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24. William Theodore THANE [252] (William Dancer, Mrcs17, William11, John (Sir)3, Peter1) was born on 1 Sep 1850 in Stoke Newington Hertfordshire England, died on 10 Aug 1925 in Wellington Wellington New Zealand at age 74, and was buried on 12 Aug 1925 in Bolton Street Cemetery Wellington New Zealand.

General Notes: In an attachment to an email, dated February 19, 2003, Sylvia Robertson said:

"Born 1 Albion Rd, Stoke, Newington, London (Anthony Bishop)

William was educated in London, and sailed from East India Docks, London on 16 October 1872, arriving at Lyttelton on 5 JaN. 1873. He suffered from bronchitis & TB at an early age.

(Cyclopedia of NZ, Wellington Province))
"Mr William Theodore Thane, the minister in charge of the Catholic Apostolic Church, Wellington, was born near London in 1850. Educated in his native land, he was ordained in 1871, and for a year afterwards ministered in London. Mr Thane came out to Wellington in 1873 per ship "Crusader" and though for many years he was engaged on secular pursuits, he has ever since his arrival, assisted in the sevice of the church. In 1886 Mr Thane accepted the position of minister in charge, and since the year 1892 he has been free from business engagements and devoted himself to his ministry.

Mr Thane was married in 1877 to a daughter of the late Mr William Bishop of Wellington. His family consists of 3 sons and 6 daughters who survive, 1 daughter died a few years ago."

They lived at 54 Thompson St, Wellington.

From "The Catholic Apostolic Church in NZ" : When Mr Bishop Snr's health began to fail, Mr Thane was set apart as angel (Superintendent Minister) for the Wellington congregation, this taking place on 10 Feb. 1887. His was to be a beloved and fruitful ministry for some 38 years. His complete period of service in the ministry amounted to some 47 years."

The following information given by Peggy BISHOP who remembered the family:
Daughter, Edith Lois THANE m Gilbert KING - chn Diana, Clemency & Shirley (twins), then Arnold & David (twins), Judith & Jennifer.

Grandson, Desmond William THANE died in W.W.2 (in bomber shot down over Holland - buried in Winterswigh). Information given by Pauline JOHNSON nee THANE, Desmond's sister.

The Will of William Theodore THANE, Gentleman, filed 19 Aug. 1925 in Wellington (1843-1926). Probate No. 37303.


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Noted events in his life were:

• Birth: 1 Sep 1850, 1 Albion Road Stoke Newington.

• Immigration: East India Docks London, 16 Oct 1872, Lyttleton Canterbury New Zealand.

• Occupation: Angel [Archbishop] of the Catholic Apostolic Church.

William married Diana BISHOP [241], daughter of William BISHOP [2049] and Ann Torn FIFE [2465], on 13 Dec 1877 in St Peter's Anglican Church Wellington New Zealand. Diana was born on 19 Apr 1851 in Wellington Wellington New Zealand, died on 12 Feb 1918 in Wellington Wellington New Zealand at age 66, and was buried on 14 Feb 1918 in Bolton Street Cemetery Wellington New Zealand.

General Notes: In an attachment to an email, dated February 19, 2003, Sylvia Robertson said:

Died 12 February 1918 in Wellington.

"Buried in Bolton St Cemetery. Plot 6706
"In Loving Memory of William Theodore THANE, and Diana, his wife, also their children; Harry Bishop THANE, John Seymour THANE, Lillian Maud THANE"
(Harry & John(Don) drowned in a yachting accident in Wellington Harbour on 10 February 1900 along with cousins Herbert & Henry WHITTEM. Ted THANE was the only boy rescued& was unconscious when picked up.)"


Children from this marriage were:

   51 F    i. Diana Theodora THANE [282] was born on 15 Aug 1878 in Wellington Wellington New Zealand, died on 3 Feb 1957 in Wellington Wellington New Zealand at age 78, and was buried on 5 Feb 1957 in Karori Nr. Wellington New Zealand (Area 3, Blk F, Row 5, Plot 19). Another name for Diana was Dora.

