William Graham 1770

William GrahamAge: 941770–1864

Name: William Graham

Given names: William

Surname: Graham

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Birth	about 1770 Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland
Australian History	1770 Note: English Lieutenant James Cook's expedition in HM Bark Endeavour charts the eastern coast, and claims it for the British Crown. Australia dubbed 'terra nullius' i.e., according to the European legal precepts of the era, it was 'owned' by no-one.
Australian History	1788 (Age 18) Note: The British First Fleet, led by Governor Arthur Phillip arrives in New South Wales to found first European settlement and penal colony at Sydney. Colony includes 'all the islands adjacent in the Pacific Ocean' and running westward to the 135th meridian east. This claim included the islands of New Zealand, which were administered as part of New South Wales. Note: British settlement founded at Norfolk Island.
Australian History	1790 (Age 20) Note: Beleaguered Second Fleet arrives. Colony gripped by food crisis.
Australian History	1792 (Age 22) Note: Two French ships, La Recherche and L'Esp�rance, anchor at Recherche Bay, near the southernmost point of Tasmania at a time when England and France were racing around the globe to be the first to discover and colonise Australia. Note: Governor Philip returns to England, accompanied by his friend Bennelong and a companion who become the first Australian born person to sail to Europe.
Australian History	1797 (Age 27) Note: Sydney Cove wrecked and some survivors travelled from Bass Strait to Port Jackson allowing for the rescue of others but also furthering knowledge of the geography of Australia.
Australian History	1798 (Age 28) Note: 1798-9 - George Bass and Matthew Flinders sail from Sydney and circumnavigate Tasmania, thus proving it to be an island.
Australian History	1803 (Age 33) Note: Matthew Flinders completes the first circumnavigation of the continent (still known as 'New Holland')
Australian History	1804 (Age 34) Note: A settlement is founded at Risdon on the Derwent River in Van Diemen's Land by Lieutenant Bowen. Note: Castle Hill convict rebellion also known as the second Battle of Vinegar Hill Note: The Risdon settlement is moved to Sullivan's Cove (now Hobart) by Colonel David Collins.
Australian History	1808 (Age 38) Note: The Rum Rebellion
Marriage	Isabel Campbell - View family 4 April 1812 (Age 42) Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland
Birth of a son #1	3 March 1813 (Age 43) Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland son - Ivie (Campbell) Graham
Birth of a daughter #2	about 1813 (Age 43) daughter - Margaret Graham
Birth of a daughter #3	about 1816 (Age 46) Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland daughter - Jean Graham
Australian History	1817 (Age 47) Note: John Oxley charts the Lachlan River Note: Australia's first bank, the Bank of New South Wales, opens in Macquarie Place, Sydney (it became Westpac in 1982). Note: Governor Lachlan Macquarie petitioned the British Admiralty to use the name 'Australia' instead of 'New Holland'
Australian History	1818 (Age 48) Note: Oxley charts the Macquarie River.
Birth of a daughter #4	about 1822 (Age 52) New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland daughter - Isabella Graham
Birth of a daughter #5	about 1823 (Age 53) New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland daughter - Elizabeth Graham
Australian History	1824 (Age 54) Note: A penal colony is founded at Moreton Bay, now the city of Brisbane. Note: Bathurst and Melville Islands are annexed. Note: Permission granted to change the name of the continent from 'New Holland' to 'Australia' Note: 1824-25 - Hume and Hovell expedition travels overland to Port Phillip Bay, discovers Murray River
Birth of a son #6	about 1825 (Age 55) New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland son - James Graham
Australian History	1825 (Age 55) Note: New South Wales western border is extended to 129 degrees E. Van Diemen's Land is proclaimed.
Birth of a daughter #7	about 1827 (Age 57) New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland daughter - Janet Graham
Australian History	1828 (Age 58) Note: Charles Sturt charts the Darling River.
Birth of a daughter #8	24 May 1829 (Age 59) New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland daughter - Douglas Wills Graham
Australian History	1829 (Age 59) Note: The whole of Australia is claimed as British territory. The settlement of Perth is founded. Swan River Colony is declared by Charles Fremantle for Britain.
Australian History	1830 (Age 60) Note: Sturt arrives at Goolwa, having charted the Murray River.
Australian History	1831 (Age 61) Note: Sydney Herald (later to become The Sydney Morning Herald) first published.
Birth of a son #9	about 1832 (Age 62) New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland son - William Graham
Australian History	1832 (Age 62) Note: Swan River Colony has its name changed to Western Australia.
Australian History	1833 (Age 63) Note: The penal settlement of Port Arthur is founded in Van Diemen's Land.
Australian History	1835 (Age 65) Note: John Batman and John Pascoe Fawkner establish a settlement at Port Phillip, now the city of Melbourne. Note: William Wentworth establishes Australian Patriotic Association (Australia's first political party) to demand democracy for New South Wales.
Australian History	1836 (Age 66) Note: Province of South Australia proclaimed with its western border at 132 degrees E.
Birth of a granddaughter #1	28 October 1838 (Age 68) New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland granddaughter - Margaret Dunbar Morrison
Australian History	1838 (Age 68) Note: First Prussian settlers arrive in South Australia; the largest group on non-British migrants in Australia at the time.
Birth of a son #10	about 1839 (Age 69) New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland son - David Graham
Australian History	1839 (Age 69) Note: Paul Edmund Strzelecki becomes first European to ascend and name Australia's highest peak, Mount Kosciuszko.
Birth of a granddaughter #2	about 1840 (Age 70) Muirkirk, Ayrshire, Scotland granddaughter - Mary Todd Cameron
Birth of a granddaughter #3	22 November 1840 (Age 70) New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland granddaughter - Christina Morrison
Australian History	1840 (Age 70) Note: Australia's first municipal authority, the City of Adelaide, is established, followed by Sydney City Council.
Census	7 June 1841 (Age 71)
Australian History	1841 (Age 71) Note: New Zealand is proclaimed as a separate colony, no longer part of New South Wales.
Birth of a granddaughter #4	19 October 1842 (Age 72) New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland granddaughter - Isabella Morrison
Australian History	1842 (Age 72) Note: Copper is discovered at Kapunda in South Australia.
Australian History	1843 (Age 73) Note: Australia's first parliamentary elections held for the New South Wales Legislative Council (though voting rights are restricted to males of certain wealth or property).
