Riley SpickermanAge: 201826–1847
- Name
- Riley Spickerman
- Given names
- Riley
- Surname
- Spickerman
| Birth | about September 1826 24 |
| Birth of a brother | 10 August 1828 (Age 23 months)
younger brother -
Eli Spickerman
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| Australian History | 1828 (Age 16 months) Note: Charles Sturt charts the Darling River. |
| Birth of a sister | 11 July 1829 (Age 2)
younger sister -
Jane Spickerman
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| Australian History | 1829 (Age 2) 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 3) Note: Sturt arrives at Goolwa, having charted the Murray River. |
| Australian History | 1831 (Age 4) Note: Sydney Herald (later to become The Sydney Morning Herald) first published. |
| Australian History | 1832 (Age 5) Note: Swan River Colony has its name changed to Western Australia. |
| Australian History | 1833 (Age 6) Note: The penal settlement of Port Arthur is founded in Van Diemen's Land. |
| Australian History | 1835 (Age 8) 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 9) Note: Province of South Australia proclaimed with its western border at 132 degrees E. |
| Australian History | 1838 (Age 11) Note: First Prussian settlers arrive in South Australia; the largest group on non-British migrants in Australia at the time. |
| Australian History | 1839 (Age 12) Note: Paul Edmund Strzelecki becomes first European to ascend and name Australia's highest peak, Mount Kosciuszko. |
| Australian History | 1840 (Age 13) Note: Australia's first municipal authority, the City of Adelaide, is established, followed by Sydney City Council. |
| Australian History | 1841 (Age 14) Note: New Zealand is proclaimed as a separate colony, no longer part of New South Wales. |
| Australian History | 1842 (Age 15) Note: Copper is discovered at Kapunda in South Australia. |
| Australian History | 1843 (Age 16) 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 18) 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. |
| Death | 18 July 1847 (Age 20) |
| Burial | Linlithgo, Columbia, New York, USA Address: With Grandfather John Spickerman Cemetery: Linlithgo RC Cemetery |
| Family with parents - View family |
| father |
John Spickerman
Birth 15 February 1802 45 24 Death 17 May 1871 (Age 69) Loading...
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| mother |
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Marriage: yes |
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| #1 elder brother |
Edward Spickerman
Birth 8 March 1823 21 Death 20 February 1874 (Age 50) Loading...
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10 months #2 elder brother |
George Spickerman
Birth 1824 21 Death 1890 (Age 66) Loading...
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3 years #3 himself |
Riley Spickerman
Birth about September 1826 24 Death 18 July 1847 (Age 20) Loading...
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23 months #4 younger brother |
Eli Spickerman
Birth 10 August 1828 26 Death 28 March 1906 (Age 77) Loading...
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11 months #5 younger sister |
Jane Spickerman
Birth 11 July 1829 27 Death 10 May 1915 (Age 85) Loading...
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Riley Spickerman has 12 first cousins recorded
Father's family (12)
Parents George Wilson Potts + Elizabeth "Betsey" Spickerman
Parents Garret Spickerman + Deborah Ann Wiltsie
Mother's family (0)
Extra information
Internal reference
I8209
Last change 16 August 2011 - 14:54:06by: Jason Potts JP
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