Ebenezer Jane Henderson 1857

Ebenezer Jane HendersonAge: 751857–1933

Name: Ebenezer Jane Henderson

Given names: Ebenezer Jane

Surname: Henderson

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Birth	10 November 1857 25 26 Elma Township?, Perth Co, Ontario, Canada
Australian History	1857 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 52 days) Note: Sydney and Melbourne linked by electric telegraph. Note: New South Wales men achieve the right to vote.
Birth of a sister	7 November 1859 (Age 23 months) Elma Township, Perth Co, Ontario, Canada younger sister - Annabella Henderson
Australian History	1859 (Age 13 months) 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 2) 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	23 November 1861 (Age 4) Elma Township, Perth Co, Ontario, Canada younger sister - Ada Henderson
Australian History	1861 (Age 3) 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 4) Note: Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139 degrees E.
Birth of a sister	10 December 1863 (Age 6) Welwood Place, Elma Township, Perth Co, Ontario, Canada younger sister - Margaret Henderson
Australian History	1863 (Age 5) Note: South Australia takes control of the Northern Territory which was part of the colony of New South Wales.
Birth of a sister	7 May 1866 (Age 8) Elma Township, Perth Co, Ontario, Canada younger sister - Elizabeth Henderson
Australian History	1867 (Age 9) Note: Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland. Note: Saint Mary MacKillop founds Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart.
Birth of a brother	28 June 1868 (Age 10) Elma Township, Perth Co, Ontario, Canada younger brother - Thomas Young Henderson
Australian History	1868 (Age 10) Note: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases.
Death of a brother	15 October 1869 (Age 11) Elma Township, Perth Co, Ontario, Canada younger brother - Thomas Young Henderson
Australian History	1869 (Age 11) Note: Children of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent are removed from their families by Australian and State government agencies.
Birth of a sister	26 January 1871 (Age 13) Elma Township, Perth Co, Ontario, Canada younger sister - Agnes Mckie Henderson
Australian History	1872 (Age 14) Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens.
Birth of a brother	3 May 1873 (Age 15) Elma Township, Perth Co, Ontario, Canada younger brother - Adam James Henderson
Australian History	1873 (Age 15) Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock.
Death of a maternal grandmother	17 January 1874 (Age 16) Glenelg Township, Grey Co, Ontario, Canada maternal grandmother - Jean Scott
Birth of a brother	15 November 1875 (Age 18) Elma Township, Perth Co, Ontario, Canada younger brother - Andrew Campbell Henderson
Australian History	1875 (Age 17) 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 20) Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.
Australian History	1879 (Age 21) Note: The first congress of trade unions is held.
Australian History	1880 (Age 22) 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 24) Note: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.
Australian History	1883 (Age 25) Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill
Australian History	1887 (Age 29) 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 31) 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 32) Note: The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention.
Australian History	1891 (Age 33) 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 34) Note: Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia.
Australian History	1893 (Age 35) 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 36) 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 37) 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 38) Note: The Bathurst Conference (the second 'people's convention') meets to discuss the 1891 draft constitution
Australian History	1897 (Age 39) 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 40) 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 41) 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 42) 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 43) 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 44) 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 45) 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 46) 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 48) Note: Australia takes control of south-eastern New Guinea
Australian History	1908 (Age 50) 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 51) Note: The first powered aeroplane flight in Australia is made.
Australian History	1910 (Age 52) Note: Andrew Fisher forms the first federal majority Labor government.
Australian History	1911 (Age 53) 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 54) 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 55) 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 55) Note: The foundation stone for the city of Canberra is put in place
Death of a father	25 December 1914 (Age 57) Ontario, Canada father - Adam Henderson
Australian History	1914 (Age 56) 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 57) 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 58) 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 59) 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 60) 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 61) 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 62) Note: The airline Qantas is founded
Australian History	1921 (Age 63) Note: Edith Cowan becomes the first woman elected to an Australian parliament
Australian History	1922 (Age 64) Note: The Smith Family charity is founded in Sydney
Australian History	1923 (Age 65) Note: Vegemite is first produced
Death of a mother	15 March 1924 (Age 66) Canada mother - Elizabeth Campbell
Australian History	1926 (Age 68) Note: The first Miss Australia contest is held
Australian History	1927 (Age 69) Note: The tenth parliament is formally opened in Canberra, finalising the move to the new capital
Australian History	1928 (Age 70) 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 71) Note: Western Australia celebrates its centenary Note: Labor returns to office under James Scullin. The Great Depression hits Australia.
Australian History	1930 (Age 72) Note: Batsman Don Bradman scores a record 452 not out in one cricket innings Note: Phar Lap wins his first Melbourne Cup
Australian History	1931 (Age 73) Note: Sir Douglas Mawson charts 4,000 miles of Antarctic coastline and claims 42% of the icy mass for Australia
Death of a sister	22 February 1932 (Age 74) Canada younger sister - Annabella Henderson
Australian History	1932 (Age 74) Note: The Sydney Harbour Bridge opens Note: The Labor government falls and Joseph Lyons becomes Prime Minister
Australian History	1933 (Age 75) Note: Western Australia votes at a rerefendum to secede from the Commonwealth, but the vote is ignored by both the Commonwealth and British governments
Death	3 January 1933 (Age 75) Ontario, Canada

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father	Adam Henderson Birth 18 May 1832 North Dumfries Town, Waterloo Co, Ontario, Canada Death 25 December 1914 (Age 82) Ontario, Canada Loading...
-9 months mother	Elizabeth Campbell Birth 7 August 1831 50 39 Braehead, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 15 March 1924 (Age 92) Canada Loading...
	Marriage: 22 April 1856 — Ontario, Canada
19 months #1 herself	Ebenezer Jane Henderson Birth 10 November 1857 25 26 Elma Township?, Perth Co, Ontario, Canada Death 3 January 1933 (Age 75) Ontario, Canada Loading...
2 years #2 younger sister	Annabella Henderson Birth 7 November 1859 27 28 Elma Township, Perth Co, Ontario, Canada Death 22 February 1932 (Age 72) Canada Loading...
2 years #3 younger sister	Ada Henderson Birth 23 November 1861 29 30 Elma Township, Perth Co, Ontario, Canada Death yes Loading...
2 years #4 younger sister	Margaret Henderson Birth 10 December 1863 31 32 Welwood Place, Elma Township, Perth Co, Ontario, Canada Death 14 June 1946 (Age 82) Canada Loading...
2 years #5 younger sister	Elizabeth Henderson Birth 7 May 1866 33 34 Elma Township, Perth Co, Ontario, Canada Death 25 October 1950 (Age 84) Canada Loading...
2 years #6 younger brother	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 Loading...
3 years #7 younger sister	Agnes Mckie Henderson Birth 26 January 1871 38 39 Elma Township, Perth Co, Ontario, Canada Death Regina, Sas, Canada Loading...
2 years #8 younger brother	Adam James Henderson Birth 3 May 1873 40 41 Elma Township, Perth Co, Ontario, Canada Death 3 May 1947 (Age 74) Canada Loading...
3 years #9 younger brother	Andrew Campbell Henderson Birth 15 November 1875 43 44 Elma Township, Perth Co, Ontario, Canada Death 22 July 1937 (Age 61) Canada Loading...

Ebenezer Jane Henderson has 52 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 Thomas McCrae + Jane Campbell

1 William McCrae 1842–1844

2 David McCrae Col 1845–1930

3 Margaret McCrae 1847–1910

4 Female McCrae 1849–1849

5 Mareon McCrae 1850–1853

6 William McCrae 1853–1930

7 Jeanie McCrae 1855–1935

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–?