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Robert GreggAge: 601830–1891

Name
Robert Gregg
Given names
Robert
Surname
Gregg
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Birth 14 December 1830 40 31
 Oakland Township, Venango, Pennsylvania, USA

Note: 29 February 1864 - Enlists Union Army - Civil War; 3rd PA Hvy Arty 15 July 1865 - Discharged, City Point, West Virginia. Served in the 144th Infantry Regiment of the Pennsylvania Volunteers. Government refused application for service disability "chronic diahra" cited "no provisions under the law". Treated for this by Robert Crawford M.D. of Cooperstown PA. upon his return from the War of the Rebellion. Teturned to Cooperstown, Venengo County, PA upon discharge. Remained in Cooperstown 1865-1873. Moved to Denison, Crawford County, Iowa in 1873. Remained in Denison until at least 1885.
Birth of a son
#1
 USA

son - Robert O. Gregg
Birth of a daughter
#2
 USA

daughter - Lizzie Gregg
Occupation
Blacksmith
 

Australian History 1830
 

Note: Sturt arrives at Goolwa, having charted the Murray River.
Australian History 1831 (Age 18 days)
 

Note: Sydney Herald (later to become The Sydney Morning Herald) first published.
Australian History 1832 (Age 12 months)
 

Note: Swan River Colony has its name changed to Western Australia.
Australian History 1833 (Age 2)
 

Note: The penal settlement of Port Arthur is founded in Van Diemen's Land.
Australian History 1835 (Age 4)
 

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.
Birth of a brother 2 March 1836 (Age 5)
 Oakland Township, Venango, Pennsylvania, USA

younger brother - John Gregg
Australian History 1836 (Age 5)
 

Note: Province of South Australia proclaimed with its western border at 132 degrees E.
Australian History 1838 (Age 7)
 

Note: First Prussian settlers arrive in South Australia; the largest group on non-British migrants in Australia at the time.
Australian History 1839 (Age 8)
 

Note: Paul Edmund Strzelecki becomes first European to ascend and name Australia's highest peak, Mount Kosciuszko.
Australian History 1840 (Age 9)
 

Note: Australia's first municipal authority, the City of Adelaide, is established, followed by Sydney City Council.
Death of a paternal grandfather 25 December 1841 (Age 11)
 

paternal grandfather - Robert Gregg
Australian History 1841 (Age 10)
 

Note: New Zealand is proclaimed as a separate colony, no longer part of New South Wales.
Australian History 1842 (Age 11)
 

Note: Copper is discovered at Kapunda in South Australia.
Australian History 1843 (Age 12)
 

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 14)
 

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 mother 28 December 1846 (Age 16)
 Cherrytree, Venango, Pennsylvania, USA

mother - Mary Ward
Australian History 1850 (Age 19)
 

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 20)
 

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
MarriageMary Jane Ralston - View family
2 September 1852 (Age 21)
 Wayne Township, Crawford, Pennsylvania, USA

Australian History 1853 (Age 22)
 

Note: Bendigo Petition and Red Ribbon Rebellion at Bendigo
Australian History 1854 (Age 23)
 

Note: The Eureka Stockade
Australian History 1855 (Age 24)
 

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.
Birth of a son
#3		 1856 (Age 25)
 Oakland, California, USA

son - John H. Gregg
Australian History 1856 (Age 25)
 

Note: Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania.
Marriage of a brotherJohn Gregg - View family
14 August 1857 (Age 26)
 

younger brother - John Gregg
sister-in-law - Sarah Redfield
Australian History 1857 (Age 26)
 

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 27)
 

Note: Sydney and Melbourne linked by electric telegraph.
Note: New South Wales men achieve the right to vote.
Birth of a daughter
#4		 1859 (Age 28)
 Oakland, California, USA

daughter - Sarah Gregg
Australian History 1859 (Age 28)
 

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 29)
 

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 30)
 

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 31)
 

Note: Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139 degrees E.
Australian History 1863 (Age 32)
 

Note: South Australia takes control of the Northern Territory which was part of the colony of New South Wales.
Death of a father 10 February 1864 (Age 33)
 Cherrytree, Venango, Pennsylvania, USA

father - Richard Gregg
Australian History 1867 (Age 36)
 

Note: Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland.
Note: Saint Mary MacKillop founds Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart.
Australian History 1868 (Age 37)
 

Note: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases.
Birth of a daughter
#5		 3 February 1869 (Age 38)
 Venango, Pennsylvania, USA

daughter - Etta Hannah Gregg
Australian History 1869 (Age 38)
 

Note: Children of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent are removed from their families by Australian and State government agencies.
Australian History 1872 (Age 41)
 

Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens.
Birth of a son
#6		 August 1873 (Age 42)
 Denison, Crawford, Iowa, USA

son - Samuel Wesley Gregg
Australian History 1873 (Age 42)
 

Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock.
Birth of a son
#7		 1874 (Age 43)
 

son - Charlie J. Gregg
Australian History 1875 (Age 44)
 

