Mary Fisher 1842

Mary FisherAge: 781842–1920

Name: Mary Fisher

Given names: Mary

Surname: Fisher

Mary McCaig

Name: Mary McCaig

Given names: Mary

Surname: McCaig

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Birth	1842 35 Manchester, England
Australian History	1842 Note: Copper is discovered at Kapunda in South Australia.
Australian History	1843 (Age 12 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 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.
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.
Death of a father	19 December 1851 (Age 9) Glasgow, Scotland father - James Fisher
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
Australian History	1853 (Age 11) Note: Bendigo Petition and Red Ribbon Rebellion at Bendigo
Australian History	1854 (Age 12) Note: The Eureka Stockade
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.
Australian History	1858 (Age 16) Note: Sydney and Melbourne linked by electric telegraph. Note: New South Wales men achieve the right to vote.
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.
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.
Marriage	Thomas McCaig - View family 10 April 1866 (Age 24) Barbower Rd, Edgecombe, Victoria, Australia Note: WITNESSES John Martin and Agnes Strawhorse?
Birth of a son #1	1866 (Age 24) Victoria, Australia son - Thomas William McCaig
Death of a paternal grandfather	8 August 1866 (Age 24) Craignarget Farm, Old Luce, Wigtownshire, Scotland paternal grandfather - William Fisher
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.
Birth of a daughter #2	1868 (Age 26) Murchison, Victoria, Australia daughter - Janet Bailie McCaig
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.
Birth of a daughter #3	1870 (Age 28) Murchison, Victoria, Australia daughter - Wilhelmina Campbell McCaig
Death of a daughter	1871 (Age 29) Victoria, Australia daughter - Wilhelmina Campbell McCaig
Australian History	1872 (Age 30) Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens.
Birth of a daughter #4	1873 (Age 31) Dargalong, Victoria, Australia daughter - … McCaig
Death of a paternal grandmother	21 July 1873 (Age 31) Craignarget, Glenluce, Wigtownshire, Scotland paternal grandmother - Margaret Campbell
Australian History	1873 (Age 31) Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock.
Birth of a son #5	1875 (Age 33) Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia son - William McCaig
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.
Birth of a daughter #6	1877 (Age 35) Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia daughter - Mary Fisher McCaig
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.
Birth of a son #7	1880 (Age 38) Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia son - John Thomas McCaig
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.
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.
Australian History	1890 (Age 48) Note: The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention.
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
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.
Death of a husband	9 May 1915 (Age 73) Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia husband - Thomas McCaig
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.
Australian History	1919 (Age 77) 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 78) Note: The airline Qantas is founded
Death	27 June 1920 (Age 78) Bradley Street, Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia
Obituary	2 July 1920 (5 days after death) Note: Mrs Mary McCaig, widow of the late Mr T McCaig died on Sunday morning at her late residence "Ingleside", Bradley St, Goulbourn, from pneumonia at the age of 78. Mrs McCaig had lived in Goulbourn 14 years. Her husband died six years ago. Two sons and a daughter survive. The sons are Mr J W McCaig (president Coolamon Shire Council) and Mr W McCaig (Temora), and the daughter is Mrs Dunn of Goulbourn. Mrs McCaig's only brother Mr W Fisher lives at Beckham.

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father	James Fisher Birth about 1807 23 23 Poss New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 19 December 1851 (Age 44) Glasgow, Scotland Loading...
mother	Janet Baillie Death yes Loading...
	Marriage: yes
#1 brother	William Fisher Birth England Death 11 October 1926 Ariah Park, New South Wales, Australia Loading...
#2 herself	Mary Fisher Birth 1842 35 Manchester, England Death 27 June 1920 (Age 78) Bradley Street, Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia Loading...

Family with Thomas McCaig - View family

husband	Thomas McCaig Birth 3 September 1840 41 38 March Farm, Kirkinner, Wigtownshire, Scotland Death 9 May 1915 (Age 74) Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia Loading...
16 months herself	Mary Fisher Birth 1842 35 Manchester, England Death 27 June 1920 (Age 78) Bradley Street, Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia Loading...
	Marriage: 10 April 1866 — Barbower Rd, Edgecombe, Victoria, Australia
-3 months #1 son	Thomas William McCaig Birth 1866 25 24 Victoria, Australia Death 11 April 1950 (Age 84) Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia Loading...
2 years #2 daughter	Janet Bailie McCaig Birth 1868 27 26 Murchison, Victoria, Australia Death yes Loading...
2 years #3 daughter	Wilhelmina Campbell McCaig Birth 1870 29 28 Murchison, Victoria, Australia Death 1871 (Age 12 months) Victoria, Australia Loading...
3 years #4 daughter	… McCaig Birth 1873 32 31 Dargalong, Victoria, Australia Death yes Loading...
2 years #5 son	William McCaig Birth 1875 34 33 Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia Death yes Loading...
2 years #6 daughter	Mary Fisher McCaig Birth 1877 36 35 Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia Death yes Loading...
3 years #7 son	John Thomas McCaig Birth 1880 39 38 Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia Death yes Loading...

Mary Fisher has 19 first cousins recorded

Father's family (19)

Parents Ivie Fisher + Jane McMillan

1 William Fisher 1837–1917

2 Alexander Fisher 1839–?

3 James Fisher 1841–1925

4 Elizabeth Fisher 1842–1933

5 Ivie Fisher 1845–1914

6 John Fisher 1847–1928

Parents Ivie Fisher + Grace McMillan

1 Grace Fisher 1853–1881

2 Thomas Fisher 1858–?

3 Margaret Fisher 1859–?

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–?

Parents John Macmillan + Jane Fisher

1 Mary Macmillan 1860–?

2 James Macmillan 1863–?

3 Maggie Macmillan 1866–?

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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.
Marriage	WITNESSES John Martin and Agnes Strawhorse?
Marriage	WITNESSES John Martin and Agnes Strawhorse?
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.
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
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.
Obituary	Mrs Mary McCaig, widow of the late Mr T McCaig died on Sunday morning at her late residence "Ingleside", Bradley St, Goulbourn, from pneumonia at the age of 78. Mrs McCaig had lived in Goulbourn 14 years. Her husband died six years ago. Two sons and a daughter survive. The sons are Mr J W McCaig (president Coolamon Shire Council) and Mr W McCaig (Temora), and the daughter is Mrs Dunn of Goulbourn. Mrs McCaig's only brother Mr W Fisher lives at Beckham.
Australian History	The airline Qantas is founded