William Cunningham Neilson
1813 - 1862 (49 years)-
Name William Cunningham Neilson Born 13 Jan 1813 Springfield, Castle Douglas, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland 
Gender Male Died 01 May 1862 Mhow, Madhya Pradesh, India Buried Mhow, Madhya Pradesh, India - Old Cemetary, Mhow, Central India
Person ID I104 Our Family History Last Modified 3 Dec 2015
Father Nathaniel Neilson, b. 23 Jun 1760, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland , d. 01 Oct 1834, Springfield, Castle Douglas, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland (Age 74 years) Relationship Natural Mother Barbara Agnew, b. 29 Aug 1791, Lochnaw, Wigtownshire, Scotland , d. 28 Feb 1864, Springfield, Castle Douglas, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland (Age 72 years) Relationship Natural Married 06 Jan 1812 Scotland Family ID F63 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Florence Matilda Brereton, b. 1834, Ireland , d. 1897, Ipswich, Suffolk, England (Age 63 years) Married 10 Jan 1854 Sholapore, India Children 1. William Henry Neilson, b. 28 Dec 1854, Belgaum, India , d. 24 Mar 1903, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India (Age 48 years) [Natural]2. Nathaniel Ross Neilson, b. 08 Dec 1857, Belgaum, India , d. 1925, Southampton, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom (Age 67 years) [Natural]3. Frances Emily Constance Neilson, b. 1859, Belgaum, India , d. 05 Jan 1936, Surrey, England (Age 77 years) [Natural]4. George A Neilson, b. 1861, Bombay, India [Natural]Last Modified 3 Dec 2015 Family ID F62 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - Surgeon Major Indian Medical Service, 20th Bombay Infantry
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Surgeon, 14 Mar 1851
Surgeon Major, 13 Jun 1860
Graduated from St Andrews in 1834
Nathaniel’s eldest son, William Cunningham Neilson (1813-1862) received a medical education in Edinburgh and in mid 1834 shipped out to India at the commencement of his medical career (possibly like his son starting off as a doctor in the Merchant Marine). The Medical Directory of 1859 details William Neilson of the Bombay IMS, Surgeon, commenced 1839. Appointed Surgeon of the 20th Bombay Native Infantry on 14 March 1851.
ROLL OF THE INDIAN MEDICAL SERVICE 1615-1930.
The inscription on William Cunningham’s grave in the Old Cemetery, Mhow, Central India reads:
“Sacred to the memory of William Cunningham Neilson MD (Surgeon Major) Bombay Medical Establishment who died at Mhow 1 May 1862 aged 49 years. Erected to the memory of the best of husbands by his most affectionate and inconsolable widow and his old comrades of the 20th Bombay Native Infantry of which he was Chief Medical Officer”.
Lived at Springfield in 1813
Lived at Springfield in 1834
Lived in India several times 1838-1862
Traveling in 1847, crossing the Suez back to England
Lived in Scotland in 1852 (wedding) or Kent?
Lived in Belgaum, India in 1854
Lived in Persia in 1856-1857
Lived in Bombay in 1857
Lived in Bombay in 1859
Lived in Bombay in 1861
Lived at Mhow, India in 1862
- Surgeon Major Indian Medical Service, 20th Bombay Infantry