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David Stolworthy
Family Name:	Stolworthy	Variant Spellings:
Given Names:	David
DOB		DOD	1 February 1857
Place of Birth:		Place of Death:	Sydney, NSW
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Qualifications:	LSA 1826 MRCS 1828 FRCS 1854	Speciality:
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Spouse:	Maria Charritie d.31 October 1849 Singleton, NSW aged 33
Children:	One child in 1841
Voyages:	"China" from London arr. Sydney 31 May 1840 "General Palmer" dep. Sydney for Hong Kong 23 April 1851 "General Palmer" from Amoy arr. Sydney 17 February 1852 "General Hewitt" dep. Sydney for London 25 March 1853 "Ellenborough" from Southampton arr. Newcastle NSW 31 October 1854
Came out as:	Surgeon superintendent
Date Settled Aus:	1840	Date of Departure:
First Registered:	1840 NSW No.156	Off Register:
Addresses:	Southwark, London, England 1828-1840 approx. (Australian) Glendon and Patrick's Plains, Hunter Valley, NSW 1841, 1842 Hunter River, NSW 1842 (Medical Register) Singleton, NSW 1843-1851 China 1851 Singleton 1852 England 1853-1854 (shipping record) Sydney, NSW 1854 onwards
Positions Held:	Consulting Surgeon, Southwark Lying-In Infirmary, London (Australian) Consulting Surgeon Surry and Southwark Ophthalmic Infirmary (Australian)
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Notes:	Insolvent at Lambeth, London 1836 (London Gazette) In 1836 or earlier was in partnership in Lambeth, London, with William Horatio Sholl (qv) (London Gazette) Before that he had been for a time in practice in Paris, France (London Gazette) His wife and child followed him out to NSW, arriving on the "Earl Grey" from Plymouth in June 1841 He was insolvent at Singleton in 1843 He was a prominent figure in the Upper Hunter in the 1840s and is frequently mentioned in newspaper reports as a speaker at meetings and on special occasions He was involved in the establishment of the Singleton Benevolent Society and the Patrick's Plains and Upper Hunter Agricultural Association He took his own life while in "embarrassed circumstances". On the following day, a young lady named Kesterton also comitted suicide (SMH)
Acknowledgments:	This record was updated with information supplied by Lyn Mulcahy of Many West, Queensland in January 2004
References:	New South Wales Medical Board. Minutes 13 July 1840 [registration of David Stolworthy of Hunter River - no qualifications noted in minutes] New South Wales Medical Board. List of the Legally Qualified Medical Practitioners. Sydney, 1842 Power D. Plarr's lives of the fellows of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. Bristol, 1930 Guilford E. Hunter Valley Directory 1841. Newcastle, 1987 Cannon M. Perilous voyages to the new land. Mornington, Vic, 1997 Surgeon's Journal of the "Ellenborough" dated 8 November 1854, NSW State Archives document No. 54/1007. Willetts J. Free settler or felon? Website, 2005 Cox and Co.'s Sydney Post Office directory 1857 Court for relief of insolvent debtors. London Gazette 15 July 1836 [David Stolworthy, surgeon, formerly of Paris, afterwards of Lambeth, where in partnership with William Horatio Sholl] Ship news. Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser 12 May 1840 [arrival of "China" from London with immigrants at Port Phillip] Shipping intelligence. Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser 2 June 1840 [David Stolworthy esq surgeon on "China" from Port Phillip] Mr. D. Stolworthy [advertisement]. Sydney Herald 26 May 1841 [at Glendon, consulting at Patrick's Plains twice a week] Arrivals. Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser 26 June 1841 [Mrs. Stolworthy and child] Country news. Australian (Sydney) 30 November 1842 [Stolworthy for 12 years a witness at every coroner's inquest in a large parish, for many years consulting surgeon Southwark Lying-in Infirmary and Surrey Ophthalmic Infirmary] New insolvents. Sydney Morning Herald 9 September 1843 [David Stolworthy, Surgeon, George Street, Singleton] Died. Sydney Morning Herald 5 November 1849 [at Singleton aged 33 years, Maria, beloved wife of David Stolworthy Esq surgeon, daughter of Major General Charritie of London] Household furniture, gig and harness. Maitland Mercury 5 February 1851 [sale of items belonging to D. Stolworthy Esq who has removed to Sydney] Clearances. Sydney Morning Herald 24 April 1851 [Dr. Holworthy (sic) for Hong Kong on "General Palmer"] Public dinner to Dr. Stolworthy. Maitland Mercury 21 April 1852 [on his return after a trip to China - an absence of a year] Departures. Maitland Mercury 30 March 1853 [Dr. Stolworthy on "General Hewitt" for London] Singleton. Maitland Mercury 20 September 1854 [Dr. Stolworthy, formerly of this town, on the "Ellenborough"] Newcastle arrival. Maitland Mercury 4 November 1854 [Dr. Stolworthy Surgeon Superintendent on "Ellenborough"] Melancholy suicide of Dr. Stolworthy. Sydney Morning Herald 3 February 1857 [lengthy report of the inquest] Another death by poisoning. Sydney Morning Herald 4 February 1857 [lengthy report of coroner's inquest on Emma Kesterton]
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