Isabel CampbellAge: 731787–1860
- Name
- Isabel Campbell
- Given names
- Isabel
- Surname
- Campbell
Isabel Graham
- Name
- Isabel Graham
- Given names
- Isabel
- Surname
- Graham
| Birth | 28 April 1787 32 26 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland |
| Baptism | 6 May 1787 (Age 8 days) New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Note: IGI |
| Australian History | 1788 (Age 8 months) 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. |
| Birth of a sister | about 1790 (Age 2) New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
younger sister -
Jean Campbell
|
| Australian History | 1790 (Age 2) Note: Beleaguered Second Fleet arrives. Colony gripped by food crisis. |
| Birth of a sister | 17 January 1792 (Age 4) New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
younger sister -
Tomina Campbell
|
| Australian History | 1792 (Age 4) 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. |
| Birth of a sister | about 1794 (Age 6) New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
younger sister -
Janet Campbell
|
| Australian History | 1797 (Age 9) 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. |
| Birth of a sister | about 1798 (Age 10) New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
younger sister -
Helen Campbell
|
| Australian History | 1798 (Age 10) Note: 1798-9 - George Bass and Matthew Flinders sail from Sydney and circumnavigate Tasmania, thus proving it to be an island. |
| Birth of a brother | 7 July 1799 (Age 12) Of Dalgig, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
younger brother -
Ivie Campbell
|
| Birth of a sister | 1802 (Age 14) Dalgig, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
younger sister -
Wilhemina Campbell
|
| Marriage of a half-sister | Margaret Campbell - View family about 1803 (Age 15)
father's son-in-law -
William Fisher
half-sister -
Margaret Campbell
|
| Australian History | 1803 (Age 15) Note: Matthew Flinders completes the first circumnavigation of the continent (still known as 'New Holland') |
| Australian History | 1804 (Age 16) 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 20) Note: The Rum Rebellion |
| Marriage of a half-brother | William Campbell - View family about 1809 (Age 21) Dalfarson Mills, Doon, Dalmellington, Ayrshire, Scotland
half-brother -
William Campbell
half-brother's wife -
Jean Scott
|
| Marriage | William Graham - View family 4 April 1812 (Age 24) Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland |
| Marriage of a sister | Jean Campbell - View family about 1812 (Age 24) Prob New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
brother-in-law -
William Brown
younger sister -
Jean Campbell
|
| Birth of a son #1 | 3 March 1813 (Age 25) Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland
son -
Ivie (Campbell) Graham
|
| Birth of a daughter #2 | about 1813 (Age 25)
daughter -
Margaret Graham
|
| Marriage of a sister | Tomina Campbell - View family 24 June 1815 (Age 28) New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
brother-in-law -
Alexander Rowan
younger sister -
Tomina Campbell
|
| Birth of a daughter #3 | about 1816 (Age 28) Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland
daughter -
Jean Graham
|
| Australian History | 1817 (Age 29) 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 30) Note: Oxley charts the Macquarie River. |
| Marriage of a sister | Janet Campbell - View family 14 June 1820 (Age 33) Coylton, Ayrshire, Scotland
brother-in-law -
Andrew Campbell
younger sister -
Janet Campbell
|
| Marriage of a sister | Helen Campbell - View family about 1820 (Age 32)
brother-in-law -
David Ferguson
younger sister -
Helen Campbell
|
| Birth of a daughter #4 | about 1822 (Age 34) New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
daughter -
Isabella Graham
|
| Birth of a daughter #5 | about 1823 (Age 35) New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
daughter -
Elizabeth Graham
|
| Australian History | 1824 (Age 36) 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 #6 | about 1825 (Age 37) New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
son -
James Graham
|
| Marriage of a sister | Wilhemina Campbell - View family 1825 (estimated) (Age 37)
brother-in-law -
Thomas McCaig
younger sister -
Wilhemina Campbell
|
| Australian History | 1825 (Age 37) Note: New South Wales western border is extended to 129 degrees E. Van Diemen's Land is proclaimed. |
| Birth of a daughter #7 | about 1827 (Age 39) New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
daughter -
Janet Graham
|
| Australian History | 1828 (Age 40) Note: Charles Sturt charts the Darling River. |
| Birth of a daughter #8 | 24 May 1829 (Age 42) New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
daughter -
Douglas Wills Graham
|
| Australian History | 1829 (Age 41) 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. |
| Marriage of a half-brother | George Campbell - View family 1830 (Age 42)
half-brother -
George Campbell
half-brother's wife -
Janet McDonald
|
| Australian History | 1830 (Age 42) Note: Sturt arrives at Goolwa, having charted the Murray River. |
| Marriage of a brother | Ivie Campbell - View family 4 July 1831 (Age 44) Riccarton, Ayrshire, Scotland
younger brother -
Ivie Campbell
