Thomas Rowan 1827

Thomas Rowan1827–?

Name: Thomas Rowan

Given names: Thomas

Surname: Rowan

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Birth	18 March 1827 45 35 Barr by Girvan, Ayrshire, Scotland
Australian History	1828 (Age 9 months) Note: Charles Sturt charts the Darling River.
Birth of a brother	26 August 1829 (Age 2) Barr by Girvan, Ayrshire, Scotland younger brother - John Rowan
Australian History	1829 (Age 21 months) 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 2) Note: Sturt arrives at Goolwa, having charted the Murray River.
Death of a maternal grandfather	28 July 1831 (Age 4) Dalgig, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland maternal grandfather - Ivie Campbell
Birth of a sister	6 December 1831 (Age 4) Barr by Girvan, Ayrshire, Scotland younger sister - Elizabeth Rowan
Australian History	1831 (Age 3) Note: Sydney Herald (later to become The Sydney Morning Herald) first published.
Australian History	1832 (Age 4) Note: Swan River Colony has its name changed to Western Australia.
Australian History	1833 (Age 5) Note: The penal settlement of Port Arthur is founded in Van Diemen's Land.
Australian History	1835 (Age 7) 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 8) Note: Province of South Australia proclaimed with its western border at 132 degrees E.
Australian History	1838 (Age 10) Note: First Prussian settlers arrive in South Australia; the largest group on non-British migrants in Australia at the time.
Australian History	1839 (Age 11) Note: Paul Edmund Strzelecki becomes first European to ascend and name Australia's highest peak, Mount Kosciuszko.
Australian History	1840 (Age 12) Note: Australia's first municipal authority, the City of Adelaide, is established, followed by Sydney City Council.
Death of a mother	5 November 1841 (Age 14) Kellintrae, Mochrum, Wigtown, Scotland mother - Tomina Campbell
Australian History	1841 (Age 13) Note: New Zealand is proclaimed as a separate colony, no longer part of New South Wales.
Australian History	1842 (Age 14) Note: Copper is discovered at Kapunda in South Australia.
Marriage of a sister	Margaret Rowan - View family 1843 (Age 15) brother-in-law - Robert Wilson elder sister - Margaret Rowan
Australian History	1843 (Age 15) 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).
Death of a maternal grandmother	4 August 1844 (Age 17) Dalgig, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland maternal grandmother - Margaret Dunbar
Marriage of a sister	Georgina Rowan - View family 17 June 1845 (Age 18) Killantrae, Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland brother-in-law - Alexander Stewart elder sister - Georgina Rowan
Australian History	1845 (Age 17) 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.
Death of a brother	25 November 1847 (Age 20) Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland elder brother - Ivie Rowan
Australian History	1850 (Age 22) 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 23) 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 25) Note: Bendigo Petition and Red Ribbon Rebellion at Bendigo
Australian History	1854 (Age 26) Note: The Eureka Stockade
Australian History	1855 (Age 27) 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 28) Note: Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania.
Australian History	1857 (Age 29) 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 30) Note: Sydney and Melbourne linked by electric telegraph. Note: New South Wales men achieve the right to vote.
Marriage	Annie Anderson - View family 1859 (Age 31) Victoria, Australia
Birth of a daughter #1	1859 (Age 31) Kyneton, Victoria, Australia daughter - Agnes Barbara Rowan
Marriage of a brother	Andrew Rowan - View family 14 April 1859 (Age 32) Mochrum, Scotland elder brother - Andrew Rowan sister-in-law - Margaret Mactier
Marriage of a sister	Elizabeth Rowan - View family 29 April 1859 (Age 32) Penninghame, Wigtownshire, Scotland brother-in-law - Thomas Armstrong Rattray younger sister - Elizabeth Rowan
Australian History	1859 (Age 31) 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.
Australian History	1860 (Age 32) 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 33) 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 son #2	1862 (Age 34) Victoria, Australia son - Alexander Ivie Rowan
Death of a father	3 July 1862 (Age 35) Ayr, Scotland father - Alexander Rowan
Australian History	1862 (Age 34) Note: Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139 degrees E.
Australian History	1863 (Age 35) Note: South Australia takes control of the Northern Territory which was part of the colony of New South Wales.
Birth of a son #3	1864 (Age 36) Kyneton, Victoria, Australia son - John Anderson Rowan
Marriage of a sister	Mary Rowan - View family 1864 (Age 36) Victoria, Australia brother-in-law - George Toogood Hickox elder sister - Mary Rowan
Birth of a son #4	1866 (Age 38) Rochester, Victoria, Australia son - Thomas Campbell Rowan
Australian History	1867 (Age 39) Note: Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland. Note: Saint Mary MacKillop founds Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart.
Australian History	1868 (Age 40) Note: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases.
Australian History	1869 (Age 41) Note: Children of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent are removed from their families by Australian and State government agencies.
Birth of a son #5	1870 (Age 42) Echuca, Victoria, Australia son - George James Rowan
Birth of a daughter #6	about 1871 (Age 43) Australia daughter - Jean Rowan
Marriage of a brother	John Rowan - View family 1871 (Age 43) Victoria, Australia younger brother - John Rowan sister-in-law - Helen Ferguson
Australian History	1872 (Age 44) Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens.
Australian History	1873 (Age 45) Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock.
Australian History	1875 (Age 47) 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 50) Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.
Australian History	1879 (Age 51) Note: The first congress of trade unions is held.
Australian History	1880 (Age 52) 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 daughter	Agnes Barbara Rowan - View family 1882 (Age 54) Kyneton, Victoria, Australia son-in-law - James Dawson daughter - Agnes Barbara Rowan
Australian History	1882 (Age 54) Note: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.
