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Lovell Byass

Family Name: Byass Variant Spellings:

Given Names: Lovell

DOB 1 June 1811
DOD 6 August 1874

Place of Birth: Worthing, Sussex, England
Place of Death: Hamilton, Victoria

Age at Death: 63

School:
University:

Qualifications:
Speciality:

Other Occupations: Pastoralist

Spouse: Rebecca Halstead m.1836

Children: Lovel d.1838 Kingscote, Kangaroo Island
Anna-Maria Pecknell b.1839
John Lovell b.1841
Peter George b.1844
William Charles b.1847

Voyages: "Eden" from London arr. Port Adelaide 24 June 1838
Probably "Eden" from Port Adelaide arr. Nepean Bay 14 October 1838
"Socrates" from SA arr. Portland 31 January 1839

Came out as: Surgeon superintendent

Date Settled Aus: 1836
Date of Departure:

First Registered: 1862
Off Register: 1863

Addresses: London, England 1836 (where married)
Adelaide, SA 1838 (shipping record)
Kangaroo Island, SA 1838-1839 (shipping records)
Portland, Vic 1838 (shipping record etc)
Wannon River, Vic 1843-1848 (Learmonth, Portland Guardian)
Portland 1848 (Learmonth)
Warrnambool, Vic 1853 (Learmonth, Warrnambool Examiner)
Port MacDonnell, SA (Waymouth)
Ballarat, Vic 1863 (Medical Register)
Merino, Vic 1866 (AMJ)
Hamilton, Vic 1872-1874

Positions Held:

Publications: Byass L. Poisoning by Atropa Australian Medical Journal 1857;2:244

Notes: His father was Dr. John Byass of Arundel, Sussex, England (Waymouth)
First doctor at Portland, Victoria
He came from the same village in Sussex as the Hentys (Worthing)
He was unsuccessful as a pastoralist on the Wannon and returned to medical practice
He took over the practice of Dr. Isaac Corney (qv) in Banyan Street Warrnambool in 1854. In distressed circumstances November 1856
Member of Mechanics Institutes, Portland Emigration Society, Anglican Church committees, school boards, chess and cricket clubs
Was medically trained but unqualified (hence registered under section XIV)

Acknowledgments: This record was updated in May 2005 with information supplied by Rob Byass of Warrnambool, Vic and with information from Ann Tovell's card index to the early Australian Medical Journals

References: Medical Board of Victoria. Register of Medical Practitioners for 1863 [Lovell Byass, Ballarat, registered under section XIV]
Cleland JB. First fifty-two names in the medical register of South Australia Medical Journal Australia 1938; ii: 732-8
Lendon AA. SAA Prg/128/12/11 [father and grandfather doctors, born Worthing, married 1834, with SA Company 1837, to Portland, Vic 1838 etc]
Howard GT. Port Phillip's early doctors 1835-1839. Medical Journal of Australia 1934;i:361-6
Hopton AJ. List of registered and unregistered medical practitioners at Port Phillip between 1835 and 1851. Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society 1950;36:376-9
Learmonth N. The Portland Bay settlement. Melbourne, 1934 [born Worthing 1 June 1811, to Kangaroo Island, then Portand 1839, Wannon 1844 etc]
Waymouth R. Dr. Lovell Byass 1811-1874. Ballarat and District Genealogical Society website [lists his parents, children etc]
Warrnambool AIGS (Family History Group) list
Medical Society of Victoria archives file held at Brownless Medical Library, University of Melbourne
Cummings D. Pioneers and settlers bound for South Australia [website] [Lovell Byass b.1811 Arundel, Sussex and wife Rebecca nee Halstead on "Eden" from London]
Syme MA. Shipping arrivals and departures Victorian ports 1798 - 1845. Melbourne, 1984 [by "Socrates" to Portland arr. 31 January 1839]
Total wreck of the barque "Children". Colonial Times (Hobart) 26 February 1839 [survivors attended at Portland by surgeon on "Socrates" from Kangaroo Island]
Vaccination [advertisement]. Portland Guardian 26 November 1842 [available from Dr. Byass]
Moving. Portland Guardian 18 November 1843
Thomas Best, blacksmith, opening shop on his property. Portland Guardian 13 October 1848
President Warrnambool Cricket Club 1853/54. Warrnambool Examiner date unknown
Auction of household effects. Warrnambool Examiner 4 November 1856
Mrs Byass teaching pianoforte, harp, French, Italian. Warrnambool Examiner December 1856
To correspondents. Aust Med J 1857;2:312 [Mr. Byass, Warrnambool]
Vaccinator at Merino. Australian Medical Journal 1866:216
Obituary. Australian Medical Journal 1874:286 [of Casterton, brother Robert Byass, producer of bottled ale and porter]
Obituary. Warrnambool Examiner, September 1874

