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Adam HendersonAge: 821832–1914

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Adam Henderson
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Henderson
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Birth 18 May 1832
 North Dumfries Town, Waterloo Co, Ontario, Canada

Australian History 1832
 

Note: Swan River Colony has its name changed to Western Australia.
Australian History 1833 (Age 7 months)
 

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.
MarriageElizabeth Campbell - View family
22 April 1856 (Age 23)
 Ontario, Canada

Australian History 1856 (Age 23)
 

Note: Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania.
Birth of a daughter
#1		 10 November 1857 (Age 25)
 Elma Township?, Perth Co, Ontario, Canada

daughter - Ebenezer Jane Henderson
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.
Birth of a daughter
#2		 7 November 1859 (Age 27)
 Elma Township, Perth Co, Ontario, Canada

daughter - Annabella Henderson
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.
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.
Birth of a daughter
#3		 23 November 1861 (Age 29)
 Elma Township, Perth Co, Ontario, Canada

daughter - Ada Henderson
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
Australian History 1862 (Age 29)
 

Note: Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139 degrees E.
Birth of a daughter
#4		 10 December 1863 (Age 31)
 Welwood Place, Elma Township, Perth Co, Ontario, Canada

daughter - Margaret Henderson
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 daughter
#5		 7 May 1866 (Age 33)
 Elma Township, Perth Co, Ontario, Canada

daughter - Elizabeth Henderson
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.
Birth of a son
#6		 28 June 1868 (Age 36)
 Elma Township, Perth Co, Ontario, Canada

son - Thomas Young Henderson
Australian History 1868 (Age 35)
 

Note: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases.
Death of a son 15 October 1869 (Age 37)
 Elma Township, Perth Co, Ontario, Canada

son - Thomas Young Henderson
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.
Birth of a daughter
#7		 26 January 1871 (Age 38)
 Elma Township, Perth Co, Ontario, Canada

daughter - Agnes Mckie Henderson
Australian History 1872 (Age 39)
 

Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens.
Birth of a son
#8		 3 May 1873 (Age 40)
 Elma Township, Perth Co, Ontario, Canada

son - Adam James Henderson
Australian History 1873 (Age 40)
 

Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock.
Birth of a son
#9		 15 November 1875 (Age 43)
 Elma Township, Perth Co, Ontario, Canada

son - Andrew Campbell Henderson
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.
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.
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.
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
Australian History 1909 (Age 76)
 

Note: The first powered aeroplane flight in Australia is made.
Australian History 1910 (Age 77)
 

Note: Andrew Fisher forms the first federal majority Labor government.
Australian History 1911 (Age 78)
 

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 79)
 

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 80)
 

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 80)
 

Note: The foundation stone for the city of Canberra is put in place
Australian History 1914 (Age 81)
 

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.
Death 25 December 1914 (Age 82)
 Ontario, Canada

Family with Elizabeth Campbell - View family
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Adam Henderson

Birth 18 May 1832  North Dumfries Town, Waterloo Co, Ontario, Canada

Death 25 December 1914 (Age 82)  Ontario, Canada

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wife
Elizabeth Campbell

Birth 7 August 1831 50 39  Braehead, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

Death 15 March 1924 (Age 92)  Canada

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Marriage: 22 April 1856 — Ontario, Canada
19 months
#1 daughter
Ebenezer Jane Henderson

Birth 10 November 1857 25 26  Elma Township?, Perth Co, Ontario, Canada

Death 3 January 1933 (Age 75)  Ontario, Canada

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#2 daughter
Annabella Henderson

Birth 7 November 1859 27 28  Elma Township, Perth Co, Ontario, Canada

Death 22 February 1932 (Age 72)  Canada

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#3 daughter
Ada Henderson

Birth 23 November 1861 29 30  Elma Township, Perth Co, Ontario, Canada

Death yes  

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#4 daughter
Margaret Henderson

Birth 10 December 1863 31 32  Welwood Place, Elma Township, Perth Co, Ontario, Canada

Death 14 June 1946 (Age 82)  Canada

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#5 daughter
Elizabeth Henderson

Birth 7 May 1866 33 34  Elma Township, Perth Co, Ontario, Canada

Death 25 October 1950 (Age 84)  Canada

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#6 son
Thomas Young Henderson

Birth 28 June 1868 36 36  Elma Township, Perth Co, Ontario, Canada

Death 15 October 1869 (Age 15 months)  Elma Township, Perth Co, Ontario, Canada

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3 years
#7 daughter
Agnes Mckie Henderson

Birth 26 January 1871 38 39  Elma Township, Perth Co, Ontario, Canada

Death  Regina, Sas, Canada

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#8 son
Adam James Henderson

Birth 3 May 1873 40 41  Elma Township, Perth Co, Ontario, Canada

Death 3 May 1947 (Age 74)  Canada

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#9 son
Andrew Campbell Henderson

Birth 15 November 1875 43 44  Elma Township, Perth Co, Ontario, Canada

Death 22 July 1937 (Age 61)  Canada

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