Thomas Laidlaw 1826

Thomas LaidlawAge: 771826–1903

Name: Thomas Laidlaw

Given names: Thomas

Surname: Laidlaw

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Birth	23 September 1826 Kirkconnel, Ayrshire, Scotland
Occupation	He was a bank agent in Stewarton for 40 years
Australian History	1828 (Age 15 months) Note: Charles Sturt charts the Darling River.
Australian History	1829 (Age 2) 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 3) Note: Sturt arrives at Goolwa, having charted the Murray River.
Australian History	1831 (Age 4) Note: Sydney Herald (later to become The Sydney Morning Herald) first published.
Australian History	1832 (Age 5) Note: Swan River Colony has its name changed to Western Australia.
Australian History	1833 (Age 6) Note: The penal settlement of Port Arthur is founded in Van Diemen's Land.
Australian History	1835 (Age 8) 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 9) Note: Province of South Australia proclaimed with its western border at 132 degrees E.
Australian History	1838 (Age 11) Note: First Prussian settlers arrive in South Australia; the largest group on non-British migrants in Australia at the time.
Australian History	1839 (Age 12) Note: Paul Edmund Strzelecki becomes first European to ascend and name Australia's highest peak, Mount Kosciuszko.
Australian History	1840 (Age 13) Note: Australia's first municipal authority, the City of Adelaide, is established, followed by Sydney City Council.
Australian History	1841 (Age 14) Note: New Zealand is proclaimed as a separate colony, no longer part of New South Wales.
Australian History	1842 (Age 15) Note: Copper is discovered at Kapunda in South Australia.
Death of a father	20 March 1843 (Age 16) Kirkconnel, Dfs, Scotland father - Thomas Laidlaw
Australian History	1843 (Age 16) 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 18) 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 23) 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 24) 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
Marriage	Grace Hair - View family 20 September 1852 (Age 25) Sanquhar, Ayrshire, Scotland
Australian History	1853 (Age 26) Note: Bendigo Petition and Red Ribbon Rebellion at Bendigo
Australian History	1854 (Age 27) Note: The Eureka Stockade
Birth of a son #1	18 March 1855 (Age 28) Vennel Street, Stewarton, Ayrshire, Scotland son - Thomas Finlayson Laidlaw
Occupation	Accountant 18 March 1855 (Age 28)
Australian History	1855 (Age 28) 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 29) Note: Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania.
Australian History	1857 (Age 30) 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.
Birth of a daughter #2	29 October 1858 (Age 32) Standalane, Stewarton, Ayrshire, Scotland daughter - Mary Helen Laidlaw
Australian History	1858 (Age 31) Note: Sydney and Melbourne linked by electric telegraph. Note: New South Wales men achieve the right to vote.
Australian History	1859 (Age 32) 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.
Birth of a son #3	29 July 1860 (Age 33) Clydesdale Bank House, Stewarton, Ayrshire, Scotland son - Archibald Scott Laidlaw
Australian History	1860 (Age 33) 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 34) Note: The ill-fated Burke and Wills expedition occurs. Note: skiing in Australia introduced by Norwegians in the Snowy Mountains goldrush town of Kiandra
Birth of a son #4	25 April 1862 (Age 35) Clydesdale Bank House, Stewarton, Ayrshire, Scotland son - William Hunter Laidlaw
Australian History	1862 (Age 35) Note: Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139 degrees E.
Australian History	1863 (Age 36) Note: South Australia takes control of the Northern Territory which was part of the colony of New South Wales.
Birth of a son #5	14 July 1864 (Age 37) Lainshaw St, Stewarton, Ayrshire, Scotland son - James Laidlaw
Birth of a daughter #6	3 May 1866 (Age 39) Bank, Stewarton, Ayrshire, Scotland daughter - Agnes Helen Laidlaw
Australian History	1867 (Age 40) Note: Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland. Note: Saint Mary MacKillop founds Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart.
Birth of a son #7	1 May 1868 (Age 41) Clydesdale Bank House, Stewarton, Ayrshire, Scotland son - George William Laidlaw
Australian History	1868 (Age 41) Note: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases.
Birth of a son #8	5 October 1869 (Age 43) Clydesdale Bank House, Stewarton, Ayrshire, Scotland son - David Robert Laidlaw
Australian History	1869 (Age 42) 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 #9	3 July 1871 (Age 44) Clydesdale Bank House, Stewarton, Ayrshire, Scotland daughter - Grace Euphemia Laidlaw
Australian History	1872 (Age 45) Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens.
Birth of a daughter #10	9 September 1873 (Age 46) 17 Avenue St, Stewarton, Ayrshire, Scotland daughter - Eleanor Scott Laidlaw
Australian History	1873 (Age 46) Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock.
Australian History	1875 (Age 48) 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 51) Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.
Australian History	1879 (Age 52) Note: The first congress of trade unions is held.
Australian History	1880 (Age 53) 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 54) Clydesdale Bank Building, Stewarton, Ayrshire, Scotland Note: Head Bank Agent marr 56 bn Kirkconnel
Australian History	1882 (Age 55) Note: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.
Australian History	1883 (Age 56) Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill
Australian History	1887 (Age 60) 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 62) 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 63) Note: The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention.
Census	5 April 1891 (Age 64)
Australian History	1891 (Age 64) 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 65) Note: Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia.
Australian History	1893 (Age 66) 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 67) 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 68) 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 69) Note: The Bathurst Conference (the second 'people's convention') meets to discuss the 1891 draft constitution
Australian History	1897 (Age 70) 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 71) 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 72) 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 73) 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 74)
Australian History	1901 (Age 74) 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 75) 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 76) 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
Death	29 December 1903 (Age 77) Clydesdale Bank House, Stewarton, Ayrshire, Scotland

