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We have a Waller researcher interested in Tasmania. Pat Hodgson is a
descendant of T.
Waller and recently wrote, "When I first started my project a few
months ago
(researching both sides of their family for my children) the only thing I
knew about my
grandmother was she came from Hobart Tasmania but was born in George Town
Tasmania."
Through the good old internet I made a connection with someone in Tasmania
not only
interested in genealogy but with a connection to a Museum. He and several
others have
assisted me in finding my grandmothers family.
It was her fathers death notice published in 1885 that gave the information
on his father
- T.Waller M.D. M.R.C.S. H.E.C.I.S.. Everyone knows what M.D. stands for, I
found M.R.C.S.
indicates "Member of the Royal College of Surgeons" and because of
something I
found just recently I think H.E.C.I.S. was a typo and it should read
H.E.I.C.S. H.E.I.C.
is "Honourable East India Company" The East India Company ran
India from 1600 to
1858 (I think those are the dates) and they had their own Army, Doctors
etc.
I have written the British Medical Association Museum - Archives and
hoprfully will get a
clue or two from them.
My grandmother Maude Margaret Alicia Waller was born 1 November 1878 in
Georgetown
Tasmania. She came to Canada and married Robert Cecil Stapleton Cotton
13 February
1909. Thery had one child, Sylvia Isobel - my mother. Her father Arthur
Murray Waller was
born 17 August 1849 in Bombay India the youngest son of Thomas Waller M.D.
M.R.C.S.
H.E.I.C.S. Thomas Waller was a surgeon with the East India Company. His
wifes name was
Alisia Anne Waller. Thomas Waller's father was also a Doctor. In 1831 they
were both in
Portsmouth England when Thomas applied to the East India Company for
employment.
I have all kinds of information on Arthur Murray Waller's wife Helen Jane
Elizabeth
Evenden and his only 2 surviving children, my grandmother and her brother
Percy Reginald
Murray Waller who's children and grandchildren mostly still reside in
Tasmania. I am
currently trying to determine Arthur's brothers and sisters. I have one
sister Augusta
Caroline Ann Waller born Bombay India 16 November 1835.
Please contact Pat if you have any knowledge of Wallers in Tasmania.
email Pat Hodgson