Hugh Dunbar McCaig 1826

Hugh Dunbar McCaigAge: 571826–1883

Name: Hugh Dunbar McCaig

Given names: Hugh Dunbar

Surname: McCaig

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Birth	about 1826 26 24 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
Birth of a brother	16 September 1826 Prob New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland brother - Robert McCaig
Australian History	1828 (Age 2) Note: Charles Sturt charts the Darling River.
Birth of a brother	about 1829 (Age 3) New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland younger brother - Ivie McCaig
Australian History	1829 (Age 3) 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 4) Note: Sturt arrives at Goolwa, having charted the Murray River.
Death of a maternal grandfather	28 July 1831 (Age 5) Dalgig, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland maternal grandfather - Ivie Campbell
Australian History	1831 (Age 5) Note: Sydney Herald (later to become The Sydney Morning Herald) first published.
Birth of a sister	about 1832 (Age 6) New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland younger sister - Margaret McCaig
Birth of a sister	10 September 1832 (Age 6) Strone, Glen Trool, Minnigaff, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland younger sister - Christina McCaig
Australian History	1832 (Age 6) Note: Swan River Colony has its name changed to Western Australia.
Australian History	1833 (Age 7) Note: The penal settlement of Port Arthur is founded in Van Diemen's Land.
Birth of a brother	about 1834 (Age 8) Minnigaff, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland younger brother - John McCaig
Australian History	1835 (Age 9) 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.
Birth of a brother	1836 (Age 10) Minnigaff, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland younger brother - George McCaig
Australian History	1836 (Age 10) Note: Province of South Australia proclaimed with its western border at 132 degrees E.
Birth of a brother	1838 (Age 12) Kirkinner, Wigtownshire, Scotland younger brother - Edward Irvin McCaig
Australian History	1838 (Age 12) Note: First Prussian settlers arrive in South Australia; the largest group on non-British migrants in Australia at the time.
Australian History	1839 (Age 13) Note: Paul Edmund Strzelecki becomes first European to ascend and name Australia's highest peak, Mount Kosciuszko.
Birth of a brother	3 September 1840 (Age 14) March Farm, Kirkinner, Wigtownshire, Scotland younger brother - Thomas McCaig
Australian History	1840 (Age 14) Note: Australia's first municipal authority, the City of Adelaide, is established, followed by Sydney City Council.
Census	7 June 1841 (Age 15) March Farm, Kirkinner, Wigtownshire, Scotland Note: 15, No
Australian History	1841 (Age 15) Note: New Zealand is proclaimed as a separate colony, no longer part of New South Wales.
Australian History	1842 (Age 16) Note: Copper is discovered at Kapunda in South Australia.
Australian History	1843 (Age 17) 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).
Birth of a brother	about 1844 (Age 18) March Farm?, Kirkinner, Wigtownshire, Scotland younger brother - William McCaig
Death of a maternal grandmother	4 August 1844 (Age 18) Dalgig, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland maternal grandmother - Margaret Dunbar
Australian History	1845 (Age 19) 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 sister	21 June 1848 (Age 22) March Farm, Kirkinner, Wigtownshire, Scotland younger sister - Jane Richmond McCaig
Australian History	1850 (Age 24) 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 25) Note: Not at home with rest of family
Australian History	1851 (Age 25) 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
Death of a father	12 May 1853 (Age 27) Campford, Kirkcowan, Ayrshire, Scotland father - Thomas McCaig
Australian History	1853 (Age 27) Note: Bendigo Petition and Red Ribbon Rebellion at Bendigo
Australian History	1854 (Age 28) Note: The Eureka Stockade
Australian History	1855 (Age 29) 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 30) Note: Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania.
Australian History	1857 (Age 31) 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 brother	John McCaig - View family 1 October 1858 (Age 32) Burnockhead, Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland younger brother - John McCaig sister-in-law - Christina Morrison
Australian History	1858 (Age 32) Note: Sydney and Melbourne linked by electric telegraph. Note: New South Wales men achieve the right to vote.
Australian History	1859 (Age 33) 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 34) Note: John McDouall Stuart reaches the centre of the continent. South Australian border changed from 132 degrees E to 129 degrees E.
Census	8 April 1861 (Age 35)
Marriage of a sister	Christina McCaig - View family 12 November 1861 (Age 35) King St Independent Chapel, Dudley, Wor, England brother-in-law - Ivie Campbell younger sister - Christina McCaig
Australian History	1861 (Age 35) 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 36) Note: Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139 degrees E.
Marriage of a brother	Ivie McCaig - View family 18 December 1863 (Age 37) Littlemark Hill, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland younger brother - Ivie McCaig sister-in-law - Margaret McMillan
Australian History	1863 (Age 37) Note: South Australia takes control of the Northern Territory which was part of the colony of New South Wales.
Marriage of a sister	Margaret McCaig - View family about 1865 (Age 39) brother-in-law - David Stevenson younger sister - Margaret McCaig
Marriage of a brother	Thomas McCaig - View family 10 April 1866 (Age 40) Barbower Rd, Edgecombe, Victoria, Australia younger brother - Thomas McCaig sister-in-law - Mary Fisher
Australian History	1867 (Age 41) Note: Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland. Note: Saint Mary MacKillop founds Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart.
Death of a sister	25 May 1868 (Age 42) Burnstoun/Brunston, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland younger sister - Jane Richmond McCaig
Australian History	1868 (Age 42) Note: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases.
Marriage of a brother	William McCaig - View family 23 July 1869 (Age 43) New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland younger brother - William McCaig sister-in-law - Jean McKerrow
Australian History	1869 (Age 43) Note: Children of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent are removed from their families by Australian and State government agencies.
Marriage of a sister	Margaret McCaig - View family about 1870 (Age 44) brother-in-law - William Perry younger sister - Margaret McCaig
Census	2 April 1871 (Age 45)
Australian History	1872 (Age 46) Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens.
Australian History	1873 (Age 47) Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock.
Australian History	1875 (Age 49) 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 mother	25 April 1876 (Age 50) Craigman, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland mother - Wilhemina Campbell
Australian History	1878 (Age 52) Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.
Australian History	1879 (Age 53) Note: The first congress of trade unions is held.
Australian History	1880 (Age 54) 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 55) Amblecote Farm, Amblecote, Sts, England Note: Head, farm bailiff, unmar, 56 bn New Cumnock AYR
Australian History	1882 (Age 56) Note: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.
Marriage of a brother	George McCaig - View family 4 September 1883 (Age 57) George Hotel, Stanraer, Wigtownshire, Scotland younger brother - George McCaig sister-in-law - Mary Hardie
Australian History	1883 (Age 57) Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill
Death	19 September 1883 (Age 57) Amblecote, Dudley, Wor, Scotland

