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James Thomas Hansard |
Family
Name: |
Hansard |
Variant
Spellings: |
Hannsard |
Given
Names: |
James Thomas |
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DOB |
16 February 1809
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DOD |
3 November 1900 |
Place
of Birth: |
Westerham, Kent, England
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Place
of Death: |
Petersham, NSW |
Age
at Death: |
91
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School:
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University:
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Qualifications:
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MD Ed 1836
LRCP London 1839
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Speciality:
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Spouse:
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Olive Cawley Tucker m.1843 d.1854
Jane Catherine Fowler nee Cartwright m.1855 |
Children: |
James 1843
Reginald 1845
Emily 1847
Alfred 1848
Jessie 1852 |
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Voyages:
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"Lalla Rookh" from Plymouth arr. Sydney 26 December 1841
"Lady Leigh" dep. Sydney for Port Nicholson 4 February 1842
"Perseverance" from Wellington arr. Sydney 26 October 1842
"New York Packet" dep. Sydney for Wellington 16 Feb 1843
"Subraon" dep. Wellington for Sydney 26 October 1848 (wrecked on leaving harbour)
"Louis and Miriam" from Wellington arr. Sydney 27 Nov 1848
"Trafalgar" dep. Sydney for London 4 February 1849
"Samuel Boddington" from Plymouth arr. Sydney 17 February 1855
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Came
out as: |
Surgeon superintendent |
Date
Settled Aus: |
1848
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Date
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First
Registered: |
1855 NSW No.424
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Off
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Addresses:
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London, England
Sydney, NSW 1841-1842 (shipping record
Wellington, NZ 1842 (shipping record)
Sydney, NSW 1842-1843 (shipping record)
New Zealand 1843-1848 (shipping record)
Sydney, NSW 1848-1849 (shipping record)
England 1849-1854 (shipping record)
Sydney, NSW 1855 onwards |
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Positions
Held: |
Physician-Accoucher at St George's and St. James' Dispensary before 1853 (British Medical Directory)
Treasurer, St. Paul's Anglican Church, Cleveland Street, Sydney 1856-1883 |
Publications:
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Soul immortal : its present and future prospects, by James T. Hansard M.D., Sydney, 1868 [see Ferguson's Bibliography of Australia] |
Notes:
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MD Thesis on Asphyxia
According to the family histories he graduated MRCS ( 1839 or 1854) but this qualification is not recorded in the medical registers and directories -Ed.
The medical directories credit him with the LRCP Edinburgh 1836, but this is not recorded in the medical registers - Ed.
Came through Sydney en route to NZ in 1841, visited Sydney where married in 1842, came through Sydney en route to England from NZ after earthquake 16 October 1848 destroyed his surgery |
Acknowledgments:
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This record was updated in July 2008 with information from Rev Ron Hansard, Arcadia Vale, NSW |
References: |
New South Wales Medical Board. Minutes 3 April 1855 [registration of James Thomas Hansard MD Edinburgh 1 August 1836 LRCP London 25 March 1839]
London and Provincial Medical Directory 1850 [13 Gloucester Place, Brighton, LRCP (sic) Ed 1836, London 1839]
British Medical Directory 1853 [Brighton, LRCP (sic) Ed 1836, LRCP Lon 1839, formerly Physician Accoucheur, St. George's & St. James's Dispensary]
Medical Directory for New South Wales and Queensland. Sydney, 1860 [Redfern, MD Ed 1836 MRCP 1839 formerly Physician Accoucheur, St. George's & St. James's Dispensary]
Medical Directory (UK) 1873 [Redfern NSW MD Ed 1836 LRCP 1839]
Bruck L. Australasian Medical Directory and Handbook, 1883 [Redfern, Sydney]
Obituary. Australasian Medical Gazette 1900;19:490
Wright-St.Clair RE. Historia nunc vivat: medical practitioners in New Zealand 1830 to 1940. Digital edition. Christchurch, 2013
Lack A. James Thomas Hansard. In: Lack family website, accessed July 2008
Medical graduations. Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal 1836;46(129):505 [degree of Doctor of Medicine, James T. Hansard]
Shipping intelligence. Australian (Sydney) 28 December 1841 [Dr. Hansard on "Lalla Rookh" from Plymouth]
Departures. Australasian Chronicle (Sydney) 5 February 1842 [Hansard on "Lady Leigh" for Port Nicholson]
Shipping intelligence. Sydney Morning Herald 27 October 1842 [Dr Hansard MD superintendent on "Perseverance" from Port Nicholson]
Shipping intelligence. Australian (Sydney) 17 February 1843 [Dr and Mrs Hansard and female servant on "New York Packet" for Port Nicholson]
Editorial. Wellington Independent 18 October 1848 [reporting effects of earthquake]
Sailed. Wellington Independent 28 October 1848 ["Subraon" dep. for Sydney, wrecked at Heads 26 October]
Loss of the barque "Subraon". Sydney Morning Herald 27 November 1848 on leaving Wellington for Sydney, all saved including J. T. Hansard M.D. and family]
Shipping intelligence. Sydney Morning Herald 28 November 1848 [Mr and Mrs Hansard and children on "Louis and Miriam" from Port Nicholson]
Departures. Sydney Morning Herald 5 February 1849 [Dr. and Mrs. Hansard, three daughters and son for London]
Shipping. Sydney Morning Herald 19 February 1855 [Dr. Hansard Surgeon Superintendent and family] |
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Dr. James Thomas Hansard courtesy of Ron Hansard |
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last updated 07-08-2020
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