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James (1) Ellis
Family Name: Ellis  Variant Spellings:  
Given Names: James (1)
DOB
DOD 17 April 1863 
Place of Birth:
Place of Death: Pimlico, London, England 
Age at Death:
School:
University:  
Qualifications: MRCS 1813
Speciality: Ship's surgeon
Naval surgeon 
Other Occupations:
Spouse: Elizabeth Fuzzey m.1822, Bromley Kent England
Eliza Anne McDonald m.1835 Sydney NSW
Children: 6 children with Elizabeth 4 prior to his marriage to Eliza and 2 after his marriage to Eliza
Voyages: "Houghly" from Cork arr. Sydney 27 September 1831
  • "Diana" from Woolwich arr. Sydney 25 May 1833
  • "Elizabeth" dep. Sydney for London 7 October 1833
  • "Bengal Merchant" arr. Sydney 30 January 1835
  • "Westmoreland" arr. VDL 3 December 1836
  • "Duchess of Northumberland" dep. for London 19 March 1837
  • "Waterloo" from London arr. Sydney 8 February 1838
  • "Parkfield" dep. Sydney for London 24 June 1845
  • Came out as: Surgeon superintendent Surgeon on convict ship 
    Date Settled Aus: 1838
    Date of Departure:  
    First Registered: 1838 NSW No.5
    Off Register:  
    Addresses: Yass, NSW 1839-1845
    Positions Held: Assistant Surgeon, RN 1814
  • Surgeon, RN 1823
  • Police Surgeon, Yass 1839-1843
  • Inspector of Hospitals, RN, in South American stations (McCarthy)
  • Publications:
    Notes: He was initially registered in NSW on the basis that he was a naval surgeon but the Medical Board later recorded his MRCS
  • Awarded the Burmah [sic] Medal 1824-1826 when he was serving on the "Champion"
  • Acknowledgments: This record was updated in Spetmember 2011 with information from Dene James
    References: New South Wales Medical Board. Minutes 31 December 1838 [registration of James Ellis, Royal Navy, now practising at Yass]
  • New South Wales Medical Board. Minutes 31 December 1838 [James Ellis, Royal Navy, of Yass submitted his diploma, MRCSL 17 December 1813]
  • Medical register. General Council of Medical Education and Registration of the United Kingdom, 1860 [registered 1859 Royal Navy MRCS 1813, Surgeon in the Navy 1823]
  • Navy List 1819 [James Ellis Assistant Surgeon 5 April 1814]
  • Neal L. Cooma country. Cooma, NSW : Cooma-Monaro Historical Society, 1976
  • Bateson C. Convict ships. Glasgow, 1959
  • Hilder E. One hundred and twenty years of medical registration in New South Wales 1838-1958. Sydney, 1958
  • New South Wales Medical Board. [List of the legally qualified medical practitioners]. NSW Government Gazette 4th January 1841:29-30
  • McCarthy M. Medical practice in yass and district. In: Proust AJ. A social and cultural history of medicine in New South Wales in the 19th century. Canberra, 1999
  • Shipping intelligence. Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser 8 October 1833
  • Married. Colonist (Sydney) 26 February 1835 [James Ellis Esq Surgeon R.N. to Eliza Anne McDonald]
  • Shipping intelligence. Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser 21 March 1837 [Dr. Ellis RN for London]
  • Yass. Commercial Journal (Sydney) 10 May 1845 [retirement of Dr. Ellis]
  • Four town allotments at Yass. Morning Chronicle (Sydney) 30 April 1845 [to be sold by Dr. Ellis who is returning to England]
  • Shipping intelligence. Sydney Morning Herald 25 June 1845 [Dr and Mrs Ellis on "Parkfield" for London]
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