Australian History	1845 (Age 75) Note: The ship Cataraqui is wrecked off King Island in Bass Strait. It is Australia's worst civil maritime disaster, with 406 lives lost. Note: Copper is discovered at Burra in South Australia.
Birth of a grandson #5	about 1846 (Age 76) New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland grandson - James Morrison
Birth of a grandson #6	6 March 1847 (Age 77) Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland grandson - William Morrison
Marriage of a daughter	Douglas Wills Graham - View family 24 March 1848 (Age 78) Marchburn, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland son-in-law - Ivie McKenzie daughter - Douglas Wills Graham
Birth of a granddaughter #7	31 August 1848 (Age 78) New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland granddaughter - Jessie Graham McKenzie
Marriage of a daughter	Janet Graham - View family about 1848 (Age 78) Kirkconnell, Dfs, Scotland son-in-law - James McKnight daughter - Janet Graham
Birth of a grandson #8	12 May 1849 (Age 79) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia grandson - Mary McKnight
Death of a daughter	12 May 1849 (Age 79) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia daughter - Janet Graham
Birth of a grandson #9	16 May 1849 (Age 79) Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland grandson - John Morrison
Death of a grandson	20 August 1849 (Age 79) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia grandson - Mary McKnight
Birth of a granddaughter #10	23 July 1850 (Age 80) New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland granddaughter - Elisabeth McKenzie
Australian History	1850 (Age 80) 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.
Census	30 March 1851 (Age 81) Marchburn, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Note: Head, 75, mar, farmer bn Ayr AYR
Marriage of a son	James Graham - View family 13 June 1851 (Age 81) Straid, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland son - James Graham daughter-in-law - Annie Harkness
Birth of a granddaughter #11	1 October 1851 (Age 81) New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland granddaughter - Jane Graham
Australian History	1851 (Age 81) 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
Birth of a granddaughter #12	about 1853 (Age 83) New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland granddaughter - Jane Dunlop Graham
Birth of a grandson #13	about 1853 (Age 83) Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland grandson - Ivie Morrison
Marriage of a son	Ivie (Campbell) Graham - View family 14 October 1853 (Age 83) Craigman, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland son - Ivie (Campbell) Graham daughter-in-law - Jane Laurie
Australian History	1853 (Age 83) Note: Bendigo Petition and Red Ribbon Rebellion at Bendigo
Birth of a granddaughter #14	4 May 1854 (Age 84) New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland granddaughter - Isabella Graham
Australian History	1854 (Age 84) Note: The Eureka Stockade
Birth of a grandson #15	17 January 1855 (Age 85) Dalricket Mill, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland grandson - William Graham
Birth of a grandson #16	25 February 1855 (Age 85) Marchburn, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland grandson - Ivie McKenzie
Birth of a grandson #17	25 February 1855 (Age 85) Marchburn, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland grandson - William McKenzie
Birth of a granddaughter #18	26 February 1855 (Age 85) Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland granddaughter - Janet Morrison
Australian History	1855 (Age 85) 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.
Birth of a granddaughter #19	about 1856 (Age 86) New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland granddaughter - Joan Nisbet
Australian History	1856 (Age 86) Note: Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania.
Birth of a granddaughter #20	1 March 1857 (Age 87) New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland granddaughter - Marion Graham
Birth of a grandson #21	12 April 1857 (Age 87) Dalgig, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland grandson - James McKenzie
Australian History	1857 (Age 87) 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.
Marriage of a granddaughter	Christina Morrison - View family 1 October 1858 (Age 88) Burnockhead, Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland wife's nephew - John McCaig granddaughter - Christina Morrison
Birth of a granddaughter #22	24 December 1858 (Age 88) Greenside, Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland granddaughter - Marion Laurie Graham
Australian History	1858 (Age 88) Note: Sydney and Melbourne linked by electric telegraph. Note: New South Wales men achieve the right to vote.
Death of a daughter	9 May 1859 (Age 89) Coalburn, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland daughter - Elizabeth Graham
Birth of a granddaughter #23	5 June 1859 (Age 89) Dalgig Hill, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland granddaughter - Isabella Campbell McKenzie
Birth of a granddaughter #24	20 June 1859 (Age 89) Burnockhead, Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland granddaughter - Elisabeth Graham Morrison
Birth of a granddaughter #25	27 July 1859 (Age 89) Craigman, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland granddaughter - Janet Graham
Australian History	1859 (Age 89) 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.
Death of a wife	15 September 1860 (Age 90) Marchburn, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland wife - Isabel Campbell
Australian History	1860 (Age 90) Note: John McDouall Stuart reaches the centre of the continent. South Australian border changed from 132 degrees E to 129 degrees E.
Census	8 April 1861 (Age 91) New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Note: 90yrs
Birth of a grandson #26	16 June 1861 (Age 91) Knockguldron, Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland grandson - John McKenzie
Birth of a granddaughter #27	6 November 1861 (Age 91) Crookedstone, Crawford, Lanarkshire, Scotland granddaughter - Janet Graham
Australian History	1861 (Age 91) Note: The ill-fated Burke and Wills expedition occurs. Note: skiing in Australia introduced by Norwegians in the Snowy Mountains goldrush town of Kiandra
Birth of a grandson #28	20 April 1862 (Age 92) Nothamshire?, Balmaclellan, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland grandson - William Graham
Australian History	1862 (Age 92) Note: Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139 degrees E.
Birth of a grandson #29	10 July 1863 (Age 93) Marchburn, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland grandson - Douglas Wills McKenzie
Birth of a grandson #30	30 August 1863 (Age 93) Crookedstone, Crawford, Lanarkshire, Scotland grandson - Alexander Graham
Marriage of a son	William Graham - View family 11 December 1863 (Age 93) Dalmellington, Ayrshire, Scotland son - William Graham daughter-in-law - Isabella Hill
Australian History	1863 (Age 93) Note: South Australia takes control of the Northern Territory which was part of the colony of New South Wales.
Death	15 July 1864 (Age 94) Marchburn, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

