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| Alexander Skinner |
| Family
Name: |
Skinner |
Variant
Spellings: |
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| Given
Names: |
Alexander |
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| DOB |
1809
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DOD |
18 January 1899 |
| Place
of Birth: |
Scotland
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Place
of Death: |
Airlie Brake near Inverell NSW |
| Age
at Death: |
88
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| School:
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University:
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| Qualifications:
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LFPS Glasgow 1833
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Speciality:
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| Other
Occupations: |
Pastoralist |
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| Spouse:
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Hughina Clarke m.1835 Tongue, Sutherland, Scotland
Elizabeth Wortley Shannon m.1842 Mount Keira, Wollongong, NSW |
| Children: |
Alexander Skinner b.1843 Manila Philippines
Elizabeth Campbell Skinner b. 1846 Manila
Charles Shannon Skinner b. 16.12.1847 Manila
Jane Brodie Skinner b. 24.12.1852 South Grafton NSW
Wm. |
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| Voyages:
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"Lady McNaghten" from Scotland arr. Sydney 28 January 1839
"Eliza Ann" dep. Sydney for Batavia 25 June 1843
"Walter Claxton" from San Francisco arr. Sydney 19 October 1851
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| Came
out as: |
Surgeon superintendent |
| Date
Settled Aus: |
by 1839 NSW
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Date
of Departure: |
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| First
Registered: |
1839 NSW No.62
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Off
Register: |
1863 |
| Addresses:
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Patrick's Plains, NSW 1839 (NSWGG)
Muswellbrook, NSW 1841 (Guilford)
Singleton, NSW 1841 (Guilford)
Manila, Philippines 1843, 1847 (where three children born)
New South Wales 1851 (shipping record)
Grafton 1852, 1860, 1869 (Darley, Medical Directory, Medical Register)
Wellingrove, NSW 1864 (where child born)
Glen Innes, NSW 1870-1875 (Medical Register)
Inverell NSW 1876, 1883 (Medical Register, Bruck) |
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| Positions
Held: |
Public Vaccinator, New England and Gwydir 1883 (Bruck) |
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| Notes:
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Christened 30 August 1809 Avoch, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland
Registered Victoria 1853
Retired from practice 1860 (Medical Directory)
His name is not on David Richards' list of licentiates of the Glasgow college |
| Acknowledgments:
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This record was updated with information supplied by Lois Shepheard, from her family history, June 2003 |
| References: |
New South Wales Medical Board. NSW Government Gazette July 1839:733 [Alexander Skinner, Patrick's Plains, on list of legally qualified practitioners]
Notice. Victoria Government Gazette 13 January 1854 [Alexander Skinner on list of legally qualified practitioners]
Medical Directory for New South Wales and Queensland. Sydney, 1860 [Grafton, retired from practice]
New South Wales Medical Board. Register of Medical Practitioners for 1868 [Grafton, LFPSG 1833]
Bruck L. Australasian Medical Directory and Handbook, 1883 [Inverell, NSW LFPSG 1833 Public Vaccinator New England and Gwydir Districts]
Obituary. Australasian Medical Gazette 1899;18:84 [died 18 Jan 1899 at "Airlie Brake" near Inverell aged 88]
Guilford E. Hunter Valley Directory 1841. Newcastle, 1987
Daley LT. Men and a river: Richmond River District 1828-1895. Melbourne 1966
Shipping intelligence. Sydney Herald 30 January 1839 [Alexander Skinner Surgeon Superintendent on "Lady McNaghten" from Cromarty]
Married. Sydney Morning Herald 5 April 1842 [at Mount Keira, Elizabeth Wortley Shannon to Alexander Skinner surgeon of Patrick's Plains]
Shipping intelligence. Australian (Sydney) 26 June 1843 [Dr Skinner dep. "Eliza Ann" for Batavia]
Arrivals. Sydney Morning Herald 20 October 1851 [Dr. A. Skinner from San Francisco]
Clarence River District [advertisement]. Maitland Mercury 31 January 1852 [Mr Skinner formerly of Patrick's Plains and latterly of Manila, Phillipines] |
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