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father	Thomas McCaig Birth 1 September 1799 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 12 May 1853 (Age 53) Campford, Kirkcowan, Ayrshire, Scotland Loading...
2 years mother	Wilhemina Campbell Birth 1802 47 41 Dalgig, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 25 April 1876 (Age 74) Craigman, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Loading...
	Marriage: 1825 (estimated)
1 year #1 himself	Hugh Dunbar McCaig Birth about 1826 26 24 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 19 September 1883 (Age 57) Amblecote, Dudley, Wor, Scotland Loading...
8 months #2 brother	Robert McCaig Birth 16 September 1826 27 24 Prob New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 18 September 1912 (Age 86) Riverton Hospital, Riverton, Southland, New Zealand Loading...
2 years #3 younger brother	Ivie McCaig Birth about 1829 29 27 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 5 November 1890 (Age 61) Crichton Row, Old Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Loading...
3 years #4 younger sister	Margaret McCaig Birth about 1832 32 30 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death June 1900 (Age 68) Bridgenorth, England Loading...
8 months #5 younger sister	Christina McCaig Birth 10 September 1832 33 30 Strone, Glen Trool, Minnigaff, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland Death 23 May 1892 (Age 59) Craigman, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Loading...
16 months #6 younger brother	John McCaig Birth about 1834 34 32 Minnigaff, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland Death 6 November 1914 (Age 80) Coilbank, Littlemill, Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland Loading...
2 years #7 younger brother	George McCaig Birth 1836 36 34 Minnigaff, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland Death 2 December 1897 (Age 61) Main Street, Ballantrae Village, Ayrshire, Scotland Loading...
2 years #8 younger brother	Edward Irvin McCaig Birth 1838 38 36 Kirkinner, Wigtownshire, Scotland Death 25 October 1918 (Age 80) Littlemill (Residence Of His Niece), Patna, Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland Loading...
3 years #9 younger brother	Thomas McCaig Birth 3 September 1840 41 38 March Farm, Kirkinner, Wigtownshire, Scotland Death 9 May 1915 (Age 74) Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia Loading...
3 years #10 younger brother	William McCaig Birth about 1844 44 42 March Farm?, Kirkinner, Wigtownshire, Scotland Death 16 March 1925 (Age 81) Low Balcray, Whithorn, Wigtownshire, Scotland Loading...
5 years #11 younger sister	Jane Richmond McCaig Birth 21 June 1848 48 46 March Farm, Kirkinner, Wigtownshire, Scotland Death 25 May 1868 (Age 19) Burnstoun/Brunston, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Loading...