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himself	William Graham Birth about 1770 Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 15 July 1864 (Age 94) Marchburn, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Loading...
17 years wife	Isabel Campbell Birth 28 April 1787 32 26 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 15 September 1860 (Age 73) Marchburn, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Loading...
	Marriage: 4 April 1812 — Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland
11 months #1 son	Ivie (Campbell) Graham Birth 3 March 1813 43 25 Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 28 November 1891 (Age 78) Bartarg, Barrhill, Ayrshire, Scotland Loading...
-2 months #2 daughter	Margaret Graham Birth about 1813 43 25 Death 7 January 1873 (Age 60) Carwinshock, Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland Loading...
3 years #3 daughter	Jean Graham Birth about 1816 46 28 Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 2 April 1895 (Age 79) Main St, Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland Loading...
6 years #4 daughter	Isabella Graham Birth about 1822 52 34 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 10 October 1895 (Age 73) Ayr District Asylum, Ayrshire, Scotland Loading...
1 year #5 daughter	Elizabeth Graham Birth about 1823 53 35 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 9 May 1859 (Age 36) Coalburn, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Loading...
2 years #6 son	James Graham Birth about 1825 55 37 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 23 February 1905 (Age 80) Trowdale, Crossmichael, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland Loading...
2 years #7 daughter	Janet Graham Birth about 1827 57 39 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 12 May 1849 (Age 22) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Loading...
2 years #8 daughter	Douglas Wills Graham Birth 24 May 1829 59 42 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 20 November 1906 (Age 77) Knockguldron, Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland Loading...
3 years #9 son	William Graham Birth about 1832 62 44 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 1 March 1897 (Age 65) High Logan, Catrine, Sorn, Ayrshire, Scotland Loading...
7 years #10 son	David Graham Birth about 1839 69 51 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death yes Loading...

