Thomas McCrae 1820

Thomas McCraeAge: 711820–1892

Name: Thomas McCrae

Given names: Thomas

Surname: McCrae

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Birth	29 October 1820 Duckieston, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland
Australian History	1824 (Age 3) 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 4) Note: New South Wales western border is extended to 129 degrees E. Van Diemen's Land is proclaimed.
Australian History	1828 (Age 7) Note: Charles Sturt charts the Darling River.
Australian History	1829 (Age 8) 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 9) Note: Sturt arrives at Goolwa, having charted the Murray River.
Australian History	1831 (Age 10) Note: Sydney Herald (later to become The Sydney Morning Herald) first published.
Australian History	1832 (Age 11) Note: Swan River Colony has its name changed to Western Australia.
Australian History	1833 (Age 12) Note: The penal settlement of Port Arthur is founded in Van Diemen's Land.
Australian History	1835 (Age 14) 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 15) Note: Province of South Australia proclaimed with its western border at 132 degrees E.
Australian History	1838 (Age 17) Note: First Prussian settlers arrive in South Australia; the largest group on non-British migrants in Australia at the time.
Australian History	1839 (Age 18) Note: Paul Edmund Strzelecki becomes first European to ascend and name Australia's highest peak, Mount Kosciuszko.
Australian History	1840 (Age 19) Note: Australia's first municipal authority, the City of Adelaide, is established, followed by Sydney City Council.
Australian History	1841 (Age 20) Note: New Zealand is proclaimed as a separate colony, no longer part of New South Wales.
Marriage	Jane Campbell - View family 15 March 1842 (Age 21) Balmaghie, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland
Birth of a son #1	29 October 1842 (Age 22) Balmaghie, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland son - William McCrae
Australian History	1842 (Age 21) Note: Copper is discovered at Kapunda in South Australia.
Australian History	1843 (Age 22) 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).
Death of a son	8 September 1844 (Age 23) Balmaghie, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland son - William McCrae
Birth of a son #2	21 January 1845 (Age 24) Laurieston, Balmaghie, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland son - David McCrae Col
Australian History	1845 (Age 24) 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 daughter #3	18 January 1847 (Age 26) Balmaghie, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland daughter - Margaret McCrae
Emigration	about April 1849 (Age 28) Note: To Ontario, Canada - settled Guelph
Birth of a daughter #4	8 April 1849 (Age 28) daughter - Female McCrae
Death of a daughter	18 April 1849 (Age 28) daughter - Female McCrae
Birth of a daughter #5	21 September 1850 (Age 29) Guelph Township, Wellington County, Ontario, Canada daughter - Mareon McCrae
Australian History	1850 (Age 29) 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 30) 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
Birth of a son #6	14 February 1853 (Age 32) Guelph Township, Wellington County, Ontario, Canada son - William McCrae
Death of a daughter	19 July 1853 (Age 32) Guelph Township, Wellington County, Ontario, Canada daughter - Mareon McCrae
Australian History	1853 (Age 32) Note: Bendigo Petition and Red Ribbon Rebellion at Bendigo
Australian History	1854 (Age 33) Note: The Eureka Stockade
Birth of a daughter #7	23 September 1855 (Age 34) Guelph Township, Wellington Co, Ontario, Canada daughter - Jeanie McCrae
Australian History	1855 (Age 34) 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 35) Note: Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania.
Australian History	1857 (Age 36) 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 37) Note: Sydney and Melbourne linked by electric telegraph. Note: New South Wales men achieve the right to vote.
Australian History	1859 (Age 38) 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 39) 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 40) 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 41) Note: Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139 degrees E.
Australian History	1863 (Age 42) Note: South Australia takes control of the Northern Territory which was part of the colony of New South Wales.
Australian History	1867 (Age 46) Note: Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland. Note: Saint Mary MacKillop founds Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart.
Australian History	1868 (Age 47) Note: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases.
Australian History	1869 (Age 48) 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 51) Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens.
Australian History	1873 (Age 52) Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock.
Australian History	1875 (Age 54) 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 57) Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.
Australian History	1879 (Age 58) Note: The first congress of trade unions is held.
Australian History	1880 (Age 59) 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 61) Note: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.
Australian History	1883 (Age 62) Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill
Australian History	1887 (Age 66) 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 68) 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 69) Note: The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention.
Australian History	1891 (Age 70) 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 71) Note: Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia.
Death	21 February 1892 (Age 71) Janefield, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

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himself	Thomas McCrae Birth 29 October 1820 Duckieston, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland Death 21 February 1892 (Age 71) Janefield, Guelph, Ontario, Canada Loading...
-6 years wife	Jane Campbell Birth 25 December 1814 34 23 Maknight, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 10 January 1897 (Age 82) Janefield, Guelph, Canada Loading...
	Marriage: 15 March 1842 — Balmaghie, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland
7 months #1 son	William McCrae Birth 29 October 1842 22 27 Balmaghie, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland Death 8 September 1844 (Age 22 months) Balmaghie, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland Loading...
2 years #2 son	David McCrae Col Birth 21 January 1845 24 30 Laurieston, Balmaghie, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland Death 30 October 1930 (Age 85) Guelph, Ontario, Canada Loading...
2 years #3 daughter	Margaret McCrae Birth 18 January 1847 26 32 Balmaghie, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland Death 25 November 1910 (Age 63) Parkdale, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Loading...
2 years #4 daughter	Female McCrae Birth 8 April 1849 28 34 Death 18 April 1849 (Age 10 days) Loading...
17 months #5 daughter	Mareon McCrae Birth 21 September 1850 29 35 Guelph Township, Wellington County, Ontario, Canada Death 19 July 1853 (Age 2) Guelph Township, Wellington County, Ontario, Canada Loading...
2 years #6 son	William McCrae Birth 14 February 1853 32 38 Guelph Township, Wellington County, Ontario, Canada Death 15 February 1930 (Age 77) Guelph Township, Wellington County, Ontario, Canada Loading...
3 years #7 daughter	Jeanie McCrae Birth 23 September 1855 34 40 Guelph Township, Wellington Co, Ontario, Canada Death 3 March 1935 (Age 79) Hamilton, Ontario, Canada Loading...

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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.
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.
Emigration	To Ontario, Canada - settled Guelph
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.
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.

Thomas McCraeAge: 711820–1892

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