Ivie FisherAge: 691845–1914
- Name
- Ivie Fisher
- Given names
- Ivie
- Surname
- Fisher
Birth | about 1845 40 36 Old Luce, Wigtownshire, Scotland |
Australian History | 1845 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. |
Birth of a brother | about 1847 (Age 2) Old Luce, Wigtownshire, Scotland
younger brother -
John Fisher
|
Death of a mother | 3 May 1849 (Age 4) Barhaskin, Glen Luce, Wigtownshire, Scotland
mother -
Jane McMillan
|
Australian History | 1850 (Age 5) 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 6) Barhasken, Old Luce, Wigtownshire, Scotland Note: Son 6 scholar bn Old Luce |
Australian History | 1851 (Age 6) 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 father | Ivie Fisher - View family 1852 (estimated) (Age 7) Poss Old Luce, Wigtownshire, Scotland
father -
Ivie Fisher
step-mother -
Grace McMillan
|
Birth of a half-sister | about 1853 (Age 8) Old Luce, Wigtownshire, Scotland
half-sister -
Grace Fisher
|
Australian History | 1853 (Age 8) Note: Bendigo Petition and Red Ribbon Rebellion at Bendigo |
Australian History | 1854 (Age 9) Note: The Eureka Stockade |
Australian History | 1855 (Age 10) 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 11) Note: Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania. |
Australian History | 1857 (Age 12) 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. |
Birth of a half-brother | 26 December 1858 (Age 13) Barharkin, Old Luce, Wigtownshire, Scotland
half-brother -
Thomas Fisher
|
Australian History | 1858 (Age 13) Note: Sydney and Melbourne linked by electric telegraph. Note: New South Wales men achieve the right to vote. |
Birth of a half-sister | about 1859 (Age 14) Glen Luce, Wigtownshire, Scotland
half-sister -
Margaret Fisher
|
Australian History | 1859 (Age 14) 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 15) 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 16) 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 17) Note: Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139 degrees E. |
Australian History | 1863 (Age 18) Note: South Australia takes control of the Northern Territory which was part of the colony of New South Wales. |
Death of a paternal grandfather | 8 August 1866 (Age 21) Craignarget Farm, Old Luce, Wigtownshire, Scotland
paternal grandfather -
William Fisher
|
Australian History | 1867 (Age 22) Note: Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland. Note: Saint Mary MacKillop founds Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart. |
Australian History | 1868 (Age 23) Note: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases. |
Australian History | 1869 (Age 24) Note: Children of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent are removed from their families by Australian and State government agencies. |
Marriage of a brother | William Fisher - View family 6 March 1872 (Age 27) Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland
elder brother -
William Fisher
sister-in-law -
Jane Scott Campbell
|
Australian History | 1872 (Age 27) Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens. |
Death of a paternal grandmother | 21 July 1873 (Age 28) Craignarget, Glenluce, Wigtownshire, Scotland
paternal grandmother -
Margaret Campbell
|
Australian History | 1873 (Age 28) Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock. |
Death of a father | 3 January 1874 (Age 29) Barharkin, Old Luce, Wigtownshire, Scotland
father -
Ivie Fisher
|
Australian History | 1875 (Age 30) 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 33) Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
Australian History | 1879 (Age 34) Note: The first congress of trade unions is held. |
Australian History | 1880 (Age 35) 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 36) Barharkin Farm, Challochglass Rd, Old Luce, Wigtownshire, Scotland |
Death of a half-sister | 5 May 1881 (Age 36) Barhaskin, Glen Luce, Wigtownshire, Scotland
half-sister -
Grace Fisher
|
Australian History | 1882 (Age 37) Note: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
Australian History | 1883 (Age 38) Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill |
Australian History | 1887 (Age 42) Note: An Australian cricket team is established, defeating England in the first Ashes series. First direct Inter-colonial passenger trains begin running between Adelaide and Melbourne. |
Australian History | 1889 (Age 44) Note: The completion of the railway network between Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney. Note: Sir Henry Parkes delivers the Tenterfield Oration. |