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Australian History	English Lieutenant James Cook's expedition in HM Bark Endeavour charts the eastern coast, and claims it for the British Crown. Australia dubbed 'terra nullius' i.e., according to the European legal precepts of the era, it was 'owned' by no-one.
Australian History	The British First Fleet, led by Governor Arthur Phillip arrives in New South Wales to found first European settlement and penal colony at Sydney. Colony includes 'all the islands adjacent in the Pacific Ocean' and running westward to the 135th meridian east. This claim included the islands of New Zealand, which were administered as part of New South Wales.
Australian History	Beleaguered Second Fleet arrives. Colony gripped by food crisis.
Australian History	Two French ships, La Recherche and L'Esp�rance, anchor at Recherche Bay, near the southernmost point of Tasmania at a time when England and France were racing around the globe to be the first to discover and colonise Australia.
Australian History	Sydney Cove wrecked and some survivors travelled from Bass Strait to Port Jackson allowing for the rescue of others but also furthering knowledge of the geography of Australia.
Australian History	1798-9 - George Bass and Matthew Flinders sail from Sydney and circumnavigate Tasmania, thus proving it to be an island.
Australian History	Matthew Flinders completes the first circumnavigation of the continent (still known as 'New Holland')
Australian History	A settlement is founded at Risdon on the Derwent River in Van Diemen's Land by Lieutenant Bowen.
Australian History	The Rum Rebellion
Australian History	John Oxley charts the Lachlan River
Australian History	Oxley charts the Macquarie River.
Australian History	A penal colony is founded at Moreton Bay, now the city of Brisbane.
Australian History	New South Wales western border is extended to 129 degrees E. Van Diemen's Land is proclaimed.
Australian History	Charles Sturt charts the Darling River.
Australian History	The whole of Australia is claimed as British territory. The settlement of Perth is founded. Swan River Colony is declared by Charles Fremantle for Britain.
Australian History	Sturt arrives at Goolwa, having charted the Murray River.
Australian History	Sydney Herald (later to become The Sydney Morning Herald) first published.
Australian History	Swan River Colony has its name changed to Western Australia.
Australian History	The penal settlement of Port Arthur is founded in Van Diemen's Land.
Australian History	John Batman and John Pascoe Fawkner establish a settlement at Port Phillip, now the city of Melbourne.
Australian History	Province of South Australia proclaimed with its western border at 132 degrees E.
Australian History	First Prussian settlers arrive in South Australia; the largest group on non-British migrants in Australia at the time.
Australian History	Paul Edmund Strzelecki becomes first European to ascend and name Australia's highest peak, Mount Kosciuszko.
Australian History	Australia's first municipal authority, the City of Adelaide, is established, followed by Sydney City Council.
Australian History	New Zealand is proclaimed as a separate colony, no longer part of New South Wales.
Australian History	Copper is discovered at Kapunda in South Australia.
Australian History	Australia's first parliamentary elections held for the New South Wales Legislative Council (though voting rights are restricted to males of certain wealth or property).
Australian History	The ship Cataraqui is wrecked off King Island in Bass Strait. It is Australia's worst civil maritime disaster, with 406 lives lost.
Australian History	Western Australia becomes a penal colony.
Census	Head, 75, mar, farmer bn Ayr AYR
Australian History	Victoria separates from New South Wales.
Australian History	Bendigo Petition and Red Ribbon Rebellion at Bendigo
Australian History	The Eureka Stockade
Australian History	The transportation of convicts to Norfolk Island ceases.
Australian History	Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania.
Australian History	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.
Australian History	Sydney and Melbourne linked by electric telegraph.
Australian History	SS Admella wrecked off south-east coast of South Australia with the loss of 89 lives.
Australian History	John McDouall Stuart reaches the centre of the continent. South Australian border changed from 132 degrees E to 129 degrees E.
Census	90yrs
Australian History	The ill-fated Burke and Wills expedition occurs.
Australian History	Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139 degrees E.
Australian History	South Australia takes control of the Northern Territory which was part of the colony of New South Wales.

William GrahamAge: 941770–1864

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