Samuel McGeorge 1824

Samuel McGeorgeAge: 771824–1901

Name: Samuel McGeorge

Given names: Samuel

Surname: McGeorge

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Birth	28 October 1824 Barmark, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland
Australian History	1824 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 2 months) Note: New South Wales western border is extended to 129 degrees E. Van Diemen's Land is proclaimed.
Australian History	1828 (Age 3) Note: Charles Sturt charts the Darling River.
Australian History	1829 (Age 4) 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 5) Note: Sturt arrives at Goolwa, having charted the Murray River.
Australian History	1831 (Age 6) Note: Sydney Herald (later to become The Sydney Morning Herald) first published.
Australian History	1832 (Age 7) Note: Swan River Colony has its name changed to Western Australia.
Australian History	1833 (Age 8) Note: The penal settlement of Port Arthur is founded in Van Diemen's Land.
Australian History	1835 (Age 10) 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 11) Note: Province of South Australia proclaimed with its western border at 132 degrees E.
Australian History	1838 (Age 13) Note: First Prussian settlers arrive in South Australia; the largest group on non-British migrants in Australia at the time.
Australian History	1839 (Age 14) Note: Paul Edmund Strzelecki becomes first European to ascend and name Australia's highest peak, Mount Kosciuszko.
Australian History	1840 (Age 15) Note: Australia's first municipal authority, the City of Adelaide, is established, followed by Sydney City Council.
Australian History	1841 (Age 16) Note: New Zealand is proclaimed as a separate colony, no longer part of New South Wales.
Australian History	1842 (Age 17) Note: Copper is discovered at Kapunda in South Australia.
Australian History	1843 (Age 18) 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 20) 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.
Marriage	Agnes Campbell - View family about 1850 (Age 25)
Australian History	1850 (Age 25) 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.
Birth of a son #1	about 1851 (Age 26) Ontario, Canada son - Robert McGeorge
Australian History	1851 (Age 26) 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 28) Note: Bendigo Petition and Red Ribbon Rebellion at Bendigo
Australian History	1854 (Age 29) Note: The Eureka Stockade
Birth of a daughter #2	20 October 1855 (Age 30) Grey Township, Huron Co, Ontario, Canada daughter - Jane McGeorge
Australian History	1855 (Age 30) 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.
Birth of a daughter #3	about 1856 (Age 31) Ontario, Canada daughter - Agnes Mckee McGeorge
Australian History	1856 (Age 31) Note: Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania.
Australian History	1857 (Age 32) 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.
Birth of a son #4	about 1858 (Age 33) Ontario, Canada son - Charles McGeorge
Australian History	1858 (Age 33) Note: Sydney and Melbourne linked by electric telegraph. Note: New South Wales men achieve the right to vote.
Australian History	1859 (Age 34) 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 35) Note: John McDouall Stuart reaches the centre of the continent. South Australian border changed from 132 degrees E to 129 degrees E.
Birth of a son #5	about 1861 (Age 36) Grey Township, Huron Co, Ontario, Canada son - Alexander McGeorge
Australian History	1861 (Age 36) 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 37) Note: Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139 degrees E.
Birth of a son #6	5 December 1863 (Age 39) Grey Township, Huron Co, Ontario, Canada son - Ebenezer Campbell "John" McGeorge
Australian History	1863 (Age 38) Note: South Australia takes control of the Northern Territory which was part of the colony of New South Wales.
Birth of a son #7	29 March 1866 (Age 41) Grey Township, Huron Co, Ontario, Canada son - Samuel McGeorge
Australian History	1867 (Age 42) Note: Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland. Note: Saint Mary MacKillop founds Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart.
Australian History	1868 (Age 43) Note: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases.
Australian History	1869 (Age 44) Note: Children of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent are removed from their families by Australian and State government agencies.
Census	1871 (Age 46) Huron, Ontario, Canada Note: age 44 bn Scotland Canadian Presb.
Census	1871 (Age 46) Grey Twp, Huron Co, Ontario, Canada Note: 44 Scotland Can Pres Scotch Mar Farmer
Australian History	1872 (Age 47) Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens.
Australian History	1873 (Age 48) Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock.
Australian History	1875 (Age 50) 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 53) Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.
Australian History	1879 (Age 54) Note: The first congress of trade unions is held.
Australian History	1880 (Age 55) 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 57) Note: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.
Australian History	1883 (Age 58) Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill
Australian History	1887 (Age 62) 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 64) 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 65) Note: The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention.
Australian History	1891 (Age 66) 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 67) Note: Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia.
Australian History	1893 (Age 68) 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 69) 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.
Death of a wife	27 October 1895 (Age 70) Ontario, Canada wife - Agnes Campbell
Australian History	1895 (Age 70) 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 71) Note: The Bathurst Conference (the second 'people's convention') meets to discuss the 1891 draft constitution
Australian History	1897 (Age 72) 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 73) 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 74) 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 75) 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 76) 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
Death	10 November 1901 (Age 77) Grey Twp, Huron Co, Ontario, Canada

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himself	Samuel McGeorge Birth 28 October 1824 Barmark, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland Death 10 November 1901 (Age 77) Grey Twp, Huron Co, Ontario, Canada Loading...
-13 months wife	Agnes Campbell Birth 16 September 1823 42 31 Maknight, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 27 October 1895 (Age 72) Ontario, Canada Loading...
	Marriage: about 1850
1 year #1 son	Robert McGeorge Birth about 1851 26 27 Ontario, Canada Death yes Loading...
5 years #2 daughter	Jane McGeorge Birth 20 October 1855 30 32 Grey Township, Huron Co, Ontario, Canada Death yes Loading...
2 months #3 daughter	Agnes Mckee McGeorge Birth about 1856 31 32 Ontario, Canada Death 1926 (Age 70) Ontario, Canada Loading...
2 years #4 son	Charles McGeorge Birth about 1858 33 34 Ontario, Canada Death yes Loading...
3 years #5 son	Alexander McGeorge Birth about 1861 36 37 Grey Township, Huron Co, Ontario, Canada Death yes Loading...
3 years #6 son	Ebenezer Campbell "John" McGeorge Birth 5 December 1863 39 40 Grey Township, Huron Co, Ontario, Canada Death yes Loading...
2 years #7 son	Samuel McGeorge Birth 29 March 1866 41 42 Grey Township, Huron Co, Ontario, Canada Death 28 January 1927 (Age 60) 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.
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	age 44 bn Scotland Canadian Presb.
Census	44 Scotland Can Pres Scotch Mar Farmer
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

Samuel McGeorgeAge: 771824–1901

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