Robert McCaig 1869

Robert McCaigAge: 571869–1927

Name: Robert McCaig

Given names: Robert

Surname: McCaig

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Birth	29 August 1869 25 18 Riggend, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
Australian History	1869 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 19 months) Craigman Cottage, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Note: Robert McCaig, 1, son, unmar, bn New Cumnock AYR
Australian History	1872 (Age 2) Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens.
Australian History	1873 (Age 3) Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock.
Birth of a sister	20 July 1874 (Age 4) Currarie, Ballantrae, Ayrshire, Scotland younger sister - Jane McCaig
Australian History	1875 (Age 5) Note: SS Gothenburg strikes Old Reef off North Queensland and sinks with the loss of approximately 102 lives. Note: Adelaide Steamship Company is formed.
Death of a paternal grandmother	25 April 1876 (Age 6) Craigman, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland paternal grandmother - Wilhemina Campbell
Birth of a brother	22 May 1877 (Age 7) Currarie, Ballantrae, Ayrshire, Scotland younger brother - Thomas McCaig
Birth of a brother	16 June 1878 (Age 8) Currarie, Ballantrae, Ayrshire, Scotland younger brother - Alexander McCaig
Australian History	1878 (Age 8) Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.
Australian History	1879 (Age 9) Note: The first congress of trade unions is held.
Birth of a brother	13 July 1880 (Age 10) Craigman, New Cumncock, Ayrshire, Scotland younger brother - Hugh Dunbar McCaig
Australian History	1880 (Age 10) 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 11) Old Craigman, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Note: Son 11 Scholar Bn New Cumnock AYR SCT
Australian History	1882 (Age 12) Note: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.
Australian History	1883 (Age 13) Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill
Birth of a sister	5 January 1884 (Age 14) Old Craigman, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland younger sister - Wilhelmina Campbell McCaig
Australian History	1887 (Age 17) 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 brother	11 October 1889 (Age 20) Bishopton, Whithorn, Wigtownshire, Scotland younger brother - George McCaig
Australian History	1889 (Age 19) 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 20) Note: The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention.
Census	5 April 1891 (Age 21) Note: Not at home with parents
Australian History	1891 (Age 21) 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 22) Note: Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia.
Australian History	1893 (Age 23) 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 24) 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 25) 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 sister	26 October 1896 (Age 27) Low Ersock?, Whithorn, Wigtownshire, Scotland younger sister - Christina McCaig
Australian History	1896 (Age 26) Note: The Bathurst Conference (the second 'people's convention') meets to discuss the 1891 draft constitution
Australian History	1897 (Age 27) 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 28) 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 29) 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 30) 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 31) Low Balcray, Whithorn, Wigtownshire, Scotland Note: Son single 30 Joiner - house bn New Cumnock AYR
Australian History	1901 (Age 31) 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 32) 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 33) 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 34) 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 36) Note: Australia takes control of south-eastern New Guinea
Australian History	1908 (Age 38) 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 39) Note: The first powered aeroplane flight in Australia is made.
Death of a mother	2 July 1910 (Age 40) Low Balcraig, Whithorn, Wigtownshire, Scotland mother - Jean McKerrow
Australian History	1910 (Age 40) Note: Andrew Fisher forms the first federal majority Labor government.
Australian History	1911 (Age 41) 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 42) 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 43) 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 43) Note: The foundation stone for the city of Canberra is put in place
Australian History	1914 (Age 44) 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 45) 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 46) 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 47) 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 48) 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 49) 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 50) Note: The airline Qantas is founded
Australian History	1921 (Age 51) Note: Edith Cowan becomes the first woman elected to an Australian parliament
Australian History	1922 (Age 52) Note: The Smith Family charity is founded in Sydney
Australian History	1923 (Age 53) Note: Vegemite is first produced
Death of a father	16 March 1925 (Age 55) Low Balcray, Whithorn, Wigtownshire, Scotland father - William McCaig
Death of a brother	5 December 1926 (Age 57) Ayr County Hospital, Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland younger brother - Hugh Dunbar McCaig
Australian History	1926 (Age 56) Note: The first Miss Australia contest is held
Australian History	1927 (Age 57) Note: The tenth parliament is formally opened in Canberra, finalising the move to the new capital
Death	19 June 1927 (Age 57) Sanatorium, Durban, South Africa