Australian History	1883 (Age 55) Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill
Death of a brother	1887 (Age 59) Devenish, Victoria, Australia younger brother - John Rowan
Australian History	1887 (Age 59) 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.
Death of a brother	26 October 1889 (Age 62) Barbower, Kyneton, Victoria, Australia elder brother - Andrew Rowan
Residence	1889 (Age 61) Longwood, Victoria, Australia
Australian History	1889 (Age 61) 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 62) Note: The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention.
Australian History	1891 (Age 63) 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
Marriage of a son	John Anderson Rowan - View family 1892 (Age 64) Rochester, Victoria, Australia son - John Anderson Rowan daughter-in-law - Mary McArthur
Australian History	1892 (Age 64) Note: Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia.
Australian History	1893 (Age 65) 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 66) 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 granddaughter #1	1895 (Age 67) Euroa, Victoria, Australia granddaughter - Annie Flora Rowan
Australian History	1895 (Age 67) 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
Birth of a grandson #2	21 November 1896 (Age 69) Euroa, Victoria, Australia grandson - Ivie Campbell Rowan
Australian History	1896 (Age 68) Note: The Bathurst Conference (the second 'people's convention') meets to discuss the 1891 draft constitution
Australian History	1897 (Age 69) 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 70) 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.
Death of a sister	1899 (Age 71) Elmore, Victoria, Australia younger sister - Elizabeth Rowan
Australian History	1899 (Age 71) 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.
Death of a sister	22 November 1900 (Age 73) Tatura, Victoria, Australia elder sister - Georgina Rowan
Australian History	1900 (Age 72) 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
Birth of a grandson #3	1901 (Age 73) Alexandra, Victoria, Australia grandson - Hugh Duncan Rowan
Australian History	1901 (Age 73) 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 74) 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 75) 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 76) 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 78) Note: Australia takes control of south-eastern New Guinea
Australian History	1908 (Age 80) Note: Dorothea Mackellar publishes My Country Note: The Dalgety proposal for the national capital is revoked, and Canberra is chosen instead
Death of a daughter	1909 (Age 81) Australia daughter - Agnes Barbara Rowan
Australian History	1909 (Age 81) Note: The first powered aeroplane flight in Australia is made.
Australian History	1910 (Age 82) Note: Andrew Fisher forms the first federal majority Labor government.
Australian History	1911 (Age 83) 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 84) 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 85) 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 85) Note: The foundation stone for the city of Canberra is put in place
Australian History	1914 (Age 86) 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 87) 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 88) 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 89) 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 90) 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 91) 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 92) Note: The airline Qantas is founded
Australian History	1921 (Age 93) Note: Edith Cowan becomes the first woman elected to an Australian parliament
Australian History	1922 (Age 94) Note: The Smith Family charity is founded in Sydney
Australian History	1923 (Age 95) Note: Vegemite is first produced
Australian History	1926 (Age 98) Note: The first Miss Australia contest is held
Australian History	1927 (Age 99) Note: The tenth parliament is formally opened in Canberra, finalising the move to the new capital
Australian History	1928 (Age 100) 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 101) Note: Western Australia celebrates its centenary Note: Labor returns to office under James Scullin. The Great Depression hits Australia.
Australian History	1930 (Age 102) 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 103) Note: Sir Douglas Mawson charts 4,000 miles of Antarctic coastline and claims 42% of the icy mass for Australia
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father	Alexander Rowan Birth 8 February 1782 Death 3 July 1862 (Age 80) Ayr, Scotland Loading...
10 years mother	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 elder sister	Margaret Rowan Birth 3 May 1816 34 24 Barr, Ayrshire, Scotland Death yes Loading...
13 months #2 elder brother	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 elder sister	Georgina Rowan Birth 3 January 1820 37 27 Barr, Scotland Death 22 November 1900 (Age 80) Tatura, Victoria, Australia Loading...
3 years #4 elder sister	Mary Rowan Birth 20 January 1823 40 31 Barr by Girvan, Ayrshire, Scotland Death yes Loading...
2 years #5 elder brother	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 himself	Thomas Rowan Birth 18 March 1827 45 35 Barr by Girvan, Ayrshire, Scotland Death yes Loading...
2 years #7 younger brother	John Rowan Birth 26 August 1829 47 37 Barr by Girvan, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 1887 (Age 57) Devenish, Victoria, Australia Loading...
2 years #8 younger sister	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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himself	Thomas Rowan Birth 18 March 1827 45 35 Barr by Girvan, Ayrshire, Scotland Death yes Loading...
wife	Annie Anderson Death yes Loading...
	Marriage: 1859 — Victoria, Australia
#1 daughter	Agnes Barbara Rowan Birth 1859 31 Kyneton, Victoria, Australia Death 1909 (Age 50) Australia Loading...
3 years #2 son	Alexander Ivie Rowan Birth 1862 34 Victoria, Australia Death yes Loading...
2 years #3 son	John Anderson Rowan Birth 1864 36 Kyneton, Victoria, Australia Death yes Loading...
2 years #4 son	Thomas Campbell Rowan Birth 1866 38 Rochester, Victoria, Australia Death yes Loading...
4 years #5 son	George James Rowan Birth 1870 42 Echuca, Victoria, Australia Death yes Loading...
1 year #6 daughter	Jean Rowan Birth about 1871 43 Australia Death yes Loading...

