David McCrae Col 1845

David McCrae ColAge: 851845–1930

Name: David McCrae Col

Given names: David

Surname: McCrae

Name suffix: Col

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Birth	21 January 1845 24 30 Laurieston, Balmaghie, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland
Australian History	1845 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	18 January 1847 (Age 23 months) Balmaghie, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland younger sister - Margaret McCrae
Emigration	April 1849 (Age 4) Note: To Guelph Township, Ontario, Canada
Birth of a sister	8 April 1849 (Age 4) younger sister - Female McCrae
Death of a sister	18 April 1849 (Age 4) younger sister - Female McCrae
Birth of a sister	21 September 1850 (Age 5) Guelph Township, Wellington County, Ontario, Canada younger sister - Mareon McCrae
Australian History	1850 (Age 4) 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 5) 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 brother	14 February 1853 (Age 8) Guelph Township, Wellington County, Ontario, Canada younger brother - William McCrae
Death of a sister	19 July 1853 (Age 8) Guelph Township, Wellington County, Ontario, Canada younger sister - Mareon McCrae
Australian History	1853 (Age 7) Note: Bendigo Petition and Red Ribbon Rebellion at Bendigo
Australian History	1854 (Age 8) Note: The Eureka Stockade
Birth of a sister	23 September 1855 (Age 10) Guelph Township, Wellington Co, Ontario, Canada younger sister - Jeanie McCrae
Australian History	1855 (Age 9) 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 10) Note: Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania.
Australian History	1857 (Age 11) 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 12) Note: Sydney and Melbourne linked by electric telegraph. Note: New South Wales men achieve the right to vote.
Australian History	1859 (Age 13) 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 14) 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 15) 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 16) Note: Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139 degrees E.
Australian History	1863 (Age 17) Note: South Australia takes control of the Northern Territory which was part of the colony of New South Wales.
Australian History	1867 (Age 21) Note: Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland. Note: Saint Mary MacKillop founds Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart.
Australian History	1868 (Age 22) Note: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases.
Australian History	1869 (Age 23) 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 26) Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens.
Australian History	1873 (Age 27) Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock.
Death of a maternal grandmother	17 January 1874 (Age 28) Glenelg Township, Grey Co, Ontario, Canada maternal grandmother - Jean Scott
Australian History	1875 (Age 29) 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 32) Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.
Australian History	1879 (Age 33) Note: The first congress of trade unions is held.
Australian History	1880 (Age 34) 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 36) Note: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.
Australian History	1883 (Age 37) Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill
Australian History	1887 (Age 41) 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 43) 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 44) Note: The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention.
Australian History	1891 (Age 45) 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
Death of a father	21 February 1892 (Age 47) Janefield, Guelph, Ontario, Canada father - Thomas McCrae
Australian History	1892 (Age 46) Note: Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia.
Australian History	1893 (Age 47) 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.
Australian History	1894 (Age 48) 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 49) 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 50) Note: The Bathurst Conference (the second 'people's convention') meets to discuss the 1891 draft constitution
Death of a mother	10 January 1897 (Age 51) Janefield, Guelph, Canada mother - Jane Campbell
Australian History	1897 (Age 51) 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 52) 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 53) 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 54) 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 55) 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 56) 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 57) 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 58) 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 60) Note: Australia takes control of south-eastern New Guinea
Australian History	1908 (Age 62) Note: Dorothea Mackellar publishes My Country Note: The Dalgety proposal for the national capital is revoked, and Canberra is chosen instead
Australian History	1909 (Age 63) Note: The first powered aeroplane flight in Australia is made.
Death of a sister	25 November 1910 (Age 65) Parkdale, Toronto, Ontario, Canada younger sister - Margaret McCrae
Australian History	1910 (Age 64) Note: Andrew Fisher forms the first federal majority Labor government.
Australian History	1911 (Age 65) Note: The Royal Australian Navy is founded Note: The Northern Territory comes under Commonwealth control, being split off from South Australia Note: The first national census is conducted. Note: Australian Capital Territory proclaimed.
Australian History	1912 (Age 66) Note: Australia sends women to the Olympic Games for the first time Note: Walter Burley Griffin wins a design competition for the new city of Canberra
Australian History	1913 (Age 67) Note: Blaxland, Lawson and Wentworth cross the Blue Mountains. Note: Matthew Flinders refers to New South Wales by the name 'Australia'.
Australian History	1913 (Age 67) Note: The foundation stone for the city of Canberra is put in place
Australian History	1914 (Age 68) Note: Australian soldiers are sent to the First World War. This was first time Australians had fought under the Australian flag, as opposed to that of Britain's.
Australian History	1915 (Age 69) Note: (25 APRIL)Australian soldiers land at Anzac Cove on the Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey on 25 April. Note: Jervis Bay Territory comprising 6,677 hectares surrendered and becomes part of the Australia Capital Territory. Note: Surfing is first introduced to Australia Note: Billy Hughes became Prime Minister
Australian History	1916 (Age 70) Note: Hotels are forced to close at 6 p.m., leading to the beginning of the 'six o'clock swill' Note: Australia suffers heavy casualties in the Western Front Battle of the Somme. Note: The Returned Sailors� and Soldiers� Imperial League of Australia, the forerunner to the Returned and Services League of Australia is founded Note: The Labor government under Billy Hughes splits over conscription. First referendum on conscription is rejected
Australian History	1917 (Age 71) Note: Second referendum on conscription is rejected. Transcontinental railway linking Adelaide to Perth is completed. Note: Australian 4th Light Horse Brigade launches last cavalry charge in modern warfare to capture Beersheba from the Ottoman Turks.
Australian History	1918 (Age 72) Note: (08 AUG) Battle of Amiens Note: Australian troops spearhead 8 August offensive against Hindenberg Line - the 'black day of the German Army'. Note: On 12 August, Australian commander General Sir John Monash is knighted in the field of battle by King George V Note: First World War ends - 60,000 Australians dead. Note: The Darwin Rebellion takes place, with 1,000 demonstrators demanding the resignation of the Administrator of the Northern Territory, John A. Gilruth.
Australian History	1919 (Age 73) Note: Prime Minister Billy Hughes signs Treaty of Versailles: the first signing of an international treaty by Australia. Australia obtains League of Nations mandate over German New Guinea.
Australian History	1920 (Age 74) Note: The airline Qantas is founded
Australian History	1921 (Age 75) Note: Edith Cowan becomes the first woman elected to an Australian parliament
Australian History	1922 (Age 76) Note: The Smith Family charity is founded in Sydney
Australian History	1923 (Age 77) Note: Vegemite is first produced
Australian History	1926 (Age 80) Note: The first Miss Australia contest is held
Australian History	1927 (Age 81) Note: The tenth parliament is formally opened in Canberra, finalising the move to the new capital
Australian History	1928 (Age 82) Note: Bert Hinkler makes the first successful flight from Britain to Australia, and Charles Kingsford Smith makes the first flight from the United States to Australia. The Shrine of Remembrance is built.
Australian History	1929 (Age 83) Note: Western Australia celebrates its centenary Note: Labor returns to office under James Scullin. The Great Depression hits Australia.
Death of a brother	15 February 1930 (Age 85) Guelph Township, Wellington County, Ontario, Canada younger brother - William McCrae
Australian History	1930 (Age 84) Note: Batsman Don Bradman scores a record 452 not out in one cricket innings Note: Phar Lap wins his first Melbourne Cup
Death	30 October 1930 (Age 85) Guelph, Ontario, Canada

