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Elizabeth CampbellAge: 921831–1924

Name
Elizabeth Campbell
Given names
Elizabeth
Surname
Campbell

Elizabeth Henderson

Name
Elizabeth Henderson
Given names
Elizabeth
Surname
Henderson
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Birth 7 August 1831 50 39
 Braehead, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

Australian History 1831
 

Note: Sydney Herald (later to become The Sydney Morning Herald) first published.
Australian History 1832 (Age 4 months)
 

Note: Swan River Colony has its name changed to Western Australia.
Death of a father 17 April 1833 (Age 20 months)
 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

father - William Campbell
Birth of a sister 22 October 1833 (Age 2)
 Braehead, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

younger sister - Ebenezer Campbell
Australian History 1833 (Age 16 months)
 

Note: The penal settlement of Port Arthur is founded in Van Diemen's Land.
Marriage of a brotherIvie Campbell - View family
23 December 1834 (Age 3)
 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

elder brother - Ivie Campbell
sister-in-law - Jane Murdoch
Death of a sister 5 January 1835 (Age 3)
 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

elder sister - Margaret Campbell
Australian History 1835 (Age 3)
 

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 4)
 

Note: Province of South Australia proclaimed with its western border at 132 degrees E.
Australian History 1838 (Age 6)
 

Note: First Prussian settlers arrive in South Australia; the largest group on non-British migrants in Australia at the time.
Australian History 1839 (Age 7)
 

Note: Paul Edmund Strzelecki becomes first European to ascend and name Australia's highest peak, Mount Kosciuszko.
Australian History 1840 (Age 8)
 

Note: Australia's first municipal authority, the City of Adelaide, is established, followed by Sydney City Council.
Australian History 1841 (Age 9)
 

Note: New Zealand is proclaimed as a separate colony, no longer part of New South Wales.
Marriage of a sisterJane Campbell - View family
15 March 1842 (Age 10)
 Balmaghie, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland

brother-in-law - Thomas McCrae
elder sister - Jane Campbell
Australian History 1842 (Age 10)
 

Note: Copper is discovered at Kapunda in South Australia.
Marriage of a brotherDavid Campbell - View family
14 August 1843 (Age 12)
 Kells, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland

elder brother - David Campbell
sister-in-law - Jessie Wilson
Australian History 1843 (Age 11)
 

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 13)
 

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.
Marriage of a brotherWalter Scott Campbell - View family
8 August 1848 (Age 17)
 Bargalton, Balmaghie, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland

elder brother - Walter Scott Campbell
sister-in-law - Jean McMyn
Marriage of a brotherWilliam Campbell - View family
2 October 1849 (Age 18)
 York Township, Ontario, Canada

elder brother - William Campbell
sister-in-law - Marion Maclaine
Marriage of a sisterAgnes Campbell - View family
about 1850 (Age 18)
 

brother-in-law - Samuel McGeorge
elder sister - Agnes Campbell
Australian History 1850 (Age 18)
 

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 19)
 Culcray, Tongland, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland

Note: Dau unmarr 19 bn New Cumnock AYR
Australian History 1851 (Age 19)
 

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
Emigration about 1852 (Age 20)
 

Note: 
To Canada with mother, brother William and sister Margaret and
Ebenezer
Marriage of a brotherJohn Campbell - View family
30 April 1852 (Age 20)
 Bartobrick, Tongland, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland

elder brother - John Campbell
sister-in-law - Louisa Carson
Australian History 1853 (Age 21)
 

Note: Bendigo Petition and Red Ribbon Rebellion at Bendigo
Australian History 1854 (Age 22)
 

Note: The Eureka Stockade
Australian History 1855 (Age 23)
 

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.
MarriageAdam Henderson - View family
22 April 1856 (Age 24)
 Ontario, Canada

Australian History 1856 (Age 24)
 

Note: Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania.
Birth of a daughter
#1		 10 November 1857 (Age 26)
 Elma Township?, Perth Co, Ontario, Canada

daughter - Ebenezer Jane Henderson
Australian History 1857 (Age 25)
 

