Anne McQuaker 1833

Anne McQuakerAge: 751833–1908

Name: Anne McQuaker

Given names: Anne

Surname: McQuaker

Anne Ferguson

Name: Anne Ferguson

Given names: Anne

Surname: Ferguson

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Birth	about 1833 Glenluce, Wigtownshire, Scotland
Australian History	1833 Note: The penal settlement of Port Arthur is founded in Van Diemen's Land.
Australian History	1835 (Age 2) 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 3) Note: Province of South Australia proclaimed with its western border at 132 degrees E.
Australian History	1838 (Age 5) Note: First Prussian settlers arrive in South Australia; the largest group on non-British migrants in Australia at the time.
Australian History	1839 (Age 6) Note: Paul Edmund Strzelecki becomes first European to ascend and name Australia's highest peak, Mount Kosciuszko.
Australian History	1840 (Age 7) Note: Australia's first municipal authority, the City of Adelaide, is established, followed by Sydney City Council.
Australian History	1841 (Age 8) Note: New Zealand is proclaimed as a separate colony, no longer part of New South Wales.
Australian History	1842 (Age 9) Note: Copper is discovered at Kapunda in South Australia.
Australian History	1843 (Age 10) 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 12) 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 17) 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 18) 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 20) Note: Bendigo Petition and Red Ribbon Rebellion at Bendigo
Australian History	1854 (Age 21) Note: The Eureka Stockade
Australian History	1855 (Age 22) 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 23) Note: Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania.
Marriage	Ivie Ferguson - View family 26 March 1857 (Age 24) Wigtownshire, Scotland Address: Camrie, Old Luce (Glenluce) Note: WITNESSES Bryce Frood and Hugh Brown
Birth of a daughter #1	4 August 1857 (Age 24) Wood Of Auchleand, Wigtown, Wigtownshire, Scotland daughter - Jane Ferguson
Australian History	1857 (Age 24) 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 25) Note: Sydney and Melbourne linked by electric telegraph. Note: New South Wales men achieve the right to vote.
Australian History	1859 (Age 26) 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.
Birth of a daughter #2	14 August 1860 (Age 27) Camrie, Old Luce, Wigtownshire, Scotland daughter - Helen Ferguson
Australian History	1860 (Age 27) 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 28) Note: The ill-fated Burke and Wills expedition occurs. Note: skiing in Australia introduced by Norwegians in the Snowy Mountains goldrush town of Kiandra
Birth of a daughter #3	1 April 1862 (Age 29) Wood Of Auchleand, Wigtown, Wigtownshire, Scotland daughter - Margaret Ferguson
Australian History	1862 (Age 29) Note: Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139 degrees E.
Australian History	1863 (Age 30) Note: South Australia takes control of the Northern Territory which was part of the colony of New South Wales.
Birth of a son #4	30 March 1864 (Age 31) Wood Of Auchleand, Wigtown, Wigtownshire, Scotland son - William Ferguson
Birth of a daughter #5	2 March 1867 (Age 34) Wood Of Auchleand, Wigtown, Wigtownshire, Scotland daughter - Elizabeth Ferguson
Australian History	1867 (Age 34) Note: Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland. Note: Saint Mary MacKillop founds Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart.
Australian History	1868 (Age 35) Note: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases.
Australian History	1869 (Age 36) 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 39) Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens.
Australian History	1873 (Age 40) Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock.
Australian History	1875 (Age 42) 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 45) Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.
Australian History	1879 (Age 46) Note: The first congress of trade unions is held.
Australian History	1880 (Age 47) Note: The bushranger Ned Kelly is hanged. Note: Parliamentarians in Victoria become the first in Australia to be paid for their work.
Census	4 April 1881 (Age 48) Path House, Minnigaff, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland Note: Wife 48 Glenluce WIG
Australian History	1882 (Age 49) Note: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.
Australian History	1883 (Age 50) Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill
Australian History	1887 (Age 54) 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 56) 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 57) Note: The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention.
Census	5 April 1891 (Age 58) Creebridge, Minnigaff, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland Note: Wife mar 58 bn Glenluce
Australian History	1891 (Age 58) 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 59) Note: Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia.
Australian History	1893 (Age 60) 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 of a husband	6 August 1894 (Age 61) 13 Arthur Street, Newton Stewart, Wigtownshire, Scotland husband - Ivie Ferguson
Australian History	1894 (Age 61) 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.
Australian History	1895 (Age 62) 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 63) Note: The Bathurst Conference (the second 'people's convention') meets to discuss the 1891 draft constitution
Australian History	1897 (Age 64) 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 65) 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 66) 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.
Australian History	1900 (Age 67) 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 68) 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 69) 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 70) 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 71) 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 73) Note: Australia takes control of south-eastern New Guinea
Australian History	1908 (Age 75) Note: Dorothea Mackellar publishes My Country Note: The Dalgety proposal for the national capital is revoked, and Canberra is chosen instead
Death	17 September 1908 (Age 75) Newton Stewart, Wigtownshire, Scotland

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husband	Ivie Ferguson Birth about 1833 37 35 Wigtown, Wigtownshire, Scotland Death 6 August 1894 (Age 61) 13 Arthur Street, Newton Stewart, Wigtownshire, Scotland Loading...
herself	Anne McQuaker Birth about 1833 Glenluce, Wigtownshire, Scotland Death 17 September 1908 (Age 75) Newton Stewart, Wigtownshire, Scotland Loading...
	Marriage: 26 March 1857 — Wigtownshire, Scotland
4 months #1 daughter	Jane Ferguson Birth 4 August 1857 24 24 Wood Of Auchleand, Wigtown, Wigtownshire, Scotland Death yes Loading...
3 years #2 daughter	Helen Ferguson Birth 14 August 1860 27 27 Camrie, Old Luce, Wigtownshire, Scotland Death yes Loading...
20 months #3 daughter	Margaret Ferguson Birth 1 April 1862 29 29 Wood Of Auchleand, Wigtown, Wigtownshire, Scotland Death yes Loading...
2 years #4 son	William Ferguson Birth 30 March 1864 31 31 Wood Of Auchleand, Wigtown, Wigtownshire, Scotland Death yes Loading...
3 years #5 daughter	Elizabeth Ferguson Birth 2 March 1867 34 34 Wood Of Auchleand, Wigtown, Wigtownshire, Scotland Death yes Loading...

Ivie Ferguson + Margaret Milroy - View family

husband	Ivie Ferguson Birth about 1833 37 35 Wigtown, Wigtownshire, Scotland Death 6 August 1894 (Age 61) 13 Arthur Street, Newton Stewart, Wigtownshire, Scotland Loading...
husband's wife	Margaret Milroy Death yes Loading...
	Marriage: yes
#1 step-son	Ivie Ferguson Death yes Loading...

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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.
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.
Marriage	WITNESSES Bryce Frood and Hugh Brown
Marriage	WITNESSES Bryce Frood and Hugh Brown
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.
Census	Wife 48 Glenluce WIG
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.
Census	Wife mar 58 bn Glenluce
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

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