Mary Fisher 1817

Mary FisherAge: 791817–1896

Name: Mary Fisher

Given names: Mary

Surname: Fisher

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Birth	22 May 1817 34 33 Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland
Australian History	1817 Note: John Oxley charts the Lachlan River Note: Australia's first bank, the Bank of New South Wales, opens in Macquarie Place, Sydney (it became Westpac in 1982). Note: Governor Lachlan Macquarie petitioned the British Admiralty to use the name 'Australia' instead of 'New Holland'
Australian History	1818 (Age 7 months) Note: Oxley charts the Macquarie River.
Birth of a brother	about 1819 (Age 19 months) Kells, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland younger brother - George Fisher
Birth of a brother	about 1820 (Age 2) Prob Kells, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland younger brother - John Fisher
Australian History	1824 (Age 6) 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 7) Note: New South Wales western border is extended to 129 degrees E. Van Diemen's Land is proclaimed.
Birth of a brother	1826 (Age 8) Kells, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland younger brother - Thomas Fisher
Birth of a sister	about 1827 (Age 9) Kells, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland younger sister - Jane Fisher
Birth of a sister	11 December 1827 (Age 10) Kells, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland younger sister - Agnes Fisher
Australian History	1828 (Age 10) Note: Charles Sturt charts the Darling River.
Australian History	1829 (Age 11) 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 12) Note: Sturt arrives at Goolwa, having charted the Murray River.
Death of a maternal grandfather	28 July 1831 (Age 14) Dalgig, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland maternal grandfather - Ivie Campbell
Australian History	1831 (Age 13) Note: Sydney Herald (later to become The Sydney Morning Herald) first published.
Australian History	1832 (Age 14) Note: Swan River Colony has its name changed to Western Australia.
Australian History	1833 (Age 15) Note: The penal settlement of Port Arthur is founded in Van Diemen's Land.
Australian History	1835 (Age 17) 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.
Marriage of a brother	Ivie Fisher - View family 19 March 1836 (Age 18) Barr by Girvan, Ayrshire, Scotland elder brother - Ivie Fisher sister-in-law - Jane McMillan
Australian History	1836 (Age 18) Note: Province of South Australia proclaimed with its western border at 132 degrees E.
Marriage of a sister	Margaret Fisher - View family about 1837 (Age 19) Poss Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland brother-in-law - James Templeton elder sister - Margaret Fisher
Australian History	1838 (Age 20) Note: First Prussian settlers arrive in South Australia; the largest group on non-British migrants in Australia at the time.
Australian History	1839 (Age 21) Note: Paul Edmund Strzelecki becomes first European to ascend and name Australia's highest peak, Mount Kosciuszko.
Australian History	1840 (Age 22) Note: Australia's first municipal authority, the City of Adelaide, is established, followed by Sydney City Council.
Australian History	1841 (Age 23) Note: New Zealand is proclaimed as a separate colony, no longer part of New South Wales.
Death of a brother	about 1842 (Age 24) Garrarie Farm, Whithorn, Wigtownshire, Scotland younger brother - John Fisher
Australian History	1842 (Age 24) Note: Copper is discovered at Kapunda in South Australia.
Australian History	1843 (Age 25) 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 27) 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 32) 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.
Census	30 March 1851 (Age 33) Craignaret, Old Luce, Wigtownshire, Scotland Note: Dau 28 bn Kells KKD
Death of a brother	19 December 1851 (Age 34) Glasgow, Scotland elder brother - James Fisher
Australian History	1851 (Age 33) 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 brother	Ivie Fisher - View family 1852 (estimated) (Age 34) Poss Old Luce, Wigtownshire, Scotland elder brother - Ivie Fisher sister-in-law - Grace McMillan
Australian History	1853 (Age 35) Note: Bendigo Petition and Red Ribbon Rebellion at Bendigo
Australian History	1854 (Age 36) Note: The Eureka Stockade
Australian History	1855 (Age 37) 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 38) Note: Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania.
Australian History	1857 (Age 39) 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 40) Note: Sydney and Melbourne linked by electric telegraph. Note: New South Wales men achieve the right to vote.
Australian History	1859 (Age 41) 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 42) 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 43) 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 44) Note: Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139 degrees E.
Australian History	1863 (Age 45) Note: South Australia takes control of the Northern Territory which was part of the colony of New South Wales.
Death of a sister	31 May 1865 (Age 48) Suie, Bargrennan, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland elder sister - Margaret Fisher
Death of a father	8 August 1866 (Age 49) Craignarget Farm, Old Luce, Wigtownshire, Scotland father - William Fisher
Australian History	1867 (Age 49) Note: Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland. Note: Saint Mary MacKillop founds Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart.
Australian History	1868 (Age 50) Note: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases.
Australian History	1869 (Age 51) 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 54) Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens.
Death of a mother	21 July 1873 (Age 56) Craignarget, Glenluce, Wigtownshire, Scotland mother - Margaret Campbell
Australian History	1873 (Age 55) Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock.
Death of a brother	3 January 1874 (Age 56) Barharkin, Old Luce, Wigtownshire, Scotland elder brother - Ivie Fisher
Australian History	1875 (Age 57) 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 60) Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.
Australian History	1879 (Age 61) Note: The first congress of trade unions is held.
Australian History	1880 (Age 62) 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 63) Pt William Rd Craignarget Farm, Old Luce, Wigtownshire, Scotland Note: Sister to Thomas unmar 56 bn Kells KKD
Australian History	1882 (Age 64) Note: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.
Australian History	1883 (Age 65) Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill
Australian History	1887 (Age 69) 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 71) 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 72) Note: The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention.
Census	5 April 1891 (Age 73) Glenluce, Wigtownshire, Scotland Note: age 74 894 006 2
Australian History	1891 (Age 73) 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
Death of a sister	8 October 1892 (Age 75) Sea Bank, Glen Luce, Wigtownshire, Scotland younger sister - Agnes Fisher
Australian History	1892 (Age 74) Note: Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia.
Australian History	1893 (Age 75) 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 76) 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 77) 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 78) Note: The Bathurst Conference (the second 'people's convention') meets to discuss the 1891 draft constitution
Death	5 July 1896 (Age 79) Sea Bank, Glen Luce, Wigtownshire, Scotland

