William Brown 1781

William BrownAge: 771781–1858

Name: William Brown

Given names: William

Surname: Brown

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Birth	about 1781 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
Australian History	1788 (Age 7) Note: The British First Fleet, led by Governor Arthur Phillip arrives in New South Wales to found first European settlement and penal colony at Sydney. Colony includes 'all the islands adjacent in the Pacific Ocean' and running westward to the 135th meridian east. This claim included the islands of New Zealand, which were administered as part of New South Wales. Note: British settlement founded at Norfolk Island.
Australian History	1790 (Age 9) Note: Beleaguered Second Fleet arrives. Colony gripped by food crisis.
Australian History	1792 (Age 11) Note: Two French ships, La Recherche and L'Esp�rance, anchor at Recherche Bay, near the southernmost point of Tasmania at a time when England and France were racing around the globe to be the first to discover and colonise Australia. Note: Governor Philip returns to England, accompanied by his friend Bennelong and a companion who become the first Australian born person to sail to Europe.
Australian History	1797 (Age 16) Note: Sydney Cove wrecked and some survivors travelled from Bass Strait to Port Jackson allowing for the rescue of others but also furthering knowledge of the geography of Australia.
Australian History	1798 (Age 17) Note: 1798-9 - George Bass and Matthew Flinders sail from Sydney and circumnavigate Tasmania, thus proving it to be an island.
Australian History	1803 (Age 22) Note: Matthew Flinders completes the first circumnavigation of the continent (still known as 'New Holland')
Australian History	1804 (Age 23) Note: A settlement is founded at Risdon on the Derwent River in Van Diemen's Land by Lieutenant Bowen. Note: Castle Hill convict rebellion also known as the second Battle of Vinegar Hill Note: The Risdon settlement is moved to Sullivan's Cove (now Hobart) by Colonel David Collins.
Australian History	1808 (Age 27) Note: The Rum Rebellion
Marriage	Jean Campbell - View family about 1812 (Age 31) Prob New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
Birth of a daughter #1	about 1813 (Age 32) New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland daughter - Margaret Brown
Birth of a son #2	about 1814 (Age 33) New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland son - William Brown
Australian History	1817 (Age 36) 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 37) Note: Oxley charts the Macquarie River.
Birth of a daughter #3	about 1819 (Age 38) New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland daughter - Janet Brown
Birth of a son #4	about 1821 (Age 40) New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland son - Ivie Brown
Birth of a daughter #5	about 1823 (Age 42) Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland daughter - Mary Brown
Australian History	1824 (Age 43) 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
Birth of a son #6	about 1825 (Age 44) Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland son - George Brown
Australian History	1825 (Age 44) Note: New South Wales western border is extended to 129 degrees E. Van Diemen's Land is proclaimed.
Birth of a daughter #7	about 1827 (Age 46) Craigman, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland daughter - Elizabeth Brown
Australian History	1828 (Age 47) Note: Charles Sturt charts the Darling River.
Birth of a daughter #8	about 1829 (Age 48) New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland daughter - Jane Brown
Australian History	1829 (Age 48) 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 49) Note: Sturt arrives at Goolwa, having charted the Murray River.
Australian History	1831 (Age 50) Note: Sydney Herald (later to become The Sydney Morning Herald) first published.
Australian History	1832 (Age 51) Note: Swan River Colony has its name changed to Western Australia.
Birth of a son #9	about 1833 (Age 52) New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland son - Hugh Brown
Australian History	1833 (Age 52) Note: The penal settlement of Port Arthur is founded in Van Diemen's Land.
Marriage of a daughter	Margaret Brown - View family 1834 (Age 53) New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland son-in-law - Hugh Templeton daughter - Margaret Brown
Baptism of a grandson	2 March 1834 (Age 53) New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland grandson - David Templeton
Australian History	1835 (Age 54) 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 55) Note: Province of South Australia proclaimed with its western border at 132 degrees E.
Baptism of a grandson	13 June 1836 (Age 55) New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland grandson - William Templeton
Marriage of a daughter	Janet Brown - View family 1838 (estimated) (Age 57) Prob New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland son-in-law - George Morrison daughter - Janet Brown
Residence	1838 (Age 57) Craigman, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Note: In 1836 M? Brown left Craigman and moved to Airlick, Mochrum
Australian History	1838 (Age 57) Note: First Prussian settlers arrive in South Australia; the largest group on non-British migrants in Australia at the time.
Birth of a granddaughter #1	1839 (Age 58) Kirkcowan, Wigtownshire, Scotland granddaughter - Elisabeth Templeton
Birth of a grandson #2	about 1839 (Age 58) New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland grandson - James Morrison