Portraits: State Library of Queensland

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last updated 04-01-2023

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Lovell Byass
Family Name:	Byass	Variant Spellings:
Given Names:	Lovell

DOB	1 June 1811	DOD	6 August 1874
Place of Birth:	Worthing, Sussex, England	Place of Death:	Hamilton, Victoria
Age at Death:	63

School:		University:
Qualifications:		Speciality:
Other Occupations:	Pastoralist

Spouse:	Rebecca Halstead m.1836
Children:	Lovel d.1838 Kingscote, Kangaroo Island Anna-Maria Pecknell b.1839 John Lovell b.1841 Peter George b.1844 William Charles b.1847

Voyages:	"Eden" from London arr. Port Adelaide 24 June 1838 Probably "Eden" from Port Adelaide arr. Nepean Bay 14 October 1838 "Socrates" from SA arr. Portland 31 January 1839
Came out as:	Surgeon superintendent
Date Settled Aus:	1836	Date of Departure:
First Registered:	1862	Off Register:	1863
Addresses:	London, England 1836 (where married) Adelaide, SA 1838 (shipping record) Kangaroo Island, SA 1838-1839 (shipping records) Portland, Vic 1838 (shipping record etc) Wannon River, Vic 1843-1848 (Learmonth, Portland Guardian) Portland 1848 (Learmonth) Warrnambool, Vic 1853 (Learmonth, Warrnambool Examiner) Port MacDonnell, SA (Waymouth) Ballarat, Vic 1863 (Medical Register) Merino, Vic 1866 (AMJ) Hamilton, Vic 1872-1874

Positions Held:
Publications:	Byass L. Poisoning by Atropa Australian Medical Journal 1857;2:244
Notes:	His father was Dr. John Byass of Arundel, Sussex, England (Waymouth) First doctor at Portland, Victoria He came from the same village in Sussex as the Hentys (Worthing) He was unsuccessful as a pastoralist on the Wannon and returned to medical practice He took over the practice of Dr. Isaac Corney (qv) in Banyan Street Warrnambool in 1854. In distressed circumstances November 1856 Member of Mechanics Institutes, Portland Emigration Society, Anglican Church committees, school boards, chess and cricket clubs Was medically trained but unqualified (hence registered under section XIV)
Acknowledgments:	This record was updated in May 2005 with information supplied by Rob Byass of Warrnambool, Vic and with information from Ann Tovell's card index to the early Australian Medical Journals
References:	Medical Board of Victoria. Register of Medical Practitioners for 1863 [Lovell Byass, Ballarat, registered under section XIV] Cleland JB. First fifty-two names in the medical register of South Australia Medical Journal Australia 1938; ii: 732-8 Lendon AA. SAA Prg/128/12/11 [father and grandfather doctors, born Worthing, married 1834, with SA Company 1837, to Portland, Vic 1838 etc] Howard GT. Port Phillip's early doctors 1835-1839. Medical Journal of Australia 1934;i:361-6 Hopton AJ. List of registered and unregistered medical practitioners at Port Phillip between 1835 and 1851. Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society 1950;36:376-9 Learmonth N. The Portland Bay settlement. Melbourne, 1934 [born Worthing 1 June 1811, to Kangaroo Island, then Portand 1839, Wannon 1844 etc] Waymouth R. Dr. Lovell Byass 1811-1874. Ballarat and District Genealogical Society website [lists his parents, children etc] Warrnambool AIGS (Family History Group) list Medical Society of Victoria archives file held at Brownless Medical Library, University of Melbourne Cummings D. Pioneers and settlers bound for South Australia [website] [Lovell Byass b.1811 Arundel, Sussex and wife Rebecca nee Halstead on "Eden" from London] Syme MA. Shipping arrivals and departures Victorian ports 1798 - 1845. Melbourne, 1984 [by "Socrates" to Portland arr. 31 January 1839] Total wreck of the barque "Children". Colonial Times (Hobart) 26 February 1839 [survivors attended at Portland by surgeon on "Socrates" from Kangaroo Island] Vaccination [advertisement]. Portland Guardian 26 November 1842 [available from Dr. Byass] Moving. Portland Guardian 18 November 1843 Thomas Best, blacksmith, opening shop on his property. Portland Guardian 13 October 1848 President Warrnambool Cricket Club 1853/54. Warrnambool Examiner date unknown Auction of household effects. Warrnambool Examiner 4 November 1856 Mrs Byass teaching pianoforte, harp, French, Italian. Warrnambool Examiner December 1856 To correspondents. Aust Med J 1857;2:312 [Mr. Byass, Warrnambool] Vaccinator at Merino. Australian Medical Journal 1866:216 Obituary. Australian Medical Journal 1874:286 [of Casterton, brother Robert Byass, producer of bottled ale and porter] Obituary. Warrnambool Examiner, September 1874
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	last updated 04-01-2023