Margaret HughesAge: 761863–1939
- Name
- Margaret Hughes
- Given names
- Margaret
- Surname
- Hughes
| Birth | 9 April 1863 31 25 Whithorn, Wigtownshire, Scotland |
| Marriage | James McShane - View family yes |
| Death of a sister | 24 August 1863 (Age 4 months)
elder sister -
Mary Hughes
|
| Australian History | 1863 Note: South Australia takes control of the Northern Territory which was part of the colony of New South Wales. |
| Birth of a brother | about 1866 (Age 2) Sorbie, Wigtown, Scotland
younger brother -
Francis Hughes
|
| Australian History | 1867 (Age 3) Note: Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland. Note: Saint Mary MacKillop founds Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart. |
| Australian History | 1868 (Age 4) Note: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases. |
| Birth of a brother | about 1869 (Age 5) Kirkcudbright, Kircudbright, Scotland
younger brother -
Patrick Hughes
|
| Australian History | 1869 (Age 5) Note: Children of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent are removed from their families by Australian and State government agencies. |
| Birth of a sister | about 1871 (Age 7) Whithorn, Wigtownshire, Scotland
younger sister -
Marie Hughes
|
| Australian History | 1872 (Age 8) Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens. |
| Australian History | 1873 (Age 9) Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock. |
| Australian History | 1875 (Age 11) 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 | about 1876 (Age 12) Sorbie, Wigtown, Scotland
younger sister -
Sarah Hughes
|
| Australian History | 1878 (Age 14) Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Australian History | 1879 (Age 15) Note: The first congress of trade unions is held. |
| Australian History | 1880 (Age 16) 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 | 1882 (Age 18)
younger sister -
Catherine Hughes
|
| Australian History | 1882 (Age 18) Note: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Australian History | 1883 (Age 19) Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | 1885 (Age 21) Whithorn, Wigtownshire, Scotland
daughter -
Mary McShane
|
| Birth of a son #2 | 1887 (Age 23) Whithorn, Wigtownshire, Scotland
son -
James McShane
|
| Australian History | 1887 (Age 23) 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 daughter #3 | 7 June 1888 (Age 25) Whithorn, Wigtownshire, Scotland
daughter -
Sarah McShane
|
| Birth of a brother | 1888 (Age 24)
younger brother -
William Hughes
|
| Birth of a brother | 1889 (Age 25)
younger brother -
Francis Hughes
|
| Death of a sister | 9 December 1889 (Age 26)
younger sister -
Sarah Hughes
|
| Australian History | 1889 (Age 25) 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 26) Note: The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention. |
| Birth of a son #4 | 1891 (Age 27) Whithorn, Wigtownshire, Scotland
son -
Patrick McShane
|
| Australian History | 1891 (Age 27) 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 28) Note: Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia. |
| Birth of a son #5 | 1893 (Age 29) Whithorn, Wigtownshire, Scotland
son -
John McShane
|
| Australian History | 1893 (Age 29) 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 30) 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. |
| Birth of a son #6 | 6 April 1895 (Age 31) Whithorn, Wigtownshire, Scotland
son -
Francis McShane
|
| Australian History | 1895 (Age 31) 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 32) Note: The Bathurst Conference (the second 'people's convention') meets to discuss the 1891 draft constitution |
| Death of a father | 3 August 1897 (Age 34) Workington, Cumberland, England
father -
Patrick Hughes
|
| Australian History | 1897 (Age 33) 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. |
| Birth of a daughter #7 | 1898 (Age 34) Whithorn, Wigtownshire, Scotland
daughter -
Margaret McShane
|
| Australian History | 1898 (Age 34) 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 36) 35 Hutchieson Street, Glasgow, Scotland
younger brother -
Patrick Hughes
sister-in-law -
Janet Annie Mc Clure
|
| Australian History | 1899 (Age 35) 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. |
| Birth of a son #8 | 1900 (Age 36) Whithorn, Wigtownshire, Scotland
son -
Thomas McShane
|
| Australian History | 1900 (Age 36) 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 37) 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 38) 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 39) 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 40) 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 42) Note: Australia takes control of south-eastern New Guinea |
| Australian History | 1908 (Age 44) 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 45) Note: The first powered aeroplane flight in Australia is made. |