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father	William Fisher Birth 18 May 1783 Auchinleck, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 8 August 1866 (Age 83) Craignarget Farm, Old Luce, Wigtownshire, Scotland Loading...
2 months mother	Margaret Campbell Birth 17 July 1783 28 29 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 21 July 1873 (Age 90) Craignarget, Glenluce, Wigtownshire, Scotland Loading...
	Marriage: about 1803
2 years #1 elder brother	Ivie Fisher Birth about 1805 21 21 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 3 January 1874 (Age 69) Barharkin, Old Luce, Wigtownshire, Scotland Loading...
2 years #2 elder brother	James Fisher Birth about 1807 23 23 Poss New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 19 December 1851 (Age 44) Glasgow, Scotland Loading...
2 years #3 elder sister	Margaret Fisher Birth about 1809 25 25 Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 31 May 1865 (Age 56) Suie, Bargrennan, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland Loading...
4 years #4 elder brother	William Fisher Birth about 1813 29 29 Poss Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland Death yes Loading...
4 years #5 herself	Mary Fisher Birth 22 May 1817 34 33 Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 5 July 1896 (Age 79) Sea Bank, Glen Luce, Wigtownshire, Scotland Loading...
19 months #6 younger brother	George Fisher Birth about 1819 35 35 Kells, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland Death 17 January 1909 (Age 90) Sea Bank, Glen Luce, Wigtownshire, Scotland Loading...
1 year #7 younger brother	John Fisher Birth about 1820 36 36 Prob Kells, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland Death about 1842 (Age 22) Garrarie Farm, Whithorn, Wigtownshire, Scotland Loading...
6 years #8 younger brother	Thomas Fisher Birth 1826 42 42 Kells, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland Death 1 May 1900 (Age 74) Sea Bank, Glenluce, Wigtownshire, Scotland Loading...
1 year #9 younger sister	Jane Fisher Birth about 1827 43 43 Kells, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland Death Glenhead, Scotland Loading...
11 months #10 younger sister	Agnes Fisher Birth 11 December 1827 44 44 Kells, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland Death 8 October 1892 (Age 64) Sea Bank, Glen Luce, Wigtownshire, Scotland Loading...

Mary Fisher has 19 first cousins recorded

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Mother's family (19)

Parents George Campbell + Janet McDonald

1 Jean Campbell 1832–1865

2 Ivie Campbell 1833–1904

3 George Campbell 1835–1867

4 Angus Campbell 1837–1843

5 Margaret Campbell 1839–?

6 Janet Campbell 1841–1917

7 Angusina Campbell 1847–?

8 William Campbell 1849–1850

Parents William Campbell + Jean Scott

1 Ivie Campbell 1810–1880

2 David Campbell 1813–1880

3 Jane Campbell 1814–1897

4 George Campbell 1817–1866

5 William Campbell 1819–1893

6 Walter Scott Campbell 1821–1864

7 Agnes Campbell 1823–1895

8 John Campbell 1825–1900

9 Margaret Campbell 1829–1835

10 Elizabeth Campbell 1831–1924

11 Ebenezer Campbell 1833–1909