George Brown 1825

George BrownAge: 371825–1862

Name: George Brown

Given names: George

Surname: Brown

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Birth	about 1825 44 35 Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
Australian History	1825 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 2) Craigman, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland younger sister - Elizabeth Brown
Australian History	1828 (Age 3) Note: Charles Sturt charts the Darling River.
Birth of a sister	about 1829 (Age 4) New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland younger sister - Jane Brown
Australian History	1829 (Age 4) 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 5) Note: Sturt arrives at Goolwa, having charted the Murray River.
Death of a maternal grandfather	28 July 1831 (Age 6) Dalgig, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland maternal grandfather - Ivie Campbell
Australian History	1831 (Age 6) Note: Sydney Herald (later to become The Sydney Morning Herald) first published.
Australian History	1832 (Age 7) Note: Swan River Colony has its name changed to Western Australia.
Birth of a brother	about 1833 (Age 8) New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland younger brother - Hugh Brown
Australian History	1833 (Age 8) Note: The penal settlement of Port Arthur is founded in Van Diemen's Land.
Marriage of a sister	Margaret Brown - View family 1834 (Age 9) New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland brother-in-law - Hugh Templeton elder sister - Margaret Brown
Australian History	1835 (Age 10) 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 11) 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 13) Prob New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland brother-in-law - George Morrison elder sister - Janet Brown
Australian History	1838 (Age 13) Note: First Prussian settlers arrive in South Australia; the largest group on non-British migrants in Australia at the time.
Australian History	1839 (Age 14) Note: Paul Edmund Strzelecki becomes first European to ascend and name Australia's highest peak, Mount Kosciuszko.
Australian History	1840 (Age 15) Note: Australia's first municipal authority, the City of Adelaide, is established, followed by Sydney City Council.
Census	7 June 1841 (Age 16)
Australian History	1841 (Age 16) 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 17) Kirkinner, Wigtownshire, Scotland brother-in-law - William McWhinnie elder sister - Mary Brown
Australian History	1842 (Age 17) Note: Copper is discovered at Kapunda in South Australia.
Australian History	1843 (Age 18) 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 19) Dalgig, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland maternal grandmother - Margaret Dunbar
Australian History	1845 (Age 20) 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 24) Airelick, Mochrum, Scotland brother-in-law - Andrew Milligan younger sister - Elizabeth Brown
Australian History	1850 (Age 25) 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 26) Polbae, Kirkcowan, Wigtownshire, Scotland Note: Head unmar Farmer of 4400 acres employing 4 labourers 26 bn Cumnock AYR
Australian History	1851 (Age 26) 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	William Brown - View family 29 March 1853 (Age 28) Oldmill, Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland elder brother - William Brown sister-in-law - Helen Routledge
Australian History	1853 (Age 28) Note: Bendigo Petition and Red Ribbon Rebellion at Bendigo
Australian History	1854 (Age 29) Note: The Eureka Stockade
Australian History	1855 (Age 30) 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 31) Mochrum, Scotland brother-in-law - William Routledge younger sister - Jane Brown
Australian History	1856 (Age 31) Note: Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania.
Australian History	1857 (Age 32) 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 33) Airelyick Farm, Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland father - William Brown
Australian History	1858 (Age 33) 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 34) Airelick, Mochrum, Scotland mother - Jean Campbell
Australian History	1859 (Age 34) 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 35) 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 36)
Marriage	Margaret Routledge - View family 23 April 1861 (Age 36) Aireylick, Mochrum, Scotland
Residence	23 April 1861 (Age 36) Culbrae, Kirkcowan, Wigtownshire, Scotland Note: Farmer
Australian History	1861 (Age 36) 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 37) Note: Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139 degrees E.
Death	20 July 1862 (Age 37) Palbae, Kirkcowan, Wigtownshire, Scotland
Birth of a son #1	10 January 1863 (5 months after death) Aireylick Farm, Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland son - George Brown

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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 elder brother	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 elder 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 elder sister	Mary Brown Birth about 1823 42 33 Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death Ballaird, Kirkinner, Wigtownshire, Scotland Loading...
-2 years #5 elder 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 himself	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	George Brown Birth about 1825 44 35 Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 20 July 1862 (Age 37) Palbae, Kirkcowan, Wigtownshire, Scotland Loading...
15 years wife	Margaret Routledge Birth about 1840 Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland Death 25 December 1909 (Age 69) Port William, Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland Loading...
	Marriage: 23 April 1861 — Aireylick, Mochrum, Scotland
21 months #1 son	George Brown Birth 10 January 1863 38 23 Aireylick Farm, Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland Death yes Loading...

George Brown 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 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	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	Head unmar Farmer of 4400 acres employing 4 labourers 26 bn Cumnock AYR
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.
Residence	Farmer
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.