Isabella Morrison 1842

Isabella MorrisonAge: 611842–1904

Name: Isabella Morrison

Given names: Isabella

Surname: Morrison

Isabella Kirk

Name: Isabella Kirk

Given names: Isabella

Surname: Kirk

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Birth	19 October 1842 33 26 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
Australian History	1842 Note: Copper is discovered at Kapunda in South Australia.
Australian History	1843 (Age 2 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).
Australian History	1845 (Age 2) 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	about 1846 (Age 3) New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland younger brother - James Morrison
Birth of a brother	6 March 1847 (Age 4) Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland younger brother - William Morrison
Birth of a brother	16 May 1849 (Age 6) Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland younger brother - John Morrison
Australian History	1850 (Age 7) 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 8)
Australian History	1851 (Age 8) 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 brother	about 1853 (Age 10) Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland younger brother - Ivie Morrison
Australian History	1853 (Age 10) Note: Bendigo Petition and Red Ribbon Rebellion at Bendigo
Australian History	1854 (Age 11) Note: The Eureka Stockade
Birth of a sister	26 February 1855 (Age 12) Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland younger sister - Janet Morrison
Australian History	1855 (Age 12) 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 13) Note: Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania.
Australian History	1857 (Age 14) 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.
Marriage of a sister	Christina Morrison - View family 1 October 1858 (Age 15) Burnockhead, Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland brother-in-law - John McCaig elder sister - Christina Morrison
Australian History	1858 (Age 15) Note: Sydney and Melbourne linked by electric telegraph. Note: New South Wales men achieve the right to vote.
Birth of a sister	20 June 1859 (Age 16) Burnockhead, Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland younger sister - Elisabeth Graham Morrison
Australian History	1859 (Age 16) 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.
Death of a maternal grandmother	15 September 1860 (Age 17) Marchburn, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland maternal grandmother - Isabel Campbell
Australian History	1860 (Age 17) Note: John McDouall Stuart reaches the centre of the continent. South Australian border changed from 132 degrees E to 129 degrees E.
Census	8 April 1861 (Age 18) Dalgig, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
Australian History	1861 (Age 18) 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 19) Note: Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139 degrees E.
Australian History	1863 (Age 20) Note: South Australia takes control of the Northern Territory which was part of the colony of New South Wales.
Death of a maternal grandfather	15 July 1864 (Age 21) Marchburn, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland maternal grandfather - William Graham
Australian History	1867 (Age 24) Note: Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland. Note: Saint Mary MacKillop founds Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart.
Australian History	1868 (Age 25) Note: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases.
Australian History	1869 (Age 26) 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 28)
Australian History	1872 (Age 29) Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens.
Australian History	1873 (Age 30) Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock.
Australian History	1875 (Age 32) Note: SS Gothenburg strikes Old Reef off North Queensland and sinks with the loss of approximately 102 lives. Note: Adelaide Steamship Company is formed.
Residence	24 March 1876 (Age 33) Belston, Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland
Australian History	1878 (Age 35) Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.
Australian History	1879 (Age 36) Note: The first congress of trade unions is held.
Australian History	1880 (Age 37) 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 38) Ravenscroft Cottage, Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland Note: Sister in law to John McCaig, marr 38 bn New Cumnock, Railway Lorrymans Wife
Australian History	1882 (Age 39) Note: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.
Australian History	1883 (Age 40) Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill
Australian History	1887 (Age 44) 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 46) Note: The completion of the railway network between Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney. Note: Sir Henry Parkes delivers the Tenterfield Oration.
Australian History	1890 (Age 47) Note: The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention.
Census	5 April 1891 (Age 48)
Australian History	1891 (Age 48) 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 49) Note: Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia.
Australian History	1893 (Age 50) 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 51) 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.
Death of a mother	2 April 1895 (Age 52) Main St, Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland mother - Jean Graham
Australian History	1895 (Age 52) 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 53) Note: The Bathurst Conference (the second 'people's convention') meets to discuss the 1891 draft constitution
Australian History	1897 (Age 54) 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 55) 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 56) 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 57) 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 58)
Australian History	1901 (Age 58) 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 59) 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 60) 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 61) Note: A site at Dalgety, New South Wales chosen for the new national capital Note: Chris Watson forms the first federal Labor (minority) government
Death	14 March 1904 (Age 61) Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland

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father	James Morrison Birth about 1809 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death yes Loading...
7 years mother	Jean Graham Birth about 1816 46 28 Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 2 April 1895 (Age 79) Main St, Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland Loading...
	Marriage: yes
#1 elder sister	Margaret Dunbar Morrison Birth 28 October 1838 29 22 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death yes Loading...
2 years #2 elder sister	Christina Morrison Birth 22 November 1840 31 24 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 25 September 1904 (Age 63) Coil Bank Cottage, Littlemill, Patna, Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland Loading...
23 months #3 herself	Isabella Morrison Birth 19 October 1842 33 26 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 14 March 1904 (Age 61) Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland Loading...
3 years #4 younger brother	James Morrison Birth about 1846 37 30 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death yes Loading...
14 months #5 younger brother	William Morrison Birth 6 March 1847 38 31 Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland Death yes Loading...
2 years #6 younger brother	John Morrison Birth 16 May 1849 40 33 Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland Death yes Loading...
4 years #7 younger brother	Ivie Morrison Birth about 1853 44 37 Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland Death yes Loading...
2 years #8 younger sister	Janet Morrison Birth 26 February 1855 46 39 Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland Death yes Loading...
4 years #9 younger sister	Elisabeth Graham Morrison Birth 20 June 1859 50 43 Burnockhead, Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland Death yes Loading...

Isabella Morrison has 30 first cousins recorded

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Mother's family (30)

Parents Ivie (Campbell) Graham + Jane Laurie

1 Jane Dunlop Graham 1853–?

2 William Graham 1855–?

3 Marion Laurie Graham 1858–?

4 Janet Graham 1861–?

5 Alexander Graham 1863–?

6 Elizabeth Graham 1868–?

7 David Lawrie Graham 1868–?

8 Margaret Graham 1872–?

Parents Thomas Cameron + Margaret Graham

1 Mary Todd Cameron 1840–?

Parents John Nisbet + Elizabeth Graham

1 Joan Nisbet 1856–?

Parents James Graham + Annie Harkness

1 Jane Graham 1851–?

2 Isabella Graham 1854–?

3 Marion Graham 1857–?

4 Janet Graham 1859–?

5 William Graham 1862–?

6 Alexandrina Wilkie Donaldson Graham 1864–1893

7 Andrew Graham 1866–?

Parents John Campbell + Janet Graham

1 Ivie Campbell ?–1909

Parents James McKnight + Janet Graham

1 Mary McKnight 1849–1849

Parents Ivie McKenzie + Douglas Wills Graham

1 Jessie Graham McKenzie 1848–1876

2 Elisabeth McKenzie 1850–?

3 Ivie McKenzie 1855–1885

4 William McKenzie 1855–?

5 James McKenzie 1857–?

6 Isabella Campbell McKenzie 1859–?

7 John McKenzie 1861–1916

8 Douglas Wills McKenzie 1863–?

9 Jane Morrison McKenzie 1865–?

10 Annie McKenzie 1868–?

11 Male McKenzie 1870–?

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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	Sister in law to John McCaig, marr 38 bn New Cumnock, Railway Lorrymans Wife
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.
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