James Morrison 1839

James MorrisonAge: 691839–1908

Name: James Morrison

Given names: James

Surname: Morrison

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Birth	about 1839 25 20 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
Australian History	1839 Note: Paul Edmund Strzelecki becomes first European to ascend and name Australia's highest peak, Mount Kosciuszko.
Australian History	1840 (Age 12 months) Note: Australia's first municipal authority, the City of Adelaide, is established, followed by Sydney City Council.
Baptism of a brother	22 November 1840 (Age 22 months) New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland younger brother - William Morrison
Australian History	1841 (Age 2) Note: New Zealand is proclaimed as a separate colony, no longer part of New South Wales.
Australian History	1842 (Age 3) Note: Copper is discovered at Kapunda in South Australia.
Birth of a brother	2 February 1843 (Age 4) New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland younger brother - Ivie Campbell Morrison
Australian History	1843 (Age 4) 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).
Birth of a brother	about 1845 (Age 6) younger brother - Thomas Mcmillan Morrison
Australian History	1845 (Age 6) 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 sister	about 1847 (Age 8) Wigtown, Wigtownshire, Scotland younger sister - Christina Morrison
Death of a brother	23 January 1849 (Age 10) Prob Wigtown, Wigtownshire, Scotland younger brother - Ivie Campbell Morrison
Birth of a sister	about 1850 (Age 11) Wigtown, Wigtownshire, Scotland younger sister - Jane Morrison
Australian History	1850 (Age 11) 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 12) 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
Birth of a brother	13 November 1852 (Age 13) Wigtown, Wigtownshire, Scotland younger brother - Ivie Morrison
Australian History	1853 (Age 14) Note: Bendigo Petition and Red Ribbon Rebellion at Bendigo
Death of a father	14 June 1854 (Age 15) Cotland, Wigtown, Wigtownshire, Scotland father - George Morrison
Australian History	1854 (Age 15) Note: The Eureka Stockade
Australian History	1855 (Age 16) 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 17) Note: Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania.
Australian History	1857 (Age 18) 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 maternal grandfather	20 November 1858 (Age 19) Airelyick Farm, Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland maternal grandfather - William Brown
Australian History	1858 (Age 19) Note: Sydney and Melbourne linked by electric telegraph. Note: New South Wales men achieve the right to vote.
Death of a maternal grandmother	24 May 1859 (Age 20) Airelick, Mochrum, Scotland maternal grandmother - Jean Campbell
Australian History	1859 (Age 20) 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 21) 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 22) 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 23) Note: Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139 degrees E.
Australian History	1863 (Age 24) Note: South Australia takes control of the Northern Territory which was part of the colony of New South Wales.
Australian History	1867 (Age 28) Note: Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland. Note: Saint Mary MacKillop founds Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart.
Australian History	1868 (Age 29) Note: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases.
Australian History	1869 (Age 30) Note: Children of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent are removed from their families by Australian and State government agencies.
Death of a brother	21 September 1870 (Age 31) Balliwherr, Whithorn, Wigtownshire, Scotland younger brother - Thomas Mcmillan Morrison
Australian History	1872 (Age 33) Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens.
Australian History	1873 (Age 34) Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock.
Death of a brother	13 September 1875 (Age 36) Bailiewharr, Wigtown, Wigtownshire, Scotland younger brother - Ivie Morrison
Australian History	1875 (Age 36) 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 39) Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.
Australian History	1879 (Age 40) Note: The first congress of trade unions is held.
Australian History	1880 (Age 41) 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 42) Crook, Kirkinner, Wigtownshire, Scotland Note: Son Dairyman unmar 42 bn New Cumnock AYR
Australian History	1882 (Age 43) Note: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.
Australian History	1883 (Age 44) Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill
Australian History	1887 (Age 48) 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 50) 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 51) Note: The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention.
Census	5 April 1891 (Age 52) Blanock? Village, Wigtown, Wigtownshire, Scotland Note: Head unmar dairyman bn New Cumnock
Australian History	1891 (Age 52) 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 53) Note: Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia.
Australian History	1893 (Age 54) 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.
Death of a mother	9 April 1894 (Age 55) Carseminnoch, Wigtown, Wigtownshire, Scotland mother - Janet Brown
Australian History	1894 (Age 55) 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 56) 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 57) Note: The Bathurst Conference (the second 'people's convention') meets to discuss the 1891 draft constitution
Australian History	1897 (Age 58) 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 59) 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 60) 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.
Australian History	1900 (Age 61) 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 62)
Australian History	1901 (Age 62) 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
Death of a sister	16 April 1902 (Age 63) Scotland younger sister - Jane Morrison
Australian History	1902 (Age 63) 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 64) 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 65) 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 67) Note: Australia takes control of south-eastern New Guinea
Australian History	1908 (Age 69) Note: Dorothea Mackellar publishes My Country Note: The Dalgety proposal for the national capital is revoked, and Canberra is chosen instead
Death	24 May 1908 (Age 69) Carseminnoch, Wigtown, Wigtownshire, Scotland

