Andrew Milligan 1852

Andrew MilliganAge: 711852–1923

Name: Andrew Milligan

Given names: Andrew

Surname: Milligan

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Birth	about 1852 41 25 Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland
Australian History	1853 (Age 12 months) Note: Bendigo Petition and Red Ribbon Rebellion at Bendigo
Australian History	1854 (Age 2) Note: The Eureka Stockade
Australian History	1855 (Age 3) 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.
Birth of a brother	8 March 1856 (Age 4) Corwell Farm, Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland younger brother - John Milligan
Australian History	1856 (Age 4) Note: Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania.
Australian History	1857 (Age 5) 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 6) Airelyick Farm, Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland maternal grandfather - William Brown
Australian History	1858 (Age 6) 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 7) Airelick, Mochrum, Scotland maternal grandmother - Jean Campbell
Birth of a brother	13 August 1859 (Age 7) Corwell Farm, Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland younger brother - Ivie Milligan
Australian History	1859 (Age 7) 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 8) 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 9) Note: The ill-fated Burke and Wills expedition occurs. Note: skiing in Australia introduced by Norwegians in the Snowy Mountains goldrush town of Kiandra
Birth of a brother	17 April 1862 (Age 10) Corwell Farm, Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland younger brother - Alexander Milligan
Australian History	1862 (Age 10) Note: Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139 degrees E.
Australian History	1863 (Age 11) Note: South Australia takes control of the Northern Territory which was part of the colony of New South Wales.
Birth of a brother	9 July 1865 (Age 13) Corwell Farm, Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland younger brother - George Milligan
Birth of a sister	7 November 1867 (Age 15) Corwell Farm, Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland younger sister - Elizabeth Milligan
Australian History	1867 (Age 15) Note: Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland. Note: Saint Mary MacKillop founds Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart.
Australian History	1868 (Age 16) Note: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases.
Australian History	1869 (Age 17) Note: Children of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent are removed from their families by Australian and State government agencies.
Australian History	1872 (Age 20) Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens.
Australian History	1873 (Age 21) Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock.
Australian History	1875 (Age 23) 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 26) Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.
Australian History	1879 (Age 27) Note: The first congress of trade unions is held.
Australian History	1880 (Age 28) 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 29) Corwall Farm, Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland Note: Farmers son unmar 29 bn Mochrum WIG
Australian History	1882 (Age 30) Note: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.
Australian History	1883 (Age 31) Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill
Residence	29 December 1885 (Age 33) Corwall, Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland Note: Farmer
Australian History	1887 (Age 35) 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.
Death of a sister	23 May 1889 (Age 37) Corwall, Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland younger sister - Elizabeth Milligan
Australian History	1889 (Age 37) Note: The completion of the railway network between Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney. Note: Sir Henry Parkes delivers the Tenterfield Oration.
Death of a brother	12 April 1890 (Age 38) Barbeston, Transvaal, South Africa younger brother - John Milligan
Australian History	1890 (Age 38) Note: The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention.
Census	5 April 1891 (Age 39)
Australian History	1891 (Age 39) 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 40) Note: Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia.
Australian History	1893 (Age 41) 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 brother	17 October 1894 (Age 42) Corwall, Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland younger brother - George Milligan
Australian History	1894 (Age 42) 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 43) 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 44) Note: The Bathurst Conference (the second 'people's convention') meets to discuss the 1891 draft constitution
Australian History	1897 (Age 45) 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 46) 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 47) 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 48) 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 49)
Death of a father	21 September 1901 (Age 49) Corwall Farm, Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland father - Andrew Milligan
Australian History	1901 (Age 49) 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
Australian History	1902 (Age 50) 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 51) 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 52) 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 54) Note: Australia takes control of south-eastern New Guinea
Death of a mother	14 August 1908 (Age 56) Port William, Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland mother - Elizabeth Brown
Australian History	1908 (Age 56) 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 57) Note: The first powered aeroplane flight in Australia is made.
Australian History	1910 (Age 58) Note: Andrew Fisher forms the first federal majority Labor government.
Australian History	1911 (Age 59) 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 60) 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 61) 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 61) Note: The foundation stone for the city of Canberra is put in place
Australian History	1914 (Age 62) 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.
Australian History	1915 (Age 63) Note: (25 APRIL)Australian soldiers land at Anzac Cove on the Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey on 25 April. Note: Jervis Bay Territory comprising 6,677 hectares surrendered and becomes part of the Australia Capital Territory. Note: Surfing is first introduced to Australia Note: Billy Hughes became Prime Minister
Australian History	1916 (Age 64) Note: Hotels are forced to close at 6 p.m., leading to the beginning of the 'six o'clock swill' Note: Australia suffers heavy casualties in the Western Front Battle of the Somme. Note: The Returned Sailors� and Soldiers� Imperial League of Australia, the forerunner to the Returned and Services League of Australia is founded Note: The Labor government under Billy Hughes splits over conscription. First referendum on conscription is rejected
Australian History	1917 (Age 65) Note: Second referendum on conscription is rejected. Transcontinental railway linking Adelaide to Perth is completed. Note: Australian 4th Light Horse Brigade launches last cavalry charge in modern warfare to capture Beersheba from the Ottoman Turks.
Australian History	1918 (Age 66) Note: (08 AUG) Battle of Amiens Note: Australian troops spearhead 8 August offensive against Hindenberg Line - the 'black day of the German Army'. Note: On 12 August, Australian commander General Sir John Monash is knighted in the field of battle by King George V Note: First World War ends - 60,000 Australians dead. Note: The Darwin Rebellion takes place, with 1,000 demonstrators demanding the resignation of the Administrator of the Northern Territory, John A. Gilruth.
Australian History	1919 (Age 67) Note: Prime Minister Billy Hughes signs Treaty of Versailles: the first signing of an international treaty by Australia. Australia obtains League of Nations mandate over German New Guinea.
Australian History	1920 (Age 68) Note: The airline Qantas is founded
Australian History	1921 (Age 69) Note: Edith Cowan becomes the first woman elected to an Australian parliament
Australian History	1922 (Age 70) Note: The Smith Family charity is founded in Sydney
Australian History	1923 (Age 71) Note: Vegemite is first produced
Death	4 July 1923 (Age 71) Dumfries, Dfs, Scotland

