James VernonAge: 601834–1895
- Name
- James Vernon
- Given names
- James
- Surname
- Vernon
| Birth | 17 May 1834 31 30 Kirkmabreck, Kirkcudbright, Scotland |
| Australian History | 1835 (Age 7 months) 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 19 months) Note: Province of South Australia proclaimed with its western border at 132 degrees E. |
| Australian History | 1838 (Age 3) Note: First Prussian settlers arrive in South Australia; the largest group on non-British migrants in Australia at the time. |
| Australian History | 1839 (Age 4) Note: Paul Edmund Strzelecki becomes first European to ascend and name Australia's highest peak, Mount Kosciuszko. |
| Birth of a sister | 1840 (estimated) (Age 5) Creetown, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland
younger sister -
Marion Vernon
|
| Australian History | 1840 (Age 5) Note: Australia's first municipal authority, the City of Adelaide, is established, followed by Sydney City Council. |
| Australian History | 1841 (Age 6) Note: New Zealand is proclaimed as a separate colony, no longer part of New South Wales. |
| Birth of a brother | 1842 (estimated) (Age 7) Kirkmabreck, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland
younger brother -
William Vernon
|
| Australian History | 1842 (Age 7) Note: Copper is discovered at Kapunda in South Australia. |
| Australian History | 1843 (Age 8) 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). |
| Birth of a sister | 1844 (Age 9)
younger sister -
Jane (Jean) Vernon
|
| Australian History | 1845 (Age 10) 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 brother | 1847 (estimated) (Age 12) Kirkmabreck, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland
younger brother -
Alexander Vernon
|
| Australian History | 1850 (Age 15) 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. |
| Australian History | 1851 (Age 16) 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 |
| Australian History | 1853 (Age 18) Note: Bendigo Petition and Red Ribbon Rebellion at Bendigo |
| Australian History | 1854 (Age 19) Note: The Eureka Stockade |
| Australian History | 1855 (Age 20) 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. |
| Australian History | 1856 (Age 21) Note: Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania. |
| Marriage | Elizabeth Carson - View family 26 October 1857 (Age 23) Kirkmabreck, Scotland Note: THE 1881 census shows the following: James (father) was probably away at sea. His wife Elizabeth Carson was also away. Two of the children were either away (with parents???) or deceased. note: there is no record of any of these four individuals anywhere in Scotland - they would have to have been out of the country or perhaps in the case of the 2 kids perhaps deceased. The two who were missing were Agnes (w/b 13) and Catherine w/b 9) Darlene: (3:29 PM) The other children were living at St John's St in Kirkmabreck. They were Elisabeth age 22 (she shows herself as Head of the household) her occupation was Housekeeper and Dom. Servant. / John age 21, Pavement Cutter / William age 20, Pavement Cutter / Alexander age 17, Pavement Cutter / Peter age 15, Pavement Cutter and Maggie, age 10, Scholar. |
| Birth of a son #1 | 26 October 1857 (Age 23) Kirkcudbright, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland
son -
James Vernon
|
| Australian History | 1857 (Age 22) 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. |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | 28 November 1858 (Age 24) Creetown, Kirkmabreck, Kirkcudbright, Scotland
daughter -
Elizabeth Jane Vernon
|
| Australian History | 1858 (Age 23) Note: Sydney and Melbourne linked by electric telegraph. Note: New South Wales men achieve the right to vote. |
| Australian History | 1859 (Age 24) 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. |
| Birth of a son #3 | 31 March 1860 (Age 25) Creetown, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland
son -
John Stewart Vernon
|
| Marriage of a brother | John Vernon - View family 26 July 1860 (Age 26) Dalbeattie, Kirkcudbright, Scotland
elder brother -
John Vernon
sister-in-law -
Elizabeth Dargavel
|
| Australian History | 1860 (Age 25) Note: John McDouall Stuart reaches the centre of the continent. South Australian border changed from 132 degrees E to 129 degrees E. |
| Birth of a son #4 | 21 December 1861 (Age 27) Creetown, Kirkmabreck, Kirkcudbright, Scotland
son -
William Carson Vernon
|
| Australian History | 1861 (Age 26) Note: The ill-fated Burke and Wills expedition occurs. Note: skiing in Australia introduced by Norwegians in the Snowy Mountains goldrush town of Kiandra |
| Australian History | 1862 (Age 27) Note: Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139 degrees E. |
| Australian History | 1863 (Age 28) Note: South Australia takes control of the Northern Territory which was part of the colony of New South Wales. |
| Birth of a son #5 | 22 January 1864 (Age 29) Creetown, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland
son -
Alexander Vernon
|
| Birth of a son #6 | 24 March 1866 (Age 31) Creetown, Kirkcudbright, Scotland
son -
Peter Carson Vernon
|
| Australian History | 1867 (Age 32) Note: Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland. Note: Saint Mary MacKillop founds Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart. |
| Birth of a son #7 | 23 February 1868 (Age 33) Kirkmabreck, Kirkcudbright, Scotland
son -
Agnes Lindsay Vernon
|
| Australian History | 1868 (Age 33) Note: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases. |