Australian History	1839 (Age 58) Note: Paul Edmund Strzelecki becomes first European to ascend and name Australia's highest peak, Mount Kosciuszko.
Australian History	1840 (Age 59) Note: Australia's first municipal authority, the City of Adelaide, is established, followed by Sydney City Council.
Baptism of a grandson	22 November 1840 (Age 59) New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland grandson - William Morrison
Census	7 June 1841 (Age 60)
Birth of a grandson #3	10 September 1841 (Age 60) Kirkcowan, Wigtownshire, Scotland grandson - Andrew Pegan Templeton
Australian History	1841 (Age 60) Note: New Zealand is proclaimed as a separate colony, no longer part of New South Wales.
Marriage of a daughter	Mary Brown - View family 26 April 1842 (Age 61) Kirkinner, Wigtownshire, Scotland son-in-law - William McWhinnie daughter - Mary Brown
Australian History	1842 (Age 61) Note: Copper is discovered at Kapunda in South Australia.
Birth of a grandson #4	2 February 1843 (Age 62) New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland grandson - Ivie Campbell Morrison
Australian History	1843 (Age 62) 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).
Baptism of a granddaughter	1 March 1843 (Age 62) Kirkinner, Wigtownshire, Scotland granddaughter - Agnes Routledge McWhinnie
Birth of a grandson #5	28 July 1844 (Age 63) Kirkcowan, Wigtownshire, Scotland grandson - John Thompson Templeton
Baptism of a grandson	4 December 1844 (Age 63) Kirkinner, Wigtownshire, Scotland grandson - William McWhinnie
Birth of a grandson #6	about 1845 (Age 64) grandson - Thomas Mcmillan Morrison
Australian History	1845 (Age 64) 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.
Birth of a granddaughter #7	about 1847 (Age 66) Wigtown, Wigtownshire, Scotland granddaughter - Christina Morrison
Baptism of a granddaughter	25 February 1847 (Age 66) Kirkinner, Wigtownshire, Scotland granddaughter - Jane McWhinnie
Birth of a grandson #8	23 May 1847 (Age 66) Kirkcowan, Wigtownshire, Scotland grandson - Ivie Templeton
Baptism of a granddaughter	16 February 1848 (Age 67) Kirkinner, Wigtownshire, Scotland granddaughter - Jane McWhinnie
Death of a grandson	23 January 1849 (Age 68) Prob Wigtown, Wigtownshire, Scotland grandson - Ivie Campbell Morrison
Marriage of a daughter	Elizabeth Brown - View family 13 February 1849 (Age 68) Airelick, Mochrum, Scotland son-in-law - Andrew Milligan daughter - Elizabeth Brown
Birth of a granddaughter #9	13 September 1850 (Age 69) Kirkcowan, Wigtownshire, Scotland granddaughter - Isabella Templeton
Birth of a granddaughter #10	about 1850 (Age 69) Wigtown, Wigtownshire, Scotland granddaughter - Jane Morrison
Birth of a grandson #11	about 1850 (Age 69) Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland grandson - William Milligan
Australian History	1850 (Age 69) 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.
Baptism of a granddaughter	17 April 1850 (Age 69) Kirkinner, Wigtownshire, Scotland granddaughter - Helen McWhinnie
Census	30 March 1851 (Age 70) Airylick, Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland Note: Head marr 69 Farmer of 200 acres - 360 moor employs 2 labs, bn New Cumnock
Australian History	1851 (Age 70) 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
Birth of a granddaughter #12	12 July 1852 (Age 71) Kirkinner, Wigtownshire, Scotland granddaughter - Mary McWhinnie
Birth of a grandson #13	13 November 1852 (Age 71) Wigtown, Wigtownshire, Scotland grandson - Ivie Morrison
Birth of a grandson #14	about 1852 (Age 71) Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland grandson - Andrew Milligan
Birth of a granddaughter #15	12 January 1853 (Age 72) Kirkcowan, Wigtownshire, Scotland granddaughter - Jane Templeton
Marriage of a son	William Brown - View family 29 March 1853 (Age 72) Oldmill, Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland son - William Brown daughter-in-law - Helen Routledge
Australian History	1853 (Age 72) Note: Bendigo Petition and Red Ribbon Rebellion at Bendigo
Birth of a grandson #16	about 1854 (Age 73) Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland grandson - William Mcturk Brown
Australian History	1854 (Age 73) Note: The Eureka Stockade
Australian History	1855 (Age 74) 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.
Baptism of a granddaughter	4 January 1855 (Age 74) Kirkinner, Wigtownshire, Scotland granddaughter - Margaret McWhinnie
Birth of a grandson #17	19 November 1855 (Age 74) Fell, Kirkcowan, Wigtownshire, Scotland grandson - Hugh Templeton
Birth of a grandson #18	8 March 1856 (Age 75) Corwell Farm, Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland grandson - John Milligan
Marriage of a daughter	Jane Brown - View family 26 June 1856 (Age 75) Mochrum, Scotland son-in-law - William Routledge daughter - Jane Brown
Birth of a granddaughter #19	24 September 1856 (Age 75) Elrig Village, Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland granddaughter - Jane Routledge
Australian History	1856 (Age 75) Note: Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania.
Birth of a grandson #20	15 June 1857 (Age 76) Kirkinner, Wigtownshire, Scotland grandson - Alexander McWhinnie
Australian History	1857 (Age 76) 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.
Birth of a granddaughter #21	26 May 1858 (Age 77) Elrig Village, Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland granddaughter - Agnes Mcwhinnie Routledge
Australian History	1858 (Age 77) Note: Sydney and Melbourne linked by electric telegraph. Note: New South Wales men achieve the right to vote.
Death	20 November 1858 (Age 77) Airelyick Farm, Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland

