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John RowanAge: 571829–1887

Name
John Rowan
Given names
John
Surname
Rowan
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Birth 26 August 1829 47 37
 Barr by Girvan, Ayrshire, Scotland

Australian History 1829
 

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 4 months)
 

Note: Sturt arrives at Goolwa, having charted the Murray River.
Death of a maternal grandfather 28 July 1831 (Age 23 months)
 Dalgig, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

maternal grandfather - Ivie Campbell
Birth of a sister 6 December 1831 (Age 2)
 Barr by Girvan, Ayrshire, Scotland

younger sister - Elizabeth Rowan
Australian History 1831 (Age 16 months)
 

Note: Sydney Herald (later to become The Sydney Morning Herald) first published.
Australian History 1832 (Age 2)
 

Note: Swan River Colony has its name changed to Western Australia.
Australian History 1833 (Age 3)
 

Note: The penal settlement of Port Arthur is founded in Van Diemen's Land.
Australian History 1835 (Age 5)
 

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 6)
 

Note: Province of South Australia proclaimed with its western border at 132 degrees E.
Australian History 1838 (Age 8)
 

Note: First Prussian settlers arrive in South Australia; the largest group on non-British migrants in Australia at the time.
Australian History 1839 (Age 9)
 

Note: Paul Edmund Strzelecki becomes first European to ascend and name Australia's highest peak, Mount Kosciuszko.
Australian History 1840 (Age 10)
 

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 12)
 Kellintrae, Mochrum, Wigtown, Scotland

mother - Tomina Campbell
Australian History 1841 (Age 11)
 

Note: New Zealand is proclaimed as a separate colony, no longer part of New South Wales.
Australian History 1842 (Age 12)
 

Note: Copper is discovered at Kapunda in South Australia.
Marriage of a sisterMargaret Rowan - View family
1843 (Age 13)
 

brother-in-law - Robert Wilson
elder sister - Margaret Rowan
Australian History 1843 (Age 13)
 

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 14)
 Dalgig, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

maternal grandmother - Margaret Dunbar
Marriage of a sisterGeorgina Rowan - View family
17 June 1845 (Age 15)
 Killantrae, Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland

brother-in-law - Alexander Stewart
elder sister - Georgina Rowan
Australian History 1845 (Age 15)
 

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 18)
 Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland

elder brother - Ivie Rowan
Australian History 1850 (Age 20)
 

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 21)
 

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 23)
 

Note: Bendigo Petition and Red Ribbon Rebellion at Bendigo
Australian History 1854 (Age 24)
 

Note: The Eureka Stockade
Australian History 1855 (Age 25)
 

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 26)
 

Note: Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania.
Australian History 1857 (Age 27)
 

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 28)
 

Note: Sydney and Melbourne linked by electric telegraph.
Note: New South Wales men achieve the right to vote.
Marriage of a brotherAndrew Rowan - View family
14 April 1859 (Age 29)
 Mochrum, Scotland

elder brother - Andrew Rowan
sister-in-law - Margaret Mactier
Marriage of a brotherThomas Rowan - View family
1859 (Age 29)
 Victoria, Australia

elder brother - Thomas Rowan
sister-in-law - Annie Anderson
Marriage of a sisterElizabeth Rowan - View family
29 April 1859 (Age 29)
 Penninghame, Wigtownshire, Scotland

brother-in-law - Thomas Armstrong Rattray
younger sister - Elizabeth Rowan
Australian History 1859 (Age 29)
 

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 30)
 

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 31)
 

Note: The ill-fated Burke and Wills expedition occurs.
Note: skiing in Australia introduced by Norwegians in the Snowy Mountains goldrush town of Kiandra
Death of a father 3 July 1862 (Age 32)
 Ayr, Scotland

father - Alexander Rowan
Australian History 1862 (Age 32)
 

Note: Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139 degrees E.
Australian History 1863 (Age 33)
 