General Notes: photo aged abt 5

+ 52 F    ii. Anne Caroline Fannie THANE [283] was born on 23 Jun 1880 in Wellington Wellington New Zealand, died on 21 Jun 1947 in Tauhei Morrinsville Waikato New Zealand at age 66, and was buried in Hamilton East Cemetery New Zealand.

+ 53 F    iii. Eva Beatrice Rhoda THANE [284] was born on 21 Apr 1882 in Wellington Wellington New Zealand, died on 7 Feb 1915 in Wellington Wellington New Zealand at age 32, and was buried in Feb 1915 in Karori Cemetery Wellington New Zealand (Area 2, Block A, Row 20, Plot 22).

   54 F    iv. Agnes Marian THANE [285] was born on 25 Jan 1884 in Wellington Wellington New Zealand, died on 5 Feb 1955 in Opotiki Bay of Plenty New Zealand at age 71, and was buried in Opotiki Cemetery Opotiki Bay of Plenty New Zealand [plot 554]. Another name for Agnes was Nessie.

Agnes married Alan George DAVEY [1633], son of Henton Macaulay DAVEY [1634] and Mary Amy NASH [1635], on 17 Jun 1919 in Catholic Apostolic Church Wellington New Zealand. Alan was born on 24 Jul 1876 in South Wales, died on 31 Aug 1964 in Opotiki Bay of Plenty New Zealand at age 88, and was buried in Sep 1964 in Opotiki Cemetery Opotiki Bay of Plenty New Zealand [plot 553].

General Notes: Attended: Private School; 1885 Normal School, Dunedin - living Moray Place; 1886 Arthur St School.
(All schools give name as 'Allan')

Served in W.W.1.

When he returned he farmed south of Auckland.

In 1919 he married Agnes (Nessie) THANE - no children.

Died in Opotiki in 1964 - Will sighted 24 May 2001.

Buried in plot 553 Opotiki Cemetery:
"Rg No. 14234 In Loving Memory of L/cpl Alan George DAVEY, beloved husband of Agnes Marion; d. 31 August 1964, aged 87 years."


His wife was buried in plot 554 Opotiki Cemetery:
"In loving memory of Agnes Marion, beloved wife of Alan DAVEY; d. 5February 1955, aged 71
years."

Noted events in his life were:

• Emigration: 1877, from Britton Ferry Wales.

• Immigration: 1877, New Zealand.

   55 M    v. Harry Bishop THANE [286] was born on 25 Aug 1885 in Wellington Wellington New Zealand, died on 10 Feb 1900 in Wellington Wellington New Zealand at age 14, and was buried in Bolton Street Cemetery Wellington N Z. The cause of his death was drowned in a boating accident on Wellington Harbour.

General Notes: photo aged abt 5

+ 56 M    vi. Edward William Theodore THANE [287] was born on 30 Mar 1887 in Wellington Wellington New Zealand, died on 15 May 1967 in Wellington Wellington New Zealand at age 80, and was buried on 18 May 1967 in Karori Cemetery Wellington New Zealand.

   57 M    vii. John Seymour THANE [288] was born on 25 Apr 1889 in Wellington Wellington New Zealand, died on 10 Feb 1900 in Wellington Wellington New Zealand at age 10, and was buried in Bolton Street Cemetery Wellington New Zealand. The cause of his death was drowned in a boating accident on Wellington Harbour.

   58 F    viii. Lilian Maude THANE [291] was born on 10 Jul 1890 in Wellington Wellington New Zealand, died on 22 Mar 1891 in Wellington Wellington New Zealand, and was buried in Bolton Street Cemetery Wellington New Zealand.

+ 59 F    ix. Edith Lois THANE [293] was born on 17 Feb 1892 in Wellington Wellington New Zealand, died on 17 Aug 1972 in Wellington Wellington New Zealand at age 80, and was buried on 21 Aug 1972 in Karori Cemetery Wellington New Zealand.

