Alexander Rowan 1782

Alexander RowanAge: 801782–1862

Name: Alexander Rowan

Given names: Alexander

Surname: Rowan

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Birth	8 February 1782
Australian History	1788 (Age 5) 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 7) Note: Beleaguered Second Fleet arrives. Colony gripped by food crisis.
Australian History	1792 (Age 9) 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 14) 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 15) 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 20) Note: Matthew Flinders completes the first circumnavigation of the continent (still known as 'New Holland')
Australian History	1804 (Age 21) 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 25) Note: The Rum Rebellion
Marriage	Tomina Campbell - View family 24 June 1815 (Age 33) New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
Birth of a daughter #1	3 May 1816 (Age 34) Barr, Ayrshire, Scotland daughter - Margaret Rowan
Birth of a son #2	6 June 1817 (Age 35) Kellintrae, Barr By Girvan, Ayrshire, Scotland son - Ivie Rowan
Australian History	1817 (Age 34) 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 35) Note: Oxley charts the Macquarie River.
Birth of a daughter #3	3 January 1820 (Age 37) Barr, Scotland daughter - Georgina Rowan
Birth of a daughter #4	20 January 1823 (Age 40) Barr by Girvan, Ayrshire, Scotland daughter - Mary Rowan
Australian History	1824 (Age 41) 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 #5	16 March 1825 (Age 43) Berneight Farm, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland son - Andrew Rowan
Australian History	1825 (Age 42) Note: New South Wales western border is extended to 129 degrees E. Van Diemen's Land is proclaimed.
Birth of a son #6	18 March 1827 (Age 45) Barr by Girvan, Ayrshire, Scotland son - Thomas Rowan
Australian History	1828 (Age 45) Note: Charles Sturt charts the Darling River.
Birth of a son #7	26 August 1829 (Age 47) Barr by Girvan, Ayrshire, Scotland son - John Rowan
Australian History	1829 (Age 46) 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 47) Note: Sturt arrives at Goolwa, having charted the Murray River.
Birth of a daughter #8	6 December 1831 (Age 49) Barr by Girvan, Ayrshire, Scotland daughter - Elizabeth Rowan
Australian History	1831 (Age 48) Note: Sydney Herald (later to become The Sydney Morning Herald) first published.
Australian History	1832 (Age 49) Note: Swan River Colony has its name changed to Western Australia.
Australian History	1833 (Age 50) Note: The penal settlement of Port Arthur is founded in Van Diemen's Land.
Australian History	1835 (Age 52) 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 53) Note: Province of South Australia proclaimed with its western border at 132 degrees E.
Australian History	1838 (Age 55) Note: First Prussian settlers arrive in South Australia; the largest group on non-British migrants in Australia at the time.
Australian History	1839 (Age 56) Note: Paul Edmund Strzelecki becomes first European to ascend and name Australia's highest peak, Mount Kosciuszko.
Australian History	1840 (Age 57) Note: Australia's first municipal authority, the City of Adelaide, is established, followed by Sydney City Council.
Death of a wife	5 November 1841 (Age 59) Kellintrae, Mochrum, Wigtown, Scotland wife - Tomina Campbell
Australian History	1841 (Age 58) Note: New Zealand is proclaimed as a separate colony, no longer part of New South Wales.
Australian History	1842 (Age 59) Note: Copper is discovered at Kapunda in South Australia.
Marriage of a daughter	Margaret Rowan - View family 1843 (Age 60) son-in-law - Robert Wilson daughter - Margaret Rowan
Australian History	1843 (Age 60) 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).
Marriage of a daughter	Georgina Rowan - View family 17 June 1845 (Age 63) Killantrae, Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland son-in-law - Alexander Stewart daughter - Georgina Rowan
Australian History	1845 (Age 62) 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 granddaughter #1	2 May 1846 (Age 64) Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland granddaughter - Tomina Stewart
Alt. Death	Note: Uncle Alexander Rowan died at Thorney Hill Cottage, Minnigaff and was interred at Mochrum.
Baptism of a granddaughter	17 May 1846 (Age 64) granddaughter - Tomina Stewart
Death of a son	25 November 1847 (Age 65) Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland son - Ivie Rowan
Birth of a granddaughter #2	22 February 1848 (Age 66) Mochrum, Scotland granddaughter - Jane Stewart
Baptism of a granddaughter	11 March 1848 (Age 66) granddaughter - Jane Stewart
Birth of a grandson #3	1850 (Age 67) Mochrum, Scotland grandson - Andrew Robert Stewart
Australian History	1850 (Age 67) 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 68) 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 #4	1852 (Age 69) Mochrum, Scotland granddaughter - Mary Cleave Stewart
Birth of a grandson #5	1853 (Age 70) Mochrum, Wigtown, Scotland grandson - Ivie Stewart
Australian History	1853 (Age 70) Note: Bendigo Petition and Red Ribbon Rebellion at Bendigo
Birth of a grandson #6	31 October 1854 (Age 72) Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland grandson - James Stewart
Australian History	1854 (Age 71) Note: The Eureka Stockade
Australian History	1855 (Age 72) 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 grandson #7	7 June 1856 (Age 74) Daughtay Farm, Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland grandson - George Stewart
Australian History	1856 (Age 73) Note: Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania.
Birth of a grandson #8	19 November 1857 (Age 75) Drughtag, Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland grandson - Robert Gavin Stewart
Australian History	1857 (Age 74) 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.
Australian History	1858 (Age 75) Note: Sydney and Melbourne linked by electric telegraph. Note: New South Wales men achieve the right to vote.
Birth of a granddaughter #9	about 1859 (Age 76) granddaughter - Elizabeth Stewart
Birth of a granddaughter #10	1859 (Age 76) Kyneton, Victoria, Australia granddaughter - Agnes Barbara Rowan
Marriage of a son	Andrew Rowan - View family 14 April 1859 (Age 77) Mochrum, Scotland son - Andrew Rowan daughter-in-law - Margaret Mactier
Marriage of a son	Thomas Rowan - View family 1859 (Age 76) Victoria, Australia son - Thomas Rowan daughter-in-law - Annie Anderson
Marriage of a daughter	Elizabeth Rowan - View family 29 April 1859 (Age 77) Penninghame, Wigtownshire, Scotland son-in-law - Thomas Armstrong Rattray daughter - Elizabeth Rowan
Australian History	1859 (Age 76) 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 granddaughter #11	1860 (Age 77) Victoria, Australia granddaughter - Jane Wilson
Australian History	1860 (Age 77) Note: John McDouall Stuart reaches the centre of the continent. South Australian border changed from 132 degrees E to 129 degrees E.
Australian History	1861 (Age 78) 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 #12	1862 (Age 79) Victoria, Australia grandson - Alexander Ivie Rowan
Australian History	1862 (Age 79) Note: Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139 degrees E.
Death	3 July 1862 (Age 80) Ayr, Scotland Address: Thornhill Cottage

