William Campbell 1835

William CampbellAge: 571835–1893

Name: William Campbell

Given names: William

Surname: Campbell

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Birth	8 October 1835 25 24 McKnight, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
Australian History	1835 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 2 months) Note: Province of South Australia proclaimed with its western border at 132 degrees E.
Australian History	1838 (Age 2) Note: First Prussian settlers arrive in South Australia; the largest group on non-British migrants in Australia at the time.
Birth of a brother	12 January 1839 (Age 3) McKnight, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland younger brother - James Campbell
Australian History	1839 (Age 3) Note: Paul Edmund Strzelecki becomes first European to ascend and name Australia's highest peak, Mount Kosciuszko.
Birth of a sister	22 October 1840 (Age 5) McKnight, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland younger sister - Ann Campbell
Australian History	1840 (Age 4) Note: Australia's first municipal authority, the City of Adelaide, is established, followed by Sydney City Council.
Census	7 June 1841 (Age 5) McKnight, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Note: 5 Yes
Australian History	1841 (Age 5) Note: New Zealand is proclaimed as a separate colony, no longer part of New South Wales.
Australian History	1842 (Age 6) Note: Copper is discovered at Kapunda in South Australia.
Birth of a brother	3 April 1843 (Age 7) McKnight, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland younger brother - David Campbell
Australian History	1843 (Age 7) 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 sister	16 May 1845 (Age 9) McKnight, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland younger sister - Jean Campbell
Australian History	1845 (Age 9) 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	11 September 1847 (Age 11) McKnight, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland younger sister - Margaret Campbell
Birth of a sister	18 July 1849 (Age 13) McKnight, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland younger sister - Elizabeth Campbell
Australian History	1850 (Age 14) 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 15) Craig, Balmaghie, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland Note: Son scholar 16 bn New Cumnock
Birth of a sister	18 November 1851 (Age 16) Craigs, Balmaghie, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland younger sister - Jane Campbell
Australian History	1851 (Age 15) 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 17) Note: Bendigo Petition and Red Ribbon Rebellion at Bendigo
Australian History	1854 (Age 18) Note: The Eureka Stockade
Australian History	1855 (Age 19) 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 20) Note: Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania.
Australian History	1857 (Age 21) 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 22) Note: Sydney and Melbourne linked by electric telegraph. Note: New South Wales men achieve the right to vote.
Australian History	1859 (Age 23) 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 24) 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 25)
Australian History	1861 (Age 25) 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 26) Note: Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139 degrees E.
Australian History	1863 (Age 27) Note: South Australia takes control of the Northern Territory which was part of the colony of New South Wales.
Australian History	1867 (Age 31) Note: Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland. Note: Saint Mary MacKillop founds Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart.
Australian History	1868 (Age 32) Note: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases.
Australian History	1869 (Age 33) Note: Children of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent are removed from their families by Australian and State government agencies.
Australian History	1872 (Age 36) Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens.
Australian History	1873 (Age 37) Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock.
Death of a paternal grandmother	17 January 1874 (Age 38) Glenelg Township, Grey Co, Ontario, Canada paternal grandmother - Jean Scott
Death of a mother	6 May 1874 (Age 38) Craigs, Balmaghie, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland mother - Jane Murdoch
Australian History	1875 (Age 39) 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 42) Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.
Australian History	1879 (Age 43) Note: The first congress of trade unions is held.
Death of a father	2 January 1880 (Age 44) Craigs, Balmaghie, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland father - Ivie Campbell
Australian History	1880 (Age 44) 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 46) Note: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.
Australian History	1883 (Age 47) Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill
Australian History	1887 (Age 51) 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 53) 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 54) Note: The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention.
Australian History	1891 (Age 55) 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 56) Note: Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia.
Australian History	1893 (Age 57) 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.
Death	30 January 1893 (Age 57) Ontario, Canada

