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Samson Davis

Family Name: Davis Variant Spellings:

Given Names: Samson

DOB 17 November 1818
DOD 23 December 1860

Place of Birth: Whitechapel, London, England
Place of Death: Newstead, Vic

Age at Death: 42

School:
University:

Qualifications: LSA 1844
Speciality:

Other Occupations:

Spouse: Louisa Emerson m.1840 d.1842 London, England
Annie Rathbone Reeves m.1846 London, England

Children: George
Edward
Mary Eliza b.1855

Voyages: Possibly "Maitland" 1851 (see Davis no first name)
"Gloriana" from England arr. Melbourne 11 December 1852

Came out as: Passenger

Date Settled Aus: 1852
Date of Departure:

First Registered: 1855 Vic
Off Register:

Addresses: London, England 1842
New York, USA 1843 approx.
London 1844-1850 (qualification, directories)
Sandhurst, Vic 1856 (electoral role)
Castlemaine, Vic 1856 onwards

Positions Held:

Publications: Physiological Principles of Physiognomy and Natural Language. London: Simpkin & Marshall, 1843. Dedicated to Mrs F C Dodsworth, Turnham Green

Notes: Apprenticed to Mr Robert Hesselwood of Sydney Place, Commercial Rd, London, 23 August 1835
1839-1841 attending medical classes in London
After the death of his first wife in 1842 travelled to the USA
His brother Joseph also emigrated to Australia and settled at Castlemaine, Vic

Acknowledgments: Most of the information for this record was contributed by Michelle Dennis of Sunbury, Vic in September 2003

References: Medical Board Office. Victoria Government Gazette 18 January 1856 [Samson Davis on list of legally qualified medical practitioners]
Medical Board of Victoria. Medical Register 1863 [Samson Davis LSA London 1844, registered 5 March 1855, registration not renewed]
London and Provincial Medical Directory 1847, 1850 [Samson Davis, Mile-end, General Practice, LSA 1844]
Victorian Electoral Roll - Emerald Hill Division, 1856
Dennis M. Doctors and gunmakers in the East End [from her website] [life story of Samson Davis]
Maladies, medicos and miracle cures - guide to history of medicine in Castlemaine
Castlemaine Directory 1856 & 1857
Bowden KM. Doctors and diggers on the Mount Alexander goldfields. Maryborough, Vic, 1974
Report of his accidental drowning. Mt Alexander Mail Newspaper, Castlemaine. Friday 28 December 1860
Supposed suicide of a medical man. Argus (Melbourne) 27 December 1860 [Dr. Samson Davis drowned in the Loddon river while under the influence of delirium tremens]

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Image 1: Dr. Samson Davis (by kind permission Michelle Dennis)

last updated 04-04-2015

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Samson Davis
Family Name:	Davis	Variant Spellings:
Given Names:	Samson

DOB	17 November 1818	DOD	23 December 1860
Place of Birth:	Whitechapel, London, England	Place of Death:	Newstead, Vic
Age at Death:	42

School:		University:
Qualifications:	LSA 1844	Speciality:
Other Occupations:

Spouse:	Louisa Emerson m.1840 d.1842 London, England Annie Rathbone Reeves m.1846 London, England
Children:	George Edward Mary Eliza b.1855

Voyages:	Possibly "Maitland" 1851 (see Davis no first name) "Gloriana" from England arr. Melbourne 11 December 1852
Came out as:	Passenger
Date Settled Aus:	1852	Date of Departure:
First Registered:	1855 Vic	Off Register:
Addresses:	London, England 1842 New York, USA 1843 approx. London 1844-1850 (qualification, directories) Sandhurst, Vic 1856 (electoral role) Castlemaine, Vic 1856 onwards

Positions Held:
Publications:	Physiological Principles of Physiognomy and Natural Language. London: Simpkin & Marshall, 1843. Dedicated to Mrs F C Dodsworth, Turnham Green
Notes:	Apprenticed to Mr Robert Hesselwood of Sydney Place, Commercial Rd, London, 23 August 1835 1839-1841 attending medical classes in London After the death of his first wife in 1842 travelled to the USA His brother Joseph also emigrated to Australia and settled at Castlemaine, Vic
Acknowledgments:	Most of the information for this record was contributed by Michelle Dennis of Sunbury, Vic in September 2003
References:	Medical Board Office. Victoria Government Gazette 18 January 1856 [Samson Davis on list of legally qualified medical practitioners] Medical Board of Victoria. Medical Register 1863 [Samson Davis LSA London 1844, registered 5 March 1855, registration not renewed] London and Provincial Medical Directory 1847, 1850 [Samson Davis, Mile-end, General Practice, LSA 1844] Victorian Electoral Roll - Emerald Hill Division, 1856 Dennis M. Doctors and gunmakers in the East End [from her website] [life story of Samson Davis] Maladies, medicos and miracle cures - guide to history of medicine in Castlemaine Castlemaine Directory 1856 & 1857 Bowden KM. Doctors and diggers on the Mount Alexander goldfields. Maryborough, Vic, 1974 Report of his accidental drowning. Mt Alexander Mail Newspaper, Castlemaine. Friday 28 December 1860 Supposed suicide of a medical man. Argus (Melbourne) 27 December 1860 [Dr. Samson Davis drowned in the Loddon river while under the influence of delirium tremens]
Portraits:
Links to Pictures:
Other Links:
Image 1:	Dr. Samson Davis (by kind permission Michelle Dennis)
	last updated 04-04-2015