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Peter Spickerman1788–?

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Peter Spickerman
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Peter
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Spickerman
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Birth 23 December 1788 32
 

Australian History 1788
 

Note: The British First Fleet, led by Governor Arthur Phillip arrives in New South Wales to found first European settlement and penal colony at Sydney. Colony includes 'all the islands adjacent in the Pacific Ocean' and running westward to the 135th meridian east. This claim included the islands of New Zealand, which were administered as part of New South Wales.
Note: British settlement founded at Norfolk Island.
Christening 6 January 1789 (Age 14 days)
 Germantown, Columbia, New York, USA

Address:
Germantown Reformed Church in
Australian History 1790 (Age 12 months)
 

Note: Beleaguered Second Fleet arrives. Colony gripped by food crisis.
Australian History 1792 (Age 3)
 

Note: Two French ships, La Recherche and L'Esp�rance, anchor at Recherche Bay, near the southernmost point of Tasmania at a time when England and France were racing around the globe to be the first to discover and colonise Australia.
Note: Governor Philip returns to England, accompanied by his friend Bennelong and a companion who become the first Australian born person to sail to Europe.
Australian History 1797 (Age 8)
 

Note: Sydney Cove wrecked and some survivors travelled from Bass Strait to Port Jackson allowing for the rescue of others but also furthering knowledge of the geography of Australia.
Australian History 1798 (Age 9)
 

Note: 1798-9 - George Bass and Matthew Flinders sail from Sydney and circumnavigate Tasmania, thus proving it to be an island.
Birth of a half-sister 9 March 1800 (Age 11)
 Livingston, Columbia, New York, USA

half-sister - Elizabeth "Betsey" Spickerman
Christening of a half-sister 13 April 1800 (Age 11)
 Linlithgo Reformed Church, Livingston, Columbia, New York, USA

half-sister - Elizabeth "Betsey" Spickerman
Birth of a half-brother 15 February 1802 (Age 13)
 

half-brother - John Spickerman
Australian History 1803 (Age 14)
 

Note: Matthew Flinders completes the first circumnavigation of the continent (still known as 'New Holland')
Birth of a half-sister about 1804 (Age 15)
 

half-sister - … Spickerman
Australian History 1804 (Age 15)
 

Note: A settlement is founded at Risdon on the Derwent River in Van Diemen's Land by Lieutenant Bowen.
Note: Castle Hill convict rebellion also known as the second Battle of Vinegar Hill
Note: The Risdon settlement is moved to Sullivan's Cove (now Hobart) by Colonel David Collins.
Birth of a half-brother 28 November 1806 (Age 17)
 

half-brother - Garret Spickerman
Australian History 1808 (Age 19)
 

Note: The Rum Rebellion
Australian History 1817 (Age 28)
 

Note: John Oxley charts the Lachlan River
Note: Australia's first bank, the Bank of New South Wales, opens in Macquarie Place, Sydney (it became Westpac in 1982).
Note: Governor Lachlan Macquarie petitioned the British Admiralty to use the name 'Australia' instead of 'New Holland'
Australian History 1818 (Age 29)
 

Note: Oxley charts the Macquarie River.
Marriage of a half-sisterHannah Spickerman - View family
18 March 1820 (Age 31)
 

father's son-in-law - James Holmes
half-sister - Hannah Spickerman
Death of a half-sister 1820 (Age 31)
 

half-sister - … Spickerman
Australian History 1824 (Age 35)
 

Note: A penal colony is founded at Moreton Bay, now the city of Brisbane.
Note: Bathurst and Melville Islands are annexed.
Note: Permission granted to change the name of the continent from 'New Holland' to 'Australia'
Note: 1824-25 - Hume and Hovell expedition travels overland to Port Phillip Bay, discovers Murray River
Australian History 1825 (Age 36)
 

Note: New South Wales western border is extended to 129 degrees E. Van Diemen's Land is proclaimed.
Marriage of a half-sisterElizabeth "Betsey" Spickerman - View family
1827 (Age 38)
 Linlithgo, Columbia, New York, USA

father's son-in-law - George Wilson Potts
half-sister - Elizabeth "Betsey" Spickerman
Australian History 1828 (Age 39)
 

Note: Charles Sturt charts the Darling River.
Australian History 1829 (Age 40)
 

Note: The whole of Australia is claimed as British territory. The settlement of Perth is founded. Swan River Colony is declared by Charles Fremantle for Britain.
Australian History 1830 (Age 41)
 

Note: Sturt arrives at Goolwa, having charted the Murray River.
Australian History 1831 (Age 42)
 

Note: Sydney Herald (later to become The Sydney Morning Herald) first published.
Australian History 1832 (Age 43)
 

Note: Swan River Colony has its name changed to Western Australia.
Marriage of a half-brotherGarret Spickerman - View family
10 October 1833 (Age 44)
 Albany, Albany, New York, USA

half-brother - Garret Spickerman
half-brother's wife - Deborah Ann Wiltsie
Australian History 1833 (Age 44)
 

