Andrew Pegan TempletonAge: 771841–1918
- Name
- Andrew Pegan Templeton
- Given names
- Andrew Pegan
- Surname
- Templeton
Birth | 10 September 1841 33 28 Kirkcowan, Wigtownshire, Scotland |
Australian History | 1841 Note: New Zealand is proclaimed as a separate colony, no longer part of New South Wales. |
Australian History | 1842 (Age 3 months) Note: Copper is discovered at Kapunda in South Australia. |
Australian History | 1843 (Age 15 months) 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 | 28 July 1844 (Age 2) Kirkcowan, Wigtownshire, Scotland
younger brother -
John Thompson Templeton
|
Australian History | 1845 (Age 3) 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 5) Kirkcowan, Wigtownshire, Scotland
younger brother -
Ivie Templeton
|
Birth of a sister | 13 September 1850 (Age 9) Kirkcowan, Wigtownshire, Scotland
younger sister -
Isabella Templeton
|
Australian History | 1850 (Age 8) 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 9) Airylick, Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland Note: Grandson to William Brown, scholar, 9 bn Kirkcowan WIG |
Australian History | 1851 (Age 9) 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 11) Kirkcowan, Wigtownshire, Scotland
younger sister -
Jane Templeton
|
Australian History | 1853 (Age 11) Note: Bendigo Petition and Red Ribbon Rebellion at Bendigo |
Australian History | 1854 (Age 12) Note: The Eureka Stockade |
Birth of a brother | 19 November 1855 (Age 14) Fell, Kirkcowan, Wigtownshire, Scotland
younger brother -
Hugh Templeton
|
Australian History | 1855 (Age 13) 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 14) Note: Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania. |
Australian History | 1857 (Age 15) 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 17) Airelyick Farm, Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland
maternal grandfather -
William Brown
|
Australian History | 1858 (Age 16) 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 17) Airelick, Mochrum, Scotland
maternal grandmother -
Jean Campbell
|
Birth of a sister | 17 June 1859 (Age 17) Fell Of Kirkcowan, Kirkcowan, Wigtownshire, Scotland
younger sister -
Margaret Templeton
|
Australian History | 1859 (Age 17) 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 18) 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 19) Scotland
elder brother -
William Templeton
|
Census | 8 April 1861 (Age 19) |
Australian History | 1861 (Age 19) 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 20) Note: Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139 degrees E. |
Australian History | 1863 (Age 21) 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 22) Aireylick Farm, Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland
younger sister -
Jane Templeton
|
Australian History | 1867 (Age 25) Note: Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland. Note: Saint Mary MacKillop founds Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart. |
Australian History | 1868 (Age 26) Note: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases. |
Australian History | 1869 (Age 27) Note: Children of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent are removed from their families by Australian and State government agencies. |
Census | 2 April 1871 (Age 29) |
Residence | 26 December 1872 (Age 31) Fell, Kirkcowan, Wigtownshire, Scotland Note: Farmer |
Australian History | 1872 (Age 30) Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens. |
Australian History | 1873 (Age 31) Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock. |
Death of a mother | 18 March 1875 (Age 33) Scotland
mother -
Margaret Brown
|
Australian History | 1875 (Age 33) 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 36) Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
Australian History | 1879 (Age 37) Note: The first congress of trade unions is held. |
Australian History | 1880 (Age 38) 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 39) 20 High St, Kirkcowan, Wigtownshire, Scotland Note: Head shepherd mar 39 bn Kirkcowan |
Australian History | 1882 (Age 40) Note: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
Australian History | 1883 (Age 41) Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill |
Australian History | 1887 (Age 45) 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 47) 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 48) Fell Of Lochronald, Kirkcowan, Wigtownshire, Scotland
father -
Hugh Templeton
|
Australian History | 1890 (Age 48) Note: The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention. |
Census | 5 April 1891 (Age 49) Stelloch Farm, Glasserton, Wigtownshire, Scotland Note: Head widower age 49 Shepherd bn Kirkcowan |
Australian History | 1891 (Age 49) 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 50) Note: Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia. |
Australian History | 1893 (Age 51) 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 52) 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 53) 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 54) Note: The Bathurst Conference (the second 'people's convention') meets to discuss the 1891 draft constitution |
Australian History | 1897 (Age 55) 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 56) 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 57) 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 58) 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 59) |
Death of a sister | 11 May 1901 (Age 59) Fell, Kirkcowan, Wigtownshire, Scotland
younger sister -
Margaret Templeton
|
Australian History | 1901 (Age 59) 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 60) 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 61) 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 62) 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 64) Note: Australia takes control of south-eastern New Guinea |
Australian History | 1908 (Age 66) 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 67) Note: The first powered aeroplane flight in Australia is made. |
Australian History | 1910 (Age 68) Note: Andrew Fisher forms the first federal majority Labor government. |
Australian History | 1911 (Age 69) 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 70) 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 71) 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 71) Note: The foundation stone for the city of Canberra is put in place |
Australian History | 1914 (Age 72) 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 73) 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 74) 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 75) 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 76) 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. |
Death | 26 December 1918 (Age 77) Craigdhu, Glasserton, Wigtownshire, Scotland |
Family with parents - View family |
father |
Hugh Templeton
Birth about 1808 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 22 March 1890 (Age 82) Fell Of Lochronald, Kirkcowan, Wigtownshire, Scotland Loading...
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5 years mother |
Margaret Brown
Birth about 1813 32 23 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 18 March 1875 (Age 62) Scotland Loading...
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Marriage: 1834 — New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland |
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2 months #1 elder brother |
David Templeton
Baptism 2 March 1834 26 21 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death yes Loading...
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2 years #2 elder brother |
William Templeton
Baptism 13 June 1836 28 23 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 4 February 1861 Scotland Loading...
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3 years #3 elder sister |
Elisabeth Templeton
Birth 1839 31 26 Kirkcowan, Wigtownshire, Scotland Death yes Loading...
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3 years #4 himself |
Andrew Pegan Templeton
Birth 10 September 1841 33 28 Kirkcowan, Wigtownshire, Scotland Death 26 December 1918 (Age 77) Craigdhu, Glasserton, Wigtownshire, Scotland Loading...
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3 years #5 younger brother |
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...
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3 years #6 younger brother |
Ivie Templeton
Birth 23 May 1847 39 34 Kirkcowan, Wigtownshire, Scotland Death yes Loading...
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3 years #7 younger sister |
Isabella Templeton
Birth 13 September 1850 42 37 Kirkcowan, Wigtownshire, Scotland Death yes Loading...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Andrew Pegan Templeton has 43 first cousins recorded
Father's family (7)
Parents James Templeton + Margaret Fisher
Mother's family (36)
Parents William Brown + Helen Routledge
Parents George Morrison + Janet Brown
Parents William McWhinnie + Mary Brown
Parents George Brown + Margaret Routledge
Parents Andrew Milligan + Elizabeth Brown
Parents William Routledge + Jane Brown
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. |
Census | Grandson to William Brown, scholar, 9 bn Kirkcowan WIG |
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. |
Residence | Farmer |
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 shepherd mar 39 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 widower age 49 Shepherd 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. |
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 |
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