Margaret Ferguson 1823

Margaret FergusonAge: 331823–1856

Name: Margaret Ferguson

Given names: Margaret

Surname: Ferguson

Margaret Milburn

Name: Margaret Milburn

Given names: Margaret

Surname: Milburn

Margaret Walbram

Name: Margaret Walbram

Given names: Margaret

Surname: Walbram

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Birth	about 1823 27 25
Australian History	1824 (Age 12 months) 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) Note: New South Wales western border is extended to 129 degrees E. Van Diemen's Land is proclaimed.
Birth of a sister	about 1826 (Age 3) younger sister - Jane Ferguson
Birth of a sister	about 1827 (Age 4) younger sister - Helen Ferguson
Birth of a sister	14 August 1828 (Age 5) Barr by Girvan, Ayrshire, Scotland younger sister - Agnes Ferguson
Australian History	1828 (Age 5) Note: Charles Sturt charts the Darling River.
Australian History	1829 (Age 6) 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 7) Note: Sturt arrives at Goolwa, having charted the Murray River.
Birth of a sister	9 April 1831 (Age 8) Barr by Girvan, Ayrshire, Scotland younger sister - Jessie Campbell Ferguson
Death of a maternal grandfather	28 July 1831 (Age 8) Dalgig, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland maternal grandfather - Ivie Campbell
Australian History	1831 (Age 8) Note: Sydney Herald (later to become The Sydney Morning Herald) first published.
Australian History	1832 (Age 9) Note: Swan River Colony has its name changed to Western Australia.
Birth of a brother	about 1833 (Age 10) Wigtown, Wigtownshire, Scotland younger brother - Ivie Ferguson
Australian History	1833 (Age 10) Note: The penal settlement of Port Arthur is founded in Van Diemen's Land.
Australian History	1835 (Age 12) 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 13) Note: Province of South Australia proclaimed with its western border at 132 degrees E.
Birth of a sister	about 1838 (Age 15) younger sister - Elizabeth Ferguson
Australian History	1838 (Age 15) Note: First Prussian settlers arrive in South Australia; the largest group on non-British migrants in Australia at the time.
Australian History	1839 (Age 16) Note: Paul Edmund Strzelecki becomes first European to ascend and name Australia's highest peak, Mount Kosciuszko.
Australian History	1840 (Age 17) Note: Australia's first municipal authority, the City of Adelaide, is established, followed by Sydney City Council.
Birth of a brother	about 1841 (Age 18) younger brother - William Ferguson
Census	7 June 1841 (Age 18) Wood Of Auchleand, Wigtown, Wigtownshire, Scotland Note: Margaret 15 Yes
Australian History	1841 (Age 18) Note: New Zealand is proclaimed as a separate colony, no longer part of New South Wales.
Australian History	1842 (Age 19) Note: Copper is discovered at Kapunda in South Australia.
Australian History	1843 (Age 20) 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 sister	Helen Ferguson - View family 3 March 1844 (Age 21) Penninghame, Wigtownshire, Scotland brother-in-law - John McClellan younger sister - Helen Ferguson
Death of a maternal grandmother	4 August 1844 (Age 21) Dalgig, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland maternal grandmother - Margaret Dunbar
Australian History	1845 (Age 22) 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	William Walbram - View family 1848 (Age 25) Wigtown, Wigtownshire, Scotland
Australian History	1850 (Age 27) 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 28) 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 sister	Agnes Ferguson - View family 22 April 1852 (Age 29) brother-in-law - David McCall younger sister - Agnes Ferguson
Australian History	1853 (Age 30) Note: Bendigo Petition and Red Ribbon Rebellion at Bendigo
Marriage of a sister	Jessie Campbell Ferguson - View family 5 June 1854 (Age 31) Glenluce, Wigtownshire, Scotland brother-in-law - Peter Skelly Reid younger sister - Jessie Campbell Ferguson
Australian History	1854 (Age 31) Note: The Eureka Stockade
Australian History	1855 (Age 32) 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.
Australian History	1856 (Age 33) Note: Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania.
Death	12 August 1856 (Age 33) Wood Of Aucheland, Wigtown, Wigtownshire, Scotland

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father	David Ferguson Birth 1796 Carsphairn, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 25 June 1863 (Age 67) Lochenbreck Well, Balmaghie, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland Loading...
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 Loading...
	Marriage: about 1820
1 year #1 elder brother	David Ferguson Birth about 1821 25 23 Death Western Australia, Australia Loading...
5 years #2 younger sister	Jane Ferguson Birth about 1826 30 28 Death 24 December 1862 (Age 36) New Zealand Loading...
-3 years #3 herself	Margaret Ferguson Birth about 1823 27 25 Death 12 August 1856 (Age 33) Wood Of Aucheland, Wigtown, Wigtownshire, Scotland Loading...
4 years #4 younger sister	Helen Ferguson Birth about 1827 31 29 Death yes Loading...
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 Loading...
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 Loading...
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 Loading...
5 years #8 younger sister	Elizabeth Ferguson Birth about 1838 42 40 Death yes Loading...
3 years #9 younger brother	William Ferguson Birth about 1841 45 43 Death 25 October 1898 (Age 57) Balminoch, Kirkcowan, Wigtownshire, Scotland Loading...

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husband	William Walbram Birth England Death yes Loading...
herself	Margaret Ferguson Birth about 1823 27 25 Death 12 August 1856 (Age 33) Wood Of Aucheland, Wigtown, Wigtownshire, Scotland Loading...
	Marriage: 1848 — Wigtown, Wigtownshire, Scotland

Margaret Ferguson has 49 first cousins recorded

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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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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.
Census	Margaret 15 Yes
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.

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