Mary Stark Potts 1847

Mary Stark PottsAge: 721847–1920

Name: Mary Stark Potts

Given names: Mary Stark

Surname: Potts

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Birth

18 August 1847 25 25

Livingston, New York, USA

Birth of a brother

23 December 1849 (Age 2)

Sheffield, Berkshire, Massachusetts, USA

younger brother - Orrin A. Potts

Census

1 June 1850 (Age 2)

Sheffield, Berkshire, Massachusetts, USA

Shared note: 1850 USA Census transcript - William Lewis Potts - Household

Name	Age	Sex	Occupation	Birthplace
William Lewis Potts	28	M	Farmer	USA, New York
Elizabeth Potts	28	F		USA, New York
Mary Stark Potts	2	F		USA, New York
Orrin A. Potts	6m	M		USA, Massachusetts

United States Census 1850

Australian History

1850 (Age 2)

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 3)

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

Birth of a brother

12 January 1853 (Age 5)

Sheffield, Berkshire, Massachusetts, USA

younger brother - Robert Elliott Potts

Australian History

1853 (Age 5)

Note: Bendigo Petition and Red Ribbon Rebellion at Bendigo

Australian History

1854 (Age 6)

Note: The Eureka Stockade

Birth of a brother

12 January 1855 (Age 7)

Sheffield, Berkshire, Massachusetts, USA

younger brother - Elwood Potts

Census

14 September 1855 (Age 8)

Sheffield, Berkshire, Massachusetts, USA

Address:

Massachusetts State Census, 1855 for William L Potts

Shared note: 1855 Massachusetts State Census for William L Potts - Household

Name	Age	Sex	Race	Birthplace
William L Potts	38	M	W	USA, New York
Elizabeth Potts	35	F	W	USA, New York
Mary S Potts	5	F	W	USA, New York
Orrin A. Potts	3	M	W	USA, Massachusetts
Robert E Potts	1	M	W	USA, Massachusetts

Massachusetts State Census 1855

Australian History

1855 (Age 7)

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 8)

Note: Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania.

Australian History

1857 (Age 9)

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 10)

Note: Sydney and Melbourne linked by electric telegraph.

Note: New South Wales men achieve the right to vote.

Australian History

1859 (Age 11)

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 12)

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 13)

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 14)

Note: Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139 degrees E.

Australian History

1863 (Age 15)

Note: South Australia takes control of the Northern Territory which was part of the colony of New South Wales.

Marriage

Nelson Alexander Crane - View family
1865 (Age 17)

Australian History

1867 (Age 19)

Note: Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland.

Note: Saint Mary MacKillop founds Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart.

Australian History

1868 (Age 20)

Note: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases.

Birth of a son
#1

August 1869 (Age 21)

Connecticut, USA

son - Lewis N Crane

Australian History

1869 (Age 21)

Note: Children of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent are removed from their families by Australian and State government agencies.

Census

1 June 1870 (Age 22)

Connecticut, USA

1870 for Crane

Australian History

1872 (Age 24)

Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens.

Australian History

1873 (Age 25)

Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock.

Australian History

1875 (Age 27)

Note: SS Gothenburg strikes Old Reef off North Queensland and sinks with the loss of approximately 102 lives.

Note: Adelaide Steamship Company is formed.

Marriage of a brother

Elwood Potts - View family
1876 (estimated) (Age 28)

younger brother - Elwood Potts

sister-in-law - Lydia C. Sheffer

Birth of a daughter
#2

December 1876 (Age 29)

Connecticut, USA

daughter - Lillian Crane

Australian History

1878 (Age 30)

Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.

Marriage of a brother

Robert Elliott Potts - View family
1879 (Age 31)

younger brother - Robert Elliott Potts

sister-in-law - Julia M. Dickinson

Australian History

1879 (Age 31)

Note: The first congress of trade unions is held.