sister-in-law -
Jean Richmond
|
| Death of a father | 28 July 1831 (Age 44) Dalgig, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
father -
Ivie Campbell
|
| Australian History | 1831 (Age 43) Note: Sydney Herald (later to become The Sydney Morning Herald) first published. |
| Birth of a son #9 | about 1832 (Age 44) New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
son -
William Graham
|
| Australian History | 1832 (Age 44) Note: Swan River Colony has its name changed to Western Australia. |
| Death of a half-brother | 17 April 1833 (Age 45) New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
half-brother -
William Campbell
|
| Australian History | 1833 (Age 45) Note: The penal settlement of Port Arthur is founded in Van Diemen's Land. |
| Australian History | 1835 (Age 47) 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 48) Note: Province of South Australia proclaimed with its western border at 132 degrees E. |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | 28 October 1838 (Age 51) New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
granddaughter -
Margaret Dunbar Morrison
|
| Australian History | 1838 (Age 50) Note: First Prussian settlers arrive in South Australia; the largest group on non-British migrants in Australia at the time. |
| Birth of a son #10 | about 1839 (Age 51) New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
son -
David Graham
|
| Australian History | 1839 (Age 51) Note: Paul Edmund Strzelecki becomes first European to ascend and name Australia's highest peak, Mount Kosciuszko. |
| Birth of a granddaughter #2 | about 1840 (Age 52) Muirkirk, Ayrshire, Scotland
granddaughter -
Mary Todd Cameron
|
| Birth of a granddaughter #3 | 22 November 1840 (Age 53) New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
granddaughter -
Christina Morrison
|
| Australian History | 1840 (Age 52) Note: Australia's first municipal authority, the City of Adelaide, is established, followed by Sydney City Council. |
| Census | 7 June 1841 (Age 54) |
| Death of a sister | 5 November 1841 (Age 54) Kellintrae, Mochrum, Wigtown, Scotland
younger sister -
Tomina Campbell
|
| Australian History | 1841 (Age 53) Note: New Zealand is proclaimed as a separate colony, no longer part of New South Wales. |
| Birth of a granddaughter #4 | 19 October 1842 (Age 55) New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
granddaughter -
Isabella Morrison
|
| Australian History | 1842 (Age 54) Note: Copper is discovered at Kapunda in South Australia. |
| Australian History | 1843 (Age 55) 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 mother | 4 August 1844 (Age 57) Dalgig, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
mother -
Margaret Dunbar
|
| Australian History | 1845 (Age 57) 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 grandson #5 | about 1846 (Age 58) New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
grandson -
James Morrison
|
| Birth of a grandson #6 | 6 March 1847 (Age 59) Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland
grandson -
William Morrison
|
| Marriage of a daughter | Janet Graham - View family about 1848 (Age 60) Kirkconnell, Dfs, Scotland
son-in-law -
James McKnight
daughter -
Janet Graham
|
| Marriage of a daughter | Douglas Wills Graham - View family 24 March 1848 (Age 60) Marchburn, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
son-in-law -
Ivie McKenzie
daughter -
Douglas Wills Graham
|
| Birth of a granddaughter #7 | 31 August 1848 (Age 61) New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
granddaughter -
Jessie Graham McKenzie
|
| Birth of a grandson #8 | 12 May 1849 (Age 62) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
grandson -
Mary McKnight
|
| Death of a daughter | 12 May 1849 (Age 62) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
daughter -
Janet Graham
|
| Birth of a grandson #9 | 16 May 1849 (Age 62) Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland
grandson -
John Morrison
|
| Death of a grandson | 20 August 1849 (Age 62) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
grandson -
Mary McKnight
|
| Birth of a granddaughter #10 | 23 July 1850 (Age 63) New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
granddaughter -
Elisabeth McKenzie
|
| Australian History | 1850 (Age 62) 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. |
| Census | 30 March 1851 (Age 63) Marchburn, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Note: Wife, 63, mar bn New Cumnock AYR |
| Marriage of a son | James Graham - View family 13 June 1851 (Age 64) Straid, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
son -
James Graham
daughter-in-law -
Annie Harkness
|
| Birth of a granddaughter #11 | 1 October 1851 (Age 64) New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
granddaughter -
Jane Graham
|
| Australian History | 1851 (Age 63) 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 #12 | about 1853 (Age 65) New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
granddaughter -
Jane Dunlop Graham
|
| Birth of a grandson #13 | about 1853 (Age 65) Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland
grandson -
Ivie Morrison
|
| Marriage of a son | Ivie (Campbell) Graham - View family 14 October 1853 (Age 66) Craigman, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
