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Thomas Morland Hocken
Family Name: Hocken  Variant Spellings:  
Given Names: Thomas Morland
DOB 14 January 1836
DOD 17 May 1910 
Place of Birth: Stamford, Yorkshire, England
Place of Death: Dunedin, NZ 
Age at Death: 74
School:
University:  
Qualifications: MRCS 1859
LSA 1859
Speciality:  
Other Occupations:
Spouse: Julia Annia Daykne Simpson m.1867
Elizabeth Mary Buckland m.1884
Children:
Voyages: "Great Britain" from Liverpool arr. Melbourne 2 May 1861
  • "Great Britain" from Liverpool arr. Melbourne 24 Dec 1861
  • "Chariot of Fame" dep. Melbourne for Otago 9 February 1862
  • Came out as: Surgeon Superintendent 
    Date Settled Aus:
    Date of Departure:  
    First Registered:
    Off Register:  
    Addresses: Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England 1860 (Medical Register)
  • Melbourne, Vic 1861 (shipping record)
  • Dunedin, NZ 1862 onwards (Encyclopaedia of NZ)
  • Positions Held:
    Publications:
    Notes: Possibly on "White Star" from Liverpool 1860 (see M. Hockien)
  • A Mrs. Hocken and two Misses Hocken, Emma and Jane, were on the passenger list of the first voyage of the "Great Britain" in 1861
  • The wives listed above are those noted in the Encyclopaedia of New Zealand entry
  • He was joined at Dunedin in 1862 by Dr. C. L. Morice who had preceded him as surgeon on "Great Britain"
  • Acknowledgments:
    References: Medical register. General Council of Medical Education and Registration UK 1860 [Thomas Morland Hocken, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, MRCS 1859 LSA 1859]
  • Thomas Morland Hocken. Encyclopaedia of New Zealand, 1966 [includes dates of birth and death, parents, education, qualifications, career]
  • Wright-St.Clair RE. Historia nunc vivat: medical practitioners in New Zealand 1830 to 1940. Digital edition. Christchurch, 2013 [registered Dunedin 1862 born Stamford 14 January 1835 (sic) etc]
  • Lewis M. SS "Great Britain" surgeons [data from the crew lists, personal communication][Thomas Morland Hocken surgeon superintendent on voyages 20 and 21, 1861-1862]
  • Shipping intelligence. Argus (Melbourne) 3 May 1861 [Mrs Hocken, Misses Emma and Jane Hocken on "Great Britain" from Liverpool] [surgeon not listed]
  • Shipping. Age (Melbourne) 24 December 1861 [list of saloon passengers on "Great Britain" does not include Mrs or Misses Hocken]
  • Shipping intelligence. Argus (Melbourne) 26 December 1861 [arrival "Great Britain" from Liverpool, purse of fifty guineas presented to the medical officer Dr. Hocken]
  • Shipping. Age (Melbourne) 11 February 1862 ["Chariot of Fame" dep. Melbourne for Otago 9th]
  • Dr. Morland Hocken [advertisement]. Otago Daily Times 25 February 1862 [late surgeon to the SS "Great Britain", at Dunedin]
  • Dr. Hocken [advertisement]. Otago Daily Times 30 October 1862 [formerly surgeon to the SS "Great Britain"]
  • Portraits: Otago Daily Times 20 August 1906
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    last updated 20-07-2019

     

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