SIXTH GENERATION

44. Alfred WAYLEN ⁽²²⁴⁾ was born on 2 Oct 1805 in Devizes, Wiltshire, UK.⁽²²⁵⁾ He was baptised on 5 Jan 1806 in St. Mary Independent, Devizes, Wiltshire, UK. ⁽²²⁶⁾ He emigrated on 18 Jan 1830 from Fremantle, Western Australia. Arrived Fremantle as single man onboard the Skerne 18/01/1830 from Liverpool via Cape Town.

Not able to find definitive list of passengers. He resided Guildford, Western Australia, Australia in 1837 in 30 Meadow St.⁽²²⁷⁾ In 1837 bought by Alfred Waylen who left it to his son Dr Alfred Waylen (Jr). He was medical
officer to Guildford Convict Depot and also planted extensive vineyard at 'Garden Hill' and was
pioneer in the Swan Valley wine industry. He was a Medical Officer in 1837 in Guildford,Western Australia. In 1837 bought by Alfred Waylen who left it to his son Dr Alfred Waylen (Jr). He was medical
officer to Guildford Convict Depot and also planted extensive vineyard at 'Garden Hill' and was
pioneer in the Swan Valley wine industry. He died on 29 Aug 1856. ⁽²²⁸⁾ 35671 17 8--Alfred WAYLEN (b 2.10.1805 bp 5 JAN 1806 Saint Mary Independent,
Devizes, Wilts d 29.8.1856 [DT 1859 check] ) C077741 1774-1837

m 15.10.1832 St James, Clerkenwell, London? sp-Anne BAILEY 1812 Swallowfield,
Berks. d 16.5.1883. In 1833-41 their 1st 4 chn were b in Western Australia.
But by 1843 when their next child was b, they were in London.
She took chn 1 Alfred, 3 Charles, Elizabeth Frances - 4 Mary and 5 Katherine
Anne to England for their education soon after Katherine was born in 1842. They
left on the ship GROTIUS via Van Diemans Land. There is a record of their
arrival March 1842 in Hobart, Tasmania as unassisted Immigrants and coastal
passengers from Swan River.

1851 Lowe Heath, Parish of St John's Hampstead, London:
Anne with the children but Charles was not there.

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1881 Dwelling 4 The Lawn Balham, Streatham, Surrey:
Anne WAYLEN Head W 69 1812 Swallowfield, Berkshire
Katherine A. WAYLEN Daur U 38 1843 Hampstead, Middlesex 35671 172
Anne BLACK Granddau'r U 15 1866 India Scholar 35671 17231
Margaret SKIPPER Servt U 21 Brancaster, Norfolk Housemaid
Ellen TUFFLEY Servt U 23 North Leach, Gloucester Cook He was married to Anne BAILEY on 15 Oct 1832 in St. James, Clerkenwell,London,UK. ⁽²²⁹⁾ 35671 17 8--Alfred WAYLEN (b 2.10.1805 bp 5 JAN 1806 Saint Mary Independent,
Devizes, Wilts d 29.8.1856 [DT 1859 check] ) C077741 1774-1837

m 15.10.1832 St James, Clerkenwell, London? sp-Anne BAILEY 1812 Swallowfield,
Berks. d 16.5.1883. In 1833-41 their 1st 4 chn were b in Western Australia.
But by 1843 when their next child was b, they were in London.
She took chn 1 Alfred, 3 Charles, Elizabeth Frances - 4 Mary and 5 Katherine
Anne to England for their education soon after Katherine was born in 1842. They
left on the ship GROTIUS via Van Diemans Land. There is a record of their
arrival March 1842 in Hobart, Tasmania as unassisted Immigrants and coastal
passengers from Swan River.

1851 Lowe Heath, Parish of St John's Hampstead, London:
Anne with the children but Charles was not there.

1881 Dwelling 4 The Lawn Balham, Streatham, Surrey:
Anne WAYLEN Head W 69 1812 Swallowfield, Berkshire
Katherine A. WAYLEN Daur U 38 1843 Hampstead, Middlesex 35671 172
Anne BLACK Granddau'r U 15 1866 India Scholar 35671 17231
Margaret SKIPPER Servt U 21 Brancaster, Norfolk Housemaid
Ellen TUFFLEY Servt U 23 North Leach, Gloucester Cook

35671 171 9--Alfred Robert WAYLEN b1833 Point Walter, WA (Western Australia)
d 10.1.1901 Guildford, WA. Medical practitioner and vigneron, was born at Point
Walter, Western Australia, son of Alfred Waylen and his wife, née Bailey, who
had arrived in the Skerne in 1830.

