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Samson Davis
Family Name: Davis  Variant Spellings:  
Given Names: Samson
DOB 17 November 1818
DOD 23 December 1860 
Place of Birth: Whitechapel, London, England
Place of Death: Newstead, Vic 
Age at Death: 42
School:
University:  
Qualifications: LSA 1844
Speciality:  
Other Occupations:
Spouse: Louisa Emerson m.1840 d.1842 London, England
Annie Rathbone Reeves m.1846 London, England
Children: George
Edward
Mary Eliza b.1855
Voyages: Possibly "Maitland" 1851 (see Davis no first name)
  • "Gloriana" from England arr. Melbourne 11 December 1852
  • Came out as: Passenger 
    Date Settled Aus: 1852
    Date of Departure:  
    First Registered: 1855 Vic
    Off Register:  
    Addresses: London, England 1842
  • New York, USA 1843 approx.
  • London 1844-1850 (qualification, directories)
  • Sandhurst, Vic 1856 (electoral role)
  • Castlemaine, Vic 1856 onwards
  • Positions Held:
    Publications: Physiological Principles of Physiognomy and Natural Language. London: Simpkin & Marshall, 1843. Dedicated to Mrs F C Dodsworth, Turnham Green
    Notes: Apprenticed to Mr Robert Hesselwood of Sydney Place, Commercial Rd, London, 23 August 1835
  • 1839-1841 attending medical classes in London
  • After the death of his first wife in 1842 travelled to the USA
  • His brother Joseph also emigrated to Australia and settled at Castlemaine, Vic
  • Acknowledgments: Most of the information for this record was contributed by Michelle Dennis of Sunbury, Vic in September 2003
    References: Medical Board Office. Victoria Government Gazette 18 January 1856 [Samson Davis on list of legally qualified medical practitioners]
  • Medical Board of Victoria. Medical Register 1863 [Samson Davis LSA London 1844, registered 5 March 1855, registration not renewed]
  • London and Provincial Medical Directory 1847, 1850 [Samson Davis, Mile-end, General Practice, LSA 1844]
  • Victorian Electoral Roll - Emerald Hill Division, 1856
  • Dennis M. Doctors and gunmakers in the East End [from her website] [life story of Samson Davis]
  • Maladies, medicos and miracle cures - guide to history of medicine in Castlemaine
  • Castlemaine Directory 1856 & 1857
  • Bowden KM. Doctors and diggers on the Mount Alexander goldfields. Maryborough, Vic, 1974
  • Report of his accidental drowning. Mt Alexander Mail Newspaper, Castlemaine. Friday 28 December 1860
  • Supposed suicide of a medical man. Argus (Melbourne) 27 December 1860 [Dr. Samson Davis drowned in the Loddon river while under the influence of delirium tremens]
  • Portraits:
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    Image 1: Dr. Samson Davis (by kind permission Michelle Dennis)

    last updated 04-04-2015

     
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