Brief Life History of Ada Alice
When Ada Alice Brigginshaw was born on 2 June 1882, in Ipswich, Queensland, Australia, her father, Cornelius Weedon Brigginshaw, was 32 and her mother, Jane Windmill, was 33. She married William Edward Downes on 22 July 1903, in Queensland, Australia. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. She died on 24 August 1976, in Queensland, Australia, at the age of 94, and was buried in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
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- Legacy NFS Source: Ada Alice Brigginshaw - birth: 20 June 1882; Ipswich, Queensland, Australia
- Ada Alice Downes, "BillionGraves Index"
- Legacy NFS Source: Ada Alice Brigginshaw -
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1892
Coolgardie gold-field is discovered.
1902
Gazetted a city
1911
Canberra is founded and designated as the capital. The Federal Capital Territory is established as an area of two 360 square kilometers in the Yass-Canberra district.
Name Meaning
English: see Birkinshaw .
Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland © University of the West of England 2016
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