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George CampbellAge: 311835–1867

Name
George Campbell
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George
Surname
Campbell
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Birth 23 July 1835 57 26
 Minnigaff, Kirkcudbrightshire, 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 5 months)
 

Note: Province of South Australia proclaimed with its western border at 132 degrees E.
Birth of a brother about 1837 (Age 17 months)
 Minnigaff, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland

younger brother - Angus Campbell
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 sister 12 May 1839 (Age 3)
 Minnigaff, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland

younger sister - Margaret Campbell
Australian History 1839 (Age 3)
 

Note: Paul Edmund Strzelecki becomes first European to ascend and name Australia's highest peak, Mount Kosciuszko.
Australian History 1840 (Age 4)
 

Note: Australia's first municipal authority, the City of Adelaide, is established, followed by Sydney City Council.
Birth of a sister 27 May 1841 (Age 5)
 Minnigaff, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland

younger sister - Janet Campbell
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.
Death of a brother 27 December 1843 (Age 8)
 Lanehead, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

younger brother - Angus 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).
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 about 1847 (Age 11)
 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

younger sister - Angusina Campbell
Birth of a brother about 1849 (Age 13)
 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

younger brother - William Campbell
Death of a brother 28 January 1850 (Age 14)
 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

younger brother - William 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)
 Lanehead, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

Note: Son 15 Scholar Minnigaff
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
Death of a father 14 March 1855 (Age 19)
 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

father - George Campbell
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.
Death of a mother 1 January 1859 (Age 23)
 Lanehead, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

mother - Janet McDonald
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.
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.
Death of a sister 27 July 1865 (Age 30)
 Coalburn, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

elder sister - Jean Campbell
Australian History 1867 (on the date of death)
 

Note: Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland.
Note: Saint Mary MacKillop founds Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart.
Death 1867 (Age 31)
 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Note: 
ON headstone at New Cumnock Old Cemetery. Ref 06272 Father
unknown mother unknown age? Born SCT. This seems to be the right George. ONly one in 1867. Nothing earlier and later George's have wrong parents or bn AUS
Family with parents - View family
father
George Campbell

Birth 10 April 1778 23 24  Waterhead, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

Death 14 March 1855 (Age 76)  New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

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31 years
mother
Janet McDonald

Birth about 1809  Daily, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland

Death 1 January 1859 (Age 50)  Lanehead, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

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Marriage: 1830
3 years
#1 elder sister
Jean Campbell

Birth 20 November 1832 54 23  Minnigaff, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland

Death 27 July 1865 (Age 32)  Coalburn, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

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8 months
#2 elder brother
Ivie Campbell

Birth 25 July 1833 55 24  Minnigaff, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland

Death 1904 (Age 70)  Birmingham, England

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2 years
#3 himself
George Campbell

Birth 23 July 1835 57 26  Minnigaff, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland

Death 1867 (Age 31)  Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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17 months
#4 younger brother
Angus Campbell

Birth about 1837 58 28  Minnigaff, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland

Death 27 December 1843 (Age 6)  Lanehead, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

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2 years
#5 younger sister
Margaret Campbell

Birth 12 May 1839 61 30  Minnigaff, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland

Death yes  

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2 years
#6 younger sister
Janet Campbell

Birth 27 May 1841 63 32  Minnigaff, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland

Death 17 December 1917 (Age 76)  9 Carrick Park, Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland

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6 years
#7 younger sister
Angusina Campbell

Birth about 1847 68 38  New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

Death yes  

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2 years
#8 younger brother
William Campbell

Birth about 1849 70 40  New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

Death 28 January 1850 (Age 12 months)  New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

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George Campbell has 21 first cousins recorded

Father's family (21)

Parents William Campbell + Jean Scott
1 Ivie Campbell 1810–1880
2 David Campbell 1813–1880
3 Jane Campbell 1814–1897
4 George Campbell 1817–1866
5 William Campbell 1819–1893
6 Walter Scott Campbell 1821–1864
7 Agnes Campbell 1823–1895
8 John Campbell 1825–1900
9 Margaret Campbell 1829–1835
10 Elizabeth Campbell 1831–1924
11 Ebenezer Campbell 1833–1909
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
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
Son 15 Scholar Minnigaff

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.

Death
ON headstone at New Cumnock Old Cemetery. Ref 06272 Father unknown mother unknown age? Born SCT. This seems to be the right George. ONly one in 1867. Nothing earlier and later George's have wrong parents or bn AUS


Extra information

Internal reference I8057
Reference number
5518
 
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