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Roydon Herbert Minton Connell (1885 - 1959)

Dr. Roydon Herbert Minton Connell aka Minton Connell
Born in Brighton, Colony of Victoriamap
Ancestors ancestors
Son of and
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of — married 16 Jun 1913 in Toorak, Victoria, Australiamap
Husband of — married 1926 in Murchison, Western Australia, Australiamap
Descendants descendants
Father of , , and
Died at about age 74 in Adelaide, South Australia, Australiamap
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Biography

Roydon Connell was born in the Colony of Victoria (1851-1900)

Roydon was born in 1885 in Brighton[1]. His parents were Thomas Minton Connell and Abigail Jan Larke. His mother died the same year as his birth.

He wrote a letter to to "Cinderella" in The Leader in 1895; his football had been broken[2].

He was studying first year medicine in 1907 at the University of Melbourne, where he passed his supplementary exam[3].

He has two marriages recorded with Dorothea Morison, one in 1908 and another in 1913[4][5]. It isn't clear from the entries in the Victorian registry database why there are two marriages. The 1913 marriage was recorded in the Leader[6].

He remarried after Dorothea’s death in 1926.

Movement around Australia

As a doctor he appears to have moved around Australia very frequently, including:

  • Cairns (1913)[7]
  • Mitcham, South Australia (1917)[8]
  • Seymour, Victoria (1919)[9]
  • Kalgoorlie (1920)[10]
  • Wyalkatchem, Western Australia (1922)[11]
  • Laura, South Australia (prior to 1923)[12]
  • Wilmington, South Australia (1923)[12]; the article notes that the local residents were trying to put together a fund to ensure Roydon settled in the district (obviously unsuccessful)
  • Leonora, Western Australia (prior to April 1926)[13]
  • Meekatharra, Western Australia (1926)[13]. After leaving Meekatharra in 1928 it appears that there were rumours that he had stolen hospital equipment. He refuted these claims in a letter to the editor[14].
  • St Helens, Tasmania (1928)[15]
  • Fingal, Tasmania (1930)[16]
  • Millaa Millaa, Queensland (1931 and 1934)[17][18]
  • Zeehan, Tasmania (1934-1937) as superintendent of the hospital [19]
  • Dunolly, Victoria (1937)[20]
  • Morgan, South Australia (1938)[21]. Despite planning to "take over the practice", he had left within two weeks to take up an appointment in Tasmania[22].
  • Penguin, Tasmania (1938)[23]. While in Penguin, there was a complaint made that he was unavailable from the 23rd until the 27th of December 1940[24][25].
  • Currie, King Island, NT (1943)[26]
  • Mount Magnet, Western Australia (1947)[27]
  • Dowerin, Western Australia (1948)[27]
  • Meekatharra (1949)[28]. He left Meekatharra (without any doctors) later that year [29].
  • Karoonda, South Australia (1949); he had a car accident on the way to the hospital but he survived with minor injuries; his wife and daughter were shaken but unharmed[30][31]
  • Whitemark, Flinders Island (1954)[32]

On the 4th of July 1938 the Tasmanian premier announced that he was appointing Roydon Minton-Connell as a government medical officer[33].

He died on the 3rd of May, 1959 in Adelaide[34]..

Research Notes

Dr Minton Connell moved about Australia very frequently, and appears to have stayed in most places for quite a limited time (see the Morgan entry above).

