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Thomas Henry MyottAge: 891877–1967

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Thomas Henry Myott
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Thomas Henry
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Myott
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Birth 28 August 1877 57 40
 Waranga, Victoria, Australia

Australian History 1878 (Age 4 months)
 

Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.
Death of a maternal grandfather 17 February 1879 (Age 17 months)
 Undera, Victoria, Australia

maternal grandfather - David Hall
Australian History 1879 (Age 16 months)
 

Note: The first congress of trade unions is held.
Birth of a brother 10 June 1880 (Age 2)
 Undera, Victoria, Australia

younger brother - Samuel Henry Myott
Australian History 1880 (Age 2)
 

Note: The bushranger Ned Kelly is hanged.
Note: Parliamentarians in Victoria become the first in Australia to be paid for their work.
Marriage of a half-brotherWilliam Henry Nelson - View family
1882 (Age 4)
 Victoria, Australia

half-brother - William Henry Nelson
half-brother's wife - Selina Doidge
Australian History 1882 (Age 4)
 

Note: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.
Australian History 1883 (Age 5)
 

Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway
Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill
Marriage of a half-sisterMary Ann Nelson - View family
1886 (Age 8)
 Victoria, Australia

mother's son-in-law - Albert Charles Walker
half-sister - Mary Ann Nelson
Australian History 1887 (Age 9)
 

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 11)
 

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 12)
 

Note: The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention.
Australian History 1891 (Age 13)
 

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 14)
 

Note: Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia.
Australian History 1893 (Age 15)
 

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 16)
 

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 17)
 

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
Death of a half-sister 1896 (Age 18)
 Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia

half-sister - Mary Ann Nelson
Australian History 1896 (Age 18)
 

Note: The Bathurst Conference (the second 'people's convention') meets to discuss the 1891 draft constitution
Australian History 1897 (Age 19)
 

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 20)
 

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 21)
 

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.
Marriage of a brotherEnoch Myott - View family
1900 (Age 22)
 Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia

elder brother - Enoch Myott
sister-in-law - Catherine D Davis
Australian History 1900 (Age 22)
 

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 23)
 

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 24)
 

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 25)
 

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
Marriage of a half-sisterElizabeth Nelson - View family
1904 (Age 26)
 Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia

mother's son-in-law - Alfred Caunt
half-sister - Elizabeth Nelson
Australian History 1904 (Age 26)
 

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 28)
 

Note: Australia takes control of south-eastern New Guinea
MarriageKatherine E McCormick - View family
1907 (Age 29)
 Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia

Marriage of a brotherJohn James Myott - View family
1908 (Age 30)
 Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia

elder brother - John James Myott
sister-in-law - Mary A Ruschen
Australian History 1908 (Age 30)
 

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 31)
 

Note: The first powered aeroplane flight in Australia is made.
Australian History 1910 (Age 32)
 

Note: Andrew Fisher forms the first federal majority Labor government.
Australian History 1911 (Age 33)
 

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.
Death of a half-brother 1912 (Age 34)
 Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia

half-brother - Alexander Nelson
Australian History 1912 (Age 34)
 

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 35)
 

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 35)
 

Note: The foundation stone for the city of Canberra is put in place
Australian History 1914 (Age 36)
 

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.
Australian History 1915 (Age 37)
 

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 38)
 

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 39)
 

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 40)
 

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 41)
 

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 42)
 

Note: The airline Qantas is founded
Australian History 1921 (Age 43)
 

Note: Edith Cowan becomes the first woman elected to an Australian parliament
Australian History 1922 (Age 44)
 

Note: The Smith Family charity is founded in Sydney
Australian History 1923 (Age 45)
 

Note: Vegemite is first produced
Australian History 1926 (Age 48)
 

Note: The first Miss Australia contest is held
Death of a half-sister 1927 (Age 49)
 Auburn, New South Wales, Australia

half-sister - Elizabeth Nelson
Death of a mother 2 August 1927 (Age 49)
 Redfern, New South Wales, Australia

mother - Letitia Hall
Australian History 1927 (Age 49)
 

Note: The tenth parliament is formally opened in Canberra, finalising the move to the new capital
Australian History 1928 (Age 50)
 

Note: Bert Hinkler makes the first successful flight from Britain to Australia, and Charles Kingsford Smith makes the first flight from the United States to Australia. The Shrine of Remembrance is built.
Australian History 1929 (Age 51)
 

