Thomas Wallis McDonald R.N. and wife Louisa McDonald nee Baskerville also his son Wallis McDonald
Inscription:
Thomas Wallis McDonald
Inspector-General of Hospitals and Fleets
Who died at Landscore, Teignmouth
April 1 1884 aged 80
Also
Wallis McDonald
His beloved and only son
Who died at Hobart Town, Tasmania
December 4 1884 aged 36
Also of
Louisa
Wife of the above
Thomas Wallis McDonald
Who died July 17 1894 aged 77
Thomas Wallis McDonald was born in 1804 at Ealing, Hampshire.
Louisa Baskerville was born in 1817 at Plympton, Devon.
Wallis McDonald was born in the 2nd quarter of 1849 at Portsea, Hampshire.
In 1851, Louisa Baskerville was living at Fore Street, Plympton Maurice, Plympton St Mary, Devon:
Louisa Baskerville Head W Female 32 1819 Annuitant Plympton, Devon
Harriet Richards Visitor Unmarried Female 79 1772 Annuitant Plympton, Devon
Cordelia D G P Walter Visitor Married Female 26 1825 Annuitant Cork, Cork, Ireland
John Walter Visitor Unmarried Male 67 1784 Purser Royal Navy Westminster, Middlesex
Anne Kelland Servant Unmarried Female 23 1828 Serv Devon.
In the same year, Thomas Wallis McDonald was living at 3, Elm Grove, Portsea, Portsea Island, Hampshire:
Thomas W McDonald Head Married Male 46 1805 Surgeon F R C S London R N Ealing, Hampshire
Teaur McDonald Wife Married Female 40 1811 Alverstoke, Hampshire
Mary T McDonald Daughter Unmarried Female 15 1836 - Stonehouse, Devon
Flora McDonald Daughter - Female 6 1845 - Ridgeway, Devon, England
Wallis McDonald Son - Male 1 1850 Portsea, Hampshire
Alice Kell Servant - Female 19 1832 House Serv Portsea, Hampshire
Elizabeth Telwan Servant - Female 17 1834 Nurse Maid Sussex.
In 1861, Thomas Wallis McDonald was living at 29, Adelaide Square, Saint Paul, Bedford, Bedfordshire:
Thomas W McDonald Head Widower Male 57 1804 ... Ealing, Hampshire
Flora McDonald Daughter Unmarried Female 16 1845 Scholar Plymouth, Devon
Walter McDonald Son Unmarried Male 11 1850 Scholar South Stoke, Hampshire
Naomi Pentelow Servant Unmarried Female 39 1822 Domestic Servant Abbotsley, Hampshire.
On the 1st of January 1863, Thomas Wallis McDonald married Louisa Baskerville at Plympton, Devon.
In 1871, Thomas and Louisa were living at Landscore Villas, West Teignmouth:
Thomas W McDonald Head - Male 67 1804 - Kent, England Louisa McDonald Wife - Female 51 1820 - Devon, England Victoria M Walter Cousin - Female 30 1841 - Devon, England Jane Laughann Servant - Female 27 1844 - Somerset, England Fanny Holemes Servant - Female 20 1851 - Devon, England.
In the same year, Wallis McDonald is a visitor at the White Hart Inn, High Street, Bidford, Alcester, Warwickshire:
Wallis McDonald Visitor - Male 21 1850 - Hampshire, England.
On the 2nd of July 1872, Wallis McDonald married Janeanna Louisa Pogson at Hamilton, Tasmania, Australia.
Thomas Wallis McDonald died in the 2nd quarter of 1884.
Wallis McDonald died on the 4th of December 1884 at Tasmania, Australia.
