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From: Corinne Thompson <>
Subject: Cornish Deaths in Melbourne Hospital 1867 - 1880. Part 1.
Date: Sat, 05 Mar 2005 17:12:51 +1100


Hello Cousins,

While trying to find someone who "went missing" among the patients who died
in The Melbourne Hospital 1867 - 1880 ...... I realised that this may help
others to find a lost rellie ...... so I extracted the names of those who
gave their birthplace as Cornwall from this website
http://hub.dataline.net.au/~tfoen/meldeath.html

The Melbourne Hospital was opened in the late 1840s and until 1871 it was
the only general hospital in Victoria ...... while most would probably have
preferred not to go to hospital, some did end up there.

For further details re the source of the info, explanation of codes and
names of other patients (as a lot may not have given their place of birth)
etc. see the above website.

I have searched the Victorian BDM Indexes for any addition info and have
included that after each name.

It may be possible to find some of these among the List of Assisted British
Immigrants 1839 - 1871 on the PRO of Victoria's website
http://proarchives.imagineering.com.au/index_search.asp?searchid=24

Kindest Regards ...... Corinne in Melbourne, Australia.


Here is 1867 - 1868 with 1869-1870 to come next.

Thomas Ball, 34, Melbourne; native of Cornwall; arrived in 1855. Causes of
death, chronic hepatitis and jaundice. Died March 3, 1867. [1]
Doesn't seem to be included in the Victorian BDM Index - C.

John Barrett, 33, miner, native of Cornwall, arrived in 1857 by the ship
Marco Polo; disease of the heart. [17]
Died 1868 - no parents names shown in Victoria BDM Index.- C.

John Bath, 33, miner, native of Cornwall; arrived in 1854; cause of death,
phthisis. [5]
Died 1867 - No parents names shown in Victoria BDM Index.- C.

Henry C. Davies, 30, native of Cornwall, an artist, arrived in 1854 in the
Great Britain; consumption. [10]
Doesn't seen to be included in the Victorian BDM Index - C.

Alfred Denby, surgeon's assistant, Melbourne; Cornwall; arrived 1866;
tubercules on lungs. [2]
Died 1867 - age 29 - no parents names shown in Victorian BDM Index - C.

Jane George, 66, native of Cornwall; arrived in 1851 by the Slane Castle;
cause of death, debility. [7]
Died 1867 - no parents names shown in Victorian BDM Index - C.

Mary Glew, 36, born in Cornwall, arrived in the Appleton, in 1857;
haemorrhoids. [13]
Died 1868 - Victorian BDM Index shows her age as 33 and her father's name as
William Seymour - C.

Francis Pascoe, mason, native of Cornwall; arrived in 1866; died of
pleuro-pneumonia. [3]
Died 1867 - age 24 - no parents names shown in Victorian BDM Index - C.

Ann Pledger, servant, native of Cornwall; arrived in 1853 by the Earl Grey;
cause of death, phthisis. [5]
Died 1867 - age 30 - no parents names shown in Victorian BDM Index - C.

John Warne, 33, native of Cornwall, arrived in the David Malcolm in 1855;
disease of the brain. [10]
Doesn't seem to be included in the Victorian BDM Index - C.

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