Mary Smith GreggAge: 261874–1901
- Name
- Mary Smith Gregg
- Given names
- Mary Smith
- Surname
- Gregg
Birth | December 1874 26 23 Stanwood, Cedar, Iowa, USA |
Australian History | 1875 (Age 31 days) 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 2) Traer, Tama, Iowa, USA
younger sister -
Sadie Isabell Gregg
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Birth of a brother | 23 February 1878 (Age 3) Rose City, Tama, Iowa, USA
younger brother -
William Black Gregg
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Australian History | 1878 (Age 3) Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
Birth of a brother | 18 December 1879 (Age 5) Rochester, Cedar, Iowa, USA
younger brother -
Richard Daniel Gregg
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Australian History | 1879 (Age 4) Note: The first congress of trade unions is held. |
Australian History | 1880 (Age 5) 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 8) Stanwood, Cedar, Iowa, USA
younger sister -
Mildred (Maria) (Mcmillan) Gregg
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Australian History | 1882 (Age 7) Note: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
Australian History | 1883 (Age 8) Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill |
Death of a paternal grandfather | January 1884 (Age 9) Traer, Tama, Iowa, USA
paternal grandfather -
Moses Gregg Sr
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Birth of a brother | 17 February 1884 (Age 9) Tipton, Cedar, Iowa, USA
younger brother -
Christy Brown Gregg
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Birth of a sister | 11 March 1886 (Age 11) Tipton, Cedar, Iowa, USA
younger sister -
Anna Myrtle Gregg
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Australian History | 1887 (Age 12) 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 14) 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 15) Tipton, Cedar, Iowa, USA
younger brother -
Paul Eugene Gregg
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Australian History | 1890 (Age 15) Note: The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention. |
Australian History | 1891 (Age 16) 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 17) Note: Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia. |
Australian History | 1893 (Age 18) 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 19) Tipton, Cedar, Iowa, USA
brother-in-law -
John Edwin Willer
elder sister -
Jane Macoubrey Gregg
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Australian History | 1894 (Age 19) 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 20) 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 21) Note: The Bathurst Conference (the second 'people's convention') meets to discuss the 1891 draft constitution |
Australian History | 1897 (Age 22) 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 23) 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 brother | Robert Macoubrey Gregg - View family 15 February 1899 (Age 24) Tipton, Cedar, Iowa, USA
elder brother -
Robert Macoubrey Gregg
sister-in-law -
Etha Waldo Curry
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Australian History | 1899 (Age 24) 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 25) 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 26) 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 |
Death | 18 November 1901 (Age 26) Tipton, Cedar, Iowa, 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 elder brother |
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 herself |
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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