Note: Western Australia celebrates its centenary
Note: Labor returns to office under James Scullin. The Great Depression hits Australia.
Australian History 1930 (Age 52)
 

Note: Batsman Don Bradman scores a record 452 not out in one cricket innings
Note: Phar Lap wins his first Melbourne Cup
Australian History 1931 (Age 53)
 

Note: Sir Douglas Mawson charts 4,000 miles of Antarctic coastline and claims 42% of the icy mass for Australia
Australian History 1932 (Age 54)
 

Note: The Sydney Harbour Bridge opens
Note: The Labor government falls and Joseph Lyons becomes Prime Minister
Australian History 1933 (Age 55)
 

Note: Western Australia votes at a rerefendum to secede from the Commonwealth, but the vote is ignored by both the Commonwealth and British governments
Australian History 1936 (Age 58)
 

Note: The last Thylacine dies
Australian History 1937 (Age 59)
 

Note: The radio series Dad and Dave begins
Death of a brother 28 August 1938 (Age 61)
 Henty, New South Wales, Australia

elder brother - John James Myott
Australian History 1938 (Age 60)
 

Note: Sydney hosts the Empire Games, the forerunner to the Commonwealth Games
Australian History 1939 (Age 61)
 

Note: (April) Prime Minister Lyons dies in office and is replaced by Robert Menzies and the first Menzies Government
Note: (September) Australia enters the Second World War following the German Invasion of Poland. The 2nd Australian Imperial Force is raised.
Note: The first flight is made by an Australian-made warplane, the Wirraway
Note: Victoria is devastated by the Black Friday bushfires
Australian History 1940 (Age 62)
 

Note: A team of scientists, under Howard Florey, develops penicillin
Note: Fascist Italy enters war, Royal Australian Navy engages Italian Navy in the early stages of the Battle of the Mediterranean.
Australian History 1941 (Age 63)
 

Note: 3 Divisions of the 2nd Australian Imperial Force join operations in the Mediterranean. After initial successes against Italy, 2nd AIF suffered defeat against the Germans in Greece, Crete, and North Africa.
Note: Apr-Aug, Australian garrison (Rats of Tobruk) halt advance of Hitler's panzers for the first time during the Siege of Tobruk.
Note: Menzies resigns and John Curtin becomes Prime Minister in the Curtin Government of 1941-45.
Australian History 1942 (Age 64)
 

Note: Feb, Fall of Singapore. 15,000 Australians become Prisoners of War of the Japanese
Note: 1942-43 - Japanese air raids - almost 100 attacks against sites in the Northern Territory, Western Australia and Queensland.
Note: The Royal Australian Navy and 6th and 7th Divisions of 2nd AIF are recalled from Mediterranean Theatre to participate in the anticipated Battle of Australia.
Note: 1942-3 - Sparrow Force engages in guerilla campaign in Battle of Timor
Note: Battle of the Coral Sea - United States and Royal Australian Navy halt advance of the Japanese towards Port Moresby (Australian Territory of Papua)
Note: Battle of Kokoda Trail - Australian soldiers halt Japanese march on Port Moresby
Note: Aug-Sep, Australian forces inflict the first defeat on the Imperial Japanese Army in the Battle of Milne Bay.
Note: Jul-Nov, Australia's 9th Division plays crucial role in the First and Second Battle of El Alamein, which turned the North Africa Campaign in favour of the Allies.
Note: National daylight saving is introduced as a war time measure.
Note: The UK Statute of Westminster is formally adopted by Australia. The Statute formally grants Australia the right to pass laws that conflict with UK laws.
Death of a half-brother 9 September 1943 (Age 66)
 Albury, New South Wales, Australia

half-brother - William Henry Nelson
Death of a half-brother 27 September 1943 (Age 66)
 Albury, New South Wales, Australia

half-brother - David Nelson
Australian History 1943 (Age 65)
 

Note: Australia wins its first Oscar, with cinematographer Damien Parer honoured for Kokoda Front Line! documentary.
Note: 2,815 Australian Pows die constructing Japan's Burma-Thailand Railway
Note: 1943-44 - Australian forces engage Japan in New Guinea, Wau, and the Huon peninsula.
Australian History 1944 (Age 66)
 

Note: Cowra breakout, mass escape of Japanese prisoners of war occurs in NSW.
Note: Japanese inflict Sandakan Death March on 2,000 Australian and British prisoners of war - only 6 survive. The single worst war crime perpetrated against Australians.
Note: Australian forces battle Japanese garrisons from Borneo to Bougainville.
Note: The Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme is introduced, providing subsidised medicine to all Australians
Australian History 1945 (Age 67)
 

