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David Thomson |
Family
Name: |
Thomson |
Variant
Spellings: |
Thompson |
Given
Names: |
David |
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DOB |
1786 approx.
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DOD |
4 September 1874 |
Place
of Birth: |
Scotland
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Place
of Death: |
Guernsey, Channel Islands |
Age
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School:
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University:
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Qualifications:
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LRCS 1807
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Speciality:
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Naval Surgeon |
Other
Occupations: |
Pastoralist |
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Spouse:
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Married |
Children: |
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Voyages:
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"Eliza" from London arr. Hobart 24 February 1830
"Earl of Liverpool" from London arr. Sydney 5 April 1831
"Stakesby" from Spithead arr. VDL 4 September 1833
"New Grove" from Scilly Isles arr. VDL 27 March 1835
"John Barry" from Dundee arr. Sydney 19 July 1837
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Came
out as: |
Surgeon superintendent |
Date
Settled Aus: |
1837
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Date
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First
Registered: |
1848 NSW No.296
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Off
Register: |
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Addresses:
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Sydney NSW 1837 (shipping record)
Raymond Terrace, NSW 1841 (Guilford)
Murrurundi, NSW 1843-1848 (SMH)
Sydney, NSW 1848-1850
England 1850 (Gibbney and Smith)
Guernsey (where died) |
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Positions
Held: |
Surgeon RN 1810 (Navy List 1813) |
Publications:
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Original correspondence. Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser 15 August 1837 [stating Dr. Neale not infected at the quarantine station] |
Notes:
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All his voyages out to Australia were with convicts, except the last, which was with immigrants
Returned to England 1850 - pronounced unfit for sea service. Retired to Guernsey, where he died. |
Acknowledgments:
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References: |
Medical Board of New South Wales. Minutes 3 October 1848 [registration of David Thomson RN LRCS Ed 19 May 1807]
Gibbney HJ, Smith AG. Biographical register 1788-1939. Canberra, 1987 [b. Scotland? 1790 d. Guernsey 4 September 1874, etc]
Guilford E. Hunter Valley Directory 1841. Newcastle, 1987
Foley JD. In quarantine. Sydney, 1995
Donohoe JH. Paracensus of Australia 1788-1828. 4th ed. Sydney, 2004
Immigration Report of 1837 for Australia, from British Parliamentary Papers, accessed on a website [letter from David Thomson re "John Barry"]
Willetts J. Free settler or felon? Website, 2005 [David Thomson of 'Pentland' Murrurundi]
Bateson C. Convict ships. Glasgow, 1959
Shipping intelligence. Colonist (Sydney) 20 July 1837 [Dr. Thomson RN Surgeon Superintendent on "John Barry" from Dundee]
Shipping intelligence. Sydney Monitor 31 July 1837 [Dr Thomson and Mrs Thomson on "John Barry" from the quarantine ground]
Ten pounds reward [advertisement]. Sydney Morning Herald 13 February 1843 [for stolen horse, signed D. Thomson RN Murrurundi]
News from the interior. Sydney Morning Herald 11 September 1843 [D. Thomson Esq MD JP at Murrurundi]
Colonial Secretary's office. New South Wales Government Gazette 25 May 1847 [David Thomson Esq of Pentland, Murrurundi, appointed a magistrate] |
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last updated 05-02-2019
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