Census

1 June 1880 (Age 32)

Berlin, Hartford, Connecticut, USA

Note:

name:	Mary Crane

residence:	Berlin, Hartford, Connecticut
birthdate:	1848
birthplace:	New York, United States
relationship to head:	Wife
spouse's name:	Nelson A. Crane
spouse's birthplace:	Connecticut, United States
father's name:
father's birthplace:	New York, United States
mother's name:
mother's birthplace:	New York, United States
race or color (expanded):	White
ethnicity (standardized):	American
gender:	Female
martial status:	Married
age (expanded):	32 years
occupation:	Keeps House
nara film number:	T9-0099
page:	363
page character:	A
entry number:	1592
film number:	1254099
 	Household	Gender	Age
spouse	Nelson A. Crane	M	36
 	 Mary Crane	F	32
child	Louis Crane	M	11
William Bradley	M	18

Australian History

1880 (Age 32)

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 34)

Note: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.

Australian History

1883 (Age 35)

Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway

Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill

Australian History

1887 (Age 39)

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.

Marriage

View family
December 1887 (estimated) (Age 40)

Connecticut, USA

younger brother - Robert Elliott Potts

sister-in-law - Lillian E Aichler

Marriage of a brother

Robert Elliott Potts - View family
December 1887 (estimated) (Age 40)

Connecticut, USA

younger brother - Robert Elliott Potts

sister-in-law - Lillian E Aichler

Australian History

1889 (Age 41)

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 42)

Note: The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention.

Australian History

1891 (Age 43)

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 44)

Note: Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia.

Australian History

1893 (Age 45)

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.

Marriage of a brother

Robert Elliott Potts - View family
19 March 1894 (Age 46)

District of Columbia, USA

younger brother - Robert Elliott Potts

sister-in-law - Ida Shaw

Australian History

1894 (Age 46)

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.

Marriage of a brother

Orrin A. Potts - View family
1895 (Age 47)

younger brother - Orrin A. Potts

sister-in-law - Emma …

Australian History

1895 (Age 47)

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 48)

Note: The Bathurst Conference (the second 'people's convention') meets to discuss the 1891 draft constitution

Australian History

1897 (Age 49)

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 50)

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 51)

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.

Census

1 June 1900 (Age 52)

New Britain city, Hartford, Connecticut, USA

Shared note: 1900 USA Census transcript - Nelson A. Crane - Household

Name	Relation	Race	Sex	DOB	Age	MC	YrsM	ChB	ChL	BP	FBP	MBP
Nelson A. Crane	Head	W	M	Jul 1845	54	M	34	-	-	-	-	-
Mary Crane	wife	W	F	Aug 1847	52	M	34	1	1	NY	NY	NY
Lillian Crane	daughter	W	F	Dec 1876	23	S	-	-	-	CT	-	NY
William Lewis Potts	Grand-Father	W	M	Sep 1821	78	M	55	-	-	NY	NY	-
Elizabeth Potts	Grand-Mother	W	F	Jul 1822	77	M	55	5	3	NY	-	-

United States Census, 1900 Connecticut Hartford 0205 New Britain city Ward 2 (east side)

Australian History

1900 (Age 52)

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

Death of a mother

29 May 1901 (Age 53)

14 Kelsey Street, New Britain, Hartford, Connecticut, USA

mother - Elizabeth Potts

Australian History

1901 (Age 53)

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 54)

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 55)

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 of a brother

30 August 1904 (Age 57)

Columbia, New York, USA

younger brother - Orrin A. Potts

Burial of a brother

1 September 1904 (Age 57)

younger brother - Orrin A. Potts

Australian History

1904 (Age 56)

Note: A site at Dalgety, New South Wales chosen for the new national capital

Note: Chris Watson forms the first federal Labor (minority) government

Death of a father

22 March 1906 (Age 58)

14 Kelsey Street, New Britain, Hartford, Connecticut, USA

father - William Lewis Potts

Australian History

1906 (Age 58)

Note: Australia takes control of south-eastern New Guinea

Australian History

1908 (Age 60)

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 61)

Note: The first powered aeroplane flight in Australia is made.

