John SpickermanAge: 691802–1871
- Name
- John Spickerman
- Given names
- John
- Surname
- Spickerman
| Birth | 15 February 1802 45 24 |
| Marriage | Mary Felter - View family |
| Australian History | 1803 (Age 10 months) Note: Matthew Flinders completes the first circumnavigation of the continent (still known as 'New Holland') |
| Birth of a sister | about 1804 (Age 22 months)
younger sister -
… Spickerman
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| Australian History | 1804 (Age 22 months) 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. |
| Birth of a brother | 28 November 1806 (Age 4)
younger brother -
Garret Spickerman
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| Australian History | 1808 (Age 5) Note: The Rum Rebellion |
| Australian History | 1817 (Age 14) 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 15) Note: Oxley charts the Macquarie River. |
| Marriage of a sister | Hannah Spickerman - View family 18 March 1820 (Age 18)
brother-in-law -
James Holmes
sister -
Hannah Spickerman
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| Death of a sister | 1820 (Age 17)
younger sister -
… Spickerman
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| Birth of a son #1 | 8 March 1823 (Age 21)
son -
Edward Spickerman
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| Birth of a son #2 | 1824 (Age 21)
son -
George Spickerman
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| Australian History | 1824 (Age 21) 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 |
| Australian History | 1825 (Age 22) Note: New South Wales western border is extended to 129 degrees E. Van Diemen's Land is proclaimed. |
| Birth of a son #3 | about September 1826 (Age 24)
son -
Riley Spickerman
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| Marriage of a sister | Elizabeth "Betsey" Spickerman - View family 1827 (Age 24) Linlithgo, Columbia, New York, USA
brother-in-law -
George Wilson Potts
elder sister -
Elizabeth "Betsey" Spickerman
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| Birth of a son #4 | 10 August 1828 (Age 26)
son -
Eli Spickerman
|
| Australian History | 1828 (Age 25) Note: Charles Sturt charts the Darling River. |
| Birth of a daughter #5 | 11 July 1829 (Age 27)
daughter -
Jane Spickerman
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| Australian History | 1829 (Age 26) 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 27) Note: Sturt arrives at Goolwa, having charted the Murray River. |
| Australian History | 1831 (Age 28) Note: Sydney Herald (later to become The Sydney Morning Herald) first published. |
| Australian History | 1832 (Age 29) Note: Swan River Colony has its name changed to Western Australia. |
| Marriage of a brother | Garret Spickerman - View family 10 October 1833 (Age 31) Albany, Albany, New York, USA
younger brother -
Garret Spickerman
sister-in-law -
Deborah Ann Wiltsie
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| Australian History | 1833 (Age 30) Note: The penal settlement of Port Arthur is founded in Van Diemen's Land. |
| Australian History | 1835 (Age 32) 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 33) Note: Province of South Australia proclaimed with its western border at 132 degrees E. |
| Australian History | 1838 (Age 35) Note: First Prussian settlers arrive in South Australia; the largest group on non-British migrants in Australia at the time. |
| Australian History | 1839 (Age 36) Note: Paul Edmund Strzelecki becomes first European to ascend and name Australia's highest peak, Mount Kosciuszko. |
| Australian History | 1840 (Age 37) Note: Australia's first municipal authority, the City of Adelaide, is established, followed by Sydney City Council. |
| Australian History | 1841 (Age 38) Note: New Zealand is proclaimed as a separate colony, no longer part of New South Wales. |
| Australian History | 1842 (Age 39) Note: Copper is discovered at Kapunda in South Australia. |
| Australian History | 1843 (Age 40) 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). |
| Australian History | 1845 (Age 42) 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 son | 18 July 1847 (Age 45)
son -
Riley Spickerman
|
| Death of a sister | about September 1847 (Age 45)
sister -
Hannah Spickerman
|
| Marriage of a son | George Spickerman - View family 29 March 1848 (Age 46)
son -
George Spickerman
daughter-in-law -
Nancy M. Adams
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| Marriage of a daughter | Jane Spickerman - View family 21 October 1849 (Age 47)
son-in-law -
Clark Wilday
daughter -
Jane Spickerman
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| Australian History | 1850 (Age 47) 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 48) 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 50) Note: Bendigo Petition and Red Ribbon Rebellion at Bendigo |