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himself	Alexander Rowan Birth 8 February 1782 Death 3 July 1862 (Age 80) Ayr, Scotland Loading...
10 years wife	Tomina Campbell Birth 17 January 1792 37 31 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 5 November 1841 (Age 49) Kellintrae, Mochrum, Wigtown, Scotland Loading...
	Marriage: 24 June 1815 — New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
10 months #1 daughter	Margaret Rowan Birth 3 May 1816 34 24 Barr, Ayrshire, Scotland Death yes Loading...
13 months #2 son	Ivie Rowan Birth 6 June 1817 35 25 Kellintrae, Barr By Girvan, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 25 November 1847 (Age 30) Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland Loading...
3 years #3 daughter	Georgina Rowan Birth 3 January 1820 37 27 Barr, Scotland Death 22 November 1900 (Age 80) Tatura, Victoria, Australia Loading...
3 years #4 daughter	Mary Rowan Birth 20 January 1823 40 31 Barr by Girvan, Ayrshire, Scotland Death yes Loading...
2 years #5 son	Andrew Rowan Birth 16 March 1825 43 33 Berneight Farm, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 26 October 1889 (Age 64) Barbower, Kyneton, Victoria, Australia Loading...
2 years #6 son	Thomas Rowan Birth 18 March 1827 45 35 Barr by Girvan, Ayrshire, Scotland Death yes Loading...
2 years #7 son	John Rowan Birth 26 August 1829 47 37 Barr by Girvan, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 1887 (Age 57) Devenish, Victoria, Australia Loading...
2 years #8 daughter	Elizabeth Rowan Birth 6 December 1831 49 39 Barr by Girvan, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 1899 (Age 67) Elmore, Victoria, Australia Loading...

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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.
Alt. Death	Uncle Alexander Rowan died at Thorney Hill Cottage, Minnigaff and was interred at Mochrum.
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.
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.

Alexander RowanAge: 801782–1862

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