Time Line for the Life of John Ebbott

John's age	Date	Event
12	1852 May 1	migrates to Australia
12	1852 Aug 12	brother William dies
12	1852 Aug 14	arrives at Port Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
12	Cir 1852 Oct	travels from South Australia to Victoria
13	Cir 1853-1854	Father is involved with the establishment of the Chapel Hill Church, Castlemaine
14	1854	Father listed Wesleyan Preachers' Plan for Castlemaine Circuit 1854
16	1856	John's father considered a class leader and spiritual father at Wesleyan Church, Chapel Hill
16	1856	John's father  lent the Wesleyan Church Chapel Hill at Fryers Creek £50 to balance their  books.
16	1856 Mar 19	John's father became a trustee  for the site for the  Wesleyan Church at Chewton
18	1858 May 8	John's father Purchased Property in Faraday
18	1858	John's father mortgages the property a couple of months after purchasing it
19	1859	John's brother Frederick  Francis born
19	1859	John's father buys more land
20	1860	John's father mortgages land
21	1861 Jan 8	sister Helen Harriet born
21	1861	John's father became a trustees for land reserved for Wesylan Church Chewton
22	1862	John's father sat on the School Committee for the Weslyan Common School No.153
24	1864 Sep 28	John's father presided over the Chewton Jubliee meeting
26	1866	John's grandmother dies in the US
26	1866 Feb 10	John's father mortgages some of  the Faraday properties
26	1866 Feb 12	John's father sells the Faraday properties
26	1866	John's father presides over tea meetings etc
26	1866	possible marriage engagement - no subsequent marriage resulting
26	1866 Oct	John's father falls ill
27	1867 Feb 4	John's father suddenly dies
27	1867 Sep 25	John mentioned as a member of Victorian District Independent Order of Rechabites Cobden Tent No.39
28	1868	John living in Wallen St, California Gully
28	1868 Nov 12	John marries Margaret Thomas
29	1869	John Ebbott was listed as a Miner owing a Wooden house
29	1869 Aug 26	eldest son  John Ebbott  born
30	1870 Aug 16	John Ebbot listed as a share holder in the North Eclipse Tribute Company (registered)
30	1870 Aug 26	John Ebbot listed as a share holder in the CLARA GOLD MINING COMPANY  (registered) w/mother & Philip
30	1870 Nov 30	Son William Ebbott born
	1871	BRILLIANT STAR GOLD MINING COMPANY- John Ebbott not an original share holder, he must have bought shares when someone didn’t pay for their calls
31	1872  Apr	GREAT EXTENDED HUSTLER'S MARIA TRIBUTE COMPANY (Registered) - one of the original shareholders when the company was formed.  The original company may have had problems raising enough cash
32	1872	John was living in a rented house from his father in law John Thomas
32	1872 Jul 26	Daughter Elizabeth born
32	1872 Apr 5	About to forfeit shares in the CLARA GOLD MINING COMPANY
32	1872 Nov 2	About to forfeit shares in the BRILLIANT STAR GOLD MINING COMPANY
34	1874 Apr 4	Attended a political meeting
34	1874 Jun 11	Daughter Margaret Annie born
35	1875 Jan 22	Daughter Margaret Annie dies
35	1875 Nov 5	Nomimated for membership of the Australia Natives Association ANA
35	1875 Dec 3	Son Alfred born
38	1878 Mar 29	son  Earnest Thomas born
38	1878 Jul 10	son  Earnest Thomas dies
39	1879 May 20	Daughter Gertrude Emma born
40	1880-1881	Manager Princess Dagmar Co employed by Johnson's Reef Company
41	1881 Apr 6	son Percy Frederick born
41	1881 Jul 11	Accident at the Princess Dagmar mine
42	1882 Jun 14	Leaving the district California Hill
	1882 Aug	Garfield Company (CHEWTON) - on the original shareholder’s list as well as Michael Thomas has a long involvement with this company at least until 1913
42	1882 Aug 19	Mining manager Garfield Company (CHEWTON)
43	1883 Feb 15	Daughter Eveline Mary  born
44	1884 Feb 4	also now working at a second mine the Francis Ormond Mine as mining manager. Preliminary meeting of the shareholders in the Francis Ormond Company. The business of the meeting was to take steps to register the company, and other business in connection with the formation of the company. A recommendation was made to the directors that Mr. Ebbott should be appointed as mining manager.
44	1884 Feb 15	spoken of for the first time as possible Chewton Council representatives
44	1884 Aug 13	Addressed about 100 ratepayers in the Town Hall , Mr. Ebbott was frequently interrupted, and at times was compelled to sit down.
44	1884 Aug 15	Mr Ebbott rejected for council
44	1884 Nov 1	Daughter born Ada Helena
45	1885 Sep 23	An election to fill a vacant seat in the Chewton Borough Council, 2 candidates John Ebbott won by a large majority
46	1886 Jan 12	Elected director of EXTENDED SOUTH DEVONSHIRE Co - john ebbott not listed as an original director but is now listed as a mining manager, there appears to have been an accident before this time which left the mine idle for quite some time
46	1886 Aug 6	The Bendigo and Fryers Gold Mining Company - both John Ebbott & P>H. Ebbott are directors
46	1886 Oct 19	THE PRINCE OF WALES GOLD-MINING COMPANY, South Taradale - one of the directors
46	1886 Oct 21	Beatrice Alma  born
48	1888	Becomes a Justice of the Peace
48	1888 Apr 21	also now working at a second time in a second mine the Francis Ormond Mine as mining manager
48	1888 Sep 19	son Edgar Stanley  born
49	1889 Jan 28	Mining accident at the Francis Ormond Mine while John was manager
49	1889 May 16	Bodies recovered from accident
49	1889 June	Inquest into accident
49	1889 Jun 3	John Ebbott as mining manager found blameless
50	1890 Jan 17	Pariciated in the THE CHEWTON AND CASTLEMAINE WATER SUPPLY  INDIGNATION MEETING AT CHEWTON. Meeting
50	1890 Feb 1	Participated in the THE MINING COMMISSION AT CASTLEMAINE.
50	1890 May 19	Resigns from the Francis Ormond mine
50	1890 Aug 26	son Gilbert Henry born
51	1891 Jan 17	John Ebbott listed as President of the A.M.A
51	1891 Apr 3	application to register the ''Chewton Consols Mining Company" as a no-liability company
51	1891 Sep 28	John Ebbott, the well-known mining manager of Chewton has accepted a lucrative appointment to manage a mine at India
51	1891 Oct 7	John is no longer a member of council
52	1892	contracted Jungle fever while in India
53	1893 May 9	returns to Chewton
53	1893 Aug 25	will leave to-morrow for Western   Australia to conduct operations on the goldfields there for a Bendigo syndicate.
54	1893 Dec 11	EBBOTT AND LAWRIE G.M. CO set up
54	1894 Mar 16	John Ebbott, mining manager, Chewton, reports stolen jewllery
54	1894	travels backwards & forwards to WA with his sons
55	1895 Feb 6	vacates the position of Bendigo and Coolgardie Proprietary Company  mining manager
55	1895 May 6	rejoins Garfield Mining co as the mining manager
55	1895 Aug 14	renominates to join council
56	27 May 1896	Daughter Elizabeth Ebbott marries Edwin Knight Jacka
56	1896	Son William Ebbott marries Francis Mabyl Small
56	1896 Oct 12	Garfield Co., now in the hands of representatives of an English syndicate, with Mr. J. Ebbott as manager
57	1897 Jan 26	The Forest Creek Victoria Company, formed by an English syndicate to work the Garfield under the super vision of Mr. J. Ebbott
58	1898 Jan 4	Mother dies
59	1899
61	1901	Son Alfred Ebbott marries Margaret Ferguson
61	1901  Nov 19	Son John gets marries Edith Rende in Chewton
63	1903 Aug 28	In a cab accident not badly hurt
63	1903 Nov 18	Daughter Gertrude leaves area for Albury
64	1904 Feb 5	his stable hit by lightening and horse dies
64	1904 Mar 7	Accident at the Princess Dagmar mine the Forest Creek Gold Reefs mine where John Ebbott is the mining manager
65	1905 Mar 30	Storms out of meeting because son doesn't have enough land to be voted into council
65	1905	Son Percy Frederick Ebbott marries  Minetta Constance Archibold
65	1905	Daughter Evelin Ebbott gets marrried to William John Veal
65	1905 Apr 28	Daughter Gertrude gets marries to Mr Docking
65	1905 May 22	resigns from council
65	1905 Jul 4	sprains his ankle
66	1906 Dec 28	Wife Margaret dies unexpectedly
68	1908 Apr 25	John remarries
72	1912 Jul 10	Son Ada Ebbott marries Walter Thomas Johns
73	1913 Mar 15	leaves Chewton
74	1914	Son Edgar Stanely Ebbott marries Corethea Kimber Cribbes
77	1917 Sept 19	Daughter Beatrice Alma Ebbott marries Frederick James Alfred Ellery
77	1917 Nov 13	writes a will
78	1918 Aug 6	His son William Ebbott dies
80	1920	John  dies