I have read where Dr. John Gemmell - Wangaratta's who opened first hospital and who also bought David Reid's station at Wooragee had a son John Jnr. The son was educated at Scotch College, and I assume this one is in Australia I have been unable to establish Dr' John (the father) marriage or the birth of children. Is anyone able to look it up for me on the Pioneer Index. Dr. John died in 1865. Sorry I don't have much more information. Dr was born in Scotland. Thanks Denise

Denise, the following extract (from an article on the Pinsent Hotel) doesn't answer your question, but the article may give a couple of leads - perhaps the marriage and/or birth were in South Australia? "The Pinsent began as a private hospital - a vote of confidence in the future of the little settlement at the Ovens Crossing Place by the new doctor, John Gemmell. Gemmell had trained in Edinburgh and had emigrated to Australia before the goldrush. After registering as a doctor in South Australia, he moved to Wangaratta, to be one of its earliest medical practitioners. In May 1850, at the sale of township allotments held in Melbourne, Gemmell picked up most of the northern end of Reid Street for about sixty pounds, and on the crest of the hill, he erected his hospital, the first for many miles around. Wangaratta at this time was a community catering to the needs of local pastoralists, and the stock-owners and travellers moving up and down the route pioneered in 1836 by Maj.Mitchell. There were several hotels and stores, mostly built of canvas, slabs and bark, but by the time Dr. Gemmell arrived, brick buildings were being erected. Dr. Gemmell stayed only briefly in the private hospital business. Great events were happening. Victoria had chosen to go it alone as a separate colony, and gold discoveries were being made with breathtaking rapidity. It was time for John to try the alternative occupation so many colonial doctors found highly desirable - that of a pastoralist. In 1853, Gemmell purchased from David Reid the pastoral holding of Woorajay (sic), not far from Beechworth, as well as Reid's other station at Coreen across the border in NSW. A squatter he remained for more than a decade, increasingly besieged by an army of diggers pressing at his front gate, and like most of the squatters of the day, being liked less and less by the miners. He put his popularity to the test in 1857, by offering himself as a candidate for parliament, but lost by a handful of votes miners votes. He turned his attention to pastoral matters, but after being injured in an accident while returning from Coreen, he sold his northern station, and after a period of ill health, died at Wooragee in 1866." Jackie/Melbourne -----Original Message----- From: Denise McMahon [mailto:helendmc@powerup.com.au] Sent: Wednesday, 6 February 2002 6:37 PM To: AUS-VIC-NE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [AVNE] Gemmell I have read where Dr. John Gemmell - Wangaratta's who opened first hospital and who also bought David Reid's station at Wooragee had a son John Jnr. The son was educated at Scotch College, and I assume this one is in Australia I have been unable to establish Dr' John (the father) marriage or the birth of children. Is anyone able to look it up for me on the Pioneer Index. Dr. John died in 1865. Sorry I don't have much more information. Dr was born in Scotland. Thanks Denise