Elizabeth Graham 1823

Elizabeth GrahamAge: 361823–1859

Name: Elizabeth Graham

Given names: Elizabeth

Surname: Graham

Elizabeth Nisbet

Name: Elizabeth Nisbet

Given names: Elizabeth

Surname: Nisbet

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Birth	about 1823 53 35 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
Marriage	John Nisbet - View family
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
Birth of a brother	about 1825 (Age 2) New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland younger brother - James Graham
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 1827 (Age 4) New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland younger sister - Janet Graham
Australian History	1828 (Age 5) Note: Charles Sturt charts the Darling River.
Birth of a sister	24 May 1829 (Age 6) New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland younger sister - Douglas Wills Graham
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.
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.
Birth of a brother	about 1832 (Age 9) New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland younger brother - William Graham
Australian History	1832 (Age 9) Note: Swan River Colony has its name changed to Western Australia.
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.
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.
Birth of a brother	about 1839 (Age 16) New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland younger brother - David Graham
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.
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).
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 of a sister	Janet Graham - View family about 1848 (Age 25) Kirkconnell, Dfs, Scotland brother-in-law - James McKnight younger sister - Janet Graham
Marriage of a sister	Douglas Wills Graham - View family 24 March 1848 (Age 25) Marchburn, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland brother-in-law - Ivie McKenzie younger sister - Douglas Wills Graham
Death of a sister	12 May 1849 (Age 26) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia younger sister - Janet Graham
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.
Census	30 March 1851 (Age 28) Braehead Cottage, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Note: Mar Wife 27 bn New Cumnock
Marriage of a brother	James Graham - View family 13 June 1851 (Age 28) Straid, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland younger brother - James Graham sister-in-law - Annie Harkness
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 brother	Ivie (Campbell) Graham - View family 14 October 1853 (Age 30) Craigman, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland elder brother - Ivie (Campbell) Graham sister-in-law - Jane Laurie
Australian History	1853 (Age 30) Note: Bendigo Petition and Red Ribbon Rebellion at Bendigo
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.
Birth of a daughter #1	about 1856 (Age 33) New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland daughter - Joan Nisbet
Australian History	1856 (Age 33) Note: Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania.
Australian History	1857 (Age 34) 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 35) Note: Sydney and Melbourne linked by electric telegraph. Note: New South Wales men achieve the right to vote.
Australian History	1859 (Age 36) 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.
Death	9 May 1859 (Age 36) Coalburn, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

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father	William Graham Birth about 1770 Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 15 July 1864 (Age 94) Marchburn, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Loading...
17 years mother	Isabel Campbell Birth 28 April 1787 32 26 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 15 September 1860 (Age 73) Marchburn, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Loading...
	Marriage: 4 April 1812 — Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland
11 months #1 elder brother	Ivie (Campbell) Graham Birth 3 March 1813 43 25 Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 28 November 1891 (Age 78) Bartarg, Barrhill, Ayrshire, Scotland Loading...
-2 months #2 elder sister	Margaret Graham Birth about 1813 43 25 Death 7 January 1873 (Age 60) Carwinshock, Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland Loading...
3 years #3 elder sister	Jean Graham Birth about 1816 46 28 Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 2 April 1895 (Age 79) Main St, Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland Loading...
6 years #4 elder sister	Isabella Graham Birth about 1822 52 34 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 10 October 1895 (Age 73) Ayr District Asylum, Ayrshire, Scotland Loading...
1 year #5 herself	Elizabeth Graham Birth about 1823 53 35 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 9 May 1859 (Age 36) Coalburn, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Loading...
2 years #6 younger brother	James Graham Birth about 1825 55 37 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 23 February 1905 (Age 80) Trowdale, Crossmichael, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland Loading...
2 years #7 younger sister	Janet Graham Birth about 1827 57 39 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 12 May 1849 (Age 22) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Loading...
2 years #8 younger sister	Douglas Wills Graham Birth 24 May 1829 59 42 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 20 November 1906 (Age 77) Knockguldron, Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland Loading...
3 years #9 younger brother	William Graham Birth about 1832 62 44 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 1 March 1897 (Age 65) High Logan, Catrine, Sorn, Ayrshire, Scotland Loading...
7 years #10 younger brother	David Graham Birth about 1839 69 51 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death yes Loading...

Family with John Nisbet - View family

husband	John Nisbet Birth about 1824 Coylton, Ayrshire, Scotland Death yes Loading...
-1 years herself	Elizabeth Graham Birth about 1823 53 35 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 9 May 1859 (Age 36) Coalburn, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Loading...
	Marriage: yes
#1 daughter	Joan Nisbet Birth about 1856 32 33 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death yes Loading...

Elizabeth Graham has 48 first cousins recorded

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Mother's family (48)

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 David Ferguson + Helen Campbell

1 David Ferguson 1821–?

2 Jane Ferguson 1826–1862

3 Margaret Ferguson 1823–1856

4 Helen Ferguson 1827–?

5 Agnes Ferguson 1828–1923

6 Jessie Campbell Ferguson 1831–1902

7 Ivie Ferguson 1833–1894

8 Elizabeth Ferguson 1838–?

9 William Ferguson 1841–1898

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.
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	Mar Wife 27 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.
Australian History	SS Admella wrecked off south-east coast of South Australia with the loss of 89 lives.