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Sarah Ann LORD (1806 - 1889)
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David RAMSAY (1794 - 1860)
 Simeon LORD (1771 - 1840) Simeon LORD



Ann FIELDEN



Mary HYDE (1779 - 1864) Edward HYDE



Sarah BLUNN



Sarah Ann LORD
Sarah Ann LORD
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b. 1806
m. 31 Mar 1825 David RAMSAY (1794 - 1860) at Sydney, NSW, Australia
d. 28 Jan 1889 at Ashfield, NSW, Australia aged 83
Near Relatives of Sarah Ann LORD (1806 - 1889)
Relationship Person Born Birth Place Died Death Place Age
Grandfather Simeon LORD
Grandmother Ann FIELDEN
Grandfather Edward HYDE
Grandmother Sarah BLUNN

Father Simeon LORD 1771 Dobroyd, Todmorden, Yorkshire, England 29 Jan 1840 New South Wales, Australia 69
Step Father John BLACK 1778 Great Yarmouth, England May 1802 At Sea - on the 'Fly' 24
Mother Mary HYDE 19 Feb 1779 Halesowen, Worcestershire, England 01 Dec 1864 Banks House, Botany Bay, NSW, Australia 85

Self Sarah Ann LORD 1806 28 Jan 1889 Ashfield, NSW, Australia 83

Husband David RAMSAY 16 Mar 1794 Perth, Perthshire, Scotland 10 Jun 1860 Sydney, NSW, Australia 66

Son James (son1) RAMSAY

Half Brother John Henry BLACK 31 May 1799 Sydney, NSW, Australia 09 Jun 1867 Sydney, NSW, Australia 68
Half Sister Mary Ann BLACK 06 Oct 1801 Sydney, NSW, Australia 11 Jul 1861 Terara, NSW, Australia 59
Sister Louisa LORD 08 Jul 1808 NSW, Australia
Brother Simeon LORD 19 May 1810 NSW, Australia 15 Jun 1892 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 82
Brother Francis LORD 1812 1897 Lithgow, NSW, Australia 85
Brother Edward LORD 1814 NSW, Australia 1884 St Leonards, North Sydney, NSW, Australia 70
Brother Thomas LORD 1816 1876 St Leonards, North Sydney, NSW, Australia 60
Brother George W LORD 15 Aug 1818 Sydney, NSW, Australia 09 May 1880 Darlinghurst, Sydney, NSW, Australia 61
Brother Robert Charles LORD 1821 1857 Sydney, NSW, Australia 36

Grandson James Allan RAMSAY 1866 Aug 1933 Sydney, NSW, Australia 67

Nephew Son 1 DICK
Nephew John Simeon Francis (Son 2) DICK 1827 10 Nov 1864 London, Middlesex, England 37
Nephew William A T (son 3) DICK 1844 02 Aug 1872 Dehra, India 28
Nephew Francis Alan LORD 14 Aug 1832 Avoca, Tasmania, Australia 1918 St Leonards, North Sydney, NSW, Australia 86
Niece Louisa LORD 26 Aug 1833 Avoca, Tasmania, Australia 26 Feb 1866 Homesdale, Brisbane, Queensland 32
Nephew William LORD 05 Jan 1835 Avoca, Tasmania, Australia 25 Sep 1906 Queensland, Australia 71
Nephew George LORD 01 Apr 1837 Avoca, Tasmania, Australia 12 Feb 1841 Avoca, Tasmania, Australia 3
Nephew Edward LORD 21 Oct 1838 Avoca, Tasmania, Australia 09 Aug 1839 0
Niece Emma LORD 15 Mar 1840 Avoca, Tasmania, Australia 01 Nov 1918 Woollahara, Sydney, NSW, Australia 78
Nephew Frederick LORD 08 Nov 1841 Avoca, Tasmania, Australia 05 Dec 1914 Queensland, Australia 73
Nephew Robert Stuart LORD 22 Jul 1844 Avoca, Tasmania, Australia 23 Jul 1878 Gympie, Queensland, Australia 34
Nephew Simeon Fitz Herbert LORD 13 May 1847 Tasmania, Australia 12 Jul 1916 Queensland, Australia 69
Nephew Alfred Percy LORD 26 Oct 1852 Avoca, Tasmania, Australia 18 May 1927 Manly, NSW, Australia 74
Niece Sarah LORD 1854 Tasmania, Australia

Sister in Law Louisa SKINNER
Brother in Law Jean Charles Prosper de MESTRE
Brother in Law Alexander DICK
Sister in Law Sarah BIRCH 13 Oct 1813 Hobart, Tasmania, Australia 30 Jan 1892 Paddington, Sydney, NSW, Australia 78
Sister in Law Lucy HYDE
Sister in Law Elizabeth LEE
Events in Sarah Ann LORD (1806 - 1889)'s life
Date Age Event Place Notes Src
May 1802 Death of step father John BLACK (aged 24) At Sea - on the 'Fly' Note 1 54
1806 Sarah Ann LORD was born died 1886 - age 83 = c 1803
31 Mar 1825 19 Married David RAMSAY (aged 31) Sydney, NSW, Australia Note 2 54
29 Jan 1840 34 Death of father Simeon LORD (aged 69) New South Wales, Australia Note 3
10 Jun 1860 54 Death of husband David RAMSAY (aged 66) Sydney, NSW, Australia
01 Dec 1864 58 Death of mother Mary HYDE (aged 85) Banks House, Botany Bay, NSW, Australia Note 4 54
28 Jan 1889 83 Sarah Ann LORD died Ashfield, NSW, Australia Note 5 54
Note 1: On board 'The Fly' - lost at sea
Note 2: Sydney Gazette and NSW Advertiser 7 April 1825
Married-On the 31st ultimo, by Special Licence, at the residence of S. Lord, Esq. Macquarie-place, by the Rev. William Cowper, David Ramsay, Esq. M. D. Merchant, to Miss Sarah Ann Lord.
Note 3: from entry in Australian Dictionary of Biography - see notes