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father	William McCaig Birth about 1844 44 42 March Farm?, Kirkinner, Wigtownshire, Scotland Death 16 March 1925 (Age 81) Low Balcray, Whithorn, Wigtownshire, Scotland Loading...
7 years mother	Jean McKerrow Birth 1851 Barr, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 2 July 1910 (Age 59) Low Balcraig, Whithorn, Wigtownshire, Scotland Loading...
	Marriage: 23 July 1869 — New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
1 month #1 himself	Robert McCaig Birth 29 August 1869 25 18 Riggend, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 19 June 1927 (Age 57) Sanatorium, Durban, South Africa Loading...
5 years #2 younger sister	Jane McCaig Birth 20 July 1874 30 23 Currarie, Ballantrae, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 16 March 1936 (Age 61) Balcray, Whithorn, Wigtownshire, Scotland Loading...
3 years #3 younger brother	Thomas McCaig Birth 22 May 1877 33 26 Currarie, Ballantrae, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 26 March 1962 (Age 84) Longforth, Glen Luce, Wigtownshire, Scotland Loading...
13 months #4 younger brother	Alexander McCaig Birth 16 June 1878 34 27 Currarie, Ballantrae, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 17 June 1945 (Age 67) Burgess Outon, Whithorn, Wigtownshire, Scotland Loading...
2 years #5 younger brother	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...
4 years #6 younger sister	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...
6 years #7 younger brother	George McCaig Birth 11 October 1889 45 38 Bishopton, Whithorn, Wigtownshire, Scotland Death 6 November 1949 (Age 60) Low Balcray, Whithorn, Wigtownshire, Scotland Loading...
7 years #8 younger sister	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...

Robert McCaig has 35 first cousins recorded

Father's family (35)

Parents Ivie McCaig + Margaret McMillan

1 Wilhemina (Campbell) McCaig ?–1927

2 Mary Murdoch McCaig 1866–1910

3 Jane McCaig 1873–1939

4 Thomas McCaig 1875–1942

5 Christina "Aunty Tenee" McCaig 1878–1944

6 Ivie McCaig 1881–1950

Parents David Stevenson + Margaret McCaig

1 Wilhelmina Stevenson 1860–?

2 Christina Stevenson 1860–1926

3 David Stevenson 1861–1889

4 Agnes Jane Stevenson 1864–1893

5 Thomas Stevenson 1866–1871

Parents George Park + Margaret McCaig

1 William Park 1858–?

Parents Ivie Campbell + Christina McCaig

1 Ivie Campbell 1863–1920

2 Jeanie Richmond Campbell 1865–1938

3 Thomas McCaig Campbell 1867–1926

4 John Richmond Campbell 1869–1897

Parents John McCaig + Christina Morrison

1 Male McCaig 1858–1858

2 Thomas McCaig 1861–1925

3 Jane McCaig 1864–1935

4 James McCaig 1867–1934

5 Christina McCaig 1869–1922

6 Wilhelmina McCaig 1871–1943

7 Margaret McCaig 1874–1950

8 Isabella McCaig 1876–1914

9 Jessie Elizabeth McCaig 1879–1966

10 John McCaig 1881–1940

11 Ivie McCaig 1887–1926

Parents Edward Irvin McCaig + Marion Allan

1 Thomas Edward McCaig 1876–?

Parents Thomas McCaig + Mary Fisher

1 Thomas William McCaig 1866–1950

2 Janet Bailie McCaig 1868–?

3 Wilhelmina Campbell McCaig 1870–1871

4 … McCaig 1873–?

5 William McCaig 1875–?

6 Mary Fisher McCaig 1877–?

7 John Thomas McCaig 1880–?

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Australian History	Children of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent are removed from their families by Australian and State government agencies.
Census	Robert McCaig, 1, son, unmar, bn New Cumnock 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	Son 11 Scholar Bn New Cumnock 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	Not at home with parents
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	Son single 30 Joiner - house bn New Cumnock 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.
Australian History	The Royal Australian Navy is founded
Australian History	Australia sends women to the Olympic Games for the first time
Australian History	Blaxland, Lawson and Wentworth cross the Blue Mountains.
Australian History	The foundation stone for the city of Canberra is put in place
Australian History	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	(25 APRIL)Australian soldiers land at Anzac Cove on the Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey on 25 April.
Australian History	Hotels are forced to close at 6 p.m., leading to the beginning of the 'six o'clock swill'
Australian History	Second referendum on conscription is rejected. Transcontinental railway linking Adelaide to Perth is completed.
Australian History	(08 AUG) Battle of Amiens
Australian History	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	The airline Qantas is founded
Australian History	Edith Cowan becomes the first woman elected to an Australian parliament
Australian History	The Smith Family charity is founded in Sydney
Australian History	Vegemite is first produced
Australian History	The first Miss Australia contest is held
Australian History	The tenth parliament is formally opened in Canberra, finalising the move to the new capital