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father	Thomas Laidlaw Death 20 March 1843 Kirkconnel, Dfs, Scotland Loading...
mother	Agnes Finlayson Death yes Loading...
	Marriage: yes
#1 sister	Margaret Laidlaw Death yes Loading...
#2 sister	Agnes Laidlaw Death yes Loading...
#3 sister	Jean Laidlaw Death yes Loading...
#4 sister	Janet Laidlaw Death yes Loading...
#5 himself	Thomas Laidlaw Birth 23 September 1826 Kirkconnel, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 29 December 1903 (Age 77) Clydesdale Bank House, Stewarton, Ayrshire, Scotland Loading...

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himself	Thomas Laidlaw Birth 23 September 1826 Kirkconnel, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 29 December 1903 (Age 77) Clydesdale Bank House, Stewarton, Ayrshire, Scotland Loading...
15 months wife	Grace Hair Birth about 1828 Sanquhar, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 9 October 1913 (Age 85) Clydesdale Bank House, Stewarton, Ayrshire, Scotland Loading...
	Marriage: 20 September 1852 — Sanquhar, Ayrshire, Scotland
3 years #1 son	Thomas Finlayson Laidlaw Birth 18 March 1855 28 27 Vennel Street, Stewarton, Ayrshire, Scotland Death yes Loading...
4 years #2 daughter	Mary Helen Laidlaw Birth 29 October 1858 32 30 Standalane, Stewarton, Ayrshire, Scotland Death yes Loading...
21 months #3 son	Archibald Scott Laidlaw Birth 29 July 1860 33 32 Clydesdale Bank House, Stewarton, Ayrshire, Scotland Death yes Loading...
21 months #4 son	William Hunter Laidlaw Birth 25 April 1862 35 34 Clydesdale Bank House, Stewarton, Ayrshire, Scotland Death yes Loading...
2 years #5 son	James Laidlaw Birth 14 July 1864 37 36 Lainshaw St, Stewarton, Ayrshire, Scotland Death yes Loading...
22 months #6 daughter	Agnes Helen Laidlaw Birth 3 May 1866 39 38 Bank, Stewarton, Ayrshire, Scotland Death yes Loading...
2 years #7 son	George William Laidlaw Birth 1 May 1868 41 40 Clydesdale Bank House, Stewarton, Ayrshire, Scotland Death yes Loading...
17 months #8 son	David Robert Laidlaw Birth 5 October 1869 43 41 Clydesdale Bank House, Stewarton, Ayrshire, Scotland Death yes Loading...
21 months #9 daughter	Grace Euphemia Laidlaw Birth 3 July 1871 44 43 Clydesdale Bank House, Stewarton, Ayrshire, Scotland Death yes Loading...
2 years #10 daughter	Eleanor Scott Laidlaw Birth 9 September 1873 46 45 17 Avenue St, Stewarton, Ayrshire, Scotland Death yes Loading...

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Australian History	Charles Sturt charts the Darling River.
Australian History	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	Sturt arrives at Goolwa, having charted the Murray River.
Australian History	Sydney Herald (later to become The Sydney Morning Herald) first published.
Australian History	Swan River Colony has its name changed to Western Australia.
Australian History	The penal settlement of Port Arthur is founded in Van Diemen's Land.
Australian History	John Batman and John Pascoe Fawkner establish a settlement at Port Phillip, now the city of Melbourne.
Australian History	Province of South Australia proclaimed with its western border at 132 degrees E.
Australian History	First Prussian settlers arrive in South Australia; the largest group on non-British migrants in Australia at the time.
Australian History	Paul Edmund Strzelecki becomes first European to ascend and name Australia's highest peak, Mount Kosciuszko.
Australian History	Australia's first municipal authority, the City of Adelaide, is established, followed by Sydney City Council.
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.
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	Head Bank Agent marr 56 bn Kirkconnel
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.

Thomas LaidlawAge: 771826–1903

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