| George Edmund Farncombe Hatch |
| Family
Name: |
Hatch |
Variant
Spellings: |
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| Given
Names: |
George Edmund Farncombe |
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| DOB |
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DOD |
26 October 1859 |
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of Birth: |
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Place
of Death: |
Moelfre Bay, Anglesey, Wales |
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University:
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| Qualifications:
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MRCSE 1844
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Speciality:
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| Spouse:
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Married |
| Children: |
3 children aged 13, 11 and 9 living at the time of his death |
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| Voyages:
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"Gilmore" from Southampton arr. Sydney 17 October 1855
"Emma" from Liverpool arr. Sydney 2 Febuary 1857
"Shalimar" from Liverpool arr. Geelong 11 Nov 1857
"Herald of the Morning" from L'pool arr. Sydney 23 June 1858
"Telegraph" from Liverpool arr. Melbourne 23 July 1859
"Royal Charter" dep. Melbourne for Liverpool 26 August 1859
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| Came
out as: |
Surgeon superintendent |
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Settled Aus: |
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Date
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| Addresses:
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Greenwich, Kent, England 1850, 1853 (Medical directories)
Farnham Royal, Buckinghamshire, England 1859 (Obituary)
Melbourne, Vic 1859 (shipping record) |
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| Positions
Held: |
Surgeon Superintendent in the Government Emigration Service |
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| Notes:
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Dr. Hatch left Melbourne in August 1859 aboard the "Royal Charter" and died in the wreck of the vessel at Moelfre Bay, Anglesey on 26 October 1859 (obituary). A survivor recalled that he assisted women and children when the ship was wrecked (Old Mersey Times website)
His qualification is recorded in the 1853 British medical directory
The SMH advertisement states that when he died he left a wife and children aged 13, 11 and 9. He had made 5 voyages to Australia and was returning to bring out his family |
| Acknowledgments:
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| References: |
London and Provincial Medical Directory 1847, 1850 [George Edm. Farncombe Hatch, Greenwich, MRCS 1844]
British Medical Directory 1853 [G. E. Farncombe Hatch, Greenwich, Kent, MRCSE 1844]
Immigration Office Melbourne. Return 31 May 1858 [G. E. F. Hatch surgeon superintendent on "Shalimar" from Liverpool arr. Melbourne 11 November 1857]
Royal Charter at Old Mersey Times website Mariners and ships in Australian waters website [G. E. F. Hatch surgeon superintendent on Emma arr. Sydney 2 February 1857]
Shipping. Sydney Morning Herald 19 October 1855 [Dr. Hatch Surgeon Superintendent on "Gilmore"]
Shipping. Sydney Morning Herald 24 June 1858 [Dr. G. A. F. Hatch surgeon superintendent on "Herald of the Morning" from Liverpool]
Shipping intelligence. Moreton Bay Courier 30 June 1858
Government emigration. Times 30 April 1859:10
Shipping intelligence. Argus (Melbourne) 25 July 1859 [Dr. Hatch Surgeon Superintendent on "Telegraph" from Liverpool]
Shipping. Age (Melbourne) 27 August 1859 [departure of "Royal Charter" for Liverpool]
Obituary. Medical Times and Gazette 12 November 1859:493
Wreck of the "Royal Charter". Moreton Bay Courier 19 January 1860
Wreck of the "Royal Charter" [advertisement]. Sydney Morning Herald 30 April 1860 [raising funds for the widow of George Edmund Farncombe Hatch, surgeon] |
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