Australian History | 1890 (Age 45) Note: The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention. |
Census | 5 April 1891 (Age 46) Barhaskine, Off Challochglass Rd, Old Luce, Wigtownshire, Scotland Note: Head unmar 42 farmer bn Old Luce |
Australian History | 1891 (Age 46) Note: A National Australasian Convention meets, agrees on adopting the name 'the Commonwealth of Australia' and drafting a constitution. Note: The first attempt at a federal constitution is drafted. Note: The Convention adopts the constitution, although it has no legal status Note: A severe depression hits Australia |
Australian History | 1892 (Age 47) Note: Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia. |
Australian History | 1893 (Age 48) Note: The Corowa Conference (the 'people's convention') calls on the colonial parliaments to pass enabling acts, allowing the election of delegates to a new constitutional convention aimed at drafting a proposal and putting it to a referendum in each colony. |
Australian History | 1894 (Age 49) Note: South Australia becomes the first Australian colony, and the second place in the world, to grant women the right to vote, as well the first Parliament in the world to allow women to stand for office. |
Australian History | 1895 (Age 50) Note: The premiers, except for those of Queensland and Western Australia, agree to implement the Corowa proposals. Note: Waltzing Matilda is first sung in public, in Winton, Queensland Note: Banjo Paterson publishes The Man from Snowy River |
Australian History | 1896 (Age 51) Note: The Bathurst Conference (the second 'people's convention') meets to discuss the 1891 draft constitution |
Australian History | 1897 (Age 52) Note: In two sessions, the Second National Australasian Convention meets (with representatives from all colonies except Queensland present). They agree to adopt a constitution based on the 1891 draft, and then revise and amend it later that year. Note: Catherine Helen Spence became the first female political candidate for political office, standing for election as a representative for South Australia. |
Australian History | 1898 (Age 53) Note: The Convention agrees on a final draft to be put to the people. Note: After much public debate, the Victorian, South Australian and Tasmanian referendums are successful; the New South Wales referendum narrowly fails. Later New South Wales votes 'yes' in a second referendum, and Queensland and Western Australia also vote to join. |
Australian History | 1899 (Age 54) Note: The decision is made to site the national capital in New South Wales, but not within 100 miles of Sydney. Note: The Australian Labor Party holds office for a few days in Queensland, becoming the first trade union party to do so anywhere in the world. Note: The first contingents from various Australian colonies are sent to South Africa to participate in the Second Boer War. |
Residence | 1 May 1900 (Age 55) Barhaskin, Old Luce, Wigtownshire, Scotland Note: at time of Uncles death |
Australian History | 1900 (Age 55) Note: Several delegates visit London to resist proposed changes to the agreed-upon constitution. Note: The constitution is passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom as a schedule to the Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act, and is given royal assent |
Census | 31 March 1901 (Age 56) Barhaskine, Off Challochglass Rd, Old Luce, Wigtownshire, Scotland Note: Head single 54 farmer bn Old Luce (and 2 servants) |
Australian History | 1901 (Age 56) Note: (01 Jan) Australia becomes a federation on 1 January. Edmund Barton becomes Prime Minister; the 7th Earl of Hopetoun becomes Governor-General Note: The first parliament met in Parliament House, Melbourne Note: Immigration Restriction act was introduced- The White Australian Policy Note: The Australian National Flag was flown for the first time |
Residence | 19 February 1902 (Age 57) Barhaskine, Old Luce, Wigtownshire, Scotland Note: Farmer |
Australian History | 1902 (Age 57) Note: The Franchise Act guarantees women the right to vote in federal elections (by this stage, most states had already done this). However, it excludes most non-European ethnic groups, including Aboriginal people, unless already registered to vote on State roles. Note: King Edward VII approved the design of the Australian flag. Note: Breaker Morant is executed for having shot Boers who had surrendered |
