William Fisher Preshaw

[bpoid]

I am writIng Biography of william Fisher Preshaw (1810- 1866), surgeon who was a n important citizen in developing gold mining town of Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia between 1852 and 1866. Graduate of Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh. Married Isabella Ogilvy in Brechin , November 1830. worked as surgeon in that area, possibly Dundee , moved with famiy to channel Isles, Jersey in 1844, to Victoria 1852.
any information very helpful

[ev]

welcome to rootschat , Bpoid 

you should try the freeCEN website for the 1841 census
it seems william was in fettercairn kincardineshire(not dundee)

william preshaw 31 born england surgeon
with 6 children

ev

[bpoid]

thank you for this, bpoid

[ev]

i think the 2w old child is john will preshaw born 17th may 1841 fettercairn kincardineshire parents william F preshaw and isobel ogilvy

the 1841 census in scotland was taken in june 1841

ev

[Pastmagic]

You may have these pics already, but just in case:

http://bygonedaysphotography.blogspot.com/2009/01/archdall-family-of-victoria-australia.html

See:http://thepeerage.com/p33156.htm

Which also gives this lady as:Margaret Mathers Preshaw was born on 10 March 1837 at Fettercain, Kincardineshire, Scotland.1 She married, firstly, Henry Sevier in 1854 at Australia.1 She married, secondly, Henry Thomas Hewan Archdall, son of Thomas Hewan Archdall and Henrietta Sarah Sutton, in 1877 at Victoria, Australia.1
     She was the daughter of William Fisher Preshaw and Isabella Will Ogilvy.1 From 1854, her married name became Sevier.1 From 1877, her married name became Archdall.1
etc... You probably have all of this anyway...

See also
http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/CHANNEL-ISLANDS/1998-10/0909354098

Maybe you could let us know what info you have, and what you are looking for, as there is quite a lot of results for him on Google.

[bpoid]

thank you for this. I have been searching him through Google as well as archives in Angus and Jersey.
All information is appreciated.
Bpoid

[Pastmagic]

Probably would help people here if we knew what info you are missing for your book.

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[bpoid]

I have detailed information about his public life in Victoria between 1852-1866 through local newspapers, government notices, his son's book"Banking under Difficulties". Know he was born in Plymouth, qualified as Surgeon in Edinburgh in 1829- 19 0r 20years of age, married Brechin, worked in Jersey. But there is little to fill in these years or his religious association with the Catholic Apostolic Church. One has to deduce his interior life from his public activities, why follow gold to Australia. He did write of "building castles in the air".
Bpoid

[Pastmagic]

Interesting! Mysticism and Materialism combined. Have you searched British Newspapers - Galegroup - its free via lancaster libraries from anywhere in the world. Also, do you know who is parents etc were, or is that not relevant?

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