| Australian History | 1910 (Age 46) Note: Andrew Fisher forms the first federal majority Labor government. |
| Australian History | 1911 (Age 47) 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 48) 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 49) 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 49) Note: The foundation stone for the city of Canberra is put in place |
| Australian History | 1914 (Age 50) 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 51) 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 52) 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 53) 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 54) 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 55) 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 56) Note: The airline Qantas is founded |
| Australian History | 1921 (Age 57) Note: Edith Cowan becomes the first woman elected to an Australian parliament |
| Australian History | 1922 (Age 58) Note: The Smith Family charity is founded in Sydney |
| Australian History | 1923 (Age 59) Note: Vegemite is first produced |
| Death of a mother | 11 May 1925 (Age 62)
mother -
Sarah Jolly
|
| Australian History | 1926 (Age 62) Note: The first Miss Australia contest is held |
| Australian History | 1927 (Age 63) Note: The tenth parliament is formally opened in Canberra, finalising the move to the new capital |
| Australian History | 1928 (Age 64) 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 65) Note: Western Australia celebrates its centenary Note: Labor returns to office under James Scullin. The Great Depression hits Australia. |
| Australian History | 1930 (Age 66) 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 67) Note: Sir Douglas Mawson charts 4,000 miles of Antarctic coastline and claims 42% of the icy mass for Australia |
| Australian History | 1932 (Age 68) Note: The Sydney Harbour Bridge opens Note: The Labor government falls and Joseph Lyons becomes Prime Minister |
| Australian History | 1933 (Age 69) 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 72) Note: The last Thylacine dies |
| Australian History | 1937 (Age 73) Note: The radio series Dad and Dave begins |
| Australian History | 1938 (Age 74) Note: Sydney hosts the Empire Games, the forerunner to the Commonwealth Games |
| Australian History | 1939 (Age 75) 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 | 25 June 1939 (Age 76) Whithorn, Wigtownshire, Scotland Address: Bowling Green Rd, |
| 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 younger brother |
Francis Hughes
Birth about 1866 34 28 Sorbie, Wigtown, Scotland Death yes |
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3 years #2 younger 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 younger sister |
Marie Hughes
Birth about 1871 39 33 Whithorn, Wigtownshire, Scotland Death yes |
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5 years #5 younger 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 younger sister |
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 herself |
Margaret Hughes
Birth 9 April 1863 31 25 Whithorn, Wigtownshire, Scotland Death 25 June 1939 (Age 76) Whithorn, Wigtownshire, Scotland |
| Family with James McShane - View family |
| husband |
James McShane
Birth 12 June 1859 Kirkinner, Wigtownshire, Scotland Death yes |
|
4 years herself |
Margaret Hughes
Birth 9 April 1863 31 25 Whithorn, Wigtownshire, Scotland Death 25 June 1939 (Age 76) Whithorn, Wigtownshire, Scotland |
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Marriage: yes |
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| #1 daughter |
Mary McShane
Birth 1885 25 21 Whithorn, Wigtownshire, Scotland Death yes |
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2 years #2 son |
James McShane
Birth 1887 27 23 Whithorn, Wigtownshire, Scotland |
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17 months #3 daughter |
Sarah McShane
Birth 7 June 1888 28 25 Whithorn, Wigtownshire, Scotland |
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3 years #4 son |
Patrick McShane
Birth 1891 31 27 Whithorn, Wigtownshire, Scotland Death 1975 (Age 84) Dumfries, Dumfries-shire, Scotland |
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2 years #5 son |
John McShane
Birth 1893 33 29 Whithorn, Wigtownshire, Scotland Death 1982 (Age 89) Dumfries, Dumfries-shire, Scotland |
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2 years #6 son |
Francis McShane
Birth 6 April 1895 35 31 Whithorn, Wigtownshire, Scotland Death 1979 (Age 83) Auchinleck, Ayrshire, Scotland |
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3 years #7 daughter |
Margaret McShane
Birth 1898 38 34 Whithorn, Wigtownshire, Scotland |
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2 years #8 son |
Thomas McShane
Birth 1900 40 36 Whithorn, Wigtownshire, Scotland |