David StevensonAge: 351830–1866
- Name
- David Stevenson
- Given names
- David
- Surname
- Stevenson
| Birth | 16 May 1830 Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland |
| Occupation | Draper |
| Australian History | 1830 Note: Sturt arrives at Goolwa, having charted the Murray River. |
| Australian History | 1831 (Age 7 months) Note: Sydney Herald (later to become The Sydney Morning Herald) first published. |
| Australian History | 1832 (Age 19 months) Note: Swan River Colony has its name changed to Western Australia. |
| Australian History | 1833 (Age 2) Note: The penal settlement of Port Arthur is founded in Van Diemen's Land. |
| Australian History | 1835 (Age 4) 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 5) Note: Province of South Australia proclaimed with its western border at 132 degrees E. |
| Australian History | 1838 (Age 7) Note: First Prussian settlers arrive in South Australia; the largest group on non-British migrants in Australia at the time. |
| Australian History | 1839 (Age 8) Note: Paul Edmund Strzelecki becomes first European to ascend and name Australia's highest peak, Mount Kosciuszko. |
| Australian History | 1840 (Age 9) Note: Australia's first municipal authority, the City of Adelaide, is established, followed by Sydney City Council. |
| Australian History | 1841 (Age 10) Note: New Zealand is proclaimed as a separate colony, no longer part of New South Wales. |
| Australian History | 1842 (Age 11) Note: Copper is discovered at Kapunda in South Australia. |
| Australian History | 1843 (Age 12) 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 14) 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. |
| Australian History | 1850 (Age 19) 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 20) 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 22) Note: Bendigo Petition and Red Ribbon Rebellion at Bendigo |
| Australian History | 1854 (Age 23) Note: The Eureka Stockade |
| Australian History | 1855 (Age 24) 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 25) Note: Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania. |
| Australian History | 1857 (Age 26) 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 27) Note: Sydney and Melbourne linked by electric telegraph. Note: New South Wales men achieve the right to vote. |
| Australian History | 1859 (Age 28) 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. |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | about 1860 (Age 29) England
daughter -
Wilhelmina Stevenson
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| Birth of a daughter #2 | about 1860 (Age 29) Dudley, England
daughter -
Christina Stevenson
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| Australian History | 1860 (Age 29) Note: John McDouall Stuart reaches the centre of the continent. South Australian border changed from 132 degrees E to 129 degrees E. |
| Birth of a son #3 | about 1861 (Age 30)
son -
David Stevenson
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| Australian History | 1861 (Age 30) 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 31) Note: Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139 degrees E. |
| Australian History | 1863 (Age 32) Note: South Australia takes control of the Northern Territory which was part of the colony of New South Wales. |
| Birth of a daughter #4 | about 1864 (Age 33) Dudley, Wor, England
daughter -
Agnes Jane Stevenson
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| Marriage | Margaret McCaig - View family about 1865 (Age 34) Address: Dudley City?, Sts?, England |
| Birth of a son #5 | 17 February 1866 (Age 35) Brunston, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
son -
Thomas Stevenson
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| Death | 2 March 1866 (Age 35) Burnstone, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland |
| Family with Margaret McCaig - View family |
| himself |
David Stevenson
Birth 16 May 1830 Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 2 March 1866 (Age 35) Burnstone, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Loading...
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20 months wife |
Margaret McCaig
Birth about 1832 32 30 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death June 1900 (Age 68) Bridgenorth, England Loading...
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Marriage: about 1865 |
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-5 years #1 daughter |
Wilhelmina Stevenson
Birth about 1860 29 28 England Death yes Loading...
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| #2 daughter |
Christina Stevenson
Birth about 1860 29 28 Dudley, England Death 20 December 1926 (Age 66) Littlemill, Patna, Ayrshire, Scotland Loading...
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1 year #3 son |
David Stevenson
Birth about 1861 30 29 Death 15 October 1889 (Age 28) England Loading...
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3 years #4 daughter |
Agnes Jane Stevenson
Birth about 1864 33 32 Dudley, Wor, England Death 3 April 1893 (Age 29) 42 Wolverhampton St, Dudley, Sts, England Loading...
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2 years #5 son |
Thomas Stevenson
Birth 17 February 1866 35 34 Brunston, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 28 January 1871 (Age 4) Dudley, Sts, England Loading...
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| George Park + Margaret McCaig - View family |
| wife's husband |
George Park
Death yes Loading...
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| wife |
Margaret McCaig
Birth about 1832 32 30 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death June 1900 (Age 68) Bridgenorth, England Loading...
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Marriage: yes |
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| #1 step-son |
William Park
Birth 28 May 1858 26 Dalricket Mill, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death yes Loading...
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| William Perry + Margaret McCaig - View family |
| wife's husband |
William Perry
Birth about 1851 Sedgley, Sts, England Death yes Loading...
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-19 years wife |
Margaret McCaig
Birth about 1832 32 30 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death June 1900 (Age 68) Bridgenorth, England Loading...
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Marriage: about 1870 |
No family available
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