Catherine Hughes1882–?
- Name
- Catherine Hughes
- Given names
- Catherine
- Surname
- Hughes
| Birth | 1882 50 44 |
| Australian History | 1882 Note: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Australian History | 1883 (Age 12 months) Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill |
| Australian History | 1887 (Age 5) 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. |
| Birth of a brother | 1888 (Age 6)
younger brother -
William Hughes
|
| Birth of a brother | 1889 (Age 7)
younger brother -
Francis Hughes
|
| Death of a sister | 9 December 1889 (Age 7)
elder sister -
Sarah Hughes
|
| Australian History | 1889 (Age 7) Note: The completion of the railway network between Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney. Note: Sir Henry Parkes delivers the Tenterfield Oration. |
| Australian History | 1890 (Age 8) Note: The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention. |
| Australian History | 1891 (Age 9) 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 10) Note: Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia. |
| Australian History | 1893 (Age 11) 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. |
| Australian History | 1894 (Age 12) 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 13) 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 14) Note: The Bathurst Conference (the second 'people's convention') meets to discuss the 1891 draft constitution |
| Death of a father | 3 August 1897 (Age 15) Workington, Cumberland, England
father -
Patrick Hughes
|
| Australian History | 1897 (Age 15) 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 16) 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 | Patrick Hughes - View family 1 December 1899 (Age 17) 35 Hutchieson Street, Glasgow, Scotland
elder brother -
Patrick Hughes
sister-in-law -
Janet Annie Mc Clure
|
| Australian History | 1899 (Age 17) 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 18) 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 19) 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 20) 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 21) 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 22) 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 24) Note: Australia takes control of south-eastern New Guinea |
| Australian History | 1908 (Age 26) 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 27) Note: The first powered aeroplane flight in Australia is made. |
| Australian History | 1910 (Age 28) Note: Andrew Fisher forms the first federal majority Labor government. |
| Australian History | 1911 (Age 29) 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 30) 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 31) 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 31) Note: The foundation stone for the city of Canberra is put in place |
| Australian History | 1914 (Age 32) 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 33) 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 34) 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 35) 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 36) 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 37) 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 38) Note: The airline Qantas is founded |
| Australian History | 1921 (Age 39) Note: Edith Cowan becomes the first woman elected to an Australian parliament |
| Australian History | 1922 (Age 40) Note: The Smith Family charity is founded in Sydney |
| Australian History | 1923 (Age 41) Note: Vegemite is first produced |
| Death of a mother | 11 May 1925 (Age 43)
mother -
Sarah Jolly
|
| Australian History | 1926 (Age 44) Note: The first Miss Australia contest is held |
| Australian History | 1927 (Age 45) Note: The tenth parliament is formally opened in Canberra, finalising the move to the new capital |
| Australian History | 1928 (Age 46) 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 47) Note: Western Australia celebrates its centenary Note: Labor returns to office under James Scullin. The Great Depression hits Australia. |
| Australian History | 1930 (Age 48) 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 49) Note: Sir Douglas Mawson charts 4,000 miles of Antarctic coastline and claims 42% of the icy mass for Australia |
| Australian History | 1932 (Age 50) Note: The Sydney Harbour Bridge opens Note: The Labor government falls and Joseph Lyons becomes Prime Minister |
| Australian History | 1933 (Age 51) 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 54) Note: The last Thylacine dies |
| Australian History | 1937 (Age 55) Note: The radio series Dad and Dave begins |
| Australian History | 1938 (Age 56) Note: Sydney hosts the Empire Games, the forerunner to the Commonwealth Games |
| Death of a sister | 25 June 1939 (Age 57) Whithorn, Wigtownshire, Scotland
elder sister -
Margaret Hughes
|
| Australian History | 1939 (Age 57) Note: (April) Prime Minister Lyons dies in office and is replaced by Robert Menzies and the first Menzies Government Note: (September) Australia enters the Second World War following the German Invasion of Poland. The 2nd Australian Imperial Force is raised. Note: The first flight is made by an Australian-made warplane, the Wirraway Note: Victoria is devastated by the Black Friday bushfires |
