John Campbell 1823

John CampbellAge: 581823–1882

Name: John Campbell

Given names: John

Surname: Campbell

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Birth	27 December 1823 29 Coylton, Ayrshire, Scotland
Australian History	1824 (Age 5 days) 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
Australian History	1825 (Age 12 months) Note: New South Wales western border is extended to 129 degrees E. Van Diemen's Land is proclaimed.
Baptism of a brother	7 February 1826 (Age 2) Coylton, Ayrshire, Scotland younger brother - Ivie Campbell
Baptism of a sister	11 December 1827 (Age 3) Coylton, Ayrshire, Scotland younger sister - Isabella Agnes Campbell
Australian History	1828 (Age 4) Note: Charles Sturt charts the Darling River.
Australian History	1829 (Age 5) 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 6) Note: Sturt arrives at Goolwa, having charted the Murray River.
Baptism of a sister	14 June 1830 (Age 6) Coylton, Ayrshire, Scotland younger sister - Janet Campbell
Death of a maternal grandfather	28 July 1831 (Age 7) Dalgig, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland maternal grandfather - Ivie Campbell
Australian History	1831 (Age 7) Note: Sydney Herald (later to become The Sydney Morning Herald) first published.
Australian History	1832 (Age 8) Note: Swan River Colony has its name changed to Western Australia.
Baptism of a brother	27 August 1832 (Age 8) Coylton, Ayrshire, Scotland younger brother - William Richmond Campbell
Australian History	1833 (Age 9) Note: The penal settlement of Port Arthur is founded in Van Diemen's Land.
Australian History	1835 (Age 11) 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.
Baptism of a sister	7 August 1835 (Age 11) Coylton, Ayrshire, Scotland younger sister - Helen Campbell
Australian History	1836 (Age 12) Note: Province of South Australia proclaimed with its western border at 132 degrees E.
Australian History	1838 (Age 14) Note: First Prussian settlers arrive in South Australia; the largest group on non-British migrants in Australia at the time.
Baptism of a brother	5 June 1838 (Age 14) Coylton, Ayrshire, Scotland younger brother - Andrew Campbell
Australian History	1839 (Age 15) Note: Paul Edmund Strzelecki becomes first European to ascend and name Australia's highest peak, Mount Kosciuszko.
Australian History	1840 (Age 16) Note: Australia's first municipal authority, the City of Adelaide, is established, followed by Sydney City Council.
Baptism of a sister	10 September 1840 (Age 16) Coylton, Ayrshire, Scotland younger sister - Euphemia Duncan Campbell
Australian History	1841 (Age 17) Note: New Zealand is proclaimed as a separate colony, no longer part of New South Wales.
Australian History	1842 (Age 18) Note: Copper is discovered at Kapunda in South Australia.
Australian History	1843 (Age 19) 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 20) Dalgig, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland maternal grandmother - Margaret Dunbar
Australian History	1845 (Age 21) 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	Isabella Agnes Campbell - View family 8 December 1847 (Age 23) Coylton, Ayrshire, Scotland brother-in-law - William Duncan younger sister - Isabella Agnes Campbell
Death of a father	6 April 1850 (Age 26) Rankinstone, Ayrshire, Scotland father - Andrew Campbell
Marriage of a sister	Margaret Dunbar Campbell - View family 10 June 1850 (Age 26) Coylton, Ayrshire, Scotland brother-in-law - Andrew Muir elder sister - Margaret Dunbar Campbell
Australian History	1850 (Age 26) 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.
Australian History	1851 (Age 27) 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
Australian History	1853 (Age 29) Note: Bendigo Petition and Red Ribbon Rebellion at Bendigo
Australian History	1854 (Age 30) Note: The Eureka Stockade
Australian History	1855 (Age 31) 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.
Australian History	1856 (Age 32) Note: Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania.
Australian History	1857 (Age 33) 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 sister	3 January 1858 (Age 34) Knockeen, Barr, Ayrshire, Scotland younger sister - Euphemia Duncan Campbell