Sources

  1. ↑ Victoria State Government, Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages Victoria. Link to search page : accessed 2 Jul 2022). Birth of Royden Herb Minton Connell Registration number 15565 / 1885.
    Father Thomas Minton Connell
    Mother Abigail Jan Larke
    Registration 15565 / 1885
    Birth Date 1885
    Birth Place Brig, Victoria
  2. ↑ 1895 'CORRESPONDENCE.', Leader (Melbourne, Vic. : 1862 - 1918, 1935), 14 September, p. 33. , viewed 02 Jul 2022, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article196407957
  3. ↑ Harvard/Australian citation 1908 'UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE.', The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), 2 January, p. 3. , viewed 02 Jul 2022, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article10649610
  4. ↑ Victoria State Government, Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages Victoria. Link to search page : accessed 1 Jul 2022). Marriage of Roydon Herbt Minton Connell / Dorothea Beatrice Morison. Registration number 4131/1908.
    Husband Roydon Herbt Minton Connell
    Wife Dorothea Beatrice Morison
    Registration 4131/1908
    Marriage Date 1908
    .
  5. ↑ Victoria State Government, Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages Victoria. Link to search page : accessed 1 Jul 2022). Marriage of Roydon Herbt Minton Connell / Dorothea Beatrice Morison. Registration number 4960/1913.
    Husband Roydon Herbert Minton Connell
    Wife Dorothea Beatrice Morison
    Registration 4960/1913
    Marriage Date 1913
    .
  6. ↑ 913 'Family Notices', Leader (Melbourne, Vic. : 1862 - 1918, 1935), 12 July, p. 56. , viewed 01 Jul 2022, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article198372702
  7. ↑ 913 'Family Notices', Leader (Melbourne, Vic. : 1862 - 1918, 1935), 12 July, p. 56. , viewed 01 Jul 2022, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article198372702
  8. ↑ 1917 'Balaklava Races To-morrow. Special Train Adelaide 8.40 a.m.', The Journal (Adelaide, SA : 1912 - 1923), 16 October, p. 1. (5 P.M. EDITION), viewed 03 Jul 2022, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article201912504
  9. ↑ Australian Electoral Commission. [Electoral roll]. Seymour, Echuca, Victoria, Australia 1919. Roydon Herbert Minton Connell, p.5, 243. Ancestry.com. Australia, Electoral Rolls, 1903-1980 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Ancestry au Record 1207 #10529031.
  10. ↑ Australian Electoral Commission. [Electoral roll]. Mount Leonora, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, Australia 1920. Dorothea Beatrice Morison p.4, 201. Ancestry.com. Australia, Electoral Rolls, 1903-1980 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Ancestry au Record 1207 #187689349.
  11. ↑ 1922 'NOTES FROM WYALKATCHEM.', Merredin Mercury and Central Districts Index (WA : 1912 - 1954), 5 October, p. 2. (SECOND EDITION), viewed 03 Jul 2022, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article252464387,
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 1923 'Medical Practitioner', Laura Standard and Crystal Brook Courier (SA : 1917 - 1948), 10 August, p. 3. , viewed 03 Jul 2022, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article188857135
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 1926 'CURRENT TOPICS', The Leonora Miner (WA : 1910 - 1928), 24 April, p. 2. , viewed 03 Jul 2022, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article210183548
  14. ↑ 1928 'Correspondence.', Daily Telegraph and North Murchison and Pilbarra Gazette (WA : 1920 - 1947), 12 May, p. 2. , viewed 03 Jul 2022, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article212122370
  15. ↑ Australian Electoral Commission. [Electoral roll]. Portland, Bass, Tasmania, Australia 1931. Roydon Herbert Minton Connell, p.1, 782. Ancestry.com. Australia, Electoral Rolls, 1903-1980 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Ancestry au Record 1207 #6831859.
  16. ↑ Australian Electoral Commission. [Electoral roll]. Atherton, Kennedy, Queensland, Australia 1931. Roydon Herbert Minton Connell, p.5, 259. Ancestry.com. Australia, Electoral Rolls, 1903-1980 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Ancestry au Record 1207 #160515052.