45. Anne BAILEY was born in 1812 in Swallowfield,Berkshire,UK. ⁽²³⁰⁾ She died on 16 May 1883.⁽²³¹⁾ Children were:

i. Dr. Alfred Robert WAYLEN^{(232) (233)} (photo) was born in 1833 in Point Walter, Western Australia.⁽²³⁴⁾ from Lucille Neustroski lucill@wave.co.nz He was a Medical Doctor in 1858 in England,UK.⁽²³⁵⁾ But when he was eight years old his parents took him to London to receive his education. From
then until 1857 the young Australian earnestly prosecuted his studies and took his degrees. In 1856 he qualified
as M.R.C.S. (Eng.), L.S.A. (Lond.), L. Mid. R.C.S. (Eng.). In 1857 he returned to the colony, but shortly afterwards
went back to England again to obtain experience at the hospitals, and in 1858 took his M.D. degree. Finally, in
1859, he began to practise in Western Australia, He was buried in 1901 in Guildford Grammar Cemetary.⁽²³⁶⁾ He died on 10 Jan 1901 in Guildford,Western Australia.⁽²³⁷⁾ 35671 171 9--Alfred Robert WAYLEN b1833 Point Walter, WA (Western Australia)
d 10.1.1901 Guildford, WA. Medical practitioner and vigneron, was born at Point
Walter, Western Australia, son of Alfred Waylen and his wife, née Bailey, who
had arrived in the Skerne in 1830. He was taken to England for education in
1841 and in 1856 qualified as licentiate of the Society of Apothecaries and as
member and licentiate in midwifery of the Royal College of Surgeons. After a
brief return to Perth in 1857, he went to St Andrews University in Scotland.
His doctorate in medicine (1858) was the first medical degree granted to a
native West Australian.
In 1859 Waylen began practice at Guildford as colonial medical officer for
the Swan District and as surgeon to the convict establishment. He was
registered on 30 December 1869 under the Act passed in July and on 11.1.1870
was appointed to the medical board. In 1872 he succeeded Dr John FERGUSON as
colonial surgeon, ex officio director of the colonial hospital, medical officer
of the Perth Prison and superintendent of vaccination. In 1884-85 he chaired a
royal commission on metropolitan water-supply and sanitation and implemented
its findings as president of a new central Board of Health. In 1883-84 he
chaired a royal commission into the welfare and conditions of native prisoners
on Rottnest Island. When the Aborigines Protection Board was formed in 1886
during the negotiations for responsible government, he was appointed chairman,
responsible directly to the imperial government.
Waylen was an amateur vigneron exhibiting at international exhibitions from
1866. In 1886 he was a commissioner for the Colonial and Indian Exhibition of
London. He was president of the Agricultural Society and of the Horticultural
Society in 1894, and after he retired in 1895 he joined J. G. AMHERST to
establish the Darlington vineyards which won a diploma in Sydney for the best
Australian raisins. He was also at various times chairman of the Guildford Town
Council, churchwarden of St Matthew's Church, a founder of the Guildford
Mechanics' Institute, a governor of the Perth High School (now Hale School), a
racehorse owner and a committee-man of the West Australian Turf Club.
On 20 November 1862, Waylen married Elizabeth Louisa, daughter of John Wall
HARDEY, M.L.C. On 2 June 1887 he married Louisa, daughter of Rev. Thomas
WALPOLE and widow of Sir Luke LEAKE, M.L.C., Speaker of the Legislative
Council. He died childless at Guildford on 10 January 1901 and was buried in
the Church of England cemetery. His estate, valued for probate at £11,751, was
left to his widow and relations. He was not a highly scientific practitioner
but his enthusiastic advocacy of public health measures led to useful reforms.
Select Bibliography:
W.B. KIMBERLY, History of West Australia (Melb, 1897);
J.H.L. CUMPSTON, A public health pioneer in Western Australia, Health, July
1923;
Civil Service Journal (Western Australia), centenary no, July 1929;
Swan Express (Midland Junction, Western Australia), Jan 1901;
West Australian, 12 Jan 1901. Author: B. C. COHEN
'WAYLEN, Alfred Robert (1833 - 1901)', Australian Dictionary of Biography,
Volume 6, Melbourne University Press, 1976, p. 368 - via DT.

https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/waylen-alfred-robert-4817

22 ii. Charles William WAYLEN.
iii. Mary WAYLEN⁽²³⁸⁾.
iv. Sarah WAYLEN⁽²³⁹⁾.
v. Katherine A (Kate) WAYLEN⁽²⁴⁰⁾.

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