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Dr. Joseph Everett Dowd (1896-1980)
Dr. Dowd was born December 3, 1896 in Quyon, Quebec. His parents were Margaret and Stewart Dowd. There were seven sons. His father owned a flour mill. In 1907 the family moved to Ottawa.
1914 to 1918 Joseph served in the Canadian Armed Forces in England. In 1926 Dr. Dowd received his medical degree from McGill. He had a one year internship at Ottawa Civic Hospital and then to New York City where he trained in obstetrics.
1926-28 his brother Dr. Kenneth Dowd had a medical practice in Fenwick and was in charge of medical care for men in the construction of the Welland Canal.
Joseph took on the medical practice in Fenwick June 1, 1928, while his brother Kenneth became chief medical officer of C.N.R.
In 1930 Dr. Joseph Everett Dowd married Charlotte Burton R.N., a nursing supervisor at Welland County General Hospital.
In 1936 they bought a lot from William B. Bown on Canboro Road Fenwick. They built a home with an office where they lived until 1980.
They had three children, Joyce born 1932, Richard born 1935, Ronald born 1936.
For 38 years Dr. Dowd was medical officer of health for Township of Pelham.
They attended the Fenwick United Church.
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