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Person
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John William Hadden
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Dates of existence
1824-1879
History
Dr John William Hadden was the son of Jane Baird Hadden (1800-1867) born in Lanarkshire, Scotland, the daughter of Robert and Janet Douglas Baird. She was sentenced to 7 years on 10 Sep 1840 for assault and robbery and transported to Australia in 1841. When free, she paid to have her children shipped to her. John Came from England with his four sister and brother in 1845 and settled in Tasmania. Dr John William Hadden, husband of Mary Elizabeth Hadden, was one of the first graduates of the Medical School at Melbourne University, although he did most of his studies at the University of Edinburgh Dr Hadden returned to Melbourne in the late 1850's