Hugh Dunbar McCaig has 47 first cousins recorded

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Mother's family (47)

Parents William Graham + Isabel Campbell

1 Ivie (Campbell) Graham 1813–1891

2 Margaret Graham 1813–1873

3 Jean Graham 1816–1895

4 Isabella Graham 1822–1895

5 Elizabeth Graham 1823–1859

6 James Graham 1825–1905

7 Janet Graham 1827–1849

8 Douglas Wills Graham 1829–1906

9 William Graham 1832–1897

10 David Graham 1839–?

Parents William Brown + Jean Campbell

1 William Brown 1814–1881

2 Margaret Brown 1813–1875

3 Janet Brown 1819–1894

4 Mary Brown 1823–?

5 Ivie Brown 1821–1881

6 George Brown 1825–1862

7 Elizabeth Brown 1827–1908

8 Jane Brown 1829–1899

9 Hugh Brown 1833–1915

Parents Alexander Rowan + Tomina Campbell

1 Margaret Rowan 1816–?

2 Ivie Rowan 1817–1847

3 Georgina Rowan 1820–1900

4 Mary Rowan 1823–?

5 Andrew Rowan 1825–1889

6 Thomas Rowan 1827–?

7 John Rowan 1829–1887

8 Elizabeth Rowan 1831–1899

Parents Andrew Campbell + Janet Campbell

1 Margaret Dunbar Campbell 1821–1889

2 Jane Campbell 1822–1889

3 John Campbell 1823–1882

4 Ivie Campbell 1826–?

5 Isabella Agnes Campbell 1827–?

6 Janet Campbell 1830–1859

7 William Richmond Campbell 1832–1888

8 Helen Campbell 1835–?

9 Andrew Campbell 1838–1903

10 Euphemia Duncan Campbell 1840–1858

Parents David Ferguson + Helen Campbell

1 David Ferguson 1821–?

2 Jane Ferguson 1826–1862

3 Margaret Ferguson 1823–1856

4 Helen Ferguson 1827–?

5 Agnes Ferguson 1828–1923

6 Jessie Campbell Ferguson 1831–1902

7 Ivie Ferguson 1833–1894

8 Elizabeth Ferguson 1838–?

9 William Ferguson 1841–1898

Parents Ivie Campbell + Jean Richmond

1 Ivie Campbell 1833–1910

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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.
Census	15, No
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	Not at home with rest of family
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.
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	Head, farm bailiff, unmar, 56 bn New Cumnock AYR
Australian History	First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.
Australian History	The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway