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Thomas TregurthaAge: 731861–1934

Name
Thomas Tregurtha
Given names
Thomas
Surname
Tregurtha
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Birth 1861 33 35
 Ballarat, Victoria, Australia

History 1861
 

Note: Albert dies, Victoria retires into mourning.<br />American Civil War.
History 1862 (Age 12 months)
 

Note: Bismarck becomes Prussian premier.
Birth of a sister 1864 (Age 3)
 Ballarat, Victoria, Australia

younger sister - Grace Jane Tregurtha
History 1864 (Age 3)
 

Note: Geneva Convention establishes Red Cross.
Birth of a brother 1867 (Age 6)
 Ballarat, Victoria, Australia

younger brother - Charles Tregurtha
History 1867 (Age 6)
 

Note: Telegraph cable laid under the Atlantic.<br />Second Reform Bill: enfranchises many workingmen, adds 938,000 to an electorate of 1,057,000 in England and Wales. (Disraeli's legislation)
History 1869 (Age 8)
 

Note: Suez Canal opened.
History 1869 (Age 8)
 

Note: Union Pacific Railway completed in U.S.
History 1870 (Age 9)
 

Note: Forster's Elementary Education Act establishes School Boards.<br />Franco-Prussian War.
History 1871 (Age 10)
 

Note: Trade unions legalised.<br />Newcastle engineers strike for a nine-hour day.<br />Germany unified.
History 1876 (Age 15)
 

Note: Victoria named Empress of India.<br />Edison invents the phonograph.<br />Compulsory school attendance in Great Britain.
History 1877 (Age 16)
 

Note: Transvaal annexed.
History 1879 (Age 18)
 

Note: Zulu war.
History 1880 (Age 19)
 

Note: War with Transvaal.
Death of a mother 1881 (Age 20)
 Spotswood, Victoria, Australia

mother - Dorothy Richards
History 1882 (Age 21)
 

Note: Married Women's Property Act enables women to buy, own, and sell property, and to keep their own earnings.
History 1883 (Age 22)
 

Note: Mahdi Rebellion in the Sudan.
History 1884 (Age 23)
 

Note: Third Reform Act and Redistribution Act extend vote to agricultural workers, electorate tripled.
History 1885 (Age 24)
 

Note: Fall of Khartoum.
History 1886 (Age 25)
 

Note: First (Irish) Home Rule bill rejected.
MarriageMadeline Daniel - View family
1887 (Age 26)
 Victoria, Australia

History 1887 (Age 26)
 

Note: Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee.
History 1889 (Age 28)
 

Note: London dock workers and match girls strike for 6d./hour.
Marriage of a fatherThomas Tregurtha - View family
1896 (Age 35)
 Victoria, Australia

father - Thomas Tregurtha
step-mother - Mary Ann Weymouth Richards
History 1897 (Age 36)
 

Note: Victoria's Diamond Jubilee.
History 1898 (Age 37)
 

Note: Spanish-American War.
History 1899 (Age 38)
 

Note: Boer war.
History 1901 (Age 40)
 

Note: Victoria dies, Edward Prince of Wales succeeds.
History 1903 (Age 42)
 

Note: U.S. acquires Canal Zone from Panama.
History 1904 (Age 43)
 

Note: Entente Cordiale (England and France).
Death of a wife 1905 (Age 44)
 Creswick, Victoria, Australia

wife - Madeline Daniel
History 1905 (Age 44)
 

Note: Revolution in Russia.
Death of a father 1912 (Age 51)
 Spotswood, Victoria, Australia

father - Thomas Tregurtha
History 1914 (Age 53)
 

Note: The Great War (World War I).
History 1916 (Age 55)
 

Note: Easter Rising in Dublin.
History 1917 (Age 56)
 

Note: Russian Revolution.
History 1918 (Age 57)
 

Note: All men over 21 and women over thirty enfranchised.
History 1922 (Age 61)
 

Note: Irish Free State established.
History 1928 (Age 67)
 

Note: Equal Franchise Act grants right to vote to women over 21 (as well as men).
Death 1934 (Age 73) Age: 72
 Geelong, Victoria, Australia

Family with parents - View family
father
Thomas Tregurtha

Birth about 1828 30 30  Cornwall, England

Death 1912 Age: 84  Spotswood, Victoria, Australia

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-3 years
mother
Dorothy Richards

Birth before 10 April 1825  St Levan, Cornwall, England

Death 1881 (Age 55) Age: 56  Spotswood, Victoria, Australia

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Marriage: 29 January 1853 — St Levan, Cornwall, England
11 months
#1 elder sister
Dorothy Tregurtha

Birth 1854 26 28  Sea Lake, Victoria, Australia

Death Yes  

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3 years
#2 elder brother
Joseph Richards Tregurtha

Birth 1857 29 31  Magpie, Victoria, Australia

Death 28 May 1875 Age: 18  Magpie, Victoria, Australia

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2 years
#3 elder brother
Thomas Tregurtha

Birth 1859 31 33  Magpie, Victoria, Australia

Death 1859  Victoria, Australia

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2 years
#4 himself
Thomas Tregurtha

Birth 1861 33 35  Ballarat, Victoria, Australia

Death 1934 (Age 73) Age: 72  Geelong, Victoria, Australia

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3 years
#5 younger sister
Grace Jane Tregurtha

Birth 1864 36 38  Ballarat, Victoria, Australia

Death 1925 (Age 61)  Bally, Victoria, Australia

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3 years
#6 younger brother
Charles Tregurtha

Birth 1867 39 41  Ballarat, Victoria, Australia

Death 1937 Age: 70  Balliang, Victoria, Australia

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Father’s family with Mary Ann Weymouth Richards - View family
father
Thomas Tregurtha

Birth about 1828 30 30  Cornwall, England

Death 1912 Age: 84  Spotswood, Victoria, Australia

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15 years
step-mother
Mary Ann Weymouth Richards

Birth about 1843  Cornwall, England

Death 21 November 1906 Age: 63  Spotswood, Victoria, Australia

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Marriage: 1896 — Victoria, Australia
Family with Madeline Daniel - View family
himself
Thomas Tregurtha

Birth 1861 33 35  Ballarat, Victoria, Australia

Death 1934 (Age 73) Age: 72  Geelong, Victoria, Australia

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wife
Madeline Daniel

Birth 1861  Newtown, Victoria, Australia

Death 1905 (Age 44)  Creswick, Victoria, Australia

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Marriage: 1887 — Victoria, Australia
 

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