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father	Andrew Milligan Birth about 1811 Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland Death 21 September 1901 (Age 90) Corwall Farm, Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland Loading...
16 years mother	Elizabeth Brown Birth about 1827 46 37 Craigman, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 14 August 1908 (Age 81) Port William, Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland Loading...
	Marriage: 13 February 1849 — Airelick, Mochrum, Scotland
11 months #1 elder brother	William Milligan Birth about 1850 39 23 Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland Death Loading...
2 years #2 himself	Andrew Milligan Birth about 1852 41 25 Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland Death 4 July 1923 (Age 71) Dumfries, Dfs, Scotland Loading...
4 years #3 younger brother	John Milligan Birth 8 March 1856 45 29 Corwell Farm, Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland Death 12 April 1890 (Age 34) Barbeston, Transvaal, South Africa Loading...
3 years #4 younger brother	Ivie Milligan Birth 13 August 1859 48 32 Corwell Farm, Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland Death yes Loading...
3 years #5 younger brother	Alexander Milligan Birth 17 April 1862 51 35 Corwell Farm, Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland Death yes Loading...
3 years #6 younger brother	George Milligan Birth 9 July 1865 54 38 Corwell Farm, Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland Death 17 October 1894 (Age 29) Corwall, Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland Loading...
2 years #7 younger sister	Elizabeth Milligan Birth 7 November 1867 56 40 Corwell Farm, Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland Death 23 May 1889 (Age 21) Corwall, Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland Loading...

Andrew Milligan 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 George Morrison + Janet Brown

1 James Morrison 1839–1908

2 William Morrison 1840–?

3 Ivie Campbell Morrison 1843–1849

4 Thomas Mcmillan Morrison 1845–1870

5 Christina Morrison 1847–1910

6 Jane Morrison 1850–1902

7 Ivie Morrison 1852–1875

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 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	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	Farmers son unmar 29 bn Mochrum WIG
Australian History	First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.
Australian History	The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway
Residence	Farmer
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.
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
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.
Australian History	(25 APRIL)Australian soldiers land at Anzac Cove on the Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey on 25 April.
Australian History	Hotels are forced to close at 6 p.m., leading to the beginning of the 'six o'clock swill'
Australian History	Second referendum on conscription is rejected. Transcontinental railway linking Adelaide to Perth is completed.
Australian History	(08 AUG) Battle of Amiens
Australian History	Prime Minister Billy Hughes signs Treaty of Versailles: the first signing of an international treaty by Australia. Australia obtains League of Nations mandate over German New Guinea.
Australian History	The airline Qantas is founded
Australian History	Edith Cowan becomes the first woman elected to an Australian parliament
Australian History	The Smith Family charity is founded in Sydney
Australian History	Vegemite is first produced