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 26)
 

Note: Sydney and Melbourne linked by electric telegraph.
Note: New South Wales men achieve the right to vote.
Birth of a daughter
#2		 7 November 1859 (Age 28)
 Elma Township, Perth Co, Ontario, Canada

daughter - Annabella Henderson
Australian History 1859 (Age 27)
 

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 28)
 

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 daughter
#3		 23 November 1861 (Age 30)
 Elma Township, Perth Co, Ontario, Canada

daughter - Ada Henderson
Australian History 1861 (Age 29)
 

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 30)
 

Note: Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139 degrees E.
Birth of a daughter
#4		 10 December 1863 (Age 32)
 Welwood Place, Elma Township, Perth Co, Ontario, Canada

daughter - Margaret Henderson
Australian History 1863 (Age 31)
 

Note: South Australia takes control of the Northern Territory which was part of the colony of New South Wales.
Death of a brother 31 July 1864 (Age 32)
 Lauriston, Balmaghie, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland

elder brother - Walter Scott Campbell
Birth of a daughter
#5		 7 May 1866 (Age 34)
 Elma Township, Perth Co, Ontario, Canada

daughter - Elizabeth Henderson
Death of a brother 1866 (Age 34)
 Balmoral, Winnipeg, MAN, Canada

elder brother - George Campbell
Australian History 1867 (Age 35)
 

Note: Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland.
Note: Saint Mary MacKillop founds Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart.
Birth of a son
#6		 28 June 1868 (Age 36)
 Elma Township, Perth Co, Ontario, Canada

son - Thomas Young Henderson
Australian History 1868 (Age 36)
 

Note: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases.
Death of a son 15 October 1869 (Age 38)
 Elma Township, Perth Co, Ontario, Canada

son - Thomas Young Henderson
Australian History 1869 (Age 37)
 

Note: Children of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent are removed from their families by Australian and State government agencies.
Birth of a daughter
#7		 26 January 1871 (Age 39)
 Elma Township, Perth Co, Ontario, Canada

daughter - Agnes Mckie Henderson
Australian History 1872 (Age 40)
 

Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens.
Birth of a son
#8		 3 May 1873 (Age 41)
 Elma Township, Perth Co, Ontario, Canada

son - Adam James Henderson
Australian History 1873 (Age 41)
 

Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock.
Death of a mother 17 January 1874 (Age 42)
 Glenelg Township, Grey Co, Ontario, Canada

mother - Jean Scott
Birth of a son
#9		 15 November 1875 (Age 44)
 Elma Township, Perth Co, Ontario, Canada

son - Andrew Campbell Henderson
Australian History 1875 (Age 43)
 

Note: SS Gothenburg strikes Old Reef off North Queensland and sinks with the loss of approximately 102 lives.
Note: Adelaide Steamship Company is formed.
Australian History 1878 (Age 46)
 

Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.
Australian History 1879 (Age 47)
 

Note: The first congress of trade unions is held.
Death of a brother 2 January 1880 (Age 48)
 Craigs, Balmaghie, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland

elder brother - Ivie Campbell
Death of a brother 22 June 1880 (Age 48)
 High Clone, Mochrum, Ayrshire, Scotland

elder brother - David Campbell
Australian History 1880 (Age 48)
 

Note: The bushranger Ned Kelly is hanged.
Note: Parliamentarians in Victoria become the first in Australia to be paid for their work.
Australian History 1882 (Age 50)
 

Note: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.
Australian History 1883 (Age 51)
 

Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway
Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill
Australian History 1887 (Age 55)
 

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.
Australian History 1889 (Age 57)
 

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 58)
 

Note: The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention.
Australian History 1891 (Age 59)
 

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 60)
 

Note: Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia.
Death of a brother 28 January 1893 (Age 61)
 Ontario, Canada

elder brother - William Campbell
Australian History 1893 (Age 61)
 

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 62)
 

