Jean McKerrowAge: 591851–1910
- Name
- Jean McKerrow
- Given names
- Jean
- Surname
- McKerrow
Jean McCaig
- Name
- Jean McCaig
- Given names
- Jean
- Surname
- McCaig
Jane McKerrow
- Name
- Jane McKerrow
- Given names
- Jane
- Surname
- McKerrow
| Birth | 1851 Barr, Ayrshire, Scotland |
| Australian History | 1851 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 2) Note: Bendigo Petition and Red Ribbon Rebellion at Bendigo |
| Australian History | 1854 (Age 3) Note: The Eureka Stockade |
| Australian History | 1855 (Age 4) 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 5) Note: Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania. |
| Australian History | 1857 (Age 6) 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 7) Note: Sydney and Melbourne linked by electric telegraph. Note: New South Wales men achieve the right to vote. |
| Australian History | 1859 (Age 8) 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 9) 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 10) 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 11) Note: Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139 degrees E. |
| Australian History | 1863 (Age 12) Note: South Australia takes control of the Northern Territory which was part of the colony of New South Wales. |
| Australian History | 1867 (Age 16) Note: Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland. Note: Saint Mary MacKillop founds Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart. |
| Australian History | 1868 (Age 17) Note: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases. |
| Marriage | William McCaig - View family 23 July 1869 (Age 18) New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland |
| Occupation | House Keeper 23 July 1869 (Age 18) Little Riggend, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland |
| Birth of a son #1 | 29 August 1869 (Age 18) Riggend, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
son -
Robert McCaig
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| Australian History | 1869 (Age 18) Note: Children of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent are removed from their families by Australian and State government agencies. |
| Census | 2 April 1871 (Age 20) Craigman Cottage, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Note: Jane McCaig, 20, wife, mar, bn Barr AYR |
| Australian History | 1872 (Age 21) Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens. |
| Australian History | 1873 (Age 22) Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock. |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | 20 July 1874 (Age 23) Currarie, Ballantrae, Ayrshire, Scotland
daughter -
Jane McCaig
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| Australian History | 1875 (Age 24) Note: SS Gothenburg strikes Old Reef off North Queensland and sinks with the loss of approximately 102 lives. Note: Adelaide Steamship Company is formed. |
| Birth of a son #3 | 22 May 1877 (Age 26) Currarie, Ballantrae, Ayrshire, Scotland
son -
Thomas McCaig
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| Birth of a son #4 | 16 June 1878 (Age 27) Currarie, Ballantrae, Ayrshire, Scotland
son -
Alexander McCaig
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| Australian History | 1878 (Age 27) Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Australian History | 1879 (Age 28) Note: The first congress of trade unions is held. |
| Birth of a son #5 | 13 July 1880 (Age 29) Craigman, New Cumncock, Ayrshire, Scotland
son -
Hugh Dunbar McCaig
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| Australian History | 1880 (Age 29) Note: The bushranger Ned Kelly is hanged. Note: Parliamentarians in Victoria become the first in Australia to be paid for their work. |
| Census | 4 April 1881 (Age 30) Old Craigman, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Note: Wife Marr 29 Bn Barr, AYR, SCT |
| Australian History | 1882 (Age 31) Note: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Australian History | 1883 (Age 32) Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill |
| Birth of a daughter #6 | 5 January 1884 (Age 33) Old Craigman, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
daughter -
Wilhelmina Campbell McCaig
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| Australian History | 1887 (Age 36) 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 son #7 | 11 October 1889 (Age 38) Bishopton, Whithorn, Wigtownshire, Scotland
son -
George McCaig
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| Australian History | 1889 (Age 38) 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 39) Note: The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention. |
| Census | 5 April 1891 (Age 40) Bishopton Farmhouse, Whithorn, Wigtownshire, Scotland Note: Wife, mar, 40 bn Barr AYR |
| Australian History | 1891 (Age 40) 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 41) Note: Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia. |
| Australian History | 1893 (Age 42) 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 43) 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 44) 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 daughter #8 | 26 October 1896 (Age 45) Low Ersock?, Whithorn, Wigtownshire, Scotland
daughter -
Christina McCaig
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| Australian History | 1896 (Age 45) Note: The Bathurst Conference (the second 'people's convention') meets to discuss the 1891 draft constitution |
| Australian History | 1897 (Age 46) 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 47) 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. |
| Australian History | 1899 (Age 48) 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. |
| Australian History | 1900 (Age 49) 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 |
| Census | 31 March 1901 (Age 50) Low Balcray Farm, Whithorn, Wigtownshire, Scotland Note: Jane, wife, mar, farmers wife, Barr AYR |
| Australian History | 1901 (Age 50) 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 51) 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 52) 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 53) 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 55) Note: Australia takes control of south-eastern New Guinea |
| Australian History | 1908 (Age 57) Note: Dorothea Mackellar publishes My Country Note: The Dalgety proposal for the national capital is revoked, and Canberra is chosen instead |
| Australian History | 1909 (Age 58) Note: The first powered aeroplane flight in Australia is made. |
| Australian History | 1910 (Age 59) Note: Andrew Fisher forms the first federal majority Labor government. |
| Death | 2 July 1910 (Age 59) Low Balcraig, Whithorn, Wigtownshire, Scotland |
| Family with William McCaig - View family |
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William McCaig
Birth about 1844 44 42 March Farm?, Kirkinner, Wigtownshire, Scotland Death 16 March 1925 (Age 81) Low Balcray, Whithorn, Wigtownshire, Scotland Loading...
