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Robert McIntosh

Family Name: McIntosh Variant Spellings: Macintosh

Given Names: Robert

DOB 1817 approx.
DOD 28 October 1894

Place of Birth:
Place of Death:

Age at Death:

School:
University:

Qualifications: MRCS 1838
MD St A 1838
Speciality:

Other Occupations:

Spouse: Lavinia Williamson m.1844 West Maitland, NSW

Children: Son b. Peel River 1845 (SMH)
Son b. Sydney 1848 (SMH)
Another son

Voyages: Unknown voyage to Port Phillip
? "Sisters" from Port Phillip arr. Sydney 31 January 1841
? "Johannes Sarkies" dep. Sydney for California 14 March 1850

Came out as:

Date Settled Aus: By 1841
Date of Departure:

First Registered: 1841 NSW No.178
Off Register:

Addresses: Port Stephens, NSW 1841, 1842 (Guilford, medical register)
Tamworth, Peel's River, NSW 1845
Sydney, NSW 1846, 1848, 1849 (SMH)

Positions Held: Assistant Surgeon to the Agricultural Company, Port Stephens 1841, 1842 (Guilford, medical register)
Physician, Sydney Infirmary 1847 (SMH)

Publications:

Notes: Registered California by 1858
He may have left Sydney for California on "Johannes Sarkies" in March 1850, but there is no mention of his family in the shipping record
He was in San Francisco with Robert Nuttall (qv) in May 1850
The membership list of the San Francisco Medical Society for 1850 includes a hand-written annotation stating that Robert Nuttall arrived San Francisco from Australia May 1850 with his friend Dr. Robert McIntosh
The note adds that Dr. McIntosh died (place illegible ? Eire) 28 October 1894

Acknowledgments:

References: New South Wales Medical Board. Minutes 3 May 1841 [registration of Robert Macintosh LRCSL 7 August 1838 MD St Andrews 17 April 1838]
New South Wales Medical Board. List of the Legally Qualified Medical Practitioners. Sydney, 1842
Smart RN. List of doctors awarded the MD of the University of St. Andrews [unpublished manuscript]
Guilford E. Hunter Valley Directory 1841. Newcastle, 1987
San Francisco Medical Society. Constitution. San Francisco, 1850 [membership list includes Robert McIntosh, St. Andrews and Edinburgh (sic) 1838]
History of San Francisco Medical Society. California and Western Medicine 1959:51(2):109-10 [Robert McIntosh arrived 1850 son of Sir William McIntosh, a professor in the Edinburgh Medical School]
SMH (Sydney Morning Herald) Index of BDM
Shipping intelligence. Sydney Herald 2 February 1841 [Dr. M'Intosh from Port Phillip]
Married. Maitland Mercury 28 September 1844 [at West Maitland, Robert M'Intosh Esq MD to Lavinia Williamson]
Sydney Infirmary [advertisement]. Sydney Morning Herald 8 December 1846 [Dr. Mackintosh a candidate for the post of physician vacated by Dr. Fullerton]
Sydney Infirmary and Dispensary. Sydney Morning Herald 29 January 1848 [Dr. M'Intosh retiring leaves vacancy for a physician]
Births. Maitland Mercury 30 August 1848 [son born at 356 Pitt Street Sydney]
Notice of removal. Sydney Morning Herald 31 August 1849 [354 Pitt Street, next door to Dr. Mackintosh, Terry's Buildings]
Clearances. Sydney Morning Herald 15 March 1850 [Dr. McIntosh for California]
Medical register of the State of California. Pacific Medical and Surgical Journal 1858: 209 [lists R. Macintosh, San Francisco, RCS Edinburgh 1838]

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last updated 07-04-2019

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Robert McIntosh
Family Name:	McIntosh	Variant Spellings:	Macintosh
Given Names:	Robert

DOB	1817 approx.	DOD	28 October 1894
Place of Birth:		Place of Death:
Age at Death:

School:		University:
Qualifications:	MRCS 1838 MD St A 1838	Speciality:
Other Occupations:

Spouse:	Lavinia Williamson m.1844 West Maitland, NSW
Children:	Son b. Peel River 1845 (SMH) Son b. Sydney 1848 (SMH) Another son

Voyages:	Unknown voyage to Port Phillip ? "Sisters" from Port Phillip arr. Sydney 31 January 1841 ? "Johannes Sarkies" dep. Sydney for California 14 March 1850
Came out as:
Date Settled Aus:	By 1841	Date of Departure:
First Registered:	1841 NSW No.178	Off Register:
Addresses:	Port Stephens, NSW 1841, 1842 (Guilford, medical register) Tamworth, Peel's River, NSW 1845 Sydney, NSW 1846, 1848, 1849 (SMH)

Positions Held:	Assistant Surgeon to the Agricultural Company, Port Stephens 1841, 1842 (Guilford, medical register) Physician, Sydney Infirmary 1847 (SMH)
Publications:
Notes:	Registered California by 1858 He may have left Sydney for California on "Johannes Sarkies" in March 1850, but there is no mention of his family in the shipping record He was in San Francisco with Robert Nuttall (qv) in May 1850 The membership list of the San Francisco Medical Society for 1850 includes a hand-written annotation stating that Robert Nuttall arrived San Francisco from Australia May 1850 with his friend Dr. Robert McIntosh The note adds that Dr. McIntosh died (place illegible ? Eire) 28 October 1894
Acknowledgments:
References:	New South Wales Medical Board. Minutes 3 May 1841 [registration of Robert Macintosh LRCSL 7 August 1838 MD St Andrews 17 April 1838] New South Wales Medical Board. List of the Legally Qualified Medical Practitioners. Sydney, 1842 Smart RN. List of doctors awarded the MD of the University of St. Andrews [unpublished manuscript] Guilford E. Hunter Valley Directory 1841. Newcastle, 1987 San Francisco Medical Society. Constitution. San Francisco, 1850 [membership list includes Robert McIntosh, St. Andrews and Edinburgh (sic) 1838] History of San Francisco Medical Society. California and Western Medicine 1959:51(2):109-10 [Robert McIntosh arrived 1850 son of Sir William McIntosh, a professor in the Edinburgh Medical School] SMH (Sydney Morning Herald) Index of BDM Shipping intelligence. Sydney Herald 2 February 1841 [Dr. M'Intosh from Port Phillip] Married. Maitland Mercury 28 September 1844 [at West Maitland, Robert M'Intosh Esq MD to Lavinia Williamson] Sydney Infirmary [advertisement]. Sydney Morning Herald 8 December 1846 [Dr. Mackintosh a candidate for the post of physician vacated by Dr. Fullerton] Sydney Infirmary and Dispensary. Sydney Morning Herald 29 January 1848 [Dr. M'Intosh retiring leaves vacancy for a physician] Births. Maitland Mercury 30 August 1848 [son born at 356 Pitt Street Sydney] Notice of removal. Sydney Morning Herald 31 August 1849 [354 Pitt Street, next door to Dr. Mackintosh, Terry's Buildings] Clearances. Sydney Morning Herald 15 March 1850 [Dr. McIntosh for California] Medical register of the State of California. Pacific Medical and Surgical Journal 1858: 209 [lists R. Macintosh, San Francisco, RCS Edinburgh 1838]
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	last updated 07-04-2019