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.
Death of a sister 27 October 1895 (Age 64)
 Ontario, Canada

elder sister - Agnes Campbell
Australian History 1895 (Age 63)
 

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
Australian History 1896 (Age 64)
 

Note: The Bathurst Conference (the second 'people's convention') meets to discuss the 1891 draft constitution
Death of a sister 10 January 1897 (Age 65)
 Janefield, Guelph, Canada

elder sister - Jane Campbell
Australian History 1897 (Age 65)
 

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 66)
 

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 67)
 

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.
Death of a brother 12 September 1900 (Age 69)
 Culcrae Farmhouse, Tongland, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland

elder brother - John Campbell
Australian History 1900 (Age 68)
 

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
Australian History 1901 (Age 69)
 

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 70)
 

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 71)
 

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 72)
 

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 74)
 

Note: Australia takes control of south-eastern New Guinea
Australian History 1908 (Age 76)
 

Note: Dorothea Mackellar publishes My Country
Note: The Dalgety proposal for the national capital is revoked, and Canberra is chosen instead
Death of a sister 6 April 1909 (Age 77)
 Listowel, Perth, Ontario, Canada

younger sister - Ebenezer Campbell
Australian History 1909 (Age 77)
 

Note: The first powered aeroplane flight in Australia is made.
Australian History 1910 (Age 78)
 

Note: Andrew Fisher forms the first federal majority Labor government.
Australian History 1911 (Age 79)
 

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 80)
 

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 81)
 

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 81)
 

Note: The foundation stone for the city of Canberra is put in place
Death of a husband 25 December 1914 (Age 83)
 Ontario, Canada

husband - Adam Henderson
Australian History 1914 (Age 82)
 

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 83)
 

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 84)
 

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 85)
 

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 86)
 

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 87)
 

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 88)
 

Note: The airline Qantas is founded
Australian History 1921 (Age 89)
 

Note: Edith Cowan becomes the first woman elected to an Australian parliament
Australian History 1922 (Age 90)
 

Note: The Smith Family charity is founded in Sydney
Australian History 1923 (Age 91)
 

Note: Vegemite is first produced
Death 15 March 1924 (Age 92)
 Canada

Family with parents - View family
father
William Campbell

Birth 19 November 1780 26 26  New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

Death 17 April 1833 (Age 52)  New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

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11 years
mother
Jean Scott

Birth 13 October 1791  Dalfarson Mills, Doon, Dalmellington, Ayrshire, Scotland

Death 17 January 1874 (Age 82)  Glenelg Township, Grey Co, Ontario, Canada

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Marriage: about 1809 — Dalfarson Mills, Doon, Dalmellington, Ayrshire, Scotland
16 months
#1 elder brother
Ivie Campbell

Birth 7 May 1810 29 18  Macknight, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

Death 2 January 1880 (Age 69)  Craigs, Balmaghie, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland

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3 years
#2 elder brother
David Campbell

Baptism 25 April 1813 32 21  Manight, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

Death 22 June 1880  High Clone, Mochrum, Ayrshire, Scotland

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20 months
#3 elder sister
Jane Campbell

Birth 25 December 1814 34 23  Maknight, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

Death 10 January 1897 (Age 82)  Janefield, Guelph, Canada

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2 years
#4 elder brother
George Campbell

Birth 17 February 1817 36 25  Macknight, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

Death 1866 (Age 48)  Balmoral, Winnipeg, MAN, Canada

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2 years
#5 elder brother
William Campbell

Birth 1 March 1819 38 27  New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

Death 28 January 1893 (Age 73)  Ontario, Canada

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2 years
#6 elder brother
Walter Scott Campbell

Birth 4 June 1821 40 29  Macknight, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

Death 31 July 1864 (Age 43)  Lauriston, Balmaghie, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland

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2 years
#7 elder sister
Agnes Campbell

Birth 16 September 1823 42 31  Maknight, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

Death 27 October 1895 (Age 72)  Ontario, Canada

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2 years
#8 elder brother
John Campbell

Birth 21 December 1825 45 34  Braehead, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