Australian History	1858 (Age 34) Note: Sydney and Melbourne linked by electric telegraph. Note: New South Wales men achieve the right to vote.
Death of a sister	27 October 1859 (Age 35) Harwood, Teviothead, Rox, Scotland younger sister - Janet Campbell
Australian History	1859 (Age 35) 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 36) Note: John McDouall Stuart reaches the centre of the continent. South Australian border changed from 132 degrees E to 129 degrees E.
Australian History	1861 (Age 37) Note: The ill-fated Burke and Wills expedition occurs. Note: skiing in Australia introduced by Norwegians in the Snowy Mountains goldrush town of Kiandra
Marriage of a sister	Helen Campbell - View family 25 February 1862 (Age 38) Knocheen, Barr By Girvan, Ayrshire, Scotland brother-in-law - Robert Scott younger sister - Helen Campbell
Australian History	1862 (Age 38) Note: Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139 degrees E.
Marriage of a brother	William Richmond Campbell - View family 3 September 1863 (Age 39) Black Claughie, Barr By Girvan, Ayrshire, Scotland younger brother - William Richmond Campbell sister-in-law - Anne McFadzean
Australian History	1863 (Age 39) Note: South Australia takes control of the Northern Territory which was part of the colony of New South Wales.
Marriage	Margaret McCreath - View family 18 January 1865 (Age 41) Bennan, Barr By Girvan, Ayrshire, Scotland Note: WIT William McCreath
Residence	18 January 1865 (Age 41) Knockeen, Barr, Ayrshire, Scotland Note: Farmer
Birth of a daughter #1	27 October 1865 (Age 41) Knockeen, Barr By Girvan, Ayrshire, Scotland daughter - Agnes Gibson Campbell
Birth of a son #2	10 March 1867 (Age 43) Knockeen, Barr By Girvan, Ayrshire, Scotland son - Andrew Campbell
Australian History	1867 (Age 43) Note: Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland. Note: Saint Mary MacKillop founds Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart.
Birth of a son #3	10 December 1868 (Age 44) Barr by Girvan, Ayrshire, Scotland son - James Dick Campbell
Australian History	1868 (Age 44) Note: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases.
Australian History	1869 (Age 45) Note: Children of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent are removed from their families by Australian and State government agencies.
Birth of a daughter #4	6 November 1870 (Age 46) Knockeen, Barr By Girvan, Ayrshire, Scotland daughter - Jessie Campbell
Australian History	1872 (Age 48) Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens.
Birth of a daughter #5	10 September 1873 (Age 49) Knockeen, Barr By Girvan, Ayrshire, Scotland daughter - Georgina Sarah Campbell
Australian History	1873 (Age 49) Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock.
Birth of a son #6	12 July 1875 (Age 51) Barr Village, Barr By Girvan, Ayrshire, Scotland son - John Campbell
Australian History	1875 (Age 51) Note: SS Gothenburg strikes Old Reef off North Queensland and sinks with the loss of approximately 102 lives. Note: Adelaide Steamship Company is formed.
Death of a mother	9 January 1876 (Age 52) Newton Stewart, Wigtownshire, Scotland mother - Janet Campbell
Birth of a son #7	22 May 1877 (Age 53) Ruge Row?, Barr By Girvan, Ayrshire, Scotland son - William Archibald Campbell
Australian History	1878 (Age 54) Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.
Birth of a son #8	5 December 1879 (Age 55) Knockeen, Barr By Girvan, Ayrshire, Scotland son - Duncan Campbell
Australian History	1879 (Age 55) Note: The first congress of trade unions is held.
Australian History	1880 (Age 56) Note: The bushranger Ned Kelly is hanged. Note: Parliamentarians in Victoria become the first in Australia to be paid for their work.
Census	4 April 1881 (Age 57) Knockeen, Barr, Ayrshire, Scotland Note: Head Farmer of 1800 acres 120 arable employing 4 men and 2 girls, Mar 57 bn Coylton AYR
Australian History	1882 (Age 58) Note: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.
Death	20 July 1882 (Age 58) Knockeen, Barr, Ayrshire, Scotland