Note: The penal settlement of Port Arthur is founded in Van Diemen's Land.
Australian History 1835 (Age 46)
 

Note: John Batman and John Pascoe Fawkner establish a settlement at Port Phillip, now the city of Melbourne.
Note: William Wentworth establishes Australian Patriotic Association (Australia's first political party) to demand democracy for New South Wales.
Australian History 1836 (Age 47)
 

Note: Province of South Australia proclaimed with its western border at 132 degrees E.
Australian History 1838 (Age 49)
 

Note: First Prussian settlers arrive in South Australia; the largest group on non-British migrants in Australia at the time.
Australian History 1839 (Age 50)
 

Note: Paul Edmund Strzelecki becomes first European to ascend and name Australia's highest peak, Mount Kosciuszko.
Australian History 1840 (Age 51)
 

Note: Australia's first municipal authority, the City of Adelaide, is established, followed by Sydney City Council.
Australian History 1841 (Age 52)
 

Note: New Zealand is proclaimed as a separate colony, no longer part of New South Wales.
Australian History 1842 (Age 53)
 

Note: Copper is discovered at Kapunda in South Australia.
Australian History 1843 (Age 54)
 

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 56)
 

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.
Death of a half-sister about September 1847 (Age 58)
 

half-sister - Hannah Spickerman
Australian History 1850 (Age 61)
 

Note: Western Australia becomes a penal colony.
Note: Australian Colonies Government Act [1850] grants representative constitutions to New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania, colonies set about writing constitutions which produced democratically progressive parliaments
Note: Australia's first university, the University of Sydney, is founded.
Australian History 1851 (Age 62)
 

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 64)
 

Note: Bendigo Petition and Red Ribbon Rebellion at Bendigo
Australian History 1854 (Age 65)
 

Note: The Eureka Stockade
Australian History 1855 (Age 66)
 

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 67)
 

Note: Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania.
Australian History 1857 (Age 68)
 

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 69)
 

Note: Sydney and Melbourne linked by electric telegraph.
Note: New South Wales men achieve the right to vote.
Australian History 1859 (Age 70)
 

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 71)
 

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 72)
 

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 73)
 

Note: Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139 degrees E.
Australian History 1863 (Age 74)
 

Note: South Australia takes control of the Northern Territory which was part of the colony of New South Wales.
Australian History 1867 (Age 78)
 

Note: Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland.
Note: Saint Mary MacKillop founds Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart.
Australian History 1868 (Age 79)
 

Note: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases.
Australian History 1869 (Age 80)
 

Note: Children of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent are removed from their families by Australian and State government agencies.
Death of a half-brother 17 May 1871 (Age 82)
 

half-brother - John Spickerman
Australian History 1872 (Age 83)
 

Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens.
Australian History 1873 (Age 84)
 

Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock.
Australian History 1875 (Age 86)
 

Note: SS Gothenburg strikes Old Reef off North Queensland and sinks with the loss of approximately 102 lives.
Note: Adelaide Steamship Company is formed.
Death of a half-sister 20 December 1876 (Age 87)
 Livingston, Columbia, New York, USA

half-sister - Elizabeth "Betsey" Spickerman
Australian History 1878 (Age 89)
 

Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.
Australian History 1879 (Age 90)
 

Note: The first congress of trade unions is held.
Australian History 1880 (Age 91)
 

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 93)
 

Note: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.
Australian History 1883 (Age 94)
 

Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway
Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill
Australian History 1887 (Age 98)
 

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 100)
 

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 101)
 

Note: The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention.
Australian History 1891 (Age 102)
 

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 103)
 

Note: Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia.
Deathyes
 

Family with parents - View family
father
Johannes Spickerman

Birth 19 February 1756 35  Livingston, Columbia, New York, USA

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mother
Maria "Polly" Laurentz
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Marriage: 2 December 1783 — Linlithgo Reformed Church, Livingston, Columbia, New York, USA
5 years
#1 himself
Peter Spickerman

Birth 23 December 1788 32  

Death yes  

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Father’s family with Margaret "Mary" "Maria" Dekker - View family
father
Johannes Spickerman

Birth 19 February 1756 35  Livingston, Columbia, New York, USA

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22 years
step-mother
Margaret "Mary" "Maria" Dekker

Birth 1778  Livingston, Columbia, New York, USA

Death yes  

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Marriage: yes
#1 half-sister
Elizabeth "Betsey" Spickerman

Birth 9 March 1800 44 22  Livingston, Columbia, New York, USA

Death 20 December 1876 (Age 76)  Livingston, Columbia, New York, USA

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#2 half-sister
Hannah Spickerman

Death about September 1847  

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#3 half-brother
John Spickerman

Birth 15 February 1802 45 24  

Death 17 May 1871 (Age 69)  

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23 months
#4 half-sister
… Spickerman

Birth about 1804 47 26  

Death 1820 (Age 16)  

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3 years
#5 half-brother
Garret Spickerman

Birth 28 November 1806 50 28  

Death 20 September 1894 (Age 87)  

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