+ 60 F    x. Enid Clunie THANE [292] was born on 21 Aug 1894 in Wellington Wellington New Zealand and died in 1948 in Porirua Mental Hosp. Wellington New Zealand at age 54.

25. Arthur Harry THANE [90920] (William Dancer, Mrcs17, William11, John (Sir)3, Peter1) was born in 1852.

Arthur married Annie Caroline HILL [90922].

The child from this marriage was:

+ 61 M    i. Henry William THANE [90923] was born in 1871.

28. Robert Frederick THANE [4396] (John Dancer18, William11, John (Sir)3, Peter1) was born on 31 May 1850 in Hobart Colony of Tasmania.

Robert married Ellen SHEARD [4403] in 1873 in St Pancras London England.

Children from this marriage were:

   62 F    i. Rhoda Anne THANE [4416] was born in 1874.

   63 F    ii. Ellen Maria THANE [4417] was born in 1875.

+ 64 M    iii. Robert Frederick THANE [4422] was born in 1876 in Gloucester Gloucestershire England.

   65 M    iv. John Henry THANE [4421] was born in 1878.

   66 F    v. Emily THANE [4418] was born in 1879.

+ 67 M    vi. Charles William THANE [4415] was born in 1881.

   68 F    vii. Julia Florence THANE [4420] was born in 1882.

   69 M    viii. William Edward THANE [4423] was born in 1884.

   70 F    ix. Miriam Florence THANE [4419] was born in 1886.

+ 71 M    x. Edgar THANE [4424] was born in 1889.


36. Sir, George Dancer THANE, Mrcs [4432] (George Dancer, Mrcs19, William11, John (Sir)3, Peter1) was born on 27 May 1850 in Berkhampstead Hertfordshire England, was baptised on 21 Jul 1850 in Berkhampstead Hertfordshire England, and died in 1930 at age 80.

General Notes: In a Document received from Robert Griffiths in November 2013, was an extract from the February 1930 Edition of the University College Hospital Magazine. It contained the following Article on Sir George Dancer Thane:
By the death of Sir George Dancer Thane, Emeritus Professor of Anatomy, on January 14, 1930, the Hospital and College lose one of their most distinguished sons. The memorial service in St. Pancras Church on January 17 was attended by a large gathering of relatives, friends, past and present members of the staff, students and members of various scientific bodies. At the meeting held in the afternoon in the Anatomy Theatre, the following resolution was read by Professor Drummond and supported by Professor Elliot Smith, Sir John Rose Bradford and Mr. Percy Flemming :-
" It is resolved that the Faculty of Medical Sciences places on record its sense of the great loss the College has suffered by the death of Sir George Thane, who for forty-two years was Professor of Anatomy in the College, and for ten years Emeritus Professor. In the fulfilment of the duties of his Chair, as Dean of the Faculty of Medical Sciences, and as a member of the College Committee for many years,he rendered conspicuous services to the Faculty and to the College. His wide and exact knowledge of anatomy found luminous expression in the ninth and tenth editions of 'Quain's Text Book of Anatomy,' which his predecessors in the Chair of Anatomy in this College had created. At the time when it was first issued it was a new type of textbook of anatomy, more comprehensive and exact than anything that had preceded it. It was copied in Germany and in France, and soon became the recognized type of book adopted in medical schools throughout the world. In Thane's hands it attained a still higher standard of precision and lucidity, which made it the most reliable and comprehensive textbook of the subject which had, ever been issued. Into it Sir George put the wide knowledge he had acquired by original investigation and an amazing familiarity with the literature of anatomy. . His personal knowledge of anatomists, both in this country and abroad, and of their activities, social as well as academic, was as wonderful as his knowledge of the literature. Even more surprising was his intimate acquaintance with the life-history of every student who had worked under him. He maintained his interest by keeping himself informed of the subsequent careers of all his students. His memory of the personal details of the lives of thousands of medical men and women was truly astounding. By his death the College has lost a man, not only of wide knowledge and genial humanity, but one who was a link with those who laid so truly and so well the foundations of the Faculty of Medical Sciences, and who himself consolidated their efforts by his loyal and devoted work."

