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| Henry Meyler |
| Family
Name: |
Meyler |
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Spellings: |
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| Given
Names: |
Henry |
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| DOB |
May 1825
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DOD |
11 May 1889 |
| Place
of Birth: |
Dublin, Ireland
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Place
of Death: |
Winchelsea, Vic |
| Age
at Death: |
64
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| School:
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University:
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| Qualifications:
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LAH Dublin 1849
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Speciality:
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Occupations: |
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| Spouse:
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Elizabeth Fender (nee Stirling) m.1868 Winchelsea, Vic |
| Children: |
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| Voyages:
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"Queen of the East" from Liverpool arr. Melbourne 9 February 1858
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| Came
out as: |
Ship's surgeon |
| Date
Settled Aus: |
1858
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Date
of Departure: |
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| First
Registered: |
1864 Vic
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Off
Register: |
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| Addresses:
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Winchelsea, Vic 1858 onwards |
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| Positions
Held: |
Public Vaccinator, Winchelsea 1858, Moriac 1866 (VGG) |
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| Notes:
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Death certificate states he had no children and was 31 years in Australia
Son of Walter Thomas Meyler, distiller, of Dublin, and Annie Fewtrell (death and marraige certificates).
Attended Oak Hill School, Isle of Man (descendants have his school writing book)
Married in Prebyterian Church, Winchelsea
He appears to have practised unregistered at Winchelsea 1858 to 1864 - Ed. |
| Acknowledgments:
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This record was extensively updated with information supplied by Daphne and Don Gregg, Blackman's Bay, Tasmania, in June 2003 |
| References: |
Medical Board of Victoria. Victorian Government Gazette 15 March 1864 [registration of Henry Meyler, Winchelsea, LAH Dublin 1849]
Medical Board of Victoria. Register of Medical Practitioners for 1867 onwards
Bruck L. Australasian Medical Directory and Handbook, 1883 [at Winchelsea]
Gregory EB and others. Coast to country: Winchelsea, a history of the shire. North Melbourne, 1985
Leask BC. Leask's genealogical guide to some Australian families and their antecedents and genealogies . Armadale, Vic, 1979
Shipping intelligence. Argus (Melbourne) 10 February 1858 [Henry Meyler surgeon on "Queen of the East" from Liverpool]
Vaccinators. Victoria Government Gazette 23 July 1858 [Henry Meyler appointed for Winchelsea]
Winchelsea. Geelong Advertiser 28 March 1861 [Henry Meyler treating accident victim]
Public vaccinators. Victoria Government Gazette 24 January 1866 [Henry Meyler LAHD appointed for Moriac]
Married. Leader (Melbourne) 28 November 1868 [at Winchelsea, Henry Meyler, medical practitioner, to Elizabeth, relict of the late William Fender, saddler, of Geelong]
Deaths. Australian Medical Journal 1889;11:296 [Dr. Henry Meyler native of Dublin aged 64 years] |
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Portrait courtesy of the Winchelsea & District Historical Society |
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