Agnes CampbellAge: 441856–1901
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- Agnes Campbell
- Given names
- Agnes
- Surname
- Campbell
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- Agnes Storrar
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- Agnes
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Birth | 5 December 1856 30 32 Culcrae, Tongland, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland |
Birth of a sister | about 1856 Tongland, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland
sister -
Elizabeth Campbell
|
Australian History | 1856 Note: Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania. |
Australian History | 1857 (Age 27 days) 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 sister | 30 November 1858 (Age 23 months) Culcrae, Tongland, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland
younger sister -
Louisa Campbell
|
Australian History | 1858 (Age 12 months) Note: Sydney and Melbourne linked by electric telegraph. Note: New South Wales men achieve the right to vote. |
Australian History | 1859 (Age 2) 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 3) 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 sister | 21 February 1861 (Age 4) Culcrae, Tongland, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland
younger sister -
Ebenezer Campbell
|
Australian History | 1861 (Age 4) 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 5) Note: Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139 degrees E. |
Birth of a sister | 4 December 1863 (Age 6) Culcrae, Tongland, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland
younger sister -
Mary Maxwell Campbell
|
Australian History | 1863 (Age 6) Note: South Australia takes control of the Northern Territory which was part of the colony of New South Wales. |
Birth of a brother | 24 April 1866 (Age 9) Culcrae, Tongland, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland
younger brother -
William Campbell
|
Australian History | 1867 (Age 10) Note: Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland. Note: Saint Mary MacKillop founds Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart. |
Australian History | 1868 (Age 11) Note: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases. |
Australian History | 1869 (Age 12) 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 15) Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens. |
Australian History | 1873 (Age 16) Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock. |
Death of a paternal grandmother | 17 January 1874 (Age 17) Glenelg Township, Grey Co, Ontario, Canada
paternal grandmother -
Jean Scott
|
Australian History | 1875 (Age 18) 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 21) Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
Australian History | 1879 (Age 22) Note: The first congress of trade unions is held. |
Australian History | 1880 (Age 23) 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 24) Culcrea Farmhouse, Tongland, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland Note: Unmar 23 School Teacher Tongland KKD |
Australian History | 1882 (Age 25) Note: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
Australian History | 1883 (Age 26) Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill |
Australian History | 1887 (Age 30) 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. |
Residence | 8 February 1889 (Age 32) Culcrae, Tongland, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland Note: Teacher |
Death of a sister | 6 April 1889 (Age 32) Culcrae, Tongland, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland
younger sister -
Mary Maxwell Campbell
|
Australian History | 1889 (Age 32) 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 33) Note: The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention. |
Census | 5 April 1891 (Age 34) United Presbyterian Manse, Urr, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland Note: Wife 31 bn Tongland |
Australian History | 1891 (Age 34) 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 35) Note: Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia. |
Australian History | 1893 (Age 36) 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 37) 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 mother | 7 January 1895 (Age 38) Tongland, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland
mother -
Louisa Carson
|
Australian History | 1895 (Age 38) 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 39) Note: The Bathurst Conference (the second 'people's convention') meets to discuss the 1891 draft constitution |
Australian History | 1897 (Age 40) 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 41) 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 42) 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. |
Death of a father | 12 September 1900 (Age 43) Culcrae Farmhouse, Tongland, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland
father -
John Campbell
|
Australian History | 1900 (Age 43) 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 44) 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 | 19 February 1901 (Age 44) St Andrew St, Castle Douglas, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland |
Family with parents - View family |
father |
John Campbell
Birth 21 December 1825 45 34 Braehead, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 12 September 1900 (Age 74) Culcrae Farmhouse, Tongland, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland Loading...
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-20 months mother |
Louisa Carson
Birth 26 April 1824 Balmaghie, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland Death 7 January 1895 (Age 70) Tongland, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland Loading...
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Marriage: 30 April 1852 — Bartobrick, Tongland, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland |
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-4 months #1 elder sister |
Margaret Campbell
Birth about 1852 26 27 Tongland, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland Death yes Loading...
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2 years #2 elder sister |
Jean Campbell
Birth about 1854 28 29 Balmaghie, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland Death yes Loading...
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2 years #3 sister |
Elizabeth Campbell
Birth about 1856 30 31 Tongland, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland Death yes Loading...
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11 months #4 herself |
Agnes Campbell
Birth 5 December 1856 30 32 Culcrae, Tongland, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland Death 19 February 1901 (Age 44) St Andrew St, Castle Douglas, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland Loading...
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2 years #5 younger sister |
Louisa Campbell
Birth 30 November 1858 32 34 Culcrae, Tongland, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland Death yes Loading...
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2 years #6 younger sister |
Ebenezer Campbell
Birth 21 February 1861 35 36 Culcrae, Tongland, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland Death 10 July 1947 (Age 86) Druion, Bounty Road, Colinton, Morningside, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Loading...
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3 years #7 younger sister |
Mary Maxwell Campbell
Birth 4 December 1863 37 39 Culcrae, Tongland, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland Death 6 April 1889 (Age 25) Culcrae, Tongland, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland Loading...
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2 years #8 younger brother |
William Campbell
Birth 24 April 1866 40 41 Culcrae, Tongland, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland Death yes Loading...
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Agnes Campbell has 53 first cousins recorded
Father's family (53)
Parents Ivie Campbell + Jane Murdoch
Parents David Campbell + Jessie Wilson
Parents Thomas McCrae + Jane Campbell
Parents George Campbell + Agnes Fisher
Parents William Campbell + Marion Maclaine
Parents Walter Scott Campbell + Jean McMyn
Parents Samuel McGeorge + Agnes Campbell
Parents Adam Henderson + Elizabeth Campbell
Mother's family (0)
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. |
Census | Unmar 23 School Teacher Tongland KKD |
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. |
Residence | Teacher |
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 31 bn Tongland |
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 |
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