Australian History | 1903 (Age 58) Note: The High Court of Australia is established with Samuel Griffith as the first Chief Justice. Note: The Defence Act gives the federal government full control over the Australian Army Note: Alfred Deakin elected Prime Minister |
Australian History | 1904 (Age 59) Note: A site at Dalgety, New South Wales chosen for the new national capital Note: Chris Watson forms the first federal Labor (minority) government |
Australian History | 1906 (Age 61) Note: Australia takes control of south-eastern New Guinea |
Australian History | 1908 (Age 63) Note: Dorothea Mackellar publishes My Country Note: The Dalgety proposal for the national capital is revoked, and Canberra is chosen instead |
Australian History | 1909 (Age 64) Note: The first powered aeroplane flight in Australia is made. |
Australian History | 1910 (Age 65) Note: Andrew Fisher forms the first federal majority Labor government. |
Australian History | 1911 (Age 66) Note: The Royal Australian Navy is founded Note: The Northern Territory comes under Commonwealth control, being split off from South Australia Note: The first national census is conducted. Note: Australian Capital Territory proclaimed. |
Australian History | 1912 (Age 67) Note: Australia sends women to the Olympic Games for the first time Note: Walter Burley Griffin wins a design competition for the new city of Canberra |
Australian History | 1913 (Age 68) Note: Blaxland, Lawson and Wentworth cross the Blue Mountains. Note: Matthew Flinders refers to New South Wales by the name 'Australia'. |
Australian History | 1913 (Age 68) Note: The foundation stone for the city of Canberra is put in place |
Residence | 21 October 1914 (on the date of death) Culroy Farm, Glen Luce, Wigtownshire, Scotland |
Australian History | 1914 (Age 69) Note: Australian soldiers are sent to the First World War. This was first time Australians had fought under the Australian flag, as opposed to that of Britain's. |
Death | 21 October 1914 (Age 69) Nursing Home, 121 Hill Street, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland |
Family with parents - View family |
father |
Ivie Fisher
Birth about 1805 21 21 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 3 January 1874 (Age 69) Barharkin, Old Luce, Wigtownshire, Scotland Loading...
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4 years mother |
Jane McMillan
Birth about 1809 Death 3 May 1849 (Age 40) Barhaskin, Glen Luce, Wigtownshire, Scotland Loading...
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Marriage: 19 March 1836 — Barr by Girvan, Ayrshire, Scotland |
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9 months #1 elder brother |
William Fisher
Birth about 1837 32 28 Bargrennan, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland Death 8 January 1917 (Age 80) Vicarhill, Glenluce, Wigtownshire, Scotland Loading...
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2 years #2 elder brother |
Alexander Fisher
Birth 1839 34 30 Minnigaff, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland Death yes Loading...
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2 years #3 elder brother |
James Fisher
Birth about 1841 36 32 Old Luce, Wigtownshire, Scotland Death 28 November 1925 (Age 84) Glenview, Glen Luce, Wigtownshire, Scotland Loading...
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1 year #4 elder sister |
Elizabeth Fisher
Birth about 1842 37 33 Glen Luce, Wigtownshire, Scotland Death 25 March 1933 (Age 91) Gleniron Farmhouse, New Luce, Wigtownshire, Scotland Loading...
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3 years #5 himself |
Ivie Fisher
Birth about 1845 40 36 Old Luce, Wigtownshire, Scotland Death 21 October 1914 (Age 69) Nursing Home, 121 Hill Street, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland Loading...
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2 years #6 younger brother |
John Fisher
Birth about 1847 42 38 Old Luce, Wigtownshire, Scotland Death 14 January 1928 (Age 81) Barnsallie, Old Luce, Wigtownshire, Scotland Loading...
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Father’s family with Grace McMillan - View family |
father |
Ivie Fisher
Birth about 1805 21 21 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 3 January 1874 (Age 69) Barharkin, Old Luce, Wigtownshire, Scotland Loading...
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20 years step-mother |
Grace McMillan
Birth about 1825 Barr, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 6 December 1905 (Age 80) Ashfield Cottage, Macdougall St, Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland Loading...
