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Robert James Pierce

Family Name: Pierce Variant Spellings: Pierse

Given Names: Robert James

DOB
DOD 23 January 1889

Place of Birth:
Place of Death: West Maitland, NSW

Age at Death: 49

School:
University:

Qualifications: LRCS Ireland 1864
Speciality:

Other Occupations:

Spouse: Martha Fitzgerald Keys m. 1871

Children:

Voyages:

Came out as:

Date Settled Aus: 1864
Date of Departure:

First Registered: 1865 NSW No.589
Off Register:

Addresses: 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)

Positions Held: Coroner 1867 (Maitland Mercury)
Surgeon Muswellbrook Hospital (Bruck)
Honorary Surgeon, Maitland Hospital (Maitland Mercury)
Alderman and Mayor, West Maitland (Maitland Mercury)

Publications:

Notes: Brother of John Pierce (qv)

Acknowledgments:

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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last updated 29-11-2015

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Robert James Pierce
Family Name:	Pierce	Variant Spellings:	Pierse
Given Names:	Robert James

DOB		DOD	23 January 1889
Place of Birth:		Place of Death:	West Maitland, NSW
Age at Death:	49

School:		University:
Qualifications:	LRCS Ireland 1864	Speciality:
Other Occupations:

Spouse:	Martha Fitzgerald Keys m. 1871
Children:

Voyages:
Came out as:
Date Settled Aus:	1864	Date of Departure:
First Registered:	1865 NSW No.589	Off Register:
Addresses:	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)

Positions Held:	Coroner 1867 (Maitland Mercury) Surgeon Muswellbrook Hospital (Bruck) Honorary Surgeon, Maitland Hospital (Maitland Mercury) Alderman and Mayor, West Maitland (Maitland Mercury)
Publications:
Notes:	Brother of John Pierce (qv)
Acknowledgments:
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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	last updated 29-11-2015