Richard Daniel GreggAge: 291879–1909
- Name
- Richard Daniel Gregg
- Given names
- Richard Daniel
- Surname
- Gregg
| Birth | 18 December 1879 31 28 Rochester, Cedar, Iowa, USA |
| Australian History | 1879 Note: The first congress of trade unions is held. |
| Australian History | 1880 (Age 14 days) 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 2) Stanwood, Cedar, Iowa, USA
younger sister -
Mildred (Maria) (Mcmillan) Gregg
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| Australian History | 1882 (Age 2) Note: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Australian History | 1883 (Age 3) Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | January 1884 (Age 4) Traer, Tama, Iowa, USA
paternal grandfather -
Moses Gregg Sr
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| Birth of a brother | 17 February 1884 (Age 4) Tipton, Cedar, Iowa, USA
younger brother -
Christy Brown Gregg
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| Birth of a sister | 11 March 1886 (Age 6) Tipton, Cedar, Iowa, USA
younger sister -
Anna Myrtle Gregg
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| Australian History | 1887 (Age 7) 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 9) 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 10) Tipton, Cedar, Iowa, USA
younger brother -
Paul Eugene Gregg
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| Australian History | 1890 (Age 10) Note: The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention. |
| Australian History | 1891 (Age 11) 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 12) Note: Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia. |
| Australian History | 1893 (Age 13) 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 14) Tipton, Cedar, Iowa, USA
brother-in-law -
John Edwin Willer
elder sister -
Jane Macoubrey Gregg
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| Australian History | 1894 (Age 14) 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 15) 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 16) Note: The Bathurst Conference (the second 'people's convention') meets to discuss the 1891 draft constitution |
| Australian History | 1897 (Age 17) 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 18) 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 19) Tipton, Cedar, Iowa, USA
elder brother -
Robert Macoubrey Gregg
sister-in-law -
Etha Waldo Curry
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| Australian History | 1899 (Age 19) 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 20) 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 21) Tipton, Cedar, Iowa, USA
elder sister -
Mary Smith Gregg
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| Australian History | 1901 (Age 21) 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 22) 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 23) 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 24) 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 26) Ida Grove, Ida, Iowa, USA
elder brother -
William Black Gregg
sister-in-law -
Ethel Perham Hubbard
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| Australian History | 1906 (Age 26) Note: Australia takes control of south-eastern New Guinea |
| Death of a sister | 7 December 1908 (Age 28) Davenport, Scott, Iowa, USA
elder sister -
Sadie Isabell Gregg
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| Australian History | 1908 (Age 28) Note: Dorothea Mackellar publishes My Country Note: The Dalgety proposal for the national capital is revoked, and Canberra is chosen instead |
| Australian History | 1909 (on the date of death) Note: The first powered aeroplane flight in Australia is made. |
| Death | 1909 (Age 29) |
| 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 elder 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 elder 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 elder 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 himself |
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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