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Marriage: 1852 (estimated) — Poss Old Luce, Wigtownshire, Scotland |
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1 year #1 half-sister |
Grace Fisher
Birth about 1853 48 28 Old Luce, Wigtownshire, Scotland Death 5 May 1881 (Age 28) Barhaskin, Glen Luce, Wigtownshire, Scotland Loading...
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6 years #2 half-brother |
Thomas Fisher
Birth 26 December 1858 53 33 Barharkin, Old Luce, Wigtownshire, Scotland Death yes Loading...
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Margaret Fisher
Birth about 1859 54 34 Glen Luce, Wigtownshire, Scotland Death yes Loading...
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Ivie Fisher has 15 first cousins recorded
Father's family (12)
Parents James Fisher + Janet Baillie
Parents James Templeton + Margaret Fisher
Parents John Macmillan + Jane Fisher
Mother's family (3)
Parents Ivie Fisher + Grace McMillan
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 6 scholar bn Old Luce |
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 of 1000 acres 45 arable 1 man 1 girl unmar 34 bn
Old Luce WIG |
Australian History | First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
Australian History | The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway |
Australian History | An Australian cricket team is established, defeating England in the first Ashes series. First direct Inter-colonial passenger trains begin running between Adelaide and Melbourne. |
Australian History | The completion of the railway network between Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney. |
Australian History | The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention. |
Census | Head unmar 42 farmer bn Old Luce |
Australian History | A National Australasian Convention meets, agrees on adopting the name 'the Commonwealth of Australia' and drafting a constitution. |
Australian History | Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia. |
Australian History | The Corowa Conference (the 'people's convention') calls on the colonial parliaments to pass enabling acts, allowing the election of delegates to a new constitutional convention aimed at drafting a proposal and putting it to a referendum in each colony. |
Australian History | South Australia becomes the first Australian colony, and the second place in the world, to grant women the right to vote, as well the first Parliament in the world to allow women to stand for office. |
Australian History | The premiers, except for those of Queensland and Western Australia, agree to implement the Corowa proposals. |
Australian History | The Bathurst Conference (the second 'people's convention') meets to discuss the 1891 draft constitution |
Australian History | In two sessions, the Second National Australasian Convention meets (with representatives from all colonies except Queensland present). They agree to adopt a constitution based on the 1891 draft, and then revise and amend it later that year. |
Australian History | The Convention agrees on a final draft to be put to the people. |
Australian History | The decision is made to site the national capital in New South Wales, but not within 100 miles of Sydney. |
Residence | at time of Uncles death |
Australian History | Several delegates visit London to resist proposed changes to the agreed-upon constitution. |
Census | Head single 54 farmer bn Old Luce (and 2 servants) |
Australian History | (01 Jan) Australia becomes a federation on 1 January. Edmund Barton becomes Prime Minister; the 7th Earl of Hopetoun becomes Governor-General |
Residence | Farmer |
Australian History | The Franchise Act guarantees women the right to vote in federal elections (by this stage, most states had already done this). However, it excludes most non-European ethnic groups, including Aboriginal people, unless already registered to vote on State roles. |
Australian History | The High Court of Australia is established with Samuel Griffith as the first Chief Justice. |
Australian History | A site at Dalgety, New South Wales chosen for the new national capital |
Australian History | Australia takes control of south-eastern New Guinea |
Australian History | Dorothea Mackellar publishes My Country |
Australian History | The first powered aeroplane flight in Australia is made. |
Australian History | Andrew Fisher forms the first federal majority Labor government. |
Australian History | The Royal Australian Navy is founded |
Australian History | Australia sends women to the Olympic Games for the first time |
Australian History | Blaxland, Lawson and Wentworth cross the Blue Mountains. |
Australian History | The foundation stone for the city of Canberra is put in place |
Australian History | Australian soldiers are sent to the First World War. This was first time Australians had fought under the Australian flag, as opposed to that of Britain's. |
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