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 47)
 

Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.
Australian History 1879 (Age 48)
 

Note: The first congress of trade unions is held.
Australian History 1880 (Age 49)
 

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 51)
 

Note: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.
Australian History 1883 (Age 52)
 

Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway
Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill
Australian History 1887 (Age 56)
 

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 58)
 

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 59)
 

Note: The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention.
Australian History 1891 (Age 60)
 

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
Death 3 May 1891 (Age 60)
 Leadville, Lake, Colorado, USA

Family with parents - View family
father
Richard Gregg

Birth 1790 22  Ireland

Death 10 February 1864 (Age 74)  Cherrytree, Venango, Pennsylvania, USA

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9 years
mother
Mary Ward

Birth 1799  Ireland

Death 28 December 1846 (Age 47)  Cherrytree, Venango, Pennsylvania, USA

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Marriage: yes
#1 brother
Martin Gregg

Death yes  

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#2 sister
Martha Gregg

Death yes  

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#3 sister
Sarah Gregg

Death yes  

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#4 sister
Ann Gregg

Death yes  

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#5 sister
Eliza Gregg

Death yes  

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#6 brother
Moses Gregg

Death yes  

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#7 sister
Mary Ann Gregg

Death yes  

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#8 elder brother
Mark Gregg

Birth 1820 30 21  

Death yes  

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11 years
#9 himself
Robert Gregg

Birth 14 December 1830 40 31  Oakland Township, Venango, Pennsylvania, USA

Death 3 May 1891 (Age 60)  Leadville, Lake, Colorado, USA

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5 years
#10 younger brother
John Gregg

Birth 2 March 1836 46 37  Oakland Township, Venango, Pennsylvania, USA

Death 30 July 1906 (Age 70)  Oil Creek Township, Venango, Pennsylvania, USA

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Family with Mary Jane Ralston - View family
himself
Robert Gregg

Birth 14 December 1830 40 31  Oakland Township, Venango, Pennsylvania, USA

Death 3 May 1891 (Age 60)  Leadville, Lake, Colorado, USA

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3 years
wife
Mary Jane Ralston

Birth 14 April 1834  Alleghany City, Pennsylvania, USA

Death 28 December 1908 (Age 74)  Oakland, California, USA

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Marriage: 2 September 1852 — Wayne Township, Crawford, Pennsylvania, USA
#1 son
Robert O. Gregg

Birth  USA

Death 7 October 1941  Oakland, California, USA

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#2 daughter
Lizzie Gregg

Birth  USA

Death yes  

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#3 son
James Gregg

Death yes  

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#4 son
John H. Gregg

Birth 1856 25 21  Oakland, California, USA

Death yes  

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3 years
#5 daughter
Sarah Gregg

Birth 1859 28 24  Oakland, California, USA

Death yes  

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10 years
#6 daughter
Etta Hannah Gregg

Birth 3 February 1869 38 34  Venango, Pennsylvania, USA

Death 18 February 1907 (Age 38)  Oakland, California, USA

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5 years
#7 son
Samuel Wesley Gregg

Birth August 1873 42 39  Denison, Crawford, Iowa, USA

Death May 1915 (Age 41)  Denver, Colorado, USA

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5 months
#8 son
Charlie J. Gregg

Birth 1874 43 39  

Death yes  

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Robert Gregg has 20 first cousins recorded

Father's family (20)

Parents Finlay Gregg Sr + Sarah Gailey
1 Mary Gregg 1833–?
2 Mattie Gregg ?–?
3 Jean Gregg ?–?
4 Ellenor Gregg ?–?
5 Elizabeth Gregg ?–?
6 Margaret Ann Gregg ?–?
7 Richard Gregg 1839–1922
8 Robert Gregg ?–?
9 John Gregg ?–?
10 Catherine Gregg 1845–1918
11 Finlay Gregg Jr ?–?
Parents Robert Gregg + Ann Mc Connell
1 Mary Gregg ?–?
2 Mattie Gregg ?–?
3 Robert Gregg ?–?
4 Thomas Gregg ?–1890
5 Eliza Gregg ?–?
6 Richard Gregg 1854–1913
7 Sarah Ann Gregg ?–1887
Parents John Buchanan + Mary Gregg
1 Jane Buchanan 1849–1930
2 Eleanor Buchanan 1836–1895

Mother's family (0)

 
Birth
29 February 1864 - Enlists Union Army - Civil War; 3rd PA Hvy Arty 15 July 1865 - Discharged, City Point, West Virginia. Served in the 144th Infantry Regiment of the Pennsylvania Volunteers. Government refused application for service disability "chronic diahra" cited "no provisions under the law". Treated for this by Robert Crawford M.D. of Cooperstown PA. upon his return from the War of the Rebellion. Teturned to Cooperstown, Venengo County, PA upon discharge. Remained in Cooperstown 1865-1873. Moved to Denison, Crawford County, Iowa in 1873. Remained in Denison until at least 1885.

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.

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.



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