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David Thomson

Family Name: Thomson Variant Spellings: Thompson

Given Names: David

DOB 1786 approx.
DOD 4 September 1874

Place of Birth: Scotland
Place of Death: Guernsey, Channel Islands

Age at Death:

School:
University:

Qualifications: LRCS 1807
Speciality: Naval Surgeon

Other Occupations: Pastoralist

Spouse: Married

Children:

Voyages: "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

Came out as: Surgeon superintendent

Date Settled Aus: 1837
Date of Departure:

First Registered: 1848 NSW No.296
Off Register:

Addresses: 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)

Positions Held: Surgeon RN 1810 (Navy List 1813)

Publications: Original correspondence. Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser 15 August 1837 [stating Dr. Neale not infected at the quarantine station]

Notes: 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:

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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David Thomson
Family Name:	Thomson	Variant Spellings:	Thompson
Given Names:	David

DOB	1786 approx.	DOD	4 September 1874
Place of Birth:	Scotland	Place of Death:	Guernsey, Channel Islands
Age at Death:

School:		University:
Qualifications:	LRCS 1807	Speciality:	Naval Surgeon
Other Occupations:	Pastoralist

Spouse:	Married
Children:

Voyages:	"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
Came out as:	Surgeon superintendent
Date Settled Aus:	1837	Date of Departure:
First Registered:	1848 NSW No.296	Off Register:
Addresses:	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)

Positions Held:	Surgeon RN 1810 (Navy List 1813)
Publications:	Original correspondence. Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser 15 August 1837 [stating Dr. Neale not infected at the quarantine station]
Notes:	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:
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