Margaret Elizabeth 'Bessie' StarrittAge: 341902–1937
- Name
- Margaret Elizabeth 'Bessie' Starritt
- Given names
- Margaret Elizabeth 'Bessie'
- Surname
- Starritt
Birth | 16 March 1902 32 33 Ednaharnon, Ireland |
Birth of a daughter #1 | Altrincham, Cheshire, England
daughter -
Josephine Margaret Stewart
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Birth of a son #2 | Altrincham, Cheshire, England
son -
Robert William Stewart
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Australian History | 1902 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 9 months) 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 brother | 21 July 1904 (Age 2) Altrincham, Cheshire, England
younger brother -
John William Logan Starritt
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Australian History | 1904 (Age 21 months) 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 3) Note: Australia takes control of south-eastern New Guinea |
Birth of a brother | 1907 (Age 4) Altrincham, Cheshire, England
younger brother -
Robert Alexander Starritt
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Australian History | 1908 (Age 5) 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 6) Note: The first powered aeroplane flight in Australia is made. |
Birth of a brother | 16 March 1910 (Age 8) Altrincham, Cheshire, England
younger brother -
David Gregg Sterritt
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Australian History | 1910 (Age 7) Note: Andrew Fisher forms the first federal majority Labor government. |
Death of a paternal grandfather | 25 August 1911 (Age 9) Letterkenny, Donegal, Ireland
paternal grandfather -
Alexander Starritt
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Australian History | 1911 (Age 8) 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 9) 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 10) 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 10) Note: The foundation stone for the city of Canberra is put in place |
Australian History | 1914 (Age 11) 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 12) 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 13) 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 14) 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 15) 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 16) 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 17) Note: The airline Qantas is founded |
Australian History | 1921 (Age 18) Note: Edith Cowan becomes the first woman elected to an Australian parliament |
Australian History | 1922 (Age 19) Note: The Smith Family charity is founded in Sydney |
Australian History | 1923 (Age 20) Note: Vegemite is first produced |
Australian History | 1926 (Age 23) Note: The first Miss Australia contest is held |
Australian History | 1927 (Age 24) Note: The tenth parliament is formally opened in Canberra, finalising the move to the new capital |
Australian History | 1928 (Age 25) 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 26) Note: Western Australia celebrates its centenary Note: Labor returns to office under James Scullin. The Great Depression hits Australia. |
Australian History | 1930 (Age 27) 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 28) Note: Sir Douglas Mawson charts 4,000 miles of Antarctic coastline and claims 42% of the icy mass for Australia |
Australian History | 1932 (Age 29) Note: The Sydney Harbour Bridge opens Note: The Labor government falls and Joseph Lyons becomes Prime Minister |
Death of a mother | 25 November 1933 (Age 31) Ednaharnon, Ireland
mother -
Frances Josephin Gregg
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Australian History | 1933 (Age 30) 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 33) Note: The last Thylacine dies |
Australian History | 1937 (Age 34) Note: The radio series Dad and Dave begins |
Death | 17 January 1937 (Age 34) Ednaharnon, Ireland |
Family with parents - View family |
father |
Robert Starritt
Birth 1 January 1870 25 Gortnalabin, Letterkenny, Co. Donegal, Ireland Death 10 January 1950 (Age 80) Gortnalabin, Letterkenny, Co. Donegal, Ireland Loading...
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-18 months mother |
Frances Josephin Gregg
Birth 14 July 1868 Death 25 November 1933 (Age 65) Ednaharnon, Ireland Loading...
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Marriage: yes |
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#1 herself |
Margaret Elizabeth 'Bessie' Starritt
Birth 16 March 1902 32 33 Ednaharnon, Ireland Death 17 January 1937 (Age 34) Ednaharnon, Ireland Loading...
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2 years #2 younger brother |
John William Logan Starritt
Birth 21 July 1904 34 36 Altrincham, Cheshire, England Death 23 November 1982 (Age 78) Altrincham, Cheshire, England Loading...
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2 years #3 younger brother |
Robert Alexander Starritt
Birth 1907 37 38 Altrincham, Cheshire, England Death February 1993 (Age 86) Altrincham, Cheshire, England Loading...
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3 years #4 younger brother |
David Gregg Sterritt
Birth 16 March 1910 40 41 Altrincham, Cheshire, England Death 24 March 1981 (Age 71) Loading...
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Family with James William Stewart - View family |
husband |
James William Stewart
Birth 6 May 1906 Legnahoorey, Kilmacrennan, Donegal, Ulster, Ireland Death 4 April 1993 (Age 86) Lifford Hospital, Lifford, Donegal, Ireland Loading...
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-4 years herself |
Margaret Elizabeth 'Bessie' Starritt
Birth 16 March 1902 32 33 Ednaharnon, Ireland Death 17 January 1937 (Age 34) Ednaharnon, Ireland Loading...
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#1 daughter |
Josephine Margaret Stewart
Birth Altrincham, Cheshire, England Death 11 May 1998 Bury Saint Edmunds, Suffolk, England Loading...
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#2 son |
Robert William Stewart
Birth Altrincham, Cheshire, England Death yes Loading...
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#3 son |
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