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| Hugh Houston |
| Family
Name: |
Houston |
Variant
Spellings: |
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| Given
Names: |
Hugh |
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| DOB |
1815 approx
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DOD |
21 August 1866 |
| Place
of Birth: |
Ballyclare, County Antrim, Ireland
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Place
of Death: |
Sydney, NSW |
| Age
at Death: |
51
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| School:
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University:
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| Qualifications:
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ChM Glasgow 1838
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Speciality:
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| Spouse:
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Ellen Eliza McNamara b.1813 approx m.1838 Glasgow d.1862 Sydney, NSW |
| Children: |
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| Voyages:
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"Heber" from Liverpool arr. Sydney 27 July 1839
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| Came
out as: |
Assisted emigrant |
| Date
Settled Aus: |
by 1839
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Date
of Departure: |
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| First
Registered: |
1839 NSW No.114
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Off
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| Addresses:
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Sydney, NSW 1839 onwards |
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| Positions
Held: |
Apothecary, Sydney Dispensary 1842 (Baker)
Resident Medical Officer, Sydney Infirmary 1845-1866 (Watson) |
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| Notes:
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Came with wife and stepdaughter Ellen Eliza Hannay Houston as assisted emigrants (gave his occupation as carpenter)
Buried in the Congregational Cemetery, Devonshire Street (now Rookwood CofE Cemetery)
His father was William Houston of Ballymena (in 1838) and his mother was Jane McLammon
Brother of William Houston (qv) |
| Acknowledgments:
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This record was substantially updated with information kindly supplied by Jon Martin, University of Melbourne, in September 2003 |
| References: |
New South Wales Medical Board. Minutes 4 November 1839 [registered with MS Glasgow 25 April 1838]
New South Wales Medical Board. List of the Legally Qualified Medical Practitioners 1842 [Apothecary to the Sydney Dispensary]
Medical Directory for New South Wales and Queensland. Sydney : Joseph Cook, 1860 [ChM Glasgow, Resident Surgeon and Apothecary Sydney Infirmay and Dispensary]
Addison WI. Roll of the graduates of the University of Glasgow, 1898 [ChM 1838]
Watson JF. History of the Sydney Hospital from 1811 to 1911. Sydney, Government Printer, 1911 [Resident Medical Officer 1845-1866]
Death Index, NSW Registrar of BDM
Deaths. Sydney Morning Herald 24 August 1866 [at the Sydney Infirmary aged 51 having been upwards of 20 years resident surgeon there]
Funeral of Mr. Surgeon Hugh Houston. Sydney Morning Herald 24 August 1866 [detailed description of the funeral procession and the graveside service] |
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