| Australian History | 1869 (Age 34) Note: Children of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent are removed from their families by Australian and State government agencies. |
| Birth of a daughter #8 | 22 December 1870 (Age 36) Kirkmabreck, Kirkcudbright, Scotland
daughter -
Margaret Carson Vernon
|
| Australian History | 1872 (Age 37) Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens. |
| Birth of a daughter #9 | 24 March 1873 (Age 38) Creetown, Kirkmabreck, Kirkcudbright, Scotland
daughter -
Catherine McGaw Vernon
|
| Australian History | 1873 (Age 38) Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock. |
| Death of a sister | 1874 (Age 39)
younger sister -
Jane (Jean) Vernon
|
| Death of a mother | July 1874 (Age 40) Creetown, Kirkcudbright, Scotland
mother -
Jean Stewart
|
| Australian History | 1875 (Age 40) Note: SS Gothenburg strikes Old Reef off North Queensland and sinks with the loss of approximately 102 lives. Note: Adelaide Steamship Company is formed. |
| Australian History | 1878 (Age 43) Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Death of a father | 20 March 1879 (Age 44) Creetown, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland
father -
Samuel Vernon
|
| Australian History | 1879 (Age 44) Note: The first congress of trade unions is held. |
| Australian History | 1880 (Age 45) Note: The bushranger Ned Kelly is hanged. Note: Parliamentarians in Victoria become the first in Australia to be paid for their work. |
| Marriage of a son | James Vernon - View family 24 February 1882 (Age 47) Kirkmabreck, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland
son -
James Vernon
daughter-in-law -
Margaret Mc Dowall
|
| Australian History | 1882 (Age 47) Note: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Marriage of a son | William Carson Vernon - View family 18 October 1883 (Age 49) Creetown, Kirkmabreck, Kirkcudbright, Scotland
son -
William Carson Vernon
daughter-in-law -
Maggie Coltart Naylor
|
| Australian History | 1883 (Age 48) Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill |
| Death of a daughter | 22 April 1885 (Age 50) Creetown, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland
daughter -
Elizabeth Jane Vernon
|
| Birth of a grandson #1 | about 1886 (Age 51) Creetown, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland
grandson -
Hugh Vernon
|
| Birth of a grandson #2 | 1887 (Age 52)
grandson -
James Vernon
|
| Australian History | 1887 (Age 52) 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 granddaughter #3 | about 1888 (Age 53) Creetown, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland
granddaughter -
Isabella Coultard "Bella" Vernon
|
| Australian History | 1889 (Age 54) 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 55) Note: The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention. |
| Birth of a grandson #4 | about 1891 (Age 56) Creetown, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland
grandson -
James Vernon
|
| Australian History | 1891 (Age 56) 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 57) Note: Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia. |
| Birth of a grandson #5 | about 1893 (Age 58)
grandson -
Peter Vernon
|
| Australian History | 1893 (Age 58) 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. |
| Birth of a granddaughter #6 | 20 July 1894 (Age 60)
granddaughter -
Flora Vernon
|
| Australian History | 1894 (Age 59) 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 60) 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 |
| Death | 17 March 1895 (Age 60) Creetown, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland |
| Family with parents - View family |
| father |
Samuel Vernon
Birth 1803 (estimated) Kirkmabreck, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland Death 20 March 1879 (Age 76) Creetown, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland |
|
1 year mother |
Jean Stewart
Birth 1804 (estimated) Wigtown, Wigtownshire, Scotland Death July 1874 (Age 70) Creetown, Kirkcudbright, Scotland |
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Marriage: 24 August 1823 — Kircudbright, Scotland |
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|
4 years #1 elder brother |
John Vernon
Birth about 1828 25 24 Creetown, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland Death yes |
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1 year #2 elder brother |
Samuel Vernon
Birth 1829 26 25 Death yes |
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2 years #3 elder brother |
Stewart Vernon
Birth 1831 28 27 Death yes |
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3 years #4 himself |
James Vernon
Birth 17 May 1834 31 30 Kirkmabreck, Kirkcudbright, Scotland Death 17 March 1895 (Age 60) Creetown, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland |
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6 years #5 younger sister |
Marion Vernon
Birth 1840 (estimated) 37 36 Creetown, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland Death yes |
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2 years #6 younger brother |
William Vernon
Birth 1842 (estimated) 39 38 Kirkmabreck, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland Death yes |
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2 years #7 younger sister |
Jane (Jean) Vernon
Birth 1844 41 40 Death 1874 (Age 30) |
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3 years #8 younger brother |
Alexander Vernon
Birth 1847 (estimated) 44 43 Kirkmabreck, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland Death yes |
| Family with Elizabeth Carson - View family |
| himself |
James Vernon
