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DR BARKER was born November 10, 1868 in Worcestershire, England. Later resided in East Lothian, Scotland. His parents were GEORGE SAMUEL BARKER and ELIZA THOMSON BARKER
On July 27, 1890 DR BARKER married SARAH ELOUISE I SCHELL born in Halton County in 1869. In 1891 he was a medical student living in Dundas.
Around 1891 he set up a medical practice in Fenwick. Not much is know about his practice.
Dr. Barker and his wife had four children. GEORGE SHELDON BARKER was born May 11, 1891 in Fenwick. He married VERA WINNIFRED HALL on July 28, 1913 in Dundas. Vera was born January 10, 1892 in Dundas and died January 8, 1973 in Simcoe county at age 80. GEORGE SHELDON BARKER died January 14, 1965 in York County. They had one daughter NORMA BARKER .
DR BARKER’S second child was JESSIE ELISABETH GLADYS BARKER born March 11, 1895 in Fenwick. She married ROBERT CHARLES RUSSELL JOLLEY. JESSIE died May 1981.
DR BARKER’S third child was ELSIE THOMPSON BARKER born February 6, 1897 in Fenwick. She married JAMES DANE MONTGOMERY January 13, 1916. Later married JAMES MCKENZIE HASLAM.
DR BARKER’S fourth child NORMA ALEXANDRIA AMALESE BARKER was born June 11, 1900 in Welland, few months after her father’s death.
DR ALEXANDER NORMAN BARKER died suddenly from an accident on March 25, 1900. SARAH BARKER moved back to Dundas, she died in 1941.
[Welland Tribune March 27, 1900]
This community was terribly startled and shocked by the news that Dr. A. N. Barker of Fenwick had been killed by the cars on Sunday last, 25th. The fatality occurred at Moote crossing, about four miles west of Fenwick. The wagon road runs near parallel with the railway for a distance, then crosses. Dr. Barker was out on professional duty, driving spirited span of horses to a covered buggy. It is supposed the horses took fright at the train and became unmanageable. After running a distance ahead of the train they struck the crossing just in front of it. The horses got across the track, but the engine struck the buggy with terrific force, cutting it in two, and hurling the part in which the doctor was seated about 40 feet. The train (the morning express from Toronto, due at Fenwick at 9:14) was backed to the spot. The doctor was found still seated in the part of the buggy, probably retained there by the cover. He was just alive when reached, but expired before the train had carried him to Fenwick. He was cut about the head and in the side—possibly his neck or back was broken. The body was not otherwise mangled.
The horses escaped uninjured.
W.M. German,M.L.A. who was a passenger on the train, recognized him as Dr. Barker and had the remains taken home. The deceased was but 31 years of age, and had one of the best medical practices in the district. He was a native of Scotland, and received his education in Glasgow. About seven years ago he married Miss Sheldon of Dundas and took up residence in Fenwick. He leaves a widow and three children to mourn their appallingly sudden and terrible bereavement, in which they have the deep sympathy of the whole community.
The funeral services will be held at his late residence today, Tuesday at 4pm. The remains will be taken to Dundas for interment, on train leaving Fenwick at 8:51 Wednesday morning. Friends and relatives invited to attend.
Dr. Hopkins was born March 26, 1858, in Hamilton. His parents were Silas Dilldine Hopkins and Catherine A. Davis.
He graduated from the University of Toronto School of Medicine in 1886. After graduation he practiced in Wainfleet (Marshville). His office was located at the intersection of highway #3 and old feeder road, a brick building. He practiced around Wainfleet also doing dental extractions. The cost of an office call was fifty cents. In earlier times accounts were paid for with butter, eggs or produce.
Dr. Hopkins served as a medical health officer in Wainfleet as well, for one year in Welland County.
In 1907 he left Wainfleet and moved to Hamilton where he practiced until his death in 1933.
Dr. Hopkins married Mynora Beamer, born November 16, 1870 in Lincoln. They married June 27, 1892 in Gainsborough.