Note: the Liberal Party of Australia is established with Robert Menzies as its first leader.
Note: Australian forces lead Battle of Borneo
Note: (7 May) Nazi Germany surrenders
Note: (July) Prime Minister Curtin dies and is replaced by Ben Chifley and the Chifley Labor Government
Note: (1 August) Japan Surrenders
Note: Australia becomes a founding member of the United Nations
Note: The Sydney-Hobart Yacht Race is held for the first time
Australian History 1946 (Age 68)
 

Note: Minister for Immigration Arthur Calwell introduces the major post-war immigration scheme
Note: Norman Makin, is voted in as the first President of the United Nations Security Council.
Australian History 1948 (Age 70)
 

Note: Minister for External Affairs, Dr. H.V. Evatt is elected President of the United Nations General Assembly.
Note: Australia becomes a signatory to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Australian History 1949 (Age 71)
 

Note: Construction of the Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Scheme begins
Note: All indigenous ex-servicemen and any Indigenous Australians who are eligible to vote in State Elections (NSW, VIC, SA and TAS) are given an unrestricted right to vote in Federal Elections.
Note: The Nationality and Citizenship Act is passed. Rather than being identified as subjects of Britain, the Act established Australian citizenship for people who met eligibility requirements.
Note: Menzies returns to power as leader of the new Liberal Party Menzies Government.
Australian History 1950 (Age 72)
 

Note: 1950-53 - Australian troops are sent to the Korean War to assist South Korea.
Note: Voters reject a referendum to change the Constitution to allow the Menzies Government to ban the Communist Party
Australian History 1951 (Age 73)
 

Note: Australia signs the ANZUS treaty with the United States and New Zealand
Australian History 1952 (Age 74)
 

Note: First nuclear test conducted in Australian territory by the United Kingdom off the coast of Western Australia.
Australian History 1954 (Age 76)
 

Note: Elizabeth II and Prince Philip make a royal visit; the Soviet diplomat Vladimir Petrov defects, leading to the Petrov Affair and another split in the Labor Party
Australian History 1955 (Age 77)
 

Note: Democratic Labor Party splits from Australian Labor Party over concerns of Communist influence in the labour movement
Note: Australia becomes involved in Malayan Insurgence
Note: Hotels in New South Wales no longer have to close at 6 p.m., ending the 'six o'clock swill'
Australian History 1956 (Age 78)
 

Note: Television in Australia is launched.
Note: Melbourne holds the Olympics
Note: performing artist Barry Humphries introduces Edna Everage to the Australian stage
Australian History 1957 (Age 79)
 

Note: The song 'Wild One' makes Johnny O'Keefe the first Australian rock'n'roller to reach the national charts.
Note: Slim Dusty's Australian country music hit Pub With No Beer becomes the first Australian song to attain international chart success.
Australian History 1962 (Age 84)
 

Note: Robert Menzies' Commonwealth Electoral Act provided that all Indigenous Australians should have the right to enrol and vote at federal elections, removing remaining restrictions applying in QLD, WA and NT.
Note: Malayan Insurgence ends
Australian History 1964 (Age 86)
 

Note: The Beatles tour Australia;
Note: 82 sailors die when HMAS Voyager sinks after being rammed by HMAS Melbourne;
Note: The editors of Oz magazine are charged with obscenity;
Note: PM Robert Menzies announces the reintroduction of compulsory military service for men aged from 18-25 years old;
Note: First troops sent to Vietnam War.
Australian History 1965 (Age 87)
 

Note: Indigenous Australians gain right to vote in state of Queensland
Australian History 1966 (Age 88)
 

Note: The ban on the employment of married women in the Commonwealth Public Service is lifted;
Note: Menzies retires as Australia's longest-serving Prime Minister and is succeeded by Harold Holt.
Australian History 14 February 1966 (Age 88)
 

Note: Decimalisation; on 14 February the Australian currency is changed to dollars and cents, with the Australian Dollar replacing the Australian pound.
Australian History 1967 (Age 89)
 

Note: Large areas of Hobart and south-eastern Tasmania are devastated by bushfires on 7 February that kill 62 people;
Note: Prime Minister Holt drowns and is succeeded by John Gorton;
Note: The constitution is changed to allow Aboriginal Australians to be included in the population count and for the federal government to legislate for them; Sydney is rocked by a series of brutal underworld killings;
Note: Talkback radio is introduced;
Note: British comedian Tony Hancock commits suicide in Sydney;
Note: Gough Whitlam becomes leader of the Labor Party;
Note: Ronald Ryan becomes the last person legally executed in Australia.
Death 5 June 1967 (Age 89)
 Collaroy, New South Wales, Australia