Further in the same Document was a Commentary on the Life of Sir George by Percy Flemming. A search of Wikipedia reveals that Percy Flemmng was a Contemporary at the University College Hospital. The article is reproduced here in full:
SIR GEORGE THANE was born at Great Berkhampstead in 1850, and entered University College in October, 1867. Barlow, Schafer and Coupland entered at the same time; Tweedy had entered the previous year, Beck and Gowers four years earlier. He qualified in 1871, taking the M.R.C.S. diploma (there was no Conjoint
diploma in those days). He seems to have decided at once not to enter medical practice and returned to the dissecting room to demonstrate under Ellis.
It is of interest to recall the names of Thane's teachers at the Hospital. On the medical side were William Jenner, who was getting rather tired of his hospital work, Russell Reynolds who was putting neurology on a scientific basis, Wilson Fox, Ringer and Bastian, and possibly Roberts. The surgeons were Erichsen, Marshall, Henry Thompson, Berkeley Hill and Heath. With the exception of Heath all these men had been students of U.C.H.
To improve medical education and give it a scientific foundation was one of the chief alms of the founders of the University of London, now University College; and to this end it was hoped to appoint whole-tine teachers or professors of anatomy and physiology. The first efforts in this direction were not very successful, but with the appointment of Jones Quain as Professor, and his brother Richard as demonstrator in 1831, the teaching of anatomy was put on a sound basis. Jones Quain, the author of the first edition of " Quain," resigned in 1836, and was succeeded by Sharpey. Richard Quain had been appointed Professor of Practical Anatomy n 1832, and Assistant Surgeon to the Hospital in 1834. George Viner Ellis entered University College in 1829, and in 1844 became demonstrator to Quain. The latter resigned his professorship in 1850 to devote his whole time to surgery. Ellis was appointed in his place, and for twenty-seven years devoted his whole time to teaching human anatomy-anatomy in the narrower sense, i.e., with no reference to histology or embryology. It is said of Ellis that " he disdained the art of clothing the dry bones of anatomy with any flesh of human interest," but nevertheless " was held in the highest respect by all and in almost affectionate regard by a few." Thane was one of these few, and he early showed his taste for anatomy by demon-strating in the dissecting room before he became qualified. From 1871-77 Thane was Ellis's senior demonstrator, and in his last year of office he had as a junior colleague Jameson, who had previously been R.M.O., and was later to make history in South Africa.
On Ellis's resignation in 1877, Thane was appointed Professor and held office until 1919. It is remarkable that Ellis, one of the early students to join the Medical Faculty, was succeeded by one who lived to take part in the centenary celebrations of the College. Between them they taught continuously for a period of seventy-five years. Ellis, in addition to assisting in the editing of "Quain," wrote "Demonstrations of Anatomy," which ran to twelve editions, the tenth and eleventh being edited by Thane. I believe this book is no longer used, but it seemed to me when I was demonstrating anatomy, to fulfill in an admirable manner its purpose of a hand-book for use in the dissecting room as distinct from a textbook to be used at home or in the library.
As Professor, Thane did not often visit the dissecting room, he left the work there to his demonstrators. The old dissecting room, now the Physics Laboratory, was one of the best in London, and one of the attractions of the medical school in its early days, but comfortless, judged by modern standards. It was large and lofty, very cold in winter, as it was dependent for heating on two or three closed coke-stoves. The natural lighting was good but the artificial lighting was very inefficient at any rate up to 1897, and on dark winter afternoons careful students dissected by the aid of a candle stuck on the table. The subjects were placed on wooden tables supported on trestles. Later, Thane introduced many improvements.
The important feature in Thane's teaching was the 12 o'clock lecture, and although he was lecturing for over forty years, it is, I think, correct to say that the lectures were never stereotyped repetitions. He always gave much time to their preparation and brought to them a freshness of outlook that made them attractive. He would spend an hour or more prior to the lecture in arranging his specimens and in drawing on the blackboard. These drawings were mostly diagrams, but at times could well be described as artistic productions. In course of time they perhaps became over-elaborated. Enthusiastic students would stay behind or return later to copy them-indeed some students made a point of copying the diagrams one year and listening to the lectures the following year.
As a student attending his class, I recall by a curious trick of the memory that the signal with which the lecture was about to begin was a last glance at the board, and then the buttoning up of the frock-coat. (In 1880-1 all members of the profession wore frock-coats.) The lecture was delivered in a rather high-pitched voice, was always lucid and contained no ambiguous expression. Thane never covered up uncertainty in mere verbiage.
To my mind, as important as the lecture if not more so was the class Thane held at 2 o'clock on Wednesdays for the first-year students. The ostensible object of this class was to teach us the small bones, but it served another purpose. We were taught to observe accurately and to reason from our observations. Some of the older generation, who perhaps may read this, will remember Thane presenting them with say the os magnum I do not know the new name), and saying, " Now, Mr. So-and-So, what is that ? " " Yes, and how do you know that ? " " What is this surface for ?" and so on ; and finally, "Now which side does it belong to? " The class served yet another purpose. It gave Thane an opportunity to know his students personally and by name. Once learned, they were never forgotten, and his memory not only for the names of the countless students that passed through his hands but of their subsequent careers was truly marvelous. He kept in touch with the second-year students by holding a weekly demonstration on the soft parts conducted on similar lines.
