar, Iowa, USA Death 17 January 1944 (Age 61) Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Loading...
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15 months #9 younger brother |
Christy Brown Gregg
Birth 17 February 1884 35 33 Tipton, Cedar, Iowa, USA Death Tacoma, Thurston, Washington, USA Loading...
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2 years #10 younger sister |
Anna Myrtle Gregg
Birth 11 March 1886 37 35 Tipton, Cedar, Iowa, USA Death 10 June 1954 (Age 68) Loading...
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4 years #11 younger brother |
Paul Eugene Gregg
Birth 13 April 1890 42 39 Tipton, Cedar, Iowa, USA Death 14 April 1966 (Age 76) Egan, Moody, South Dakota, USA Loading...
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| Family with Etha Waldo Curry - View family |
| himself |
Robert Macoubrey Gregg
Birth 22 December 1872 24 21 Stanwood, Cedar, Iowa, USA Death 7 March 1935 (Age 62) Carthage, Hancock, Illinois, USA Loading...
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6 years wife |
Etha Waldo Curry
Birth 30 September 1878 Tipton, Cedar, Iowa, USA Death 22 July 1964 (Age 85) Carthage, Hancock, Illinois, USA Loading...
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Marriage: 15 February 1899 — Tipton, Cedar, Iowa, USA |
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9 months #1 son |
Robert Weston Gregg
Birth 7 November 1899 26 21 Tipton, Cedar, Iowa, USA Death 1967 (Age 67) Burlington, Des Moines, Iowa, USA Loading...
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4 years #2 daughter |
Helen Lucile Gregg
Birth 3 March 1904 31 25 Tipton, Cedar, Iowa, USA Death 26 September 1987 (Age 83) Davenport, Scott, Iowa, USA Loading...
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