Birth 17 May 1834 31 30 Kirkmabreck, Kirkcudbright, Scotland Death 17 March 1895 (Age 60) Creetown, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland |
| wife |
Elizabeth Carson
Birth 17 May 1834 Creetown, Kirkmabreck, Kirkcudbright, Scotland Death 1909 (Age 74) Lancashire, England |
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Marriage: 26 October 1857 — Kirkmabreck, Scotland |
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| #1 son |
James Vernon
Birth 26 October 1857 23 23 Kirkcudbright, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland Death 27 February 1921 (Age 63) Creetown, Kirkmabreck, Kirkcudbright, Scotland |
|
13 months #2 daughter |
Elizabeth Jane Vernon
Birth 28 November 1858 24 24 Creetown, Kirkmabreck, Kirkcudbright, Scotland Death 22 April 1885 (Age 26) Creetown, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland |
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16 months #3 son |
Birth 31 March 1860 25 25 Creetown, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland Death 21 March 1943 (Age 82) Milford, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, USA |
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21 months #4 son |
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2 years #5 son |
Alexander Vernon
Birth 22 January 1864 29 29 Creetown, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland Death 18 February 1897 (Age 33) London, England |
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2 years #6 son |
Peter Carson Vernon
Birth 24 March 1866 31 31 Creetown, Kirkcudbright, Scotland Death yes |
|
23 months #7 son |
Agnes Lindsay Vernon
Birth 23 February 1868 33 33 Kirkmabreck, Kirkcudbright, Scotland Death yes |
|
3 years #8 daughter |
Margaret Carson Vernon
Birth 22 December 1870 36 36 Kirkmabreck, Kirkcudbright, Scotland Death yes |
|
2 years #9 daughter |
Catherine McGaw Vernon
Birth 24 March 1873 38 38 Creetown, Kirkmabreck, Kirkcudbright, Scotland Death 1949 (Age 75) Creetown, Kirkmabreck, Kirkcudbright, Scotland |
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| 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. |
| 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. |
| Marriage | THE 1881 census shows the following: James (father) was probably away at sea. His wife Elizabeth Carson was also away. Two of the children were either away (with parents???) or deceased. note: there is no record of any of these four individuals anywhere in Scotland - they would have to have been out of the country or perhaps in the case of the 2 kids perhaps deceased. The two who were missing were Agnes (w/b 13) and Catherine w/b 9) Darlene: (3:29 PM) The other children were living at St John's St in Kirkmabreck. They were Elisabeth age 22 (she shows herself as Head of the household) her occupation was Housekeeper and Dom. Servant. / John age 21, Pavement Cutter / William age 20, Pavement Cutter / Alexander age 17, Pavement Cutter / Peter age 15, Pavement Cutter and Maggie, age 10, Scholar. |
| Marriage | THE 1881 census shows the following: James (father) was probably away at sea. His wife Elizabeth Carson was also away. Two of the children were either away (with parents???) or deceased. note: there is no record of any of these four individuals anywhere in Scotland - they would have to have been out of the country or perhaps in the case of the 2 kids perhaps deceased. The two who were missing were Agnes (w/b 13) and Catherine w/b 9) Darlene: (3:29 PM) The other children were living at St John's St in Kirkmabreck. They were Elisabeth age 22 (she shows herself as Head of the household) her occupation was Housekeeper and Dom. Servant. / John age 21, Pavement Cutter / William age 20, Pavement Cutter / Alexander age 17, Pavement Cutter / Peter age 15, Pavement Cutter and Maggie, age 10, Scholar. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Australian History | Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland. |
| Australian History | The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases. |
| Australian History | Children of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent are removed from their families by Australian and State government agencies. |
| Australian History | Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens. |
| Australian History | Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock. |
| Australian History | SS Gothenburg strikes Old Reef off North Queensland and sinks with the loss of approximately 102 lives. |
| Australian History | First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Australian History | The first congress of trade unions is held. |
| Australian History | The bushranger Ned Kelly is hanged. |
| Australian History | First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Australian History | The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway |
| Australian History | 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 | The completion of the railway network between Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney. |
| Australian History | The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention. |
| Australian History | A National Australasian Convention meets, agrees on adopting the name 'the Commonwealth of Australia' and drafting a constitution. |
| Australian History | Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia. |
| Australian History | 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 | 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 | The premiers, except for those of Queensland and Western Australia, agree to implement the Corowa proposals. |