As one who was for several years intimate with Thane's teaching, I cannot but think that anatomy, as he taught it, was a most valuable item in preliminary medical education, of as much if not more value than the study of leg-muscle preparations in the physiological laboratory (but this may well be a sign of old age).
For many years he lectured to the Slade students on anatomy from the artist's point of view. I have already mentioned the trouble which Thane took with his drawings on the blackboard, and there is no doubt he enjoyed this work as an artist. He pre-pared with infinite pains the drawings of the hand and foot bones for the new Quain, and they are remarkable for their accuracy and the amount of detail shown. Perhaps he inherited some artistic ability, as one of his ancestors (his grandfather I believe) was a successful picture dealer and engraver of some note, of whom the following story is told :-
In his capacity of picture dealer, Thane's grandfather had received from Lord Cowley a picture to be relined. The picture was " A Wild Boar Hunt," by Velazquez. A too hot iron was used, and a portion of the paint entirely disappeared. The despair of Thane, the picture dealer, can be imagined. A young loan named Lance, subsequently to become famous as a painter of still life, was working with Thane at the tine and said that lie thought he could restore the missing parts out of his head. This lie did with great success, the secret was well l.ept, and later the picture was bought for the National Gallery where it now is.
Many years after Lance's work, Ruskin wrote of this picture, " I have seldom ]net with an example of the master which gave me more delight or which I believed to be in more genuine or perfect condition."
It may seem strange to the present generation that Thane would not allow smoking in the dissecting room, and his demonstrators had strict orders to forbid it. In the end, circumstances were too much for him, one particular circumstance being, that in spite of Thane's protest, Professor Ramsay allowed smoking in the chemical laboratory.
It would be impertinent on my part to attempt any estimate of Thane `as an anatomist, that has been done by competent authorities in the Lancet. and British Medical Journal for January 25. His reputation outside University College is based on the work which he put into the ninth and tenth editions of Quain's " Anatomy." It is sometimes asked, "Where is Thane's original work to be found ?" The answer is " mainly in Quain." He wrote few papers for the Journals, but he gave his best to this book, occasionally putting " G.D.T." in brackets after a sentence, but content for the
most part that his original contributions should go unrecognized. I myself used the eighth edition of Quain as my first textbook, and realized the amount and value of Thane's contributions when I returned later to the study of anatomy and had the joy and pleasure of reading the new Quain. A very superficial glance at the two editions (they are in the new library) would at any rate make the pleasure understandable.
In addition to the College routine, Thane did useful work to promote the study of anatomy. He, along with Humphry of Cambridge, Alex. Macalister, and Cuningham of Dublin, was instrumental in founding the Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland. I know that his energy and push had much to do in making the Society a success, and he was aided in this by his wide acquaintance with the Continental anatomists who at his invitation visited the more important annual meetings.
Another not unimportant practical piece of work which he performed was to regularize the distribution of " subjects " among the medical schools. Before the plan of pooling was adopted, it was a question of one school trying to out-bid another. Under the new plan workhouse masters lost some Christmas presents.
Thane was an excellent man of business and in this capacity served the school for many years while he held the office of Sub-Dean. On a recent occasion, the late Provost testified to the help he had received from Thane in connection with the general affairs of the College. For many years he was Inspector under the Vivisection Act of 1876, following Dr. Poore in this post, and it is well known that his work was much appreciated at the Home Office.
It has been said that " Kings confer titles but honour they can't." But a University does not lightly give Honorary Degrees, and one way of estimating the esteem in which Sir George Thane was held as an anatomist is to note that to the plain M.R.C.S. of the young Professor and Editor of " Quain," were added in course of time, F.R.C.S.(Eng.), LL.D.(Edin.), Sc.D.(Dublin).
In his earlier days he had not had much opportunity for general reading, but after his retirement he devoted much of his leisure to the reading of history and biography. He was an authority on the history of anatomy, and had dates at his fingers' ends. He liked to link them together in this sort of way-Vesalius died in 1564, the year Galileo was born, and Newton was born in 1642, the year Galileo died.
Botany was a favourite pursuit of his. He had an extensive knowledge of wild flowers, and at times he would point to a flower and say to me, " Now do you know what that is," recalling by his voice and gesture how, many years previously, he asked the same question in reference, say, to the third metacarpal.
Among the countless students of U.C.H. many, I am sure, will remember Thane, not only as a teacher of anatomy, but as a sympathetic and very human friend. I hope I have succeeded in showing that Thane's influence as a teacher extended far beyond the limits of the Anatomical Department. I myself am much in his debt, not only for what he taught me, but for many acts of kindness in the course of a number of years.