son -
Ivie (Campbell) Graham
daughter-in-law -
Jane Laurie
|
| Australian History | 1853 (Age 65) Note: Bendigo Petition and Red Ribbon Rebellion at Bendigo |
| Birth of a granddaughter #14 | 4 May 1854 (Age 67) New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
granddaughter -
Isabella Graham
|
| Australian History | 1854 (Age 66) Note: The Eureka Stockade |
| Marriage of a brother | Ivie Campbell - View family 15 January 1855 (Age 67) New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
younger brother -
Ivie Campbell
sister-in-law -
Jean Lee
|
| Birth of a grandson #15 | 17 January 1855 (Age 67) Dalricket Mill, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
grandson -
William Graham
|
| Birth of a grandson #16 | 25 February 1855 (Age 67) Marchburn, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
grandson -
Ivie McKenzie
|
| Birth of a grandson #17 | 25 February 1855 (Age 67) Marchburn, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
grandson -
William McKenzie
|
| Birth of a granddaughter #18 | 26 February 1855 (Age 67) Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland
granddaughter -
Janet Morrison
|
| Death of a half-brother | 14 March 1855 (Age 67) New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
half-brother -
George Campbell
|
| Australian History | 1855 (Age 67) 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 granddaughter #19 | about 1856 (Age 68) New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
granddaughter -
Joan Nisbet
|
| Australian History | 1856 (Age 68) Note: Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania. |
| Birth of a granddaughter #20 | 1 March 1857 (Age 69) New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
granddaughter -
Marion Graham
|
| Birth of a grandson #21 | 12 April 1857 (Age 69) Dalgig, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
grandson -
James McKenzie
|
| Australian History | 1857 (Age 69) 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. |
| Marriage of a granddaughter | Christina Morrison - View family 1 October 1858 (Age 71) Burnockhead, Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland
nephew -
John McCaig
granddaughter -
Christina Morrison
|
| Birth of a granddaughter #22 | 24 December 1858 (Age 71) Greenside, Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland
granddaughter -
Marion Laurie Graham
|
| Australian History | 1858 (Age 70) Note: Sydney and Melbourne linked by electric telegraph. Note: New South Wales men achieve the right to vote. |
| Death of a daughter | 9 May 1859 (Age 72) Coalburn, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
daughter -
Elizabeth Graham
|
| Death of a sister | 24 May 1859 (Age 72) Airelick, Mochrum, Scotland
younger sister -
Jean Campbell
|
| Birth of a granddaughter #23 | 5 June 1859 (Age 72) Dalgig Hill, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
granddaughter -
Isabella Campbell McKenzie
|
| Birth of a granddaughter #24 | 20 June 1859 (Age 72) Burnockhead, Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland
granddaughter -
Elisabeth Graham Morrison
|
| Birth of a granddaughter #25 | 27 July 1859 (Age 72) Craigman, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
granddaughter -
Janet Graham
|
| Australian History | 1859 (Age 71) 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 72) Note: John McDouall Stuart reaches the centre of the continent. South Australian border changed from 132 degrees E to 129 degrees E. |
| Death | 15 September 1860 (Age 73) Marchburn, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland |
| Family with parents - View family |
| father |
Baptism 25 September 1754 35 30 Garclough, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 28 July 1831 Dalgig, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland |
|
6 years mother |
Baptism 20 June 1760 Burnton, Dalrymple, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 4 August 1844 Dalgig, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland |
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Marriage: about 1786 |
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|
16 months #1 herself |
Isabel Campbell
Birth 28 April 1787 32 26 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 15 September 1860 (Age 73) Marchburn, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland |
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3 years #2 younger sister |
Jean Campbell
Birth about 1790 35 29 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 24 May 1859 (Age 69) Airelick, Mochrum, Scotland |
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2 years #3 younger sister |
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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23 months #4 younger sister |
Janet Campbell
Birth about 1794 39 33 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 9 January 1876 (Age 82) Newton Stewart, Wigtownshire, Scotland |
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4 years #5 younger sister |
Helen Campbell
Birth about 1798 43 37 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 4 April 1867 (Age 69) Wood Of Auchleand, Wigtown, Wigtownshire, Scotland |
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18 months #6 younger brother |