Census

15 April 1910 (Age 62)

New Britain city, Hartford, Connecticut, USA

Note:

Name: 	Mary S Crane

Birthplace: 	New York
Relationship to Head of Household:
Residence: 	New Britain Ward 2, Hartford, Connecticut
Marital Status: 	Married
Race : 	White
Gender: 	Female
Immigration Year:
Father's Birthplace: 	New York
Mother's Birthplace: 	New York
Family Number: 	201
Page Number: 	10
 	Household	Gender	Age
	William S Bradley 	M 	48y
	Nelson A Crane 	M 	65y
  	Mary S Crane 	F 	62y
	Anna Curtis 	F 	26y

Australian History

1910 (Age 62)

Note: Andrew Fisher forms the first federal majority Labor government.

Australian History

1911 (Age 63)

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.

Australian History

1912 (Age 64)

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 65)

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 65)

Note: The foundation stone for the city of Canberra is put in place

Australian History

1914 (Age 66)

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 67)

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 68)

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 69)

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 70)

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.

Death of a husband

23 March 1919 (Age 71)

14 Kelsey Street, New Britain, Hartford, Connecticut, USA

husband - Nelson Alexander Crane

Australian History

1919 (Age 71)

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 72)

Note: The airline Qantas is founded

Death

12 March 1920 (Age 72)

14 Rekey Street, New Britain, Hartford, Connecticut, USA

Mary's burial card

Mary Stark Potts COD

Burial

15 March 1920 (3 days after death)

New Britain, Hartford, Connecticut, USA

Cemetery: Fairview Cemetery

Fairview Cemetery Section 21

Map of Fairview Cemetery

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father	William Lewis Potts Birth 6 September 1821 20 20 Greenport, Columbia, New York, USA Death 22 March 1906 (Age 84) 14 Kelsey Street, New Britain, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Loading...
mother	Elizabeth Potts Birth 3 September 1821 Livingston, Columbia, New York, USA Death 29 May 1901 (Age 79) 14 Kelsey Street, New Britain, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Loading...
	Marriage: 1844 (estimated)
4 years #1 herself	Mary Stark Potts Birth 18 August 1847 25 25 Livingston, New York, USA Death 12 March 1920 (Age 72) 14 Rekey Street, New Britain, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Loading...
2 years #2 younger brother	Orrin A. Potts Birth 23 December 1849 28 28 Sheffield, Berkshire, Massachusetts, USA Death 30 August 1904 (Age 54) Columbia, New York, USA Loading...
3 years #3 younger brother	Robert Elliott Potts Birth 12 January 1853 31 31 Sheffield, Berkshire, Massachusetts, USA Death 29 November 1929 (Age 76) East Berlin, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA Loading...
2 years #4 younger brother	Elwood Potts Birth 12 January 1855 33 33 Sheffield, Berkshire, Massachusetts, USA Death yes Loading...

Family with Nelson Alexander Crane - View family

husband	Nelson Alexander Crane Birth 16 July 1843 Bloomfield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Death 23 March 1919 (Age 75) 14 Kelsey Street, New Britain, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Loading...
4 years herself	Mary Stark Potts Birth 18 August 1847 25 25 Livingston, New York, USA Death 12 March 1920 (Age 72) 14 Rekey Street, New Britain, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Loading...
	Marriage: 1865
5 years #1 son	Lewis N Crane Birth August 1869 26 21 Connecticut, USA Death 1949 (Age 79) Loading...
7 years #2 daughter	Lillian Crane Birth December 1876 33 29 Connecticut, USA Death yes Loading...