WHO WAS WHO, 1929-1940
THANE, Sir George Dancer, Kt., cr.1919; F.R.GS. Eng.; LL.D. Edin.; Sc.D. Dublin; F.2.9. ; b. Great Berkhamsted, 27 May 18L0 ; a a. of late G. D. Thane, M.D. ; m. 1884, Jenny, e. d. of Aug. Klingberg of Stockholm ; two d. Edvc.: University College, London. Professor of Anatomy, University College, London, 1877-1919 ; has been Examiner in Anatomy in the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge, Loudon, Victoria, Manchester, Liverpool, Leeds, and Wales, and to the Royal Colleges Physicians and Surgeons ; Fellow Anthropol. Inst. ; Ex. Pres. Anatom. Soc. G. B. and I. ; member Anat. Gesellsch. ; member Asaoa des Anat. ; member corr. Etr. Soc. d'Anthropnlogie de Paris ; member Kongl. Physiographiska t3allsk. L Lund ; member Ord. Reg. Soc. Solent, Up. saliensis. Publications: edited Ellis's Demonstrations of Anatomy, 10th and 11th editions; joint, Quain's Anatomy, 9th and 10th editions.
Address: 19 St. John's Road, Harrow. Phone : Harrow 2062, Club: Athenaeum.
(Died 14 Jun. 1930.)

