William Brown 1814

William BrownAge: 671814–1881

Name: William Brown

Given names: William

Surname: Brown

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Birth	about 1814 33 24 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
Australian History	1817 (Age 3) 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 4) Note: Oxley charts the Macquarie River.
Birth of a sister	about 1819 (Age 5) New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland younger sister - Janet Brown
Birth of a brother	about 1821 (Age 7) New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland younger brother - Ivie Brown
Birth of a sister	about 1823 (Age 9) Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland younger sister - Mary Brown
Australian History	1824 (Age 10) 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 11) Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland younger brother - George Brown
Australian History	1825 (Age 11) 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 13) Craigman, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland younger sister - Elizabeth Brown
Australian History	1828 (Age 14) Note: Charles Sturt charts the Darling River.
Birth of a sister	about 1829 (Age 15) New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland younger sister - Jane Brown
Australian History	1829 (Age 15) 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 16) Note: Sturt arrives at Goolwa, having charted the Murray River.
Death of a maternal grandfather	28 July 1831 (Age 17) Dalgig, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland maternal grandfather - Ivie Campbell
Australian History	1831 (Age 17) Note: Sydney Herald (later to become The Sydney Morning Herald) first published.
Australian History	1832 (Age 18) Note: Swan River Colony has its name changed to Western Australia.
Birth of a brother	about 1833 (Age 19) New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland younger brother - Hugh Brown
Australian History	1833 (Age 19) Note: The penal settlement of Port Arthur is founded in Van Diemen's Land.
Marriage of a sister	Margaret Brown - View family 1834 (Age 20) New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland brother-in-law - Hugh Templeton elder sister - Margaret Brown
Australian History	1835 (Age 21) 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 22) Note: Province of South Australia proclaimed with its western border at 132 degrees E.
Marriage of a sister	Janet Brown - View family 1838 (estimated) (Age 24) Prob New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland brother-in-law - George Morrison younger sister - Janet Brown
Australian History	1838 (Age 24) Note: First Prussian settlers arrive in South Australia; the largest group on non-British migrants in Australia at the time.
Australian History	1839 (Age 25) Note: Paul Edmund Strzelecki becomes first European to ascend and name Australia's highest peak, Mount Kosciuszko.
Australian History	1840 (Age 26) Note: Australia's first municipal authority, the City of Adelaide, is established, followed by Sydney City Council.
Census	7 June 1841 (Age 27)
Australian History	1841 (Age 27) Note: New Zealand is proclaimed as a separate colony, no longer part of New South Wales.
Marriage of a sister	Mary Brown - View family 26 April 1842 (Age 28) Kirkinner, Wigtownshire, Scotland brother-in-law - William McWhinnie younger sister - Mary Brown
Australian History	1842 (Age 28) Note: Copper is discovered at Kapunda in South Australia.
Australian History	1843 (Age 29) 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 30) Dalgig, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland maternal grandmother - Margaret Dunbar
Australian History	1845 (Age 31) 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	Elizabeth Brown - View family 13 February 1849 (Age 35) Airelick, Mochrum, Scotland brother-in-law - Andrew Milligan younger sister - Elizabeth Brown
Australian History	1850 (Age 36) 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 37) Airylick, Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland Note: Son unmar Joint farmer with father 37 bn New Cumnock
Australian History	1851 (Age 37) 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	Helen Routledge - View family 29 March 1853 (Age 39) Oldmill, Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland
Australian History	1853 (Age 39) Note: Bendigo Petition and Red Ribbon Rebellion at Bendigo
Birth of a son #1	about 1854 (Age 40) Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland son - William Mcturk Brown
Australian History	1854 (Age 40) Note: The Eureka Stockade
Australian History	1855 (Age 41) 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.
Marriage of a sister	Jane Brown - View family 26 June 1856 (Age 42) Mochrum, Scotland brother-in-law - William Routledge younger sister - Jane Brown
Australian History	1856 (Age 42) Note: Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania.
Australian History	1857 (Age 43) 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.
Death of a father	20 November 1858 (Age 44) Airelyick Farm, Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland father - William Brown
Australian History	1858 (Age 44) Note: Sydney and Melbourne linked by electric telegraph. Note: New South Wales men achieve the right to vote.
Death of a mother	24 May 1859 (Age 45) Airelick, Mochrum, Scotland mother - Jean Campbell
Australian History	1859 (Age 45) 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 46) Note: John McDouall Stuart reaches the centre of the continent. South Australian border changed from 132 degrees E to 129 degrees E.
Census	8 April 1861 (Age 47)
Marriage of a brother	George Brown - View family 23 April 1861 (Age 47) Aireylick, Mochrum, Scotland younger brother - George Brown sister-in-law - Margaret Routledge
Birth of a daughter #2	20 June 1861 (Age 47) Airlick Farm, Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland daughter - Helen Brown
Australian History	1861 (Age 47) Note: The ill-fated Burke and Wills expedition occurs. Note: skiing in Australia introduced by Norwegians in the Snowy Mountains goldrush town of Kiandra
Death of a brother	20 July 1862 (Age 48) Palbae, Kirkcowan, Wigtownshire, Scotland younger brother - George Brown
Australian History	1862 (Age 48) Note: Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139 degrees E.
Australian History	1863 (Age 49) Note: South Australia takes control of the Northern Territory which was part of the colony of New South Wales.
Birth of a son #3	20 October 1865 (Age 51) Aireylick Farm, Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland son - Thomas Brown
Australian History	1867 (Age 53) Note: Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland. Note: Saint Mary MacKillop founds Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart.
Australian History	1868 (Age 54) Note: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases.
Australian History	1869 (Age 55) Note: Children of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent are removed from their families by Australian and State government agencies.
Census	2 April 1871 (Age 57)
Australian History	1872 (Age 58) Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens.
Australian History	1873 (Age 59) Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock.
Death of a wife	1 June 1874 (Age 60) Airyelick Farm?, Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland wife - Helen Routledge
Death of a sister	18 March 1875 (Age 61) Scotland elder sister - Margaret Brown
Australian History	1875 (Age 61) 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 64) Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.
Australian History	1879 (Age 65) Note: The first congress of trade unions is held.
Death of a daughter	10 July 1880 (Age 66) Airyelick Farm?, Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland daughter - Helen Brown
Australian History	1880 (Age 66) Note: The bushranger Ned Kelly is hanged. Note: Parliamentarians in Victoria become the first in Australia to be paid for their work.
Death of a brother	2 February 1881 (Age 67) Lane Farm, Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland younger brother - Ivie Brown
Census	4 April 1881 (Age 67) Aireylick, Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland Note: Head Farmer Widow 67 bn New Cumnock AYR
Death	20 August 1881 (Age 67) Airlick, Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland

