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| Robert James Pierce |
| Family
Name: |
Pierce |
Variant
Spellings: |
Pierse |
| Given
Names: |
Robert James |
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| DOB |
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DOD |
23 January 1889 |
| Place
of Birth: |
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Place
of Death: |
West Maitland, NSW |
| Age
at Death: |
49
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| School:
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University:
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| Qualifications:
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LRCS Ireland 1864
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Speciality:
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Occupations: |
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| Spouse:
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Martha Fitzgerald Keys m. 1871 |
| Children: |
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| Came
out as: |
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| Date
Settled Aus: |
1864
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Date
of Departure: |
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| First
Registered: |
1865 NSW No.589
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Off
Register: |
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| Addresses:
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Dublin, Ireland 1864 (Medical Register)
Waratah, NSW 1865-1870 (Sydney Mail, Chronicle, etc.)
Muswellbrook, NSW 1870-1875 (Medical Register)
West Maitland, NSW 1875 onwards (Medical Register) |
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| Positions
Held: |
Coroner 1867 (Maitland Mercury)
Surgeon Muswellbrook Hospital (Bruck)
Honorary Surgeon, Maitland Hospital (Maitland Mercury)
Alderman and Mayor, West Maitland (Maitland Mercury) |
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| Notes:
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Brother of John Pierce (qv) |
| Acknowledgments:
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| References: |
New South Wales Medical Board. Register of Medical Practitioners for 1869 [Robert James Pierce registered 4 April 1865, Waratah, LRCSI 1864]
Medical register. General Council of Medical Education and Registration UK, 1866 [registered 26 March 1864, Dublin, LRCSI 1864]
Bruck L. Australasian Medical Directory and Handbook, 1883, 1886 [surgeon West Maitland Hospital, late Muswellbrook Hospital] 1892 [died West Maitland 23 January 1889 aged 49]
Waratah. Empire (Sydney) 7 August 1865 [Dr. Pierce attends accident victim] [is this him?]
Waratah. Newcastle Chronicle 9 September 1865 [Lodge celebrating first anniversary, Dr. Pierce states he has been the lodge surgeon from the start] [is this him or John Pierce?]
Shocking occurrence. Sydney Mail 14 October 1865 [Dr. R. J. Pierce of Waratah assists with post mortem examination]
Newcastle. Maitland Mercury 27 February 1866 [Dr. R. Pierce attends accident victim Lambton mine]
Coroner's inquest. Maitland Mercury 12 March 1867 [Dr. R. J. Pierce district coroner holds inquest at Wallsend]
Wallsend. Newcastle Chronicle 12 February 1868 [D. Robert Pierce re-elected surgeon to miners at Lambton Colliery]
Wallsend. Newcastle Chronicle 29 April 1868 [accident to Dr. John Pierce of Wallsend on way to visit his brother Dr. Robert Pierce at Waratah]
Wallsend. Newcastle Chronicle 27 February 1869 [Dr. R. J. Pierce attends farewell dinner for Dr. John Pierce who is leaving Wallsend]
Marriages. Sydney Morning Herald 2 September 1871 [Robert James Pierce Esq. M.D. of Muswellbrook to Martha Fitzgerald Keys]
Late Dr. Robert James Pierce. Maitland Mercury 26 January 1889 [long obituary noting offices held at Maitland, aged 49, widower with one son, buried with wife at Musswelbrook]
Upper Hunter. Maitland Mercury 31 January 1889 [death of Dr. Robert Pierce, skilled physician, sweet singer, eloquent speaker, gentle, kindly, warm-hearted...son brought up by the grandmother] |
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