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Jane FergusonAge: 361826–1862

Name
Jane Ferguson
Given names
Jane
Surname
Ferguson
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Birth about 1826 30 28
 

MarriageView family
 

Birth of a sister about 1827 (Age 12 months)
 

younger sister - Helen Ferguson
Birth of a sister 14 August 1828 (Age 2)
 Barr by Girvan, Ayrshire, Scotland

younger sister - Agnes Ferguson
Australian History 1828 (Age 2)
 

Note: Charles Sturt charts the Darling River.
Australian History 1829 (Age 3)
 

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 4)
 

Note: Sturt arrives at Goolwa, having charted the Murray River.
Birth of a sister 9 April 1831 (Age 5)
 Barr by Girvan, Ayrshire, Scotland

younger sister - Jessie Campbell Ferguson
Death of a maternal grandfather 28 July 1831 (Age 5)
 Dalgig, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

maternal grandfather - Ivie Campbell
Australian History 1831 (Age 5)
 

Note: Sydney Herald (later to become The Sydney Morning Herald) first published.
Australian History 1832 (Age 6)
 

Note: Swan River Colony has its name changed to Western Australia.
Birth of a brother about 1833 (Age 7)
 Wigtown, Wigtownshire, Scotland

younger brother - Ivie Ferguson
Australian History 1833 (Age 7)
 

Note: The penal settlement of Port Arthur is founded in Van Diemen's Land.
Australian History 1835 (Age 9)
 

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 10)
 

Note: Province of South Australia proclaimed with its western border at 132 degrees E.
Birth of a sister about 1838 (Age 12)
 

younger sister - Elizabeth Ferguson
Australian History 1838 (Age 12)
 

Note: First Prussian settlers arrive in South Australia; the largest group on non-British migrants in Australia at the time.
Australian History 1839 (Age 13)
 

Note: Paul Edmund Strzelecki becomes first European to ascend and name Australia's highest peak, Mount Kosciuszko.
Australian History 1840 (Age 14)
 

Note: Australia's first municipal authority, the City of Adelaide, is established, followed by Sydney City Council.
Birth of a brother about 1841 (Age 15)
 

younger brother - William Ferguson
Census 7 June 1841 (Age 15)
 Wood Of Auchleand, Wigtown, Wigtownshire, Scotland

Australian History 1841 (Age 15)
 

Note: New Zealand is proclaimed as a separate colony, no longer part of New South Wales.
Australian History 1842 (Age 16)
 

Note: Copper is discovered at Kapunda in South Australia.
Australian History 1843 (Age 17)
 

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).
Marriage of a sisterHelen Ferguson - View family
3 March 1844 (Age 18)
 Penninghame, Wigtownshire, Scotland

brother-in-law - John McClellan
younger sister - Helen Ferguson
Death of a maternal grandmother 4 August 1844 (Age 18)
 Dalgig, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

maternal grandmother - Margaret Dunbar
Australian History 1845 (Age 19)
 

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 of a sisterMargaret Ferguson - View family
1848 (Age 22)
 Wigtown, Wigtownshire, Scotland

brother-in-law - William Walbram
elder sister - Margaret Ferguson
Birth of a son
#1		 about 1849 (Age 23)
 New Monkland, Lanarkshire, Scotland

son - John Wallace
Birth of a daughter
#2		 about 1850 (Age 24)
 New Monkland, Lanarkshire, Scotland

daughter - Helen Wallace
Australian History 1850 (Age 24)
 

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 25)
 

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
Marriage of a sisterAgnes Ferguson - View family
22 April 1852 (Age 26)
 

brother-in-law - David McCall
younger sister - Agnes Ferguson
Birth of a daughter
#3		 about 1853 (Age 27)
 New Monkland, Lanarkshire, Scotland

daughter - Mary Wallace
Australian History 1853 (Age 27)
 

Note: Bendigo Petition and Red Ribbon Rebellion at Bendigo
Marriage of a sisterJessie Campbell Ferguson - View family
5 June 1854 (Age 28)
 Glenluce, Wigtownshire, Scotland

brother-in-law - Peter Skelly Reid
younger sister - Jessie Campbell Ferguson
Australian History 1854 (Age 28)
 

Note: The Eureka Stockade
Australian History 1855 (Age 29)
 

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.
Death of a sister 12 August 1856 (Age 30)
 Wood Of Aucheland, Wigtown, Wigtownshire, Scotland

elder sister - Margaret Ferguson
Australian History 1856 (Age 30)
 

Note: Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania.
Marriage of a brotherIvie Ferguson - View family
26 March 1857 (Age 31)
 Wigtownshire, Scotland

younger brother - Ivie Ferguson
sister-in-law - Anne McQuaker
Australian History 1857 (Age 31)
 

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 32)
 

Note: Sydney and Melbourne linked by electric telegraph.
Note: New South Wales men achieve the right to vote.
Australian History 1859 (Age 33)
 

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 34)
 

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 35)
 

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 36)
 

Note: Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139 degrees E.
Death 24 December 1862 (Age 36)
 New Zealand