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father	Thomas McCrae Birth 29 October 1820 Duckieston, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland Death 21 February 1892 (Age 71) Janefield, Guelph, Ontario, Canada Loading...
-6 years mother	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 elder brother	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 himself	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 younger sister	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 younger sister	Female McCrae Birth 8 April 1849 28 34 Death 18 April 1849 (Age 10 days) Loading...
17 months #5 younger sister	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 younger brother	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 younger sister	Jeanie McCrae Birth 23 September 1855 34 40 Guelph Township, Wellington Co, Ontario, Canada Death 3 March 1935 (Age 79) Hamilton, Ontario, Canada Loading...

David McCrae Col has 54 first cousins recorded

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Parents Ivie Campbell + Jane Murdoch

1 William Campbell 1835–1893

2 James Campbell 1839–?

3 Ann Campbell 1840–1916

4 David Campbell 1843–1921

5 Jean Campbell 1845–?

6 Margaret Campbell 1847–?

7 Elizabeth Campbell 1849–?

8 Jane Campbell 1851–?

Parents David Campbell + Jessie Wilson

1 Jane Scott Campbell 1847–1919

2 Jannet Campbell 1849–?

3 William Campbell 1851–?

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	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 Guelph Township, Ontario, Canada
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.
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
Australian History	The first powered aeroplane flight in Australia is made.
Australian History	Andrew Fisher forms the first federal majority Labor government.
Australian History	The Royal Australian Navy is founded
Australian History	Australia sends women to the Olympic Games for the first time
Australian History	Blaxland, Lawson and Wentworth cross the Blue Mountains.
Australian History	The foundation stone for the city of Canberra is put in place
Australian History	Australian soldiers are sent to the First World War. This was first time Australians had fought under the Australian flag, as opposed to that of Britain's.
Australian History	(25 APRIL)Australian soldiers land at Anzac Cove on the Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey on 25 April.
Australian History	Hotels are forced to close at 6 p.m., leading to the beginning of the 'six o'clock swill'
Australian History	Second referendum on conscription is rejected. Transcontinental railway linking Adelaide to Perth is completed.
Australian History	(08 AUG) Battle of Amiens
Australian History	Prime Minister Billy Hughes signs Treaty of Versailles: the first signing of an international treaty by Australia. Australia obtains League of Nations mandate over German New Guinea.
Australian History	The airline Qantas is founded
Australian History	Edith Cowan becomes the first woman elected to an Australian parliament
Australian History	The Smith Family charity is founded in Sydney
Australian History	Vegemite is first produced
Australian History	The first Miss Australia contest is held
Australian History	The tenth parliament is formally opened in Canberra, finalising the move to the new capital
Australian History	Bert Hinkler makes the first successful flight from Britain to Australia, and Charles Kingsford Smith makes the first flight from the United States to Australia. The Shrine of Remembrance is built.
Australian History	Western Australia celebrates its centenary
Australian History	Batsman Don Bradman scores a record 452 not out in one cricket innings