| Death of a brother | 20 June 1940 (Age 58)
elder brother -
Patrick Hughes
|
| Australian History | 1940 (Age 58) Note: A team of scientists, under Howard Florey, develops penicillin Note: Fascist Italy enters war, Royal Australian Navy engages Italian Navy in the early stages of the Battle of the Mediterranean. |
| Australian History | 1941 (Age 59) Note: 3 Divisions of the 2nd Australian Imperial Force join operations in the Mediterranean. After initial successes against Italy, 2nd AIF suffered defeat against the Germans in Greece, Crete, and North Africa. Note: Apr-Aug, Australian garrison (Rats of Tobruk) halt advance of Hitler's panzers for the first time during the Siege of Tobruk. Note: Menzies resigns and John Curtin becomes Prime Minister in the Curtin Government of 1941-45. |
| Australian History | 1942 (Age 60) Note: Feb, Fall of Singapore. 15,000 Australians become Prisoners of War of the Japanese Note: 1942-43 - Japanese air raids - almost 100 attacks against sites in the Northern Territory, Western Australia and Queensland. Note: The Royal Australian Navy and 6th and 7th Divisions of 2nd AIF are recalled from Mediterranean Theatre to participate in the anticipated Battle of Australia. Note: 1942-3 - Sparrow Force engages in guerilla campaign in Battle of Timor Note: Battle of the Coral Sea - United States and Royal Australian Navy halt advance of the Japanese towards Port Moresby (Australian Territory of Papua) Note: Battle of Kokoda Trail - Australian soldiers halt Japanese march on Port Moresby Note: Aug-Sep, Australian forces inflict the first defeat on the Imperial Japanese Army in the Battle of Milne Bay. Note: Jul-Nov, Australia's 9th Division plays crucial role in the First and Second Battle of El Alamein, which turned the North Africa Campaign in favour of the Allies. Note: National daylight saving is introduced as a war time measure. Note: The UK Statute of Westminster is formally adopted by Australia. The Statute formally grants Australia the right to pass laws that conflict with UK laws. |
| Australian History | 1943 (Age 61) Note: Australia wins its first Oscar, with cinematographer Damien Parer honoured for Kokoda Front Line! documentary. Note: 2,815 Australian Pows die constructing Japan's Burma-Thailand Railway Note: 1943-44 - Australian forces engage Japan in New Guinea, Wau, and the Huon peninsula. |
| Australian History | 1944 (Age 62) Note: Cowra breakout, mass escape of Japanese prisoners of war occurs in NSW. Note: Japanese inflict Sandakan Death March on 2,000 Australian and British prisoners of war - only 6 survive. The single worst war crime perpetrated against Australians. Note: Australian forces battle Japanese garrisons from Borneo to Bougainville. Note: The Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme is introduced, providing subsidised medicine to all Australians |
| Australian History | 1945 (Age 63) Note: the Liberal Party of Australia is established with Robert Menzies as its first leader. Note: Australian forces lead Battle of Borneo Note: (7 May) Nazi Germany surrenders Note: (July) Prime Minister Curtin dies and is replaced by Ben Chifley and the Chifley Labor Government Note: (1 August) Japan Surrenders Note: Australia becomes a founding member of the United Nations Note: The Sydney-Hobart Yacht Race is held for the first time |
| Australian History | 1946 (Age 64) Note: Minister for Immigration Arthur Calwell introduces the major post-war immigration scheme Note: Norman Makin, is voted in as the first President of the United Nations Security Council. |
| Australian History | 1948 (Age 66) Note: Minister for External Affairs, Dr. H.V. Evatt is elected President of the United Nations General Assembly. Note: Australia becomes a signatory to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. |
| Australian History | 1949 (Age 67) Note: Construction of the Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Scheme begins Note: All indigenous ex-servicemen and any Indigenous Australians who are eligible to vote in State Elections (NSW, VIC, SA and TAS) are given an unrestricted right to vote in Federal Elections. Note: The Nationality and Citizenship Act is passed. Rather than being identified as subjects of Britain, the Act established Australian citizenship for people who met eligibility requirements. Note: Menzies returns to power as leader of the new Liberal Party Menzies Government. |
| Australian History | 1950 (Age 68) Note: 1950-53 - Australian troops are sent to the Korean War to assist South Korea. Note: Voters reject a referendum to change the Constitution to allow the Menzies Government to ban the Communist Party |
| Australian History | 1951 (Age 69) Note: Australia signs the ANZUS treaty with the United States and New Zealand |
| Australian History | 1952 (Age 70) Note: First nuclear test conducted in Australian territory by the United Kingdom off the coast of Western Australia. |