  17. ↑ Australian Electoral Commission. [Electoral roll]. Atherton, Kennedy, Queensland, Australia 1931. Roydon Herbert Minton Connell, p.3, 3982. Ancestry.com. Australia, Electoral Rolls, 1903-1980 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Ancestry au Record 1207 #164839075.
  18. ↑ Australian Electoral Commission. [Electoral roll]. Atherton, Kennedy, Queensland, Australia 1934. Roydon Herbert Minton Connell, p.13, 703. Ancestry.com. Australia, Electoral Rolls, 1903-1980 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Ancestry au Record 1207 #166012500.
  19. ↑ ZEEHAN HOSPITAL (1936, February 8). The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), p. 18. Retrieved July 3, 2022, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article30076461
  20. ↑ Australian Electoral Commission. [Electoral roll]. Dunolly, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia 1937. Roydon Herbert Minton Connell, p.8, 412. Ancestry.com. Australia, Electoral Rolls, 1903-1980 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Ancestry au Record 1207 #17284752.
  21. ↑ 1938 'MORGAN', Murray Pioneer and Australian River Record (Renmark, SA : 1913 - 1942), 30 June, p. 12. , viewed 03 Jul 2022, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article109242325
  22. ↑ 1938 'MORGAN', Murray Pioneer and Australian River Record (Renmark, SA : 1913 - 1942), 14 July, p. 15. , viewed 03 Jul 2022, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article109242603
  23. ↑ 1938 'North-West BEGAN DUTIES YESTERDAY', Examiner (Launceston, Tas. : 1900 - 1954), 15 July, p. 3. (DAILY), viewed 03 Jul 2022, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article52216018
  24. ↑ Penguin Medical Service (1940, February 6). Advocate (Burnie, Tas. : 1890 - 1954), p. 6. Retrieved July 3, 2022, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article68283201
  25. ↑ 1940 'Penguin Medical Service', Advocate (Burnie, Tas. : 1890 - 1954), 8 February, p. 9. , viewed 03 Jul 2022, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article68283747
  26. ↑ Australian Electoral Commission. [Electoral roll]. King Island, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia, 1943. Roydon Herbert Minton Connell, p.4, 182. Ancestry.com. Australia, Electoral Rolls, 1903-1980 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Ancestry au Record 1207 #17284752.
  27. ↑ 27.0 27.1 1948 'Dowerin’s New Doctor', Wheatbelt Tribune and Koorda Record (Wyalkatchem, WA : 1940 - 1954), 20 February, p. 1. , viewed 03 Jul 2022, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article250844074
  28. ↑ Australian Electoral Commission. [Electoral roll]. Murchison, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, Australia, 1949. Roydon Herbert Minton Connell, p.4, 168. Ancestry.com. Australia, Electoral Rolls, 1903-1980 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Ancestry au Record 1207 #27566375.
  29. ↑ 1949 'AIR MEDICAL SERVICE', The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), 15 June, p. 10. , viewed 03 Jul 2022, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article47731237
  30. ↑ 1949 'Medical Practitioner For Karoonda', Murray Pioneer (Renmark, SA : 1942 - 1950), 23 June, p. 1. , viewed 03 Jul 2022, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article109438556
  31. ↑ 1949 'KAROONDA AGAIN HAS RESIDENT DOCTOR', Murray Pioneer (Renmark, SA : 1942 - 1950), 14 July, p. 1. , viewed 03 Jul 2022, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article109439049
  32. ↑ Australian Electoral Commission. [Electoral roll]. Flinders, Bass, Tasmania, Australia. Roydon Herbert Minton Connell, p.3, 109. Ancestry.com. Australia, Electoral Rolls, 1903-1980 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Ancestry au Record 1207 #30184553.
  33. ↑ "STATE MEDICAL SCHEME" The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954) 5 July 1938: 5. Web. 2 Jul 2022 <http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article25481916>.
  34. ↑ South Australia Death Registration Index. (Genealogy SA, https://www.genealogysa.org.au/index.php : accessed 3 Jul 2022, database entry for Connell, Roydon Herbert Minton.
    Name Roydon Herbert Minton Connell
    Relative not recorded
    Date of Death 3 May 1959
    Place of Death Adelaide
    Book 890
    Page 2723




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