Thomas Rowan has 50 first cousins recorded

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Parents William Graham + Isabel Campbell

1 Ivie (Campbell) Graham 1813–1891

2 Margaret Graham 1813–1873

3 Jean Graham 1816–1895

4 Isabella Graham 1822–1895

5 Elizabeth Graham 1823–1859

6 James Graham 1825–1905

7 Janet Graham 1827–1849

8 Douglas Wills Graham 1829–1906

9 William Graham 1832–1897

10 David Graham 1839–?

Parents William Brown + Jean Campbell

1 William Brown 1814–1881

2 Margaret Brown 1813–1875

3 Janet Brown 1819–1894

4 Mary Brown 1823–?

5 Ivie Brown 1821–1881

6 George Brown 1825–1862

7 Elizabeth Brown 1827–1908

8 Jane Brown 1829–1899

9 Hugh Brown 1833–1915

Parents Andrew Campbell + Janet Campbell

1 Margaret Dunbar Campbell 1821–1889

2 Jane Campbell 1822–1889

3 John Campbell 1823–1882

4 Ivie Campbell 1826–?

5 Isabella Agnes Campbell 1827–?

6 Janet Campbell 1830–1859

7 William Richmond Campbell 1832–1888

8 Helen Campbell 1835–?

9 Andrew Campbell 1838–1903

10 Euphemia Duncan Campbell 1840–1858

Parents David Ferguson + Helen Campbell

1 David Ferguson 1821–?

2 Jane Ferguson 1826–1862

3 Margaret Ferguson 1823–1856

4 Helen Ferguson 1827–?

5 Agnes Ferguson 1828–1923

6 Jessie Campbell Ferguson 1831–1902

7 Ivie Ferguson 1833–1894

8 Elizabeth Ferguson 1838–?

9 William Ferguson 1841–1898

Parents Ivie Campbell + Jean Richmond

1 Ivie Campbell 1833–1910

Parents Thomas McCaig + Wilhemina Campbell

1 Hugh Dunbar McCaig 1826–1883

2 Robert McCaig 1826–1912

3 Ivie McCaig 1829–1890

4 Margaret McCaig 1832–1900

5 Christina McCaig 1832–1892

6 John McCaig 1834–1914

7 George McCaig 1836–1897

8 Edward Irvin McCaig 1838–1918

9 Thomas McCaig 1840–1915

10 William McCaig 1844–1925

11 Jane Richmond McCaig 1848–1868