Agnes Cook 1808

Agnes CookAge: 811808–1889

Name: Agnes Cook

Given names: Agnes

Surname: Cook

Agnes Campbell

Name: Agnes Campbell

Given names: Agnes

Surname: Campbell

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Birth	about 1808 Old Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
Marriage	George Campbell - View family
Australian History	1808 Note: The Rum Rebellion
Australian History	1817 (Age 9) 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 10) Note: Oxley charts the Macquarie River.
Australian History	1824 (Age 16) 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 17) Note: New South Wales western border is extended to 129 degrees E. Van Diemen's Land is proclaimed.
Australian History	1828 (Age 20) Note: Charles Sturt charts the Darling River.
Australian History	1829 (Age 21) 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 22) Note: Sturt arrives at Goolwa, having charted the Murray River.
Australian History	1831 (Age 23) Note: Sydney Herald (later to become The Sydney Morning Herald) first published.
Australian History	1832 (Age 24) Note: Swan River Colony has its name changed to Western Australia.
Birth of a son #1	29 December 1833 (Age 25) Wellhill, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland son - David Arthur Campbell
Australian History	1833 (Age 25) Note: The penal settlement of Port Arthur is founded in Van Diemen's Land.
Birth of a son #2	13 September 1835 (Age 27) Wellhill, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland son - Thomas Campbell
Australian History	1835 (Age 27) 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.
Australian History	1836 (Age 28) Note: Province of South Australia proclaimed with its western border at 132 degrees E.
Australian History	1838 (Age 30) Note: First Prussian settlers arrive in South Australia; the largest group on non-British migrants in Australia at the time.
Birth of a son #3	29 December 1839 (Age 31) Old Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland son - George Campbell
Australian History	1839 (Age 31) Note: Paul Edmund Strzelecki becomes first European to ascend and name Australia's highest peak, Mount Kosciuszko.
Australian History	1840 (Age 32) Note: Australia's first municipal authority, the City of Adelaide, is established, followed by Sydney City Council.
Census	7 June 1841 (Age 33) Old Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Note: Is this them? 30 Yes
Australian History	1841 (Age 33) Note: New Zealand is proclaimed as a separate colony, no longer part of New South Wales.
Australian History	1842 (Age 34) Note: Copper is discovered at Kapunda in South Australia.
Australian History	1843 (Age 35) 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 37) 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 son #4	about 1846 (Age 38) New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland son - William Campbell
Australian History	1850 (Age 42) 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 43) 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 45) Note: Bendigo Petition and Red Ribbon Rebellion at Bendigo
Australian History	1854 (Age 46) Note: The Eureka Stockade
Australian History	1855 (Age 47) 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 48) Note: Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania.
Australian History	1857 (Age 49) 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 50) Note: Sydney and Melbourne linked by electric telegraph. Note: New South Wales men achieve the right to vote.
Australian History	1859 (Age 51) 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 52) 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 53) 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 54) Note: Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139 degrees E.
Australian History	1863 (Age 55) Note: South Australia takes control of the Northern Territory which was part of the colony of New South Wales.
Australian History	1867 (Age 59) Note: Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland. Note: Saint Mary MacKillop founds Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart.
Australian History	1868 (Age 60) Note: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases.
Death of a husband	21 April 1869 (Age 61) New Cample, Closeburn, Dfs, Scotland husband - George Campbell
Australian History	1869 (Age 61) 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 64) Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens.
Australian History	1873 (Age 65) Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock.
Australian History	1875 (Age 67) 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 70) Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.
Australian History	1879 (Age 71) Note: The first congress of trade unions is held.
Australian History	1880 (Age 72) 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 73) New Cample, Closeburn, Dfs, Scotland Note: Head widow 73 bn Old Cumnock AYR
Australian History	1882 (Age 74) Note: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.
Australian History	1883 (Age 75) Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill
Australian History	1887 (Age 79) 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 81) Note: The completion of the railway network between Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney. Note: Sir Henry Parkes delivers the Tenterfield Oration.
Death	16 May 1889 (Age 81) New Cample, Closeburn, Dfs, Scotland

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husband	George Campbell Death 21 April 1869 New Cample, Closeburn, Dfs, Scotland Loading...
herself	Agnes Cook Birth about 1808 Old Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 16 May 1889 (Age 81) New Cample, Closeburn, Dfs, Scotland Loading...
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#1 son	David Arthur Campbell Birth 29 December 1833 25 Wellhill, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death yes Loading...
20 months #2 son	Thomas Campbell Birth 13 September 1835 27 Wellhill, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death yes Loading...
4 years #3 son	George Campbell Birth 29 December 1839 31 Old Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death yes Loading...
6 years #4 son	William Campbell Birth about 1846 38 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death yes Loading...

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Australian History	The Rum Rebellion
Australian History	John Oxley charts the Lachlan River
Australian History	Oxley charts the Macquarie River.
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.
Census	Is this them? 30 Yes
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	Head widow 73 bn Old 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.

Agnes CookAge: 811808–1889

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