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father	George Morrison Birth about 1814 Death 14 June 1854 (Age 40) Cotland, Wigtown, Wigtownshire, Scotland Loading...
5 years mother	Janet Brown Birth about 1819 38 29 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 9 April 1894 (Age 75) Carseminnoch, Wigtown, Wigtownshire, Scotland Loading...
	Marriage: 1838 (estimated) — Prob New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
1 year #1 himself	James Morrison Birth about 1839 25 20 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 24 May 1908 (Age 69) Carseminnoch, Wigtown, Wigtownshire, Scotland Loading...
23 months #2 younger brother	William Morrison Baptism 22 November 1840 26 21 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death yes Loading...
2 years #3 younger brother	Ivie Campbell Morrison Birth 2 February 1843 29 24 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 23 January 1849 (Age 5) Prob Wigtown, Wigtownshire, Scotland Loading...
23 months #4 younger brother	Thomas Mcmillan Morrison Birth about 1845 31 26 Death 21 September 1870 (Age 25) Balliwherr, Whithorn, Wigtownshire, Scotland Loading...
2 years #5 younger sister	Christina Morrison Birth about 1847 33 28 Wigtown, Wigtownshire, Scotland Death 3 February 1910 (Age 63) Hinton, Anworth, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland Loading...
3 years #6 younger sister	Jane Morrison Birth about 1850 36 31 Wigtown, Wigtownshire, Scotland Death 16 April 1902 (Age 52) Scotland Loading...
3 years #7 younger brother	Ivie Morrison Birth 13 November 1852 38 33 Wigtown, Wigtownshire, Scotland Death 13 September 1875 (Age 22) Bailiewharr, Wigtown, Wigtownshire, Scotland Loading...

James Morrison has 39 first cousins recorded

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Mother's family (39)

Parents William Brown + Helen Routledge

1 William Mcturk Brown 1854–1938

2 Helen Brown 1861–1880

3 Thomas Brown 1865–1937

Parents Hugh Templeton + Margaret Brown

1 David Templeton 1834–?

2 William Templeton 1836–1861

3 Elisabeth Templeton 1839–?

4 Andrew Pegan Templeton 1841–1918

5 John Thompson Templeton 1844–1921

6 Ivie Templeton 1847–?

7 Isabella Templeton 1850–?

8 Jane Templeton 1853–1864

9 Hugh Templeton 1855–1927

10 Margaret Templeton 1859–1901

Parents William McWhinnie + Mary Brown

1 Agnes Routledge McWhinnie 1843–?

2 William McWhinnie 1844–?

3 Jane McWhinnie 1847–?

4 Jane McWhinnie 1848–?

5 Helen McWhinnie 1850–?

6 Mary McWhinnie 1852–?

7 Margaret McWhinnie 1855–?

8 Alexander McWhinnie 1857–?

9 Isabella McWhinnie 1859–?

10 William McWhinnie 1862–?

Parents George Brown + Margaret Routledge

1 George Brown 1863–?

Parents Andrew Milligan + Elizabeth Brown

1 William Milligan 1850–?

2 Andrew Milligan 1852–1923

3 John Milligan 1856–1890

4 Ivie Milligan 1859–?

5 Alexander Milligan 1862–?

6 George Milligan 1865–1894

7 Elizabeth Milligan 1867–1889

Parents William Routledge + Jane Brown

1 Jane Routledge 1856–?

2 Agnes Mcwhinnie Routledge 1858–1937

3 Margaret Routledge 1860–?

4 Catherine Routledge 1862–1946

5 William Routledge 1864–?

6 Janet Routledge 1866–?

7 Helen Routledge 1868–1886

8 Mary Routledge 1870–1883

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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.
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	Son Dairyman unmar 42 bn New Cumnock AYR
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 dairyman bn New Cumnock
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.
Australian History	Several delegates visit London to resist proposed changes to the agreed-upon constitution.
Australian History	(01 Jan) Australia becomes a federation on 1 January. Edmund Barton becomes Prime Minister; the 7th Earl of Hopetoun becomes Governor-General
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