They had two children. Catharine Amanda Hopkins born May 16, 1894. A son William Ephrain Hopkins born April 9, 1895, he became a judge in Hamilton.
Dr. Hopkins also adopted a daughter Marie Harvey born in 1906.
Dr, William Bates Hopkins died January 10, 1933 in Hamilton at the age of 74.
Dr. Hugh Park was born November 25, 1852 near Caistorville. There were six children in the family. His parents were James Park and Jane Asher. The Park family can be traced back to England.
Hugh Park graduated from the university of Toronto faculty of medicine in 1875. After graduation Dr. Hugh Park settled in Port Robinson.
He married Minerva Louise McCoppen from Port Robinson on October 23, 1878.
They had nine children. Charles Henry Park born March 20,1880. He was an electrical engineer in St Catharines. He died June 27, 1932 from a perforated appendix.
Arthur Stanley Park was born 1903 and died March 14, 1908.
Frank M. Park was born April 21, 1892, was an accountant, spent some of his life in Buffalo, he died May 28, 1936.
Kathleen Jane Park was born about 1894, she was a nurse. She married John Ludwig Hoffman on November 12, 1925. He was a physician from Buffalo. They resided in Buffalo and had two sons John Hoffman Junior born 1928 and William Hoffman born 1930. Kathleen was a veteran and died in 1936.
Georgina Minerva Park was born November 2, 1889. She married Edwad McCoppen Henderson from Wainfleet on April 11,1916. He was an engineer, they had one son Edward. Georgina died in 1938.
Hugh Cameron Park was born about 1887. He married Myrtle Maud Caulter. He was a clerk at the steel plant. He died March 18,1924 at the age of 37. His death was related to his military service.
Florence M. Park was born November 2, 1889.
Nellie McFarland Park was born January 3, 1882, she was a nurse. She entered the military in 1916, remained single and lived in Buffalo.
Bertha F. Park was born 1884, remained single , lived in Buffalo and died in 1968 at the age of 84.
In 1917 Dr Hugh Park left Port Robinson and moved to Niagara Falls. He died February 27, 1935.
[Township of Thorold 1793 to 1967, page 139]
Dr. Hugh Park began his day by starting out early in the morning to visit the sick in his territory which included most of Crowland, Thorold and Willoughby Townships. He would return home at noon for his meal and start out again to make as many house calls as possible before nightfall.
The winters were long and severe and it was necessary for him to keep two horses. Some winters he had to use snow shoes to get through the deep snow to treat the seriously ill.
He served as medical officer of health for Thorold Township for many years. He was a church warden for many years and was instrumental in placing the beautiful stone font in St Paul’s Anglican Church. He passed away in 1935 at the age of eighty-three.
Dr. Myers was born August 26, 1897 in St Marys Ontario.His parents were Cleophus Morehouse Myers and Elizabeth Schoots. His parents and grandparents operated woolen mills in St Marys.
Dr. Myers completed high school in St Marys then, graduated from University Of Toronto in Medicine in 1922. Dr. Myers interned at the Detroit Receiving Hospital and spent two years in the logging camps in the far north.
About 1925 he came for a visit to St Catharines and decided to settle in Fonthill. He took over many of Dr. Emmett’s patients.
His office and living quarters were over the Imperial bank at the corner of Pelham Street and Highway 20.
In 1929 he married Mary Ellen Davidson, born June 1, 1901. She was the daughter of Stewart Elliott Davidson and Sarah Jane Robertshaw . He was a partner in Wellington nurseries. Stewart Davidson, it is said, introduced peaches to the Niagara area.
In 1929 Dr Myers and his wife built their home on Pelham Street. The shingle “Dr. F.C. Myers” hung there for over thirty five years.
Mary enjoyed her flower gardens.
Dr. Myers served in the Royal Canadian Medical Corps 1942-1946.
In 1931 they had a son Frederick Stewart, he studied theology and was an ordained Anglican Priest. He married Mary Stirtzinger. He died at the age of 30 from cancer.
