Agency:
Edward Swarbreck Hall and Family
Agency Number:
Start Date:
01 Jan 1801
End Date:
01 Jan 1881
Description:
Surgeon, public health reformer and a member of the Royal Society of Tasmania, Dr E.S. Hall (1804 -1881) arrived in Hobart in 1833, accompanied by his wife Mary Hall (nee Latham). He ran a Medical School at the General Hospital, Hobart, during the early 1850s, and also delivered public lectures at the Mechanics Institute. In 1861 he was appointed Chairman of the Executive Committee of the new Benevolent Society where he campaigned for deserted families, poor nursing mothers and orphan children. He was also a prominent Catholic layman and helped to build many churches. His last public office was the dispersal of charitable aid in March 1880. ;;;;He and Mary had six daughters and four sons. The daughters comprised Mary Jane, who as Sister Mary Agnes, became a Sister of Charity at St. Joseph's Convent in Hobart, Victoria, Anne, Anastasia, who kept a library in Collins Street, Hobart, and Josephine. Their son, Leventhorpe Michael Hall was a draughtsman in the Lands and Survey Department. ;;;;Of the ten children born to Edward and Mary Hall, four died in infancy. They included: Reginald (9 days old), Latham (18 months old), Alexandrina (8 months old) and a stillborn male son. None of the surviving Hall children married.
Information Sources:
Australian Dictionary of Biography; Advertisement, Colonial Times 11 May 1854; 'Mechanics' Institute', Hobarton Mercury 5 August 1854
Series Created By Agency:
NS308/3 Statistical Information relating to Deaths in Tasmania |
NS308/1 Records relating to the Family History of Edward Swarbreck Hall | 01 Jan 1804 | 01 Jan 1881 |
NS5741 Family Papers | 16 Mar 1824 | 03 Nov 1965 |
NS308/4 Miscellaneous Family Papers | 11 Jun 1825 | 31 Dec 1927 |
NS5739 Journal of a Voyage from Liverpool to V.D.L in the Ship Cabotia | 07 May 1833 | 05 Sep 1833 |
NS308/2 Dr Halls Papers including Records relating to Health. Meteorological Observations and Religion | 01 Jan 1849 | 01 Jan 1880 |
CRO5 E S Hall - Drawings, Diagrams and Text Panels used in Medical Lectures | 01 Jan 1850 | 31 Dec 1855 |
NS5742 Photographs | 01 Jan 1870 | 31 Mar 1933 |
NS5744 Diary of Leventhorpe Michael Hall | 05 Sep 1877 | 21 Apr 1884 |
NS5740 Scrapbook Containing Poetry and Newspaper Cuttings | 01 May 1912 | 19 Mar 1934 |