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himself	William Brown Birth about 1781 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 20 November 1858 (Age 77) Airelyick Farm, Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland Loading...
9 years wife	Jean Campbell Birth about 1790 35 29 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 24 May 1859 (Age 69) Airelick, Mochrum, Scotland Loading...
	Marriage: about 1812 — Prob New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
2 years #1 son	William Brown Birth about 1814 33 24 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 20 August 1881 (Age 67) Airlick, Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland Loading...
-1 years #2 daughter	Margaret Brown Birth about 1813 32 23 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 18 March 1875 (Age 62) Scotland Loading...
6 years #3 daughter	Janet Brown Birth about 1819 38 29 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 9 April 1894 (Age 75) Carseminnoch, Wigtown, Wigtownshire, Scotland Loading...
4 years #4 daughter	Mary Brown Birth about 1823 42 33 Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death Ballaird, Kirkinner, Wigtownshire, Scotland Loading...
-2 years #5 son	Ivie Brown Birth about 1821 40 31 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 2 February 1881 (Age 60) Lane Farm, Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland Loading...
4 years #6 son	George Brown Birth about 1825 44 35 Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 20 July 1862 (Age 37) Palbae, Kirkcowan, Wigtownshire, Scotland Loading...
2 years #7 daughter	Elizabeth Brown Birth about 1827 46 37 Craigman, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 14 August 1908 (Age 81) Port William, Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland Loading...
2 years #8 daughter	Jane Brown Birth about 1829 48 39 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 4 June 1899 (Age 70) Elrig, Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland Loading...
4 years #9 son	Hugh Brown Birth about 1833 52 43 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 8 July 1915 (Age 82) Fineview, Kirkcowan, Wigtownshire, Scotland Loading...

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Australian History	The British First Fleet, led by Governor Arthur Phillip arrives in New South Wales to found first European settlement and penal colony at Sydney. Colony includes 'all the islands adjacent in the Pacific Ocean' and running westward to the 135th meridian east. This claim included the islands of New Zealand, which were administered as part of New South Wales.
Australian History	Beleaguered Second Fleet arrives. Colony gripped by food crisis.
Australian History	Two French ships, La Recherche and L'Esp�rance, anchor at Recherche Bay, near the southernmost point of Tasmania at a time when England and France were racing around the globe to be the first to discover and colonise Australia.
Australian History	Sydney Cove wrecked and some survivors travelled from Bass Strait to Port Jackson allowing for the rescue of others but also furthering knowledge of the geography of Australia.
Australian History	1798-9 - George Bass and Matthew Flinders sail from Sydney and circumnavigate Tasmania, thus proving it to be an island.
Australian History	Matthew Flinders completes the first circumnavigation of the continent (still known as 'New Holland')
Australian History	A settlement is founded at Risdon on the Derwent River in Van Diemen's Land by Lieutenant Bowen.
Australian History	The Rum Rebellion
Australian History	John Oxley charts the Lachlan River
Australian History	Oxley charts the Macquarie River.
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.
Residence	In 1836 M? Brown left Craigman and moved to Airlick, Mochrum
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.
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.
Census	Head marr 69 Farmer of 200 acres - 360 moor employs 2 labs, bn New Cumnock
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.
Australian History	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.
Australian History	Sydney and Melbourne linked by electric telegraph.

William BrownAge: 771781–1858

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