Note: South Australia takes control of the Northern Territory which was part of the colony of New South Wales.
Marriage of a sisterMary Rowan - View family
1864 (Age 34)
 Victoria, Australia

brother-in-law - George Toogood Hickox
elder sister - Mary Rowan
Australian History 1867 (Age 37)
 

Note: Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland.
Note: Saint Mary MacKillop founds Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart.
Australian History 1868 (Age 38)
 

Note: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases.
Australian History 1869 (Age 39)
 

Note: Children of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent are removed from their families by Australian and State government agencies.
MarriageHelen Ferguson - View family
1871 (Age 41)
 Victoria, Australia

Australian History 1872 (Age 42)
 

Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens.
Australian History 1873 (Age 43)
 

Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock.
Australian History 1875 (Age 45)
 

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 48)
 

Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.
Australian History 1879 (Age 49)
 

Note: The first congress of trade unions is held.
Australian History 1880 (Age 50)
 

Note: The bushranger Ned Kelly is hanged.
Note: Parliamentarians in Victoria become the first in Australia to be paid for their work.
Australian History 1882 (Age 52)
 

Note: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.
Australian History 1883 (Age 53)
 

Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway
Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill
Australian History 1887 (on the date of death)
 

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 1887 (Age 57)
 Devenish, Victoria, Australia

Family with parents - View family
father
Alexander Rowan

Birth 8 February 1782  

Death 3 July 1862 (Age 80)  Ayr, Scotland

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mother
Tomina Campbell

Birth 17 January 1792 37 31  New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

Death 5 November 1841 (Age 49)  Kellintrae, Mochrum, Wigtown, Scotland

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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  

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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

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#3 elder sister
Georgina Rowan

Birth 3 January 1820 37 27  Barr, Scotland

Death 22 November 1900 (Age 80)  Tatura, Victoria, Australia

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#4 elder sister
Mary Rowan

Birth 20 January 1823 40 31  Barr by Girvan, Ayrshire, Scotland

Death yes  

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#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

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#6 elder brother
Thomas Rowan

Birth 18 March 1827 45 35  Barr by Girvan, Ayrshire, Scotland

Death yes  

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#7 himself
John Rowan

Birth 26 August 1829 47 37  Barr by Girvan, Ayrshire, Scotland

Death 1887 (Age 57)  Devenish, Victoria, Australia

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#8 younger sister
Elizabeth Rowan

Birth 6 December 1831 49 39  Barr by Girvan, Ayrshire, Scotland

Death 1899 (Age 67)  Elmore, Victoria, Australia

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Family with Helen Ferguson - View family
himself
John Rowan

Birth 26 August 1829 47 37  Barr by Girvan, Ayrshire, Scotland

Death 1887 (Age 57)  Devenish, Victoria, Australia

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wife
Helen Ferguson

Birth about 1827 31 29  

Death yes  

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Marriage: 1871 — Victoria, Australia
John McClellan + Helen Ferguson - View family
wife's husband
John McClellan

Birth  Penninghame, Wigtownshire, Scotland

Death 1867  MT Prospect, Victoria, Australia

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wife
Helen Ferguson

Birth about 1827 31 29  

Death yes  

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Marriage: 3 March 1844 — Penninghame, Wigtownshire, Scotland
22 months
#1 step-daughter
Helen McClelland

Birth 1846 19  

Death yes  

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#2 step-daughter
Mary Anne McClellan

Death yes  

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#3 step-son
David McClellan

Birth  Australia

Death yes  

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#4 step-son
John McClellan

Birth  Australia

Death yes  

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#5 step-son
David McClellan

Birth  Australia

Death yes  

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#6 step-son
Thomas Bayliss McClellan

Birth 25 January 1861 34  Australia

Death 17 May 1936 (Age 75)  Australia

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3 years
#7 step-daughter
Jessie McClellan

Birth 1864 37  Australia

Death yes  

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#8 step-son
William McClellan

Birth 1866 39  Australia

Death yes  

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John Rowan has 50 first cousins recorded

Father's family (0)

Mother's family (50)

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

Extra information

Internal reference I7916
Reference number
6071
 
Last change 10 September 2012 - 09:43:36
 
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