Birth 7 July 1799 44 39 Of Dalgig, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 3 December 1867 (Age 68) Dalgig, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland |
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3 years #7 younger sister |
Wilhemina Campbell
Birth 1802 47 41 Dalgig, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 25 April 1876 (Age 74) Craigman, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland |
| Father’s family with Jean Gemmell - View family |
| father |
Baptism 25 September 1754 35 30 Garclough, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 28 July 1831 Dalgig, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland |
|
-9 months step-mother |
Jean Gemmell
Birth about 1754 Death 1786 (Age 32) New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland |
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Marriage: 1778 |
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3 months #1 half-brother |
George Campbell
Birth 10 April 1778 23 24 Waterhead, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 14 March 1855 (Age 76) New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland |
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3 years #2 half-brother |
William Campbell
Birth 19 November 1780 26 26 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 17 April 1833 (Age 52) New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland |
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3 years #3 half-sister |
Margaret Campbell
Birth 17 July 1783 28 29 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 21 July 1873 (Age 90) Craignarget, Glenluce, Wigtownshire, Scotland |
| Family with William Graham - View family |
| husband |
William Graham
Birth about 1770 Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 15 July 1864 (Age 94) Marchburn, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland |
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17 years herself |
Isabel Campbell
Birth 28 April 1787 32 26 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 15 September 1860 (Age 73) Marchburn, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland |
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Marriage: 4 April 1812 — Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland |
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|
11 months #1 son |
Ivie (Campbell) Graham
Birth 3 March 1813 43 25 Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 28 November 1891 (Age 78) Bartarg, Barrhill, Ayrshire, Scotland |
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-2 months #2 daughter |
Margaret Graham
Birth about 1813 43 25 Death 7 January 1873 (Age 60) Carwinshock, Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland |
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3 years #3 daughter |
Jean Graham
Birth about 1816 46 28 Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 2 April 1895 (Age 79) Main St, Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland |
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6 years #4 daughter |
Isabella Graham
Birth about 1822 52 34 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 10 October 1895 (Age 73) Ayr District Asylum, Ayrshire, Scotland |
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1 year #5 daughter |
Elizabeth Graham
Birth about 1823 53 35 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 9 May 1859 (Age 36) Coalburn, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland |
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2 years #6 son |
James Graham
Birth about 1825 55 37 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 23 February 1905 (Age 80) Trowdale, Crossmichael, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland |
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2 years #7 daughter |
Janet Graham
Birth about 1827 57 39 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 12 May 1849 (Age 22) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
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2 years #8 daughter |
Douglas Wills Graham
Birth 24 May 1829 59 42 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 20 November 1906 (Age 77) Knockguldron, Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland |
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3 years #9 son |
William Graham
Birth about 1832 62 44 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 1 March 1897 (Age 65) High Logan, Catrine, Sorn, Ayrshire, Scotland |
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7 years #10 son |
David Graham
Birth about 1839 69 51 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death yes |
Isabel Campbell has 16 first cousins recorded
Father's family (16)
Parents … Laidlaw + Helen Campbell
Parents John Campbell + Sarah Turner
Parents George Sloan + Elizabeth Campbell
Parents Thomas Campbell + Jennet Brown
Parents Thomas Campbell + Mary Pearson
Mother's family (0)
| Baptism | IGI |
| 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. |
| Australian History | Western Australia becomes a penal colony. |
| Census | Wife, 63, mar bn New Cumnock AYR |
| 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. |