| Australian History | 1854 (Age 51) Note: The Eureka Stockade |
| Australian History | 1855 (Age 52) 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 53) Note: Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania. |
| Australian History | 1857 (Age 54) 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 55) Note: Sydney and Melbourne linked by electric telegraph. Note: New South Wales men achieve the right to vote. |
| Australian History | 1859 (Age 56) 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 57) 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 58) 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 59) Note: Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139 degrees E. |
| Australian History | 1863 (Age 60) Note: South Australia takes control of the Northern Territory which was part of the colony of New South Wales. |
| Australian History | 1867 (Age 64) Note: Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland. Note: Saint Mary MacKillop founds Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart. |
| Australian History | 1868 (Age 65) Note: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases. |
| Australian History | 1869 (Age 66) Note: Children of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent are removed from their families by Australian and State government agencies. |
| Death | 17 May 1871 (Age 69) |
| Family with parents - View family |
| father |
Johannes Spickerman
Birth 19 February 1756 35 Livingston, Columbia, New York, USA Death yes Loading...
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22 years mother |
Margaret "Mary" "Maria" Dekker
Birth 1778 Livingston, Columbia, New York, USA Death yes Loading...
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Marriage: yes |
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| #1 elder sister |
Elizabeth "Betsey" Spickerman
Birth 9 March 1800 44 22 Livingston, Columbia, New York, USA Death 20 December 1876 (Age 76) Livingston, Columbia, New York, USA Loading...
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| #2 sister |
Hannah Spickerman
Death about September 1847 Loading...
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| #3 himself |
John Spickerman
Birth 15 February 1802 45 24 Death 17 May 1871 (Age 69) Loading...
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23 months #4 younger sister |
… Spickerman
Birth about 1804 47 26 Death 1820 (Age 16) Loading...
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3 years #5 younger brother |
Garret Spickerman
Birth 28 November 1806 50 28 Death 20 September 1894 (Age 87) Loading...
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| Father’s family with Maria "Polly" Laurentz - View family |
| father |
Johannes Spickerman
Birth 19 February 1756 35 Livingston, Columbia, New York, USA Death yes Loading...
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Marriage: 2 December 1783 — Linlithgo Reformed Church, Livingston, Columbia, New York, USA |
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5 years #1 half-brother |
Peter Spickerman
Birth 23 December 1788 32 Death yes Loading...
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| Family with Mary Felter - View family |
| himself |
John Spickerman
Birth 15 February 1802 45 24 Death 17 May 1871 (Age 69) Loading...
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| wife |
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Marriage: yes |
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| #1 son |
Edward Spickerman
Birth 8 March 1823 21 Death 20 February 1874 (Age 50) Loading...
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10 months #2 son |
George Spickerman
Birth 1824 21 Death 1890 (Age 66) Loading...
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3 years #3 son |
Riley Spickerman
Birth about September 1826 24 Death 18 July 1847 (Age 20) Loading...
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23 months #4 son |
Eli Spickerman
Birth 10 August 1828 26 Death 28 March 1906 (Age 77) Loading...
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11 months #5 daughter |
Jane Spickerman
Birth 11 July 1829 27 Death 10 May 1915 (Age 85) Loading...
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| Marriage | JOHN Spickerman and Mary Felter were the parents of 9 known children as of
June 2003. The 1830 and 1840 censuses suggest at least 2 other children, how-
ever, in the 1865 NYS census, Mary stated she had been the parent of 9 children |
| Marriage | JOHN Spickerman and Mary Felter were the parents of 9 known children as of
June 2003. The 1830 and 1840 censuses suggest at least 2 other children, how-
ever, in the 1865 NYS census, Mary stated she had been the parent of 9 children |
| 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. |
| 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. |
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