Finley GreggAge: 181866–1885
- Name
- Finley Gregg
- Given names
- Finley
- Surname
- Gregg
| Birth | 27 October 1866 27 26 Creswick, Victoria, Australia |
| Australian History | 1867 (Age 2 months) Note: Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland. Note: Saint Mary MacKillop founds Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart. |
| Birth of a brother | 24 May 1868 (Age 18 months) Creswick, Victoria, Australia
younger brother -
Samuel Alexander Gregg
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| Australian History | 1868 (Age 14 months) Note: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases. |
| Australian History | 1869 (Age 2) Note: Children of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent are removed from their families by Australian and State government agencies. |
| Birth of a sister | about 1870 (Age 3) Australia
younger sister -
Eleanor Gregg
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| Birth of a sister | 20 December 1870 (Age 4)
younger sister -
Flora Gregg
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| Death of a sister | 25 July 1871 (Age 4)
younger sister -
Flora Gregg
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| Birth of a brother | 27 May 1872 (Age 5) Clunes Rd, Creswick, Victoria, Australia
younger brother -
John Gregg
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| Australian History | 1872 (Age 5) Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens. |
| Birth of a brother | 28 August 1873 (Age 6) Creswick, Victoria, Australia
younger brother -
Angus Nicholson Gregg
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| Australian History | 1873 (Age 6) Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock. |
| Death of a sister | 26 April 1874 (Age 7)
younger sister -
Eleanor Gregg
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| Birth of a brother | 20 April 1875 (Age 8) Australia
younger brother -
Richard Gregg
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| Australian History | 1875 (Age 8) 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 brother | 19 February 1876 (Age 9) Australia
younger brother -
Richard Gregg
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| Birth of a sister | 14 May 1876 (Age 9) Tourello, Victoria, Australia
younger sister -
Annie "Marnet" Gregg
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| Australian History | 1878 (Age 11) Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Birth of a sister | 29 April 1879 (Age 12) Tourello, Victoria, Australia
younger sister -
Euphemia Flora "Phemi" Gregg
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| Australian History | 1879 (Age 12) Note: The first congress of trade unions is held. |
| Australian History | 1880 (Age 13) 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 15) Note: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Birth of a sister | 21 August 1883 (Age 16) Australia
younger sister -
Christina Catherine Gregg
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| Australian History | 1883 (Age 16) Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill |
| Death | 29 May 1885 (Age 18) Poowong, Victoria, Australia Cause of death: Septicaemia |
| Family with parents - View family |
| father |
Richard Gregg
Birth 1839 29 Kilmacrenan, Donegal, Ireland Death 1922 (Age 83) Loch, Victoria, Australia |
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1 year mother |
Catherine Mc Kay
Birth 1840 Isle of Skye, Scotland Death 1913 (Age 73) Poowong, Victoria, Australia |
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Marriage: 7 May 1863 — Ascot, Victoria, Australia |
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13 months #1 elder sister |
Sarah Gregg
Birth 13 June 1864 25 24 Cattle Station Hill, Victoria, Australia Death 29 March 1949 (Age 84) Poowong, Victoria, Australia |
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1 year #2 elder brother |
Birth 28 June 1865 26 25 Tourello, Victoria, Australia Death 20 January 1915 (Age 49) Australia |
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16 months #3 himself |
Finley Gregg
Birth 27 October 1866 27 26 Creswick, Victoria, Australia Death 29 May 1885 (Age 18) Poowong, Victoria, Australia |
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19 months #4 younger brother |
Birth 24 May 1868 29 28 Creswick, Victoria, Australia Death November 1943 (Age 75) |
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19 months #5 younger sister |
Eleanor Gregg
Birth about 1870 31 30 Australia Death 26 April 1874 (Age 4) |
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1 year #6 younger sister |
Flora Gregg
Birth 20 December 1870 31 30 Death 25 July 1871 (Age 7 months) |
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17 months #7 younger brother |
Birth 27 May 1872 33 32 Clunes Rd, Creswick, Victoria, Australia Death 22 December 1953 (Age 81) Korumburra, Victoria, Australia |
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15 months #8 younger brother |
Birth 28 August 1873 34 33 Creswick, Victoria, Australia Death 27 April 1919 (Age 45) Kew, Victoria, Australia |
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20 months #9 younger brother |
Richard Gregg
Birth 20 April 1875 36 35 Australia Death 19 February 1876 (Age 9 months) Australia |
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13 months #10 younger sister |
Annie "Marnet" Gregg
Birth 14 May 1876 37 36 Tourello, Victoria, Australia Death 26 January 1888 (Age 11) Poowong, Victoria, Australia |
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3 years #11 younger sister |
Birth 29 April 1879 40 39 Tourello, Victoria, Australia Death 25 October 1948 (Age 69) Wycheproof, Victoria, Australia |
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4 years #12 younger sister |
Birth 21 August 1883 44 43 Australia Death 12 January 1927 (Age 43) Australia |
Finley Gregg has 10 first cousins recorded
Father's family (9)
Parents John Johnston + Mary Gregg
Parents Robert Gregg + Isabella Gibson
Parents Robert Starritt + Catherine Gregg
Finley Gregg 1866-1885
FINLEY Gregg was the third child of Richard and Catherine Gregg. He was born on 27th. October, 1866 at Long Point, in the Parish of Creswick. At the age of eighteen years, while clearing timber from the line for the South Gippsland railway, he had the misfortune to gash his leg with an axe, resulting in death from septicaemia. His remains were interred in the Poowong Cemetery on 29& May, 1885, and his grave is listed Number 8 on the cemetery records. It is known that Finley was a splendid type of young man.