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father	Ivie Campbell Birth 7 May 1810 29 18 Macknight, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 2 January 1880 (Age 69) Craigs, Balmaghie, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland Loading...
8 months mother	Jane Murdoch Birth about 1811 Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 6 May 1874 (Age 63) Craigs, Balmaghie, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland Loading...
	Marriage: 23 December 1834 — New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
9 months #1 himself	William Campbell Birth 8 October 1835 25 24 McKnight, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 30 January 1893 (Age 57) Ontario, Canada Loading...
3 years #2 younger brother	James Campbell Birth 12 January 1839 28 28 McKnight, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death yes Loading...
21 months #3 younger sister	Ann Campbell Birth 22 October 1840 30 29 McKnight, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 26 March 1916 (Age 75) Ontario, Canada Loading...
2 years #4 younger brother	David Campbell Birth 3 April 1843 32 32 McKnight, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 31 May 1921 (Age 78) Grey Township, Huron, Ontario, Canada Loading...
2 years #5 younger sister	Jean Campbell Birth 16 May 1845 35 34 McKnight, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death Loading...
2 years #6 younger sister	Margaret Campbell Birth 11 September 1847 37 36 McKnight, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death yes Loading...
22 months #7 younger sister	Elizabeth Campbell Birth 18 July 1849 39 38 McKnight, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death Loading...
2 years #8 younger sister	Jane Campbell Birth 18 November 1851 41 40 Craigs, Balmaghie, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland Death yes Loading...

William Campbell has 53 first cousins recorded

Father's family (53)

Parents David Campbell + Jessie Wilson

1 Jane Scott Campbell 1847–1919

2 Jannet Campbell 1849–?

3 William Campbell 1851–?

Parents Thomas McCrae + Jane Campbell

1 William McCrae 1842–1844

2 David McCrae Col 1845–1930

3 Margaret McCrae 1847–1910

4 Female McCrae 1849–1849

5 Mareon McCrae 1850–1853

6 William McCrae 1853–1930

7 Jeanie McCrae 1855–1935

Parents George Campbell + Agnes Fisher

1 Alex Campbell ?–?

2 Robert Campbell 1844–?

Parents William Campbell + Marion Maclaine

1 Jane Campbell 1850–1934

2 John Campbell 1852–1872

3 Mary Campbell 1853–1927

4 Margaret Campbell 1856–?

5 William Campbell 1858–?

6 Archibald Campbell 1860–1894

7 Marion Campbell 1862–1935

8 Catherine Campbell 1864–1937

9 Elizabeth Campbell 1866–1942

10 David Campbell 1869–1947

Parents Walter Scott Campbell + Jean McMyn

1 Jane Campbell 1849–?

2 William Campbell 1851–?

3 John Campbell 1853–?

4 David Campbell 1855–1926

5 Walter Scott Campbell 1857–?

6 James Jenkins Campbell 1861–?

7 George Jamieson Campbell 1864–1864

Parents Samuel McGeorge + Agnes Campbell

1 Robert McGeorge 1851–?

2 Jane McGeorge 1855–?

3 Agnes Mckee McGeorge 1856–1926

4 Charles McGeorge 1858–?

5 Alexander McGeorge 1861–?

6 Ebenezer Campbell "John" McGeorge 1863–?

7 Samuel McGeorge 1866–1927

Parents John Campbell + Louisa Carson

1 Margaret Campbell 1852–?

2 Jean Campbell 1854–?

3 Elizabeth Campbell 1856–?

4 Agnes Campbell 1856–1901

5 Louisa Campbell 1858–?

6 Ebenezer Campbell 1861–1947

7 Mary Maxwell Campbell 1863–1889

8 William Campbell 1866–?

Parents Adam Henderson + Elizabeth Campbell

1 Ebenezer Jane Henderson 1857–1933

2 Annabella Henderson 1859–1932

3 Ada Henderson 1861–?

4 Margaret Henderson 1863–1946

5 Elizabeth Henderson 1866–1950

6 Thomas Young Henderson 1868–1869

7 Agnes Mckie Henderson 1871–?

8 Adam James Henderson 1873–1947

9 Andrew Campbell Henderson 1875–1937

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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	5 Yes
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	Son scholar 16 bn New Cumnock
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.
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.