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Rowland John Traill

Family Name: Traill Variant Spellings:

Given Names: Rowland John

DOB 25 November 1814
DOD 16 August 1873

Place of Birth: Arthuret, Cumberland, England
Place of Death: Collaroy, NSW

Age at Death:

School:
University:

Qualifications: LRCS Ed 1834
MD Ed 1835
Speciality:

Other Occupations: Pastoralist

Spouse: Elizabeth Hannah Windeyer m.1851 Raymond Terrace, NSW

Children: Archibald James 1852
Mark Windeyer 1853
Arthur Irby 1854
Francis Rowland 1856
Sydney Robert 1858
Harold George 1859
Cecil Graham 1860
Walter Windeyer 1862

Voyages: "Susan" from London arr. Sydney 25 March 1841

Came out as: Surgeon superintendent

Date Settled Aus: 1841
Date of Departure:

First Registered: 1842
Off Register:

Addresses: Clarence River 1842 (Medical Board list)
New England, NSW 1844 (Medical Board minutes)
Tenterfield Station, NSW
Hamilton property Collaroy at Merrewa, NSW 1854 onwards

Positions Held:

Publications:

Notes: It is not clear how he came to be on the Medical Board list of 1842 when he was not registered, according to the Board's minutes, until 1844 - Ed.
He brought out three young women on the "Susan": Esther Hart (aged 21), and Anne and Harriet Hansard (aged 18 and 16), described respectively as a servant/cook, governess and nurse-maid.
He was the son of Rev James Traill of Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland
His wife Elizabeth Windeyer was born in England in 1820 and died at Collaroy, Merewa NSW in 1866
His children were born at Kin Ross, his wife's parents' home at Raymond Terrace NSW
He ceased practising medicine in the mid-1840s when he became the manager at the Tenterfield Station, NSW
He is notable as a breeder of merino sheep

Acknowledgments: This record was expanded with information kindly supplied by Ronald Newitt in October 2002, and by Elsie Ritchie in October 2003, who provided details including his birthdate and the names and birthdates of his children

References: New South Wales Medical Board. Minutes 11 January 1844 [registration of Rowland J. Traill, New England, LRCS Edinburgh 19th April 1834, MD Edinburgh 1st August 1835]
New South Wales Medical Board. List of the Legally Qualified Medical Practitioners of the Colony of New South Wales. Sydney, 1842 [lists Rowland John Traill, MD, Clarence River]
Gibbney HJ, Smith AG. Biographical register 1788-1939. Canberra, 1987
Daley LT. Men and a river: Richmond River District 1828-1895. Melbourne 1966
SMH (Sydney Morning Herald) Index of BDM
Shipping intelligence. Sydney Gazette 27 March 1841 [Dr. Traill MD surgeon superintendent on "Susan" from London]

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Image 1: Dr. R. J. Traill (by courtesy of Elsie Ritchie)

last updated 23-02-2017

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Rowland John Traill
Family Name:	Traill	Variant Spellings:
Given Names:	Rowland John

DOB	25 November 1814	DOD	16 August 1873
Place of Birth:	Arthuret, Cumberland, England	Place of Death:	Collaroy, NSW
Age at Death:

School:		University:
Qualifications:	LRCS Ed 1834 MD Ed 1835	Speciality:
Other Occupations:	Pastoralist

Spouse:	Elizabeth Hannah Windeyer m.1851 Raymond Terrace, NSW
Children:	Archibald James 1852 Mark Windeyer 1853 Arthur Irby 1854 Francis Rowland 1856 Sydney Robert 1858 Harold George 1859 Cecil Graham 1860 Walter Windeyer 1862

Voyages:	"Susan" from London arr. Sydney 25 March 1841
Came out as:	Surgeon superintendent
Date Settled Aus:	1841	Date of Departure:
First Registered:	1842	Off Register:
Addresses:	Clarence River 1842 (Medical Board list) New England, NSW 1844 (Medical Board minutes) Tenterfield Station, NSW Hamilton property Collaroy at Merrewa, NSW 1854 onwards

Positions Held:
Publications:
Notes:	It is not clear how he came to be on the Medical Board list of 1842 when he was not registered, according to the Board's minutes, until 1844 - Ed. He brought out three young women on the "Susan": Esther Hart (aged 21), and Anne and Harriet Hansard (aged 18 and 16), described respectively as a servant/cook, governess and nurse-maid. He was the son of Rev James Traill of Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland His wife Elizabeth Windeyer was born in England in 1820 and died at Collaroy, Merewa NSW in 1866 His children were born at Kin Ross, his wife's parents' home at Raymond Terrace NSW He ceased practising medicine in the mid-1840s when he became the manager at the Tenterfield Station, NSW He is notable as a breeder of merino sheep
Acknowledgments:	This record was expanded with information kindly supplied by Ronald Newitt in October 2002, and by Elsie Ritchie in October 2003, who provided details including his birthdate and the names and birthdates of his children
References:	New South Wales Medical Board. Minutes 11 January 1844 [registration of Rowland J. Traill, New England, LRCS Edinburgh 19th April 1834, MD Edinburgh 1st August 1835] New South Wales Medical Board. List of the Legally Qualified Medical Practitioners of the Colony of New South Wales. Sydney, 1842 [lists Rowland John Traill, MD, Clarence River] Gibbney HJ, Smith AG. Biographical register 1788-1939. Canberra, 1987 Daley LT. Men and a river: Richmond River District 1828-1895. Melbourne 1966 SMH (Sydney Morning Herald) Index of BDM Shipping intelligence. Sydney Gazette 27 March 1841 [Dr. Traill MD surgeon superintendent on "Susan" from London]
Portraits:
Links to Pictures:
Other Links:
Image 1:	Dr. R. J. Traill (by courtesy of Elsie Ritchie)
	last updated 23-02-2017