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father	William Brown Birth about 1781 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 20 November 1858 (Age 77) Airelyick Farm, Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland Loading...
9 years mother	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 himself	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 elder sister	Margaret Brown Birth about 1813 32 23 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 18 March 1875 (Age 62) Scotland Loading...
6 years #3 younger sister	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 younger sister	Mary Brown Birth about 1823 42 33 Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death Ballaird, Kirkinner, Wigtownshire, Scotland Loading...
-2 years #5 younger brother	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 younger brother	George Brown Birth about 1825 44 35 Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 20 July 1862 (Age 37) Palbae, Kirkcowan, Wigtownshire, Scotland Loading...
2 years #7 younger sister	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 younger sister	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 younger brother	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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himself	William Brown Birth about 1814 33 24 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 20 August 1881 (Age 67) Airlick, Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland Loading...
9 years wife	Helen Routledge Birth about 1823 Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland Death 1 June 1874 (Age 51) Airyelick Farm?, Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland Loading...
	Marriage: 29 March 1853 — Oldmill, Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland
9 months #1 son	William Mcturk Brown Birth about 1854 40 31 Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland Death 20 December 1938 (Age 84) Lochhead Of Elrig, Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland Loading...
8 years #2 daughter	Helen Brown Birth 20 June 1861 47 38 Airlick Farm, Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland Death 10 July 1880 (Age 19) Airyelick Farm?, Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland Loading...
4 years #3 son	Thomas Brown Birth 20 October 1865 51 42 Aireylick Farm, Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland Death 18 June 1937 (Age 71) Aireylick, Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland Loading...

William Brown has 49 first cousins recorded

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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 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	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.
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	Son unmar Joint farmer with father 37 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.
Australian History	John McDouall Stuart reaches the centre of the continent. South Australian border changed from 132 degrees E to 129 degrees E.
Australian History	The ill-fated Burke and Wills expedition occurs.
Australian History	Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139 degrees E.
Australian History	South Australia takes control of the Northern Territory which was part of the colony of New South Wales.
Australian History	Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland.
Australian History	The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases.
Australian History	Children of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent are removed from their families by Australian and State government agencies.
Australian History	Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens.
Australian History	Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock.
Australian History	SS Gothenburg strikes Old Reef off North Queensland and sinks with the loss of approximately 102 lives.
Australian History	First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.
Australian History	The first congress of trade unions is held.
Australian History	The bushranger Ned Kelly is hanged.
Census	Head Farmer Widow 67 bn New Cumnock AYR

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