John Thompson Templeton 1844

John Thompson TempletonAge: 771844–1921

Name: John Thompson Templeton

Given names: John Thompson

Surname: Templeton

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Birth	28 July 1844 36 31 Kirkcowan, Wigtownshire, Scotland
Australian History	1845 (Age 5 months) 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	23 May 1847 (Age 2) Kirkcowan, Wigtownshire, Scotland younger brother - Ivie Templeton
Birth of a sister	13 September 1850 (Age 6) Kirkcowan, Wigtownshire, Scotland younger sister - Isabella Templeton
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) Fell, Kirkcowan, Wigtownshire, Scotland Note: Son 6 bn Kirkcowan
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
Birth of a sister	12 January 1853 (Age 8) Kirkcowan, Wigtownshire, Scotland younger sister - Jane Templeton
Australian History	1853 (Age 8) Note: Bendigo Petition and Red Ribbon Rebellion at Bendigo
Australian History	1854 (Age 9) Note: The Eureka Stockade
Birth of a brother	19 November 1855 (Age 11) Fell, Kirkcowan, Wigtownshire, Scotland younger brother - Hugh Templeton
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.
Death of a maternal grandfather	20 November 1858 (Age 14) Airelyick Farm, Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland maternal grandfather - William Brown
Australian History	1858 (Age 13) 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 14) Airelick, Mochrum, Scotland maternal grandmother - Jean Campbell
Birth of a sister	17 June 1859 (Age 14) Fell Of Kirkcowan, Kirkcowan, Wigtownshire, Scotland younger sister - Margaret Templeton
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.
Death of a brother	4 February 1861 (Age 16) Scotland elder brother - William Templeton
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 sister	28 July 1864 (Age 20) Aireylick Farm, Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland younger sister - Jane Templeton
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.
Australian History	1872 (Age 27) Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens.
Australian History	1873 (Age 28) Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock.
Death of a mother	18 March 1875 (Age 30) Scotland mother - Margaret Brown
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) Fell Of Lochronald Farm, Kirkcowan, Wigtownshire, Scotland Note: Farmers son unmar 36 bn Kirkcowan
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.
Death of a father	22 March 1890 (Age 45) Fell Of Lochronald, Kirkcowan, Wigtownshire, Scotland father - Hugh Templeton
Australian History	1890 (Age 45) Note: The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention.
Census	5 April 1891 (Age 46) Fell Of Lochronald, Kirkcowan, Wigtownshire, Scotland Note: Head unmar 46 farmer bn Kirkcowan
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.
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) Fell Of Lochronald, Kirkcowan, Wigtownshire, Scotland Note: Head sing farmer 57 bn Kirkcowan
Death of a sister	11 May 1901 (Age 56) Fell, Kirkcowan, Wigtownshire, Scotland younger sister - Margaret Templeton
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
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
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.
Australian History	1915 (Age 70) 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 71) 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 72) 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.
Death of a brother	26 December 1918 (Age 74) Craigdhu, Glasserton, Wigtownshire, Scotland elder brother - Andrew Pegan Templeton
Australian History	1918 (Age 73) 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 74) 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 75) Note: The airline Qantas is founded
Australian History	1921 (Age 76) Note: Edith Cowan becomes the first woman elected to an Australian parliament
Death	11 December 1921 (Age 77) Fell Of Lochronald, Kirkcowan, Wigtownshire, Scotland

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father	Hugh Templeton Birth about 1808 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 22 March 1890 (Age 82) Fell Of Lochronald, Kirkcowan, Wigtownshire, Scotland Loading...
5 years mother	Margaret Brown Birth about 1813 32 23 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 18 March 1875 (Age 62) Scotland Loading...
	Marriage: 1834 — New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
2 months #1 elder brother	David Templeton Baptism 2 March 1834 26 21 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death yes Loading...
2 years #2 elder brother	William Templeton Baptism 13 June 1836 28 23 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 4 February 1861 Scotland Loading...
3 years #3 elder sister	Elisabeth Templeton Birth 1839 31 26 Kirkcowan, Wigtownshire, Scotland Death yes Loading...
3 years #4 elder brother	Andrew Pegan Templeton Birth 10 September 1841 33 28 Kirkcowan, Wigtownshire, Scotland Death 26 December 1918 (Age 77) Craigdhu, Glasserton, Wigtownshire, Scotland Loading...
3 years #5 himself	John Thompson Templeton Birth 28 July 1844 36 31 Kirkcowan, Wigtownshire, Scotland Death 11 December 1921 (Age 77) Fell Of Lochronald, Kirkcowan, Wigtownshire, Scotland Loading...
3 years #6 younger brother	Ivie Templeton Birth 23 May 1847 39 34 Kirkcowan, Wigtownshire, Scotland Death yes Loading...
3 years #7 younger sister	Isabella Templeton Birth 13 September 1850 42 37 Kirkcowan, Wigtownshire, Scotland Death yes Loading...
2 years #8 younger sister	Jane Templeton Birth 12 January 1853 45 40 Kirkcowan, Wigtownshire, Scotland Death 28 July 1864 (Age 11) Aireylick Farm, Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland Loading...
3 years #9 younger brother	Hugh Templeton Birth 19 November 1855 47 42 Fell, Kirkcowan, Wigtownshire, Scotland Death 17 April 1927 (Age 71) Fell, Kirkcowan, Wigtownshire, Scotland Loading...
4 years #10 younger sister	Margaret Templeton Birth 17 June 1859 51 46 Fell Of Kirkcowan, Kirkcowan, Wigtownshire, Scotland Death 11 May 1901 (Age 41) Fell, Kirkcowan, Wigtownshire, Scotland Loading...

John Thompson Templeton has 43 first cousins recorded

Father's family (7)

Parents James Templeton + Margaret Fisher

1 Margaret Templeton 1838–?

2 David Templeton 1839–?

3 Isabella Templeton 1841–?

4 Mary Templeton 1843–?

5 William Templeton 1845–?

6 Jane Templeton 1846–?

7 John Templeton 1850–?

Mother's family (36)

Parents William Brown + Helen Routledge

1 William Mcturk Brown 1854–1938

2 Helen Brown 1861–1880

3 Thomas Brown 1865–1937

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 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	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 bn Kirkcowan
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	Farmers son unmar 36 bn Kirkcowan
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 46 farmer bn Kirkcowan
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.
Census	Head sing farmer 57 bn Kirkcowan
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