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John CampbellAge: 781800–1878

Name
John Campbell
Given names
John
Surname
Campbell
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Birth 18 March 1800 35
 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

MarriageCatherine McKnight - View family
 

Australian History 1803 (Age 2)
 

Note: Matthew Flinders completes the first circumnavigation of the continent (still known as 'New Holland')
Australian History 1804 (Age 3)
 

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 half-sister 3 January 1808 (Age 7)
 Blackfarding, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

half-sister - Jean Campbell
Marriage of a fatherThomas Campbell - View family
about 1808 (Age 7)
 

father - Thomas Campbell
step-mother - Mary Pearson
Australian History 1808 (Age 7)
 

Note: The Rum Rebellion
Birth of a half-brother 17 September 1809 (Age 9)
 Blackfarding, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

half-brother - William Campbell
Birth of a half-sister 29 September 1811 (Age 11)
 Blackfarding, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

half-sister - Jennet Campbell
Birth of a half-sister 27 March 1814 (Age 14)
 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

half-sister - ? Campbell
Australian History 1817 (Age 16)
 

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 17)
 

Note: Oxley charts the Macquarie River.
Birth of a son
#1		 21 July 1823 (Age 23)
 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

son - Thomas Campbell
Australian History 1824 (Age 23)
 

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 24)
 

Note: New South Wales western border is extended to 129 degrees E. Van Diemen's Land is proclaimed.
Australian History 1828 (Age 27)
 

Note: Charles Sturt charts the Darling River.
Birth of a daughter
#2		 about 1829 (Age 28)
 

daughter - Janet Campbell
Australian History 1829 (Age 28)
 

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 29)
 

Note: Sturt arrives at Goolwa, having charted the Murray River.
Death of a wife 27 October 1831 (Age 31)
 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

wife - Catherine McKnight
Australian History 1831 (Age 30)
 

Note: Sydney Herald (later to become The Sydney Morning Herald) first published.
Australian History 1832 (Age 31)
 

Note: Swan River Colony has its name changed to Western Australia.
Australian History 1833 (Age 32)
 

Note: The penal settlement of Port Arthur is founded in Van Diemen's Land.
Australian History 1835 (Age 34)
 

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.
Death of a brother 6 June 1836 (Age 36)
 

elder brother - James Campbell
Death of a father about 1836 (Age 35)
 Blackfarthing, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

father - Thomas Campbell
Australian History 1836 (Age 35)
 

Note: Province of South Australia proclaimed with its western border at 132 degrees E.
Australian History 1838 (Age 37)
 

Note: First Prussian settlers arrive in South Australia; the largest group on non-British migrants in Australia at the time.
Australian History 1839 (Age 38)
 

Note: Paul Edmund Strzelecki becomes first European to ascend and name Australia's highest peak, Mount Kosciuszko.
Australian History 1840 (Age 39)
 

Note: Australia's first municipal authority, the City of Adelaide, is established, followed by Sydney City Council.
Census 7 June 1841 (Age 41)
 

Note: 
Is this him at Craigdullart 45 Grain Dealer Born in parish -
with Joan Campbell 70 (mother?)
Australian History 1841 (Age 40)
 

Note: New Zealand is proclaimed as a separate colony, no longer part of New South Wales.
Australian History 1842 (Age 41)
 

Note: Copper is discovered at Kapunda in South Australia.
Australian History 1843 (Age 42)
 

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 44)
 

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 49)
 

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 50)
 

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
Marriage of a daughterJanet Campbell - View family
about 1852 (Age 51)
 

son-in-law - William Logan
daughter - Janet Campbell
Birth of a grandson
#1		 9 April 1853 (Age 53)
 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

grandson - William Logan
Australian History 1853 (Age 52)
 

Note: Bendigo Petition and Red Ribbon Rebellion at Bendigo
Birth of a grandson
#2		 4 October 1854 (Age 54)
 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

grandson - James Logan
Australian History 1854 (Age 53)
 

Note: The Eureka Stockade
Australian History 1855 (Age 54)
 

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 55)
 

Note: Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania.
Australian History 1857 (Age 56)
 

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.
Death of a daughter 2 July 1858 (Age 58)
 Castle, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

daughter - Janet Campbell
Australian History 1858 (Age 57)
 

Note: Sydney and Melbourne linked by electric telegraph.
Note: New South Wales men achieve the right to vote.
Australian History 1859 (Age 58)
 

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 59)
 

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 60)
 

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 61)
 

Note: Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139 degrees E.
Australian History 1863 (Age 62)
 

Note: South Australia takes control of the Northern Territory which was part of the colony of New South Wales.
Australian History 1867 (Age 66)
 