In 1937 Sarah Elizabeth was born. She became a registered nurse, she married Rev. Donald Neish, Anglican Priest and moved to Nova Scotia.
Mary was confined to a wheelchair with arthritis for much of her later life. Their son Stewart died in 1960.
Dr Myers died March1961 of a heart attack at age 63. The funeral took place at Holy Trinity church and he was buried in the Fonthill cemetery.
He was a very well liked family doctor. He delivered over 1500 babies, the first birth January 20,1925 and the last December 29, 1959.
His wife Mary died November 11, 1967.
Dr. Emmett was born April 11, 1843 in the township of Grantham He was the son of James and Elizabeth Dolson Emmett. They were United Empire Loyalists. His grandfather Stephen Emmett came to Canada in 1780 from Delaware during the American Revolution. and settled in the village of Homer in Grantham township.
Dr. Emmett attended the St Catharines Collegiate, from high school he went to New York College of Homeopathy for three years and graduated with an M.D. in 1865.
After a year in Bellview Hospital in New York he returned to Canada and settled in Fonthill in May 1865.
He boarded with the John Gore family He married Catharine Gore , who was born August 1844. They married January 1867.
His home and office were located in separate buildings on Canboro Road, site of the previous Dr. Jordan home. The office was a two storey brick building which was later moved to Port Robinson Road, first home on north side of the road, just east of Pelham St. The building still stands today.
Dr Emmett shared his office with his wife’s uncle Joseph Gore. He was a cabinet maker and manufactured coffins.
Dr. Emmett had four daughters and two sons. He was in the mason fraternity, reeve of Pelham and farmed as well. Dr. Emmett owned a farm along South Pelham St., the location of College St and Emmett through to Port Robinson Road. He grew grapes.
Dr Emmett’s children were: Grace Emmett born 1872, she married Arthur Rowe from Watertown New York, he was a bookkeeper. They married April 1906 in Welland.
Florence Emmett was born 1874, married Fred Kinsman, a merchant and post master in Fonthill.
Kate Muriel Emmett was born in 1885 married Frank Caulie Pitkin, he was a nursery worker. They married September 8, 1904.
Mabel E. Emmett born January 15, 1868, married John McClellan.
Herbert Northcote Emmett was born May 13, 1878, he went to United States.
Harry Emmett was born February 18, 1881, he became a medical doctor.
Dr. James Emmett practiced homeopathy. During the diphtheria epidemic in 1910 in Fonthill, his son Dr. Harry Emmett returned to assist his father. Dr. Harry Emmett introduced diphtheria antiserum. They practiced together for five years until the death of his father. Dr Harry Emmett continued the practice until his death in 1933.
Dr James Emmett died April 30, 1914 at the age of 71. He was buried in the family plot in the Fonthill cemetery. His wife Katharine Elizabeth Emmett died July 29, 1915.
[Pelham Herald, 27 June 1967]
James O. Emmett, M.D., was born in the township of Grantham, County of Lincoln on the 11th day of April,1843. His parents were James and Elizabeth(Dolson) Emmett, and his paternal grandfather was Stephen Emmett, who was a U.E. Loyalist, having left his native state of Delaware and come to Canada at the time of the American revolutionary War.
He settled in Grantham township, at what is now the village of Homer. Dr. Emmett, our present subject, received his literary education at St Catharines Academy, after which he took a three year course at the New York Homeopathic Medical College from which institution he graduated in 1865. He also attended Bellvue Hospital in New York Immediately after graduating he began practicing in Fonthill, where he remained. He always enjoyed a lucrative practice, as well as a general popularity, which was earned for himself, not only by his professional skill, but by his genial disposition, and fine social qualities. He was married in January 1867, to Catharine E., a daughter of John Gore, the latter a native of Nova Scotia, born in 1800.
Dr Emmett had a family of six children, four daughters, and two sons. He was a member of the Masonic fraternity and a Reformer in politics. Our subject was Reeve of Pelham Township in 1887.
Dr. Harry Lloyd Emmett was born February 18, 1881. He graduated from University of Toronto in 1908. In 1909 he