The Sydney Gazette and NSW Advertiser 30 Jan 1840
DIED, Yesterday, at his late residence, Banks House, Botany, Simeon Lord, Esq., aged sixty nine years, deeply lamented by a large circle of relatives, and friends.
Note 4: Sydney Morning Herald 7 Dec 1864
DEATHS.
On the 1st instant, at Botany, in the 86th year of her age, Mary, relict of the late Simeon Lord, of Macquarie-place, Sydney.
Note 5: Reg No 2931/1889 - parents Simeon and Mary

The Brisbane Courier 1 Feb 1889
DEATH
RAMSEY.-On the 28th January, at Dobroyde, Ashfield, near Sydney, Sarah, relict of the late Dr. David Ramsey, mother of the late Percy Ramsey, of Dalhousie, Maryborough, and beloved sister of Mr. Simeon Lord, Brisbane, aged 83 years..
Personal Notes:
AUSTRALIAN DICTIONARY OF BIOGRAPHY

Ramsay, David (1794 - 1860)
Birth: 16 March 1794, Perth, Scotland
Death: 10 June 1860, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Cultural Heritage: * Scottish

Occupation:
* fruit grower
* general merchant
* landowner
* Presbyterian lay leader
* ship's surgeon
* shipowner

* Life Summary
* Resources
* Abbreviations
* Article History

RAMSAY, DAVID (1794-1860), medical practitioner and merchant, was born on 16 March 1794 in Perth, Scotland, the third son of John Ramsay, a prosperous corn merchant and miller, and his wife, née Pearson. He was educated in Perth and at Edinburgh University (M.D., 1817). Next year he sought a hospital appointment in London, but was unsuccessful. Reluctant to become a surgeon's assistant confined to a shop making up medicines with no opportunity of improving his medical education, he accepted the post of surgeon in the Marchioness of Exeter, at a monthly salary of £5, the use of the captain's table and liberty to trade a little. He made a modest profit on a voyage to the East Indies, but on his return to England in 1819 he found situations on ships hard to come by; after toying with the idea of furthering his professional knowledge at the University of Paris, early in 1820 he accepted a post in the Surry, Captain Thomas Raine, going to New South Wales. After four months in Sydney he sailed for Valparaiso in the Surry. On the way Ramsay did useful natural history work on several islands, including Pitcairn; his description of the visit there is one of the most informative accounts of the islanders. In June 1821 he was back in Sydney, with which he was greatly impressed, but in February 1822 he embarked once more in the Surry, now taking Governor Lachlan Macquarie and his family back to England.

Ramsay's appetite was whetted by what he considered the great commercial possibilities of New South Wales and, aided by some influential friends, he made arrangements to establish a 'House of Agency' in the import-export business with Raine as partner. Leaving England in the Thalia late in 1822 Ramsay reached Sydney in June 1823. With the establishment of the well-known house of Raine & Ramsay his career as a doctor appears to have ended, for there is no evidence available that he ever after practised medicine. Ramsay disagreed with Raine's expansionist policy and in 1828, when he complained that Raine was misappropriating large sums belonging to the firm for his personal use, the partnership was dissolved.

Although for a time short of funds, Ramsay continued to develop both his commercial and pastoral interests, including his grant of 2000 acres (809 ha) on the bank of the Fish River and his plant nursery at Dobroyd farm, a wedding present from his father-in-law, the wealthy emancipist merchant, Simeon Lord. Of some 480 acres (194 ha) about six miles (9.6 km) from Sydney, it had been originally a grant to Nicholas Bayly, who named it Sunning Hill farm; much of it is now covered by the suburb of Haberfield. Ramsay described it as 'one of the finest places in New South Wales, the oranges in the orchard alone being worth £100 per year'.

Ramsay took an active part in public affairs. He was treasurer to the Presbyterian Church in 1823, a signatory to its constitution drawn up in 1824 and a strong supporter of his fellow members in their efforts to build Scots Church in Sydney. In 1838 he was a mediator in the dispute between the synod and the presbytery and in 1845 was trustee to the congregation. He opposed (Sir) Richard Bourke's efforts to establish a National system of education in the colony, but his interest in education is shown by his election to the council of the Australian College, the brain-child of Rev. John Dunmore Lang.

He had married Sarah Ann, eldest daughter of Simeon Lord, on 31 March 1825. He had ten children of whom the third youngest son, Edward Pierson Ramsay, was a noted ornithologist who for twenty years was curator of the Australian Museum in Sydney. David Ramsay died on 10 June 1860 and was buried on Dobroyd.

Upright but shrewd, dignified but warmly affectionate, Ramsay was a man of high principles. Deeply religious he followed all his life the strict path of Presbyterian orthodoxy. Although not possessed of great intellectual gifts, he was versatile enough to succeed as a doctor, as a student of natural history and as a man of business. He had as well some taste and talent for music. His letters reveal him as a dutiful son and a devoted father and husband.
Select Bibliography
J. Brodsky, Dr David Ramsay (Syd, 1960); R. B. Nicolson, The Pitcairners (Syd, 1965); R. H. Goddard, ‘Captain Thomas Raine of the "Surry": 1795-1860’, Journal and Proceedings (Royal Australian Historical Society), vol 26, part 4, 1940, pp 277-317; manuscript catalogue under David Ramsay (State Library of New South Wales). More on the resources

Author: Arthur McMartin

Print Publication Details: Arthur McMartin, 'Ramsay, David (1794 - 1860)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 2, Melbourne University Press, 1967, p. 361.
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