| Australian History | 1954 (Age 72) Note: Elizabeth II and Prince Philip make a royal visit; the Soviet diplomat Vladimir Petrov defects, leading to the Petrov Affair and another split in the Labor Party |
| Australian History | 1955 (Age 73) Note: Democratic Labor Party splits from Australian Labor Party over concerns of Communist influence in the labour movement Note: Australia becomes involved in Malayan Insurgence Note: Hotels in New South Wales no longer have to close at 6 p.m., ending the 'six o'clock swill' |
| Australian History | 1956 (Age 74) Note: Television in Australia is launched. Note: Melbourne holds the Olympics Note: performing artist Barry Humphries introduces Edna Everage to the Australian stage |
| Australian History | 1957 (Age 75) Note: The song 'Wild One' makes Johnny O'Keefe the first Australian rock'n'roller to reach the national charts. Note: Slim Dusty's Australian country music hit Pub With No Beer becomes the first Australian song to attain international chart success. |
| Australian History | 1962 (Age 80) Note: Robert Menzies' Commonwealth Electoral Act provided that all Indigenous Australians should have the right to enrol and vote at federal elections, removing remaining restrictions applying in QLD, WA and NT. Note: Malayan Insurgence ends |
| Australian History | 1964 (Age 82) Note: The Beatles tour Australia; Note: 82 sailors die when HMAS Voyager sinks after being rammed by HMAS Melbourne; Note: The editors of Oz magazine are charged with obscenity; Note: PM Robert Menzies announces the reintroduction of compulsory military service for men aged from 18-25 years old; Note: First troops sent to Vietnam War. |
| Australian History | 1965 (Age 83) Note: Indigenous Australians gain right to vote in state of Queensland |
| Australian History | 1966 (Age 84) Note: The ban on the employment of married women in the Commonwealth Public Service is lifted; Note: Menzies retires as Australia's longest-serving Prime Minister and is succeeded by Harold Holt. |
| Australian History | 14 February 1966 (Age 84) Note: Decimalisation; on 14 February the Australian currency is changed to dollars and cents, with the Australian Dollar replacing the Australian pound. |
| Australian History | 1967 (Age 85) Note: Large areas of Hobart and south-eastern Tasmania are devastated by bushfires on 7 February that kill 62 people; Note: Prime Minister Holt drowns and is succeeded by John Gorton; Note: The constitution is changed to allow Aboriginal Australians to be included in the population count and for the federal government to legislate for them; Sydney is rocked by a series of brutal underworld killings; Note: Talkback radio is introduced; Note: British comedian Tony Hancock commits suicide in Sydney; Note: Gough Whitlam becomes leader of the Labor Party; Note: Ronald Ryan becomes the last person legally executed in Australia. |
| Australian History | 1968 (Age 86) Note: Australia signs the nuclear non-proliferation treaty; Aboriginal boxing champion Lionel Rose defeats Masahiko 'Fighting' Harada in Japan to become the world bantamweight champion; Australia's first liver transplant operation is performed in Sydney; |
| Australian History | 1969 (Age 87) Note: French conceptual artist Christo 'wraps' Little Bay in Sydney; Note: Renowned author-artists Norman Lindsay and May Gibbs die; Note: The Australian production of the rock musical Hair premieres in Sydney; Note: Top pop groups The Easybeats and The Twilights break up; Tim Burstall directs2000 Weeks, the first all-Australian feature released since Charles Chauvel's Jedda in 1958 |
| Australian History | 1970 (Age 88) Note: More than 200,000 people participate in the largest demonstrations in Australian history, against the Vietnam War |
| Australian History | 1971 (Age 89) Note: Neville Bonner becomes the first Aborigine to become an Australian Member of Parliament; Note: John Gorton resigns and is succeeded by William McMahon Note: The 1971 Springbok tour sparks protest all throughout Australia. Premier of Queensland Joh Bjelke-Petersen declares a state of emergency in QLD in response to escalating protest. Note: Daylight Saving is introduced to New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia, and the Australian Capital Territory. |
| Australian History | 1972 (Age 90) Note: The Commonwealth Conciliation and Arbitration Commission rules that women doing the same job as men have the right to be paid the same wage. Note: Aboriginal Tent Embassy erected in response to the Coalition government's approval of exploration licences and mining tenements on reserves Note: The first Labor government since 1949 is elected under the leadership of Gough Whitlam Note: Australia recognizes the People's Republic of China Note: Queensland abandons Daylight Saving. |
| Australian History | 1973 (Age 91) Note: The Sydney Opera House is opened Note: The White Australian Policy (established 1901) is officially dismantled Note: Vietnam War ends Note: The federal voting age is dropped from 21 to 18 Note: Unionists save the historic 'The Rocks' area of Sydney from demolition by introducing 'Green Bans' Note: Patrick White becomes the first Australian to win the Nobel Prize for Literature |