Thomas Henry Myott COD
Thomas Henry Myott COD

Family with parents - View family
father
William Myott

Birth 1820  Wolverhampton, England

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mother
Letitia Hall

Birth 1837 27 33  Drumswords, Monaghan, Ireland

Death 2 August 1927 (Age 90)  Redfern, New South Wales, Australia

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Marriage: 8 April 1871 — Victoria, Australia
14 months
#1 elder brother
Enoch Myott

Birth 1 June 1872 52 35  Clunes, Victoria, Australia

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#2 elder brother
John James Myott Headstone John James Myott

Birth 14 January 1875 55 38  Clunes, Victoria, Australia

Death 28 August 1938 (Age 63)  Henty, New South Wales, Australia

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#3 himself
Thomas Henry Myott

Birth 28 August 1877 57 40  Waranga, Victoria, Australia

Death 5 June 1967 (Age 89)  Collaroy, New South Wales, Australia

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#4 younger brother
Samuel Henry Myott

Birth 10 June 1880 60 43  Undera, Victoria, Australia

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Mother’s family with Alexander Nelson - View family
step-father
Alexander Nelson

Birth 1837  Rawdeerpark, Monaghan, Ireland

Death 1870 (Age 33)  Creswick, Victoria, Australia

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mother
Letitia Hall

Birth 1837 27 33  Drumswords, Monaghan, Ireland

Death 2 August 1927 (Age 90)  Redfern, New South Wales, Australia

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Marriage: 3 July 1857 — Killeevan, Monaghan, Ireland
10 months
#1 half-brother
William Henry Nelson William Henry Nelson

Birth 24 April 1858 21 21  Rawdeerpark, Monaghan, Ireland

Death 9 September 1943 (Age 85)  Albury, New South Wales, Australia

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#2 half-sister
May Ann Walker (nee Nelson) Mary Ann Nelson

Birth 1862 25 25  Bet Bet, Victoria, Australia

Death 1896 (Age 34)  Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia

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2 years
#3 half-sister
Elizabeth Nelson

Birth 1864 27 27  Clunes, Victoria, Australia

Death 1927 (Age 63)  Auburn, New South Wales, Australia

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#4 half-brother
David Nelson

Birth 1867 30 30  Clunes, Victoria, Australia

Death 27 September 1943 (Age 76)  Albury, New South Wales, Australia

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#5 half-brother
Alexander Nelson

Birth 1869 32 32  Clunes, Victoria, Australia

Death 1912 (Age 43)  Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia

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Family with Katherine E McCormick - View family
himself
Thomas Henry Myott

Birth 28 August 1877 57 40  Waranga, Victoria, Australia

Death 5 June 1967 (Age 89)  Collaroy, New South Wales, Australia

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wife
Katherine E McCormick

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Marriage: 1907 — Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia

Thomas Henry Myott has 27 first cousins recorded

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Mother's family (27)

Parents John Hall + Mary Corbett
1 Eliza Jane Hall 1855–1942
2 Mary Ann Hall 1857–1927
3 Letita Hall 1860–1861
4 Isabella Hall 1862–1877
5 John James Hall 1864–1932
6 David Henry Hall 1865–1943
7 Robert William Hall 1867–1930
8 Alexander Hall 1869–1933
9 Henry Brice Hall 1874–1959
Parents Matthew Madill + Mary Ann Hall
1 Eliza Madill 1858–1869
2 Ann Jane Madill 1853–1927
3 David Madill 1855–1933
4 Elizabeth Madill 1858–1869
5 Letitia Madill 1859–1869
6 Mary Ellinor Madill 1860–1957
7 Margaret Ann Madill 1869–1952
Parents David Hall + Elizabeth Ann Scott
1 Mary Jane Hall 1865–1888
2 Annie Elizabeth Hall 1866–1887
3 John James Hall 1867–1936
4 David Hall 1869–1945
5 William Hall 1871–1943
6 Elizabeth Hall 1873–1916
7 Letitia (Margaret) Hall 1874–1912
8 Robert Henry Hall 1875–1915
9 Henry Hall 1877–?
10 Samuel Hall 1878–1943
11 Selina Hall 1880–?

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