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father	Andrew Campbell Birth Rankinston, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 6 April 1850 Rankinstone, Ayrshire, Scotland Loading...
mother	Janet Campbell Birth about 1794 39 33 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 9 January 1876 (Age 82) Newton Stewart, Wigtownshire, Scotland Loading...
	Marriage: 14 June 1820 — Coylton, Ayrshire, Scotland
9 months #1 elder sister	Margaret Dunbar Campbell Baptism 17 March 1821 27 Coylton, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 6 February 1889 16 Monteith Row, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland Loading...
17 months #2 elder sister	Jane Campbell Baptism 24 August 1822 28 Coylton, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 27 September 1889 Minnigaff Village, Newton Stewart, Wigtownshire, Scotland Loading...
16 months #3 himself	John Campbell Birth 27 December 1823 29 Coylton, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 20 July 1882 (Age 58) Knockeen, Barr, Ayrshire, Scotland Loading...
2 years #4 younger brother	Ivie Campbell Baptism 7 February 1826 32 Coylton, Ayrshire, Scotland Death yes Loading...
22 months #5 younger sister	Isabella Agnes Campbell Baptism 11 December 1827 33 Coylton, Ayrshire, Scotland Death yes Loading...
3 years #6 younger sister	Janet Campbell Baptism 14 June 1830 36 Coylton, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 27 October 1859 Harwood, Teviothead, Rox, Scotland Loading...
2 years #7 younger brother	William Richmond Campbell Baptism 27 August 1832 38 Coylton, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 2 January 1888 Minnigaff, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland Loading...
3 years #8 younger sister	Helen Campbell Baptism 7 August 1835 41 Coylton, Ayrshire, Scotland Death yes Loading...
3 years #9 younger brother	Andrew Campbell Baptism 5 June 1838 44 Coylton, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 1903 Lin, England Loading...
2 years #10 younger sister	Euphemia Duncan Campbell Baptism 10 September 1840 46 Coylton, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 3 January 1858 Knockeen, Barr, Ayrshire, Scotland Loading...

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himself	John Campbell Birth 27 December 1823 29 Coylton, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 20 July 1882 (Age 58) Knockeen, Barr, Ayrshire, Scotland Loading...
17 years wife	Margaret McCreath Birth about 1841 Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland Death yes Loading...
	Marriage: 18 January 1865 — Bennan, Barr By Girvan, Ayrshire, Scotland
9 months #1 daughter	Agnes Gibson Campbell Birth 27 October 1865 41 24 Knockeen, Barr By Girvan, Ayrshire, Scotland Death yes Loading...
16 months #2 son	Andrew Campbell Birth 10 March 1867 43 26 Knockeen, Barr By Girvan, Ayrshire, Scotland Death yes Loading...
21 months #3 son	James Dick Campbell Birth 10 December 1868 44 27 Barr by Girvan, Ayrshire, Scotland Death yes Loading...
23 months #4 daughter	Jessie Campbell Birth 6 November 1870 46 29 Knockeen, Barr By Girvan, Ayrshire, Scotland Death yes Loading...
3 years #5 daughter	Georgina Sarah Campbell Birth 10 September 1873 49 32 Knockeen, Barr By Girvan, Ayrshire, Scotland Death yes Loading...
22 months #6 son	John Campbell Birth 12 July 1875 51 34 Barr Village, Barr By Girvan, Ayrshire, Scotland Death yes Loading...
22 months #7 son	William Archibald Campbell Birth 22 May 1877 53 36 Ruge Row?, Barr By Girvan, Ayrshire, Scotland Death yes Loading...
3 years #8 son	Duncan Campbell Birth 5 December 1879 55 38 Knockeen, Barr By Girvan, Ayrshire, Scotland Death yes Loading...

John Campbell has 48 first cousins recorded

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Mother's family (48)

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 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 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.
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.
Marriage	WIT William McCreath
Marriage	WIT William McCreath
Residence	Farmer
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 of 1800 acres 120 arable employing 4 men and 2 girls, Mar 57 bn Coylton AYR
Australian History	First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.