| Australian History | 1974 (Age 92) Note: Darwin is devastated by Cyclone Tracy |
| Australian History | 1975 (Age 93) Note: (November) A constitutional crisis occurs when Malcolm Fraser blocks supply, bringing the nation to a standstill until Governor-General John Kerr dismisses Prime Minister Gough Whitlam on the 11.11.75. Fraser wins elections and becomes Prime Minister Note: The 'Privy Council (Appeals from the High Court) Act removes the right to appeal High Court decisions to the British Privy Council. Appeals to the Privy Council direct from State Supreme Courts remain until 1988. Note: South Australia becomes the first state in Australia to legalise homosexuality between consenting adults in private. Note: Whitlam government introduced the Aboriginal Land (NT) Bill into Parliament. The bill proposed land rights in the Northern Territory based on land claimed on grounds of need as well as traditional affiliation and traditional landowners maintaining control over mining and development. |
| Australian History | 1976 (Age 94) Note: The Australian Capital Territory legalises homosexuality between consenting adults in private. |
| Australian History | 1977 (Age 95) Note: Advance Australia Fair becomes Australia's official national anthem Note: Granville rail disaster killed eighty-three people |
| Australian History | 1978 (Age 96) Note: The First Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras kicks off in Sydney |
| Australian History | 1979 (Age 97) Note: Australian women win the right to maternity leave Note: Kakadu National Park and the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park are both proclaimed. |
| Australian History | 1980 (Age 98) Note: Baby Azaria Chamberlain disappears from a campsite at Uluru (Ayers Rock), reportedly taken by a dingo. The Coalition wins the 1980 Australian federal election. |
| Australian History | 1981 (Age 99) Note: A referendum is held in Tasmania to vote for whether or not the Franklin Dam should be built. |
| Australian History | 1982 (Age 100) Note: Commonwealth Games held in Brisbane. The National Gallery of Australia is opened. |
| Australian History | 1983 (Age 101) Note: Australia wins the America's Cup; Note: Bob Hawke defeats Fraser and leads Labor back to government. Note: The Australian Dollar is floated. Note: The Ash Wednesday fires kill 71 people. |
| Australian History | 1984 (Age 102) Note: Advance Australia Fair is proclaimed as Australia's national anthem. Note: The one dollar coin is introduced. Note: Labor wins the 1984 Australian federal election. Note: Medicare is established. |
| Australian History | 1985 (Age 103) Note: The government grants the freehold title of a large area of land in central Australia, including prominent landmarks Uluru and Kata Tjuta, to the Mutitjulu people, who in turn give them a 99-year lease. Note: The last state to do so (New South Wales) abolishes capital punishment. |
| Australian History | 1986 (Age 104) Note: The Australia Act removes the right of appeal from State courts to the British Privy Council, making the High Court the final court of appeal in Australia. The Act also removes all remaining rights of the UK parliament to pass law for Australia. Anita Cobby murder in Sydney. Russell Street Bombing in Melbourne. Crocodile Dundee is released in Australia. |
| Death | yes |
| Family with parents - View family |
| father |
Patrick Hughes
Birth 1832 Altrincham, Cheshire, England Death 3 August 1897 (Age 65) Workington, Cumberland, England |
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6 years mother |
Sarah Jolly
Birth 1838 Altrincham, Cheshire, England Death 11 May 1925 (Age 87) |
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Marriage: yes |
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| #1 elder brother |
Francis Hughes
Birth about 1866 34 28 Sorbie, Wigtown, Scotland Death yes |
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3 years #2 elder brother |
Birth about 1869 37 31 Kirkcudbright, Kircudbright, Scotland Death 20 June 1940 (Age 71) Age: 72 |
| #3 sister |
Elizabeth Hughes
Birth Glasserton, Wigtown, Scotland Death yes |
| #4 elder sister |
Marie Hughes
Birth about 1871 39 33 Whithorn, Wigtownshire, Scotland Death yes |
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5 years #5 elder sister |
Sarah Hughes
Birth about 1876 44 38 Sorbie, Wigtown, Scotland Death 9 December 1889 (Age 13) |
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12 years #6 younger brother |
William Hughes
Birth 1888 56 50 Death yes |
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-6 years #7 herself |
Catherine Hughes
Birth 1882 50 44 Death yes |
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7 years #8 younger brother |
Francis Hughes
Birth 1889 57 51 Death yes |
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-28 years #9 elder sister |
Mary Hughes
Birth 27 August 1860 28 22 Whithorn, Wigtownshire, Scotland Death 24 August 1863 (Age 2) |
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3 years #10 elder sister |
Margaret Hughes
Birth 9 April 1863 31 25 Whithorn, Wigtownshire, Scotland Death 25 June 1939 (Age 76) Whithorn, Wigtownshire, Scotland |