William Campbell 1809

William CampbellAge: 741809–1884

Name: William Campbell

Given names: William

Surname: Campbell

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Birth	17 September 1809 45 Blackfarding, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
Marriage	Jane Davidson - View family
Birth of a sister	29 September 1811 (Age 2) Blackfarding, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland younger sister - Jennet Campbell
Birth of a sister	27 March 1814 (Age 4) New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland younger sister - ? Campbell
Australian History	1817 (Age 7) Note: John Oxley charts the Lachlan River Note: Australia's first bank, the Bank of New South Wales, opens in Macquarie Place, Sydney (it became Westpac in 1982). Note: Governor Lachlan Macquarie petitioned the British Admiralty to use the name 'Australia' instead of 'New Holland'
Australian History	1818 (Age 8) Note: Oxley charts the Macquarie River.
Australian History	1824 (Age 14) 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 15) Note: New South Wales western border is extended to 129 degrees E. Van Diemen's Land is proclaimed.
Australian History	1828 (Age 18) Note: Charles Sturt charts the Darling River.
Australian History	1829 (Age 19) 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 20) Note: Sturt arrives at Goolwa, having charted the Murray River.
Australian History	1831 (Age 21) Note: Sydney Herald (later to become The Sydney Morning Herald) first published.
Australian History	1832 (Age 22) Note: Swan River Colony has its name changed to Western Australia.
Australian History	1833 (Age 23) Note: The penal settlement of Port Arthur is founded in Van Diemen's Land.
Australian History	1835 (Age 25) 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.
Death of a half-brother	6 June 1836 (Age 26) half-brother - James Campbell
Death of a father	about 1836 (Age 26) Blackfarthing, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland father - Thomas Campbell
Australian History	1836 (Age 26) Note: Province of South Australia proclaimed with its western border at 132 degrees E.
Australian History	1838 (Age 28) Note: First Prussian settlers arrive in South Australia; the largest group on non-British migrants in Australia at the time.
Australian History	1839 (Age 29) Note: Paul Edmund Strzelecki becomes first European to ascend and name Australia's highest peak, Mount Kosciuszko.
Australian History	1840 (Age 30) Note: Australia's first municipal authority, the City of Adelaide, is established, followed by Sydney City Council.
Australian History	1841 (Age 31) Note: New Zealand is proclaimed as a separate colony, no longer part of New South Wales.
Australian History	1842 (Age 32) Note: Copper is discovered at Kapunda in South Australia.
Australian History	1843 (Age 33) 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 35) 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.
Australian History	1850 (Age 40) 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 41) 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 43) Note: Bendigo Petition and Red Ribbon Rebellion at Bendigo
Australian History	1854 (Age 44) Note: The Eureka Stockade
Australian History	1855 (Age 45) 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 46) Note: Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania.
Australian History	1857 (Age 47) 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.
Australian History	1858 (Age 48) Note: Sydney and Melbourne linked by electric telegraph. Note: New South Wales men achieve the right to vote.
Australian History	1859 (Age 49) 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 50) 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 51) 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 52) Note: Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139 degrees E.
Australian History	1863 (Age 53) Note: South Australia takes control of the Northern Territory which was part of the colony of New South Wales.
Australian History	1867 (Age 57) Note: Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland. Note: Saint Mary MacKillop founds Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart.
Australian History	1868 (Age 58) Note: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases.
Death of a half-brother	21 April 1869 (Age 59) New Cample, Closeburn, Dfs, Scotland half-brother - George Campbell
Australian History	1869 (Age 59) 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 62) Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens.
Death of a half-brother	24 August 1873 (Age 63) Stepends, Sorn, Ayrshire, Scotland half-brother - Hugh Campbell
Australian History	1873 (Age 63) Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock.
Death of a half-brother	29 December 1874 (Age 65) Greenhead, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland half-brother - Ivie Campbell
Australian History	1875 (Age 65) 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 half-brother	21 July 1878 (Age 68) Greenhead, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland half-brother - John Campbell
Australian History	1878 (Age 68) Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.
Australian History	1879 (Age 69) Note: The first congress of trade unions is held.
Australian History	1880 (Age 70) Note: The bushranger Ned Kelly is hanged. Note: Parliamentarians in Victoria become the first in Australia to be paid for their work.
Australian History	1882 (Age 72) Note: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.
Australian History	1883 (Age 73) Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill
Death	31 August 1884 (Age 74) Craigsland Farm, Troon, Ayrshire, Scotland

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father	Thomas Campbell Baptism 2 September 1764 45 40 New Cumnock, Scotland Death about 1836 Blackfarthing, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Loading...
mother	Mary Pearson Death yes Loading...
	Marriage: about 1808
21 months #1 himself	William Campbell Birth 17 September 1809 45 Blackfarding, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 31 August 1884 (Age 74) Craigsland Farm, Troon, Ayrshire, Scotland Loading...
-20 months #2 elder sister	Jean Campbell Birth 3 January 1808 43 Blackfarding, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death yes Loading...
4 years #3 younger sister	Jennet Campbell Birth 29 September 1811 47 Blackfarding, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death yes Loading...
3 years #4 younger sister	? Campbell Birth 27 March 1814 49 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death yes Loading...

Father’s family with Jennet Brown - View family

father	Thomas Campbell Baptism 2 September 1764 45 40 New Cumnock, Scotland Death about 1836 Blackfarthing, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Loading...
step-mother	Jennet Brown Death yes Loading...
	Marriage: about 1782
#1 half-sister	Elizabeth Campbell Death yes Loading...
#2 half-brother	James Campbell Baptism 13 April 1783 18 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 6 June 1836 Loading...
23 months #3 half-brother	Hugh Campbell Baptism 19 March 1785 20 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 24 August 1873 Stepends, Sorn, Ayrshire, Scotland Loading...
4 years #4 half-brother	Ivie Campbell Baptism 30 August 1789 24 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 29 December 1874 Greenhead, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Loading...
11 years #5 half-brother	John Campbell Birth 18 March 1800 35 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 21 July 1878 (Age 78) Greenhead, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Loading...
#6 half-brother	George Campbell Death 21 April 1869 New Cample, Closeburn, Dfs, Scotland Loading...
#7 half-brother	Thomas Campbell Death yes Loading...

Family with Jane Davidson - View family

himself	William Campbell Birth 17 September 1809 45 Blackfarding, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 31 August 1884 (Age 74) Craigsland Farm, Troon, Ayrshire, Scotland Loading...
wife	Jane Davidson Death yes Loading...
	Marriage: yes
#1 daughter	Rosanna Campbell Death yes Loading...