In 1891, Louisa McDonald was living at Orchard Gardens, West Teignmouth:
Harry Cawley Head Married Male 31 1860 Joiner Teignmouth, Devon, England
Emma Cawley Wife Married Female 31 1860 - Teignmouth, Devon, England
Charles Cawley Son Single Male 9 1882 - Teignmouth, Devon, England
Bessie Cawley Daughter Single Female 3 1888 - Teignmouth, Devon, England
Elizabeth Nicholls Mother In Law Widow Female 63 1828 - Teignmouth, Devon, England
Annie Nicholls Sister In Community Single Female 23 1868 - Teignmouth, Devon, England
Charles Nicholls Brother In Law Single Male 21 1870 - Teignmouth, Devon, England
Ann Tytherleigh Lodger Single Female 62 1829 Living On Own Means Axminster, Devon, England
Mary E Tytherleigh Lodger Single Female 48 1843 Living On Own Means Axminster, Devon, England
Louisa McDonald Lodger Widow Female 71 1820 Living On Own Means Devon, England.
Louisa McDonald died in the 3rd quarter of 1894 from an accident at the train station.
Thomas Wallis McDonald R.N.
Convict Ship Surgeon-Superintendent
Date of Seniority Royal Navy 9 November 1830
Surgeon Superintendent
Thomas Wallis McDonald was Surgeon Superintendent on two convict ship voyages to Australia: Hindostan to Van Diemen's Land in 1839 and Lord Lyndoch to Van Diemen's Land in 1841.
Naval Appointments
Assistant Surgeon on H.M.S. Conflict, West Africa
Appointed Surgeon 9 November 1830
Appointed to H.M.S. Brisk at the Cape of Good Hope and Coast of Africa in 1834.
Appointed to the Phoenix Steam Vessel on 9 September 1835.
Appointed Surgeon H.M.S. Belle Isle 1844 -45
Appointed Surgeon Hibernia in the Mediterranean 1845-8
Appointed Surgeon on Royal Yacht Victoria and Albert 1848
Deputy Inspector General of Hospitals and Fleets 19 July 1854
Deputy Inspector General of Hospitals and Fleets. Mem. 1824, Fell. 1844, Royal College Surgeons, England
Family
Thomas McDonald married Jane Fox who died at Gosport on 27 May 1860 [2]. He is included in the genealogy of Jane's family (1872):
Jane Fox, married Thomas Wallis McDonald, Surgeon R.N., now Inspector-General R.N. (who married, secondly, Louisa, widow of Lieutenant C. B. Baskerville, R.N.), and had issue—
i. Wallis McDonald, surgeon.
i. Anna McDonald, died s. p.
ii. Mary Tabor McDonald, married to William Ayre, Surgeon R.N., no issue.
iii. Frances Fox McDonald married to John Holland, Major Royal Marines, and has issue—Charles Theodore Holland, and a daughter born 2 January 1872.
iv. Flora McDonald, married to Charles Kealy and has issue, Mary Kealy.
Death
Thomas Wallis McDonald died 1 April 1884 at Teignmouth, England
Notes and Links
1). Australian Medical Pioneers Index- below
2). McDonald-Pogson - On July 2 at St. John's Church, River Ouse, Tasmania, Wallis McDonald M.R.C.S. Eng., L.R.C.P. Edin, only son of T.W. McDonald, Esq., Inspector-General of Hospitals and Fleets, Teignmouth, Devon, to Jane Anna Louisa, second daughter of the late George Thomas Pogson Esq., Rotherwood, Tasmania. - Medical Timas and Gazette 7 September 1872
Powers and Duties of the Surgeon Superintendent:
The superintendent surgeon joins the ship before the convicts are put on board, and has the whole superintendence of them.
During the whole voyage, the convicts are under his superintendence; he may inflict punishment by a limited number of lashes.
He is bound to preserve discipline and is responsible to the Admiralty
The convicts might complain of his conduct on their arrival at Sydney to the visiting officer from the Colonial Secretary's office.
The surgeon superintendent keeps a journal, which is inspected by the governor and by the Admiralty.
He carries out a copy of the record of the crimes committed by each convict.
If there is no chaplain on board; the surgeon superintendent reads prayers, and sometimes, a sermon on Sunday, when the weather permits.
The superintendent surgeon does not leave until all the stores have been removed from the ship - Report from the Select Committee on Transportation 1837