Mary Stark Potts has 2 first cousins recorded

Father's family (2)

Parents John Henry Potts + Mary Ann Toomath

1 Maria Ann Potts 1858–1858

2 Oliver Henry "O. H." Potts 1862–1948

Mother's family (0)

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Census

1850 USA Census transcript - William Lewis Potts - Household

Name	Age	Sex	Occupation	Birthplace
William Lewis Potts	28	M	Farmer	USA, New York
Elizabeth Potts	28	F		USA, New York
Mary Stark Potts	2	F		USA, New York
Orrin A. Potts	6m	M		USA, Massachusetts

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

Census

1855 Massachusetts State Census for William L Potts - Household

Name	Age	Sex	Race	Birthplace
William L Potts	38	M	W	USA, New York
Elizabeth Potts	35	F	W	USA, New York
Mary S Potts	5	F	W	USA, New York
Orrin A. Potts	3	M	W	USA, Massachusetts
Robert E Potts	1	M	W	USA, Massachusetts

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.

Census

name:	Mary Crane
residence:	Berlin, Hartford, Connecticut
birthdate:	1848
birthplace:	New York, United States
relationship to head:	Wife
spouse's name:	Nelson A. Crane
spouse's birthplace:	Connecticut, United States
father's name:
father's birthplace:	New York, United States
mother's name:
mother's birthplace:	New York, United States
race or color (expanded):	White
ethnicity (standardized):	American
gender:	Female
martial status:	Married
age (expanded):	32 years
occupation:	Keeps House
nara film number:	T9-0099
page:	363
page character:	A
entry number:	1592
film number:	1254099
 	Household	Gender	Age
spouse	Nelson A. Crane	M	36
 	 Mary Crane	F	32
child	Louis Crane	M	11
William Bradley	M	18

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.

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.

Census

1900 USA Census transcript - Nelson A. Crane - Household

Name	Relation	Race	Sex	DOB	Age	MC	YrsM	ChB	ChL	BP	FBP	MBP
Nelson A. Crane	Head	W	M	Jul 1845	54	M	34	-	-	-	-	-
Mary Crane	wife	W	F	Aug 1847	52	M	34	1	1	NY	NY	NY
Lillian Crane	daughter	W	F	Dec 1876	23	S	-	-	-	CT	-	NY
William Lewis Potts	Grand-Father	W	M	Sep 1821	78	M	55	-	-	NY	NY	-
Elizabeth Potts	Grand-Mother	W	F	Jul 1822	77	M	55	5	3	NY	-	-

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.

Australian History

A site at Dalgety, New South Wales chosen for the new national capital

Australian History

Australia takes control of south-eastern New Guinea

Australian History

Dorothea Mackellar publishes My Country

Australian History

The first powered aeroplane flight in Australia is made.

Census

Name: 	Mary S Crane
Birthplace: 	New York
Relationship to Head of Household:
Residence: 	New Britain Ward 2, Hartford, Connecticut
Marital Status: 	Married
Race : 	White
Gender: 	Female
Immigration Year:
Father's Birthplace: 	New York
Mother's Birthplace: 	New York
Family Number: 	201
Page Number: 	10
 	Household	Gender	Age
	William S Bradley 	M 	48y
	Nelson A Crane 	M 	65y
  	Mary S Crane 	F 	62y
	Anna Curtis 	F 	26y

Australian History

Andrew Fisher forms the first federal majority Labor government.

Australian History

The Royal Australian Navy is founded

Australian History

Australia sends women to the Olympic Games for the first time

Australian History

Blaxland, Lawson and Wentworth cross the Blue Mountains.

Australian History

The foundation stone for the city of Canberra is put in place

Australian History

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

(25 APRIL)Australian soldiers land at Anzac Cove on the Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey on 25 April.

Australian History

Hotels are forced to close at 6 p.m., leading to the beginning of the 'six o'clock swill'

Australian History

Second referendum on conscription is rejected. Transcontinental railway linking Adelaide to Perth is completed.

Australian History

(08 AUG) Battle of Amiens

Australian History

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

The airline Qantas is founded

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Mary Stark PottsAge: 721847–1920

Mary Stark Potts has 2 first cousins recorded

Father's family (2)

Parents John Henry Potts + Mary Ann Toomath

Mother's family (0)

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