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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]

Jennings, David Horatio

Jennings, David Horatio , Surgeon and Mechanical Dentist, Waitaki Buildings, Thames Street, Oamaru Telephone 75. Bankers, National Bank of New Zealand. Private residence, Till Street. Consulting hours, 9.30 a.m. to 5 p.m., and to 1 p.m. on Thursday. Mr. Jennings occupies a suite of rooms, including two waiting-rooms and a large workshop, on the first floor of the Waitaki buildings. He has the most modern appliances for the conduct of his professional work, and can execute all classes of mechanical dentistry, in connection with which he is assisted by a skilled mechanic. Mr. Jennings was born at Bromley by Bow, London, in 1844, and arrived in Nelson with his parents, by the ship “Mary,” in 1849. For many years Mr. Jennings was engaged in Nelson in agricultural pursuits and as an assessor under the Land and Ranting Acts, and was for twelve years a commission agent and accountant in Invercargill. He afterwards studied dentistry, and passed his examination in 1894, and was registered as a qualified dentist. He was engaged professionally in Invercargill for a few months, and made, a tour of the Colony before deciding to page 528 settle in Oamaru, where he began to practise on the 4th of October, 1895 Mr. Jennings was married in 1879 to a daughter of the Rev. W. Ronaldson, Masonic Grand Socretary. New Zealand Constitution. Mrs. Jennings died on the 15th of November, 1897, leaving three daughters; and on the 31st of January, 1899, Mr. Jennings married Louisa Adelaide, eldest daughter of Mr. Henry Richmond, librarian of the Oamaru Athenæum. He has two sons by this marriage; one born on the 3rd of December, 1899, and the other on the 28th of July, 1902.

Mahan and Muir, photo. Mr. J. Swindley.

Mahan and Muir, photo.
Mr. J. Swindley.