Note: Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland.
Note: Saint Mary MacKillop founds Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart.
Australian History 1868 (Age 67)
 

Note: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases.
Death of a brother 21 April 1869 (Age 69)
 New Cample, Closeburn, Dfs, Scotland

brother - George Campbell
Australian History 1869 (Age 68)
 

Note: Children of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent are removed from their families by Australian and State government agencies.
Census 2 April 1871 (Age 71)
 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

Note: Brother to Ivie 70/6 widower Retired carter bn New Cumnock
Australian History 1872 (Age 71)
 

Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens.
Death of a brother 24 August 1873 (Age 73)
 Stepends, Sorn, Ayrshire, Scotland

elder brother - Hugh Campbell
Australian History 1873 (Age 72)
 

Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock.
Death of a brother 29 December 1874 (Age 74)
 Greenhead, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

elder brother - Ivie Campbell
Australian History 1875 (Age 74)
 

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 77)
 

Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.
Death 21 July 1878 (Age 78)
 Greenhead, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

Family with parents - View family
father
Thomas Campbell

Baptism 2 September 1764 45 40  New Cumnock, Scotland

Death about 1836  Blackfarthing, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

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mother
Jennet Brown

Death yes  

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Marriage: about 1782
#1 sister
Elizabeth Campbell

Death yes  

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#2 elder brother
James Campbell

Baptism 13 April 1783 18  New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

Death 6 June 1836  

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23 months
#3 elder brother
Hugh Campbell

Baptism 19 March 1785 20  New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

Death 24 August 1873  Stepends, Sorn, Ayrshire, Scotland

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4 years
#4 elder brother
Ivie Campbell

Baptism 30 August 1789 24  New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

Death 29 December 1874  Greenhead, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

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11 years
#5 himself
John Campbell

Birth 18 March 1800 35  New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

Death 21 July 1878 (Age 78)  Greenhead, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

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#6 brother
George Campbell

Death 21 April 1869  New Cample, Closeburn, Dfs, Scotland

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#7 brother
Thomas Campbell

Death yes  

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Father’s family with Mary Pearson - View family
father
Thomas Campbell

Baptism 2 September 1764 45 40  New Cumnock, Scotland

Death about 1836  Blackfarthing, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

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step-mother
Mary Pearson

Death yes  

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Marriage: about 1808
21 months
#1 half-brother
William Campbell

Birth 17 September 1809 45  Blackfarding, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

Death 31 August 1884 (Age 74)  Craigsland Farm, Troon, Ayrshire, Scotland

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-20 months
#2 half-sister
Jean Campbell

Birth 3 January 1808 43  Blackfarding, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

Death yes  

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4 years
#3 half-sister
Jennet Campbell

Birth 29 September 1811 47  Blackfarding, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

Death yes  

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3 years
#4 half-sister
? Campbell

Birth 27 March 1814 49  New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

Death yes  

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Family with Catherine McKnight - View family
himself
John Campbell

Birth 18 March 1800 35  New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

Death 21 July 1878 (Age 78)  Greenhead, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

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21 months
wife
Catherine McKnight

Birth about 1802  

Death 27 October 1831 (Age 29)  New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

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Marriage: yes
#1 son
Thomas Campbell

Birth 21 July 1823 23 21  New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

Death yes  

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5 years
#2 daughter
Janet Campbell

Birth about 1829 28 27  

Death 2 July 1858 (Age 29)  Castle, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

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John Campbell has 15 first cousins recorded

Father's family (15)

Parents Ivie Campbell + Jean Gemmell
1 George Campbell 1778–1855
2 William Campbell 1780–1833
3 Margaret Campbell 1783–1873
Parents Ivie Campbell + Margaret Dunbar
1 Isabel Campbell 1787–1860
2 Jean Campbell 1790–1859
3 Tomina Campbell 1792–1841
4 Janet Campbell 1794–1876
5 Helen Campbell 1798–1867
6 Ivie Campbell 1799–1867
7 Wilhemina Campbell 1802–1876
Parents … Laidlaw + Helen Campbell
1 Thomas Laidlaw ?–1843
2 Ellen Laidlaw ?–?
Parents John Campbell + Sarah Turner
1 George Campbell 1798–?
2 William Campbell 1798–?
Parents George Sloan + Elizabeth Campbell
1 Ivie Sloan ?–?

Mother's family (0)

 
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.

Census
Is this him at Craigdullart 45 Grain Dealer Born in parish - with Joan Campbell 70 (mother?)

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.

Census
Brother to Ivie 70/6 widower Retired carter bn New Cumnock

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.


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