Family with parents - View family
father
David Ferguson

Birth 1796  Carsphairn, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

Death 25 June 1863 (Age 67)  Lochenbreck Well, Balmaghie, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland

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2 years
mother
Helen Campbell

Birth about 1798 43 37  New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

Death 4 April 1867 (Age 69)  Wood Of Auchleand, Wigtown, Wigtownshire, Scotland

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Marriage: about 1820
1 year
#1 elder brother
David Ferguson

Birth about 1821 25 23  

Death  Western Australia, Australia

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5 years
#2 herself
Jane Ferguson

Birth about 1826 30 28  

Death 24 December 1862 (Age 36)  New Zealand

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-3 years
#3 elder sister
Margaret Ferguson

Birth about 1823 27 25  

Death 12 August 1856 (Age 33)  Wood Of Aucheland, Wigtown, Wigtownshire, Scotland

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4 years
#4 younger sister
Helen Ferguson

Birth about 1827 31 29  

Death yes  

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19 months
#5 younger sister
Agnes Ferguson

Birth 14 August 1828 32 30  Barr by Girvan, Ayrshire, Scotland

Death 28 June 1923 (Age 94)  Gosford, New South Wales, Australia

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3 years
#6 younger sister
Jessie Campbell Ferguson

Birth 9 April 1831 35 33  Barr by Girvan, Ayrshire, Scotland

Death 17 June 1902 (Age 71)  Barlauchlan Croft, Newton Stewart, Penninghame, Wigtownshire, Scotland

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21 months
#7 younger brother
Ivie Ferguson

Birth about 1833 37 35  Wigtown, Wigtownshire, Scotland

Death 6 August 1894 (Age 61)  13 Arthur Street, Newton Stewart, Wigtownshire, Scotland

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5 years
#8 younger sister
Elizabeth Ferguson

Birth about 1838 42 40  

Death yes  

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3 years
#9 younger brother
William Ferguson

Birth about 1841 45 43  

Death 25 October 1898 (Age 57)  Balminoch, Kirkcowan, Wigtownshire, Scotland

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Family with unknown person - View family
herself
Jane Ferguson

Birth about 1826 30 28  

Death 24 December 1862 (Age 36)  New Zealand

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Marriage: yes
#1 son
John Wallace

Birth about 1849 23  New Monkland, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Death yes  

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1 year
#2 daughter
Helen Wallace

Birth about 1850 24  New Monkland, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Death yes  

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3 years
#3 daughter
Mary Wallace

Birth about 1853 27  New Monkland, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Death yes  

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Jane Ferguson has 49 first cousins recorded

Father's family (0)

Mother's family (49)

Parents William Graham + Isabel Campbell
1 Ivie (Campbell) Graham 1813–1891
2 Margaret Graham 1813–1873
3 Jean Graham 1816–1895
4 Isabella Graham 1822–1895
5 Elizabeth Graham 1823–1859
6 James Graham 1825–1905
7 Janet Graham 1827–1849
8 Douglas Wills Graham 1829–1906
9 William Graham 1832–1897
10 David Graham 1839–?
Parents William Brown + Jean Campbell
1 William Brown 1814–1881
2 Margaret Brown 1813–1875
3 Janet Brown 1819–1894
4 Mary Brown 1823–?
5 Ivie Brown 1821–1881
6 George Brown 1825–1862
7 Elizabeth Brown 1827–1908
8 Jane Brown 1829–1899
9 Hugh Brown 1833–1915
Parents Alexander Rowan + Tomina Campbell
1 Margaret Rowan 1816–?
2 Ivie Rowan 1817–1847
3 Georgina Rowan 1820–1900
4 Mary Rowan 1823–?
5 Andrew Rowan 1825–1889
6 Thomas Rowan 1827–?
7 John Rowan 1829–1887
8 Elizabeth Rowan 1831–1899
Parents Andrew Campbell + Janet Campbell
1 Margaret Dunbar Campbell 1821–1889
2 Jane Campbell 1822–1889
3 John Campbell 1823–1882
4 Ivie Campbell 1826–?
5 Isabella Agnes Campbell 1827–?
6 Janet Campbell 1830–1859
7 William Richmond Campbell 1832–1888
8 Helen Campbell 1835–?
9 Andrew Campbell 1838–1903
10 Euphemia Duncan Campbell 1840–1858
Parents Ivie Campbell + Jean Richmond
1 Ivie Campbell 1833–1910
Parents Thomas McCaig + Wilhemina Campbell
1 Hugh Dunbar McCaig 1826–1883
2 Robert McCaig 1826–1912
3 Ivie McCaig 1829–1890
4 Margaret McCaig 1832–1900
5 Christina McCaig 1832–1892
6 John McCaig 1834–1914
7 George McCaig 1836–1897
8 Edward Irvin McCaig 1838–1918
9 Thomas McCaig 1840–1915
10 William McCaig 1844–1925
11 Jane Richmond McCaig 1848–1868

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Internal reference I8167
Reference number
6005
 
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