Dr Alexander TODD (1839 – 1914)

Name

Dr Alexander Todd

Gender

Male

Military identification

Lieutenant-Colonel, New Zealand Military Forces

Birthdate

08 December 1839

Birthplace

Strabane, County Tyrone, Ireland

Marriage(s)

1875

Date of death

17 July 1914

Place of death

Waipawa

Parents

  • William Todd

Partner(s)

  • Mary Anne Todd, nee Arrow (1850-23/12/1927)

Children

  • Kathleen Margaret Todd (4/10/1875-19/1/1940)
  • Ida Maude Henderson Todd (1878-26/7/1926)
  • William Alexander Henry Todd (1880-26/6/1961)
  • Olive Gwendoline Burleigh (16/6/1882-1968)

Biography

Gained medical qualifications at Edinburgh, 1863
Arrived in New Zealand on the “Rangoon”, 1864
Member of British Medical Association
Assistant surgeon to Colonial Defence Force and Napier Militia
Had his own practice in Waipawa and surrounds
Appointed District Coroner, 1869; Public Vaccinator, 1890s
Originator and treasurer of Waipawa Masonic Lodge

Accession number

597015

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