Death 12 September 1900 (Age 74)  Culcrae Farmhouse, Tongland, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland

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3 years
#9 elder sister
Margaret Campbell

Birth 28 February 1829 48 37  New Cumnock?, Ayrshire, Scotland

Death 5 January 1835 (Age 5)  New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

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2 years
#10 herself
Elizabeth Campbell

Birth 7 August 1831 50 39  Braehead, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

Death 15 March 1924 (Age 92)  Canada

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2 years
#11 younger sister
Ebenezer Campbell

Birth 22 October 1833 52 42  Braehead, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

Death 6 April 1909 (Age 75)  Listowel, Perth, Ontario, Canada

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husband
Adam Henderson

Birth 18 May 1832  North Dumfries Town, Waterloo Co, Ontario, Canada

Death 25 December 1914 (Age 82)  Ontario, Canada

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-9 months
herself
Elizabeth Campbell

Birth 7 August 1831 50 39  Braehead, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

Death 15 March 1924 (Age 92)  Canada

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Marriage: 22 April 1856 — Ontario, Canada
19 months
#1 daughter
Ebenezer Jane Henderson

Birth 10 November 1857 25 26  Elma Township?, Perth Co, Ontario, Canada

Death 3 January 1933 (Age 75)  Ontario, Canada

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2 years
#2 daughter
Annabella Henderson

Birth 7 November 1859 27 28  Elma Township, Perth Co, Ontario, Canada

Death 22 February 1932 (Age 72)  Canada

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2 years
#3 daughter
Ada Henderson

Birth 23 November 1861 29 30  Elma Township, Perth Co, Ontario, Canada

Death yes  

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2 years
#4 daughter
Margaret Henderson

Birth 10 December 1863 31 32  Welwood Place, Elma Township, Perth Co, Ontario, Canada

Death 14 June 1946 (Age 82)  Canada

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2 years
#5 daughter
Elizabeth Henderson

Birth 7 May 1866 33 34  Elma Township, Perth Co, Ontario, Canada

Death 25 October 1950 (Age 84)  Canada

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2 years
#6 son
Thomas Young Henderson

Birth 28 June 1868 36 36  Elma Township, Perth Co, Ontario, Canada

Death 15 October 1869 (Age 15 months)  Elma Township, Perth Co, Ontario, Canada

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3 years
#7 daughter
Agnes Mckie Henderson

Birth 26 January 1871 38 39  Elma Township, Perth Co, Ontario, Canada

Death  Regina, Sas, Canada

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2 years
#8 son
Adam James Henderson

Birth 3 May 1873 40 41  Elma Township, Perth Co, Ontario, Canada

Death 3 May 1947 (Age 74)  Canada

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3 years
#9 son
Andrew Campbell Henderson

Birth 15 November 1875 43 44  Elma Township, Perth Co, Ontario, Canada

Death 22 July 1937 (Age 61)  Canada

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Elizabeth Campbell has 18 first cousins recorded

Father's family (18)

Parents George Campbell + Janet McDonald
1 Jean Campbell 1832–1865
2 Ivie Campbell 1833–1904
3 George Campbell 1835–1867
4 Angus Campbell 1837–1843
5 Margaret Campbell 1839–?
6 Janet Campbell 1841–1917
7 Angusina Campbell 1847–?
8 William Campbell 1849–1850
Parents William Fisher + Margaret Campbell
1 Ivie Fisher 1805–1874
2 James Fisher 1807–1851
3 Margaret Fisher 1809–1865
4 William Fisher 1813–?
5 Mary Fisher 1817–1896
6 George Fisher 1819–1909
7 John Fisher 1820–1842
8 Thomas Fisher 1826–1900
9 Jane Fisher 1827–?
10 Agnes Fisher 1827–1892

Mother's family (0)

 
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.

Census
Dau unmarr 19 bn New Cumnock AYR

Australian History
Victoria separates from New South Wales.

Emigration
To Canada with mother, brother William and sister Margaret and Ebenezer

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.

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.

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.

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


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