Smith George Marshall Mccall 1882 1918

edmondsallan - Hello - I see my " gran dad - Arthur ' // my father Howard //" and now I have looked in to this person . Must be
something that attracts us . Their is a huge amount of info about on " George Smith " who by the way was a well known ' Doctor ' in the area & brought many mokapunas into the world . I have found myself being quite interested in this person , and later on I might dive into his total ancestry . Could be interesting and would probably touch on many other ancesteries . Yes - I'll do that - hang on while put it into " old faithful " for reference ---- Right. I'm back & let's hit the straps .
George Marshall McCall Smith was born on 13 November 1882 at Nairn, Scotland, the second son of Ann Mein Andrews and her husband, Samuel McCall Smith, who farmed at Laggan, Speyside. He was educated at Laggan School, Elgin Academy and the University of Edinburgh, graduating MB, ChB in 1904, and was in general medical practice at Strathmiglo, Fife, and then in Perth. On 12 September 1907, at Tranent, he married Barbara Grieve. They had two sons and two daughters, but in 1914 Smith left for New Zealand with one of his patients, Lucy Margaret Scott. He took up practice in Nimmo Street, Rawene, and became superintendent of Rawene Hospital.( He is going to be Interesting !!! ) The isolated, poor Hokianga district was dependent on maritime transport, with few all-weather roads and no railway. Smith and his nurses travelled on foot and horseback, by coach and launch. The hospital's water supply, sewerage system, operating theatre and other amenities were inadequate, and its board was reluctant to authorise new expenditure. The large Maori population was suspicious of Pakeha medicine yet gravely in need of health services. The 1918 influenza epidemic put Smith on his mettle. To prevent the spread of infection he had shops closed, posted armed men at crossroads, and organised teams to feed the sick. These measures proved successful and recovery was rapid. I have read a bit about that epidemic and it was a bad one !!! " Waikuemete Cemetery "
a few mile from me was one of the main burial places for the dead in Auckland . I can remember " Grandma " talking about it , all those years ago Till we meet again -Regards - edmondsallan