Noted events in his life were:

• Occupation: Prefessor of Anatomy, University College London England.

George married Jenny Charlotta KLINGBERG [4434].

Children from this marriage were:

   72 F    i. Vendla Harriet THANE [17068] was born in 1885.

   73 M    ii. George Augustus THANE [17069] was born in 1887 and died in 1887.

   74 F    iii. Alice Eloba THANE [17070] was born in 1888.

   75 F    iv. THANE [17071]

41. Dr., Phillip Thornton THANE [4436] (George Dancer, Mrcs19, William11, John (Sir)3, Peter1) was born in 1859 in Bloomsbury Middlesex England and died in 1944 at age 85.

General Notes: From Edward Thane the following:-
Dr. Philip Thornton Thane, 1859-1944, M.R.C.S.Eng. 1881, L.R.C.P., 1882, son of a London general prectitioner, completed his four-year general medicine training at Middlesex Hospital, London, winning many prizes. He first came to Sydney, with his brother, Tom, both being susceptible to the tuberculosis which had already killed another brother, Charles, in 1878. Thane travelled out as ship's doctor on the "Parramatta" which concluded it's sailing advertisment with the words: "cow, nurse and doctor carried"!

Without any capital, he first set up practice in Walgett but - after two drought-ridden summers and many professional adventures - moved to Yass in June 1884, taking up a partnership with the elderley Dr Allan Campbell. He was immediately elected Medical Officer to the Yass Hospital. His first operation, an emergency proceedure on a young boy suffering from a strangulated inguinal hernia, was carried out on 1 July in a room normally used for meetings by the Hospital committee. Chloroform was given by Dr. Blake, then aged 72, the boy being discharged "quite well" a few weeks later. Thane quickly gained a widely recognised reputation for his treatment of hydatids which seemed to be particularly prevalent in the Yass district. He delivered two papers on the subject, the first in 1892, the second when he was President of the Central Southern Branch of the British Medical Association in 1912.

Thane was able to enlist the services of his brother, Edgar Thane, M.D. [London], Fellow of University College, Gower Street, London, at the end of 1891, just as a bad epidemic of influenza affecting almost the whole of NSW was at it's peak. Edgar had never ridden a horse but was forced to do so in making house calls. the normally quiet mare, well aware that she was the boss whilst ever Edgar was on her back, put him - and others! - into considerable danger. He survived, though with frequent loss of dignity! Dr. Edgar later practised in Wagga Wagga and Gordon. [in Sydney]

Dr. P.T.Thane returned to England for a holiday in 1895, following the death of his first wife; and whilst there took out a course in Practical Bacteriology at University College - and remarried! Tubercular problems flared during their return sea voyage, leading to his enlistment of the support of Dr. Denis Doolan. Their partnership continued until his full recovery about five years later.

Thane became municipal alderman about 1898 and mayor in 1902, for the express purpose of ridding the town of it's cess-pits. By 1903-4 these had all been replaced by a pan system. the number of typhoid cases dropped dramatically and Thane resigned from Council, his mission successfully completed. Interestingly, he acquired his first car, a single cylinder De Dion, in 1906.

Thane had served on committees of the Mechanics' Institute and the Pastoral and Agricultural Association for many years and by 1913 was a trustee of both, as of the Yass Hospital. By then he had become the father of a second family, three boys and a daughter and he suddenly decided to take them to Sydhey for all the opportunities if might offer. He sold out to Dr Colquhoun, from Melbourne.

Phillip married Annie Flora WILLIS [17073]. Annie died about 1894.

Children from this marriage were:

+ 76 M    i. Charles Stuart THANE [17075] was born in 1885 in Yass Colony of New South Wales and died in 1946 at age 61.

   77 M    ii. Harold THANE [17076] was born in 1889 in Yass Colony of New South Wales.

+ 78 M    iii. Colin THANE [17077] was born in 1893 in Yass Colony of New South Wales and died in 1971 at age 78.

Phillip next married Pauline Willis BEATTY [17074].

Children from this marriage were:

+ 79 M    i. John Dancer THANE [17078] was born in 1898 and died in 1989 at age 91.

   80 M    ii. Phillip THANE [17079] was born in 1903 and died in 1921 at age 18. Another name for Phillip was Bobs.

   81 M    iii. George Dancer THANE [17080] was born in 1907 and died in 1907.

+ 82 F    iv. Kitty THANE [17081] was born in 1908.

42. Dr., Edgar Herbert THANE [4437] (George Dancer, Mrcs19, William11, John (Sir)3, Peter1) was born in 1862 in London England and died in 1929 at age 67.

Edgar married Lynette STOPPS [17082].

Children from this marriage were:

+ 83 M    i. Edgar Dancer THANE [17083]

+ 84 M    ii. Geoffrey Dancer THANE [17084]

   85 M    iii. George THANE [17085]


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