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Jean McKerrow
Birth 1851 Barr, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 2 July 1910 (Age 59) Low Balcraig, Whithorn, Wigtownshire, Scotland Loading...
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Marriage: 23 July 1869 — New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland |
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1 month #1 son |
Robert McCaig
Birth 29 August 1869 25 18 Riggend, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 19 June 1927 (Age 57) Sanatorium, Durban, South Africa Loading...
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5 years #2 daughter |
Jane McCaig
Birth 20 July 1874 30 23 Currarie, Ballantrae, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 16 March 1936 (Age 61) Balcray, Whithorn, Wigtownshire, Scotland Loading...
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3 years #3 son |
Thomas McCaig
Birth 22 May 1877 33 26 Currarie, Ballantrae, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 26 March 1962 (Age 84) Longforth, Glen Luce, Wigtownshire, Scotland Loading...
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13 months #4 son |
Alexander McCaig
Birth 16 June 1878 34 27 Currarie, Ballantrae, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 17 June 1945 (Age 67) Burgess Outon, Whithorn, Wigtownshire, Scotland Loading...
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2 years #5 son |
Hugh Dunbar McCaig
Birth 13 July 1880 36 29 Craigman, New Cumncock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 5 December 1926 (Age 46) Ayr County Hospital, Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland Loading...
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4 years #6 daughter |
Wilhelmina Campbell McCaig
Birth 5 January 1884 40 33 Old Craigman, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 12 October 1966 (Age 82) Low Balcray, Whithorn, Wigtownshire, Scotland Loading...
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6 years #7 son |
George McCaig
Birth 11 October 1889 45 38 Bishopton, Whithorn, Wigtownshire, Scotland Death 6 November 1949 (Age 60) Low Balcray, Whithorn, Wigtownshire, Scotland Loading...
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7 years #8 daughter |
Christina McCaig
Birth 26 October 1896 52 45 Low Ersock?, Whithorn, Wigtownshire, Scotland Death 3 April 1976 (Age 79) Crichton Royal Hospital, Cree, Dumfries, Dfs, Scotland Loading...
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| 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. |
| 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. |
| Census | Jane McCaig, 20, wife, mar, bn Barr AYR |
| 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. |
| Census | Wife Marr 29 Bn Barr, AYR, SCT |
| 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. |
| Census | Wife, mar, 40 bn Barr AYR |
| 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. |
| Australian History | The Bathurst Conference (the second 'people's convention') meets to discuss the 1891 draft constitution |
| Australian History | 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. |
| Australian History | The Convention agrees on a final draft to be put to the people. |
| Australian History | The decision is made to site the national capital in New South Wales, but not within 100 miles of Sydney. |
| Australian History | Several delegates visit London to resist proposed changes to the agreed-upon constitution. |
| Census | Jane, wife, mar, farmers wife, Barr AYR |
| Australian History | (01 Jan) Australia becomes a federation on 1 January. Edmund Barton becomes Prime Minister; the 7th Earl of Hopetoun becomes Governor-General |
| Australian History | 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. |
| Australian History | The High Court of Australia is established with Samuel Griffith as the first Chief Justice. |
| Australian History | A site at Dalgety, New South Wales chosen for the new national capital |
| Australian History | Australia takes control of south-eastern New Guinea |
| Australian History | Dorothea Mackellar publishes My Country |
| Australian History | The first powered aeroplane flight in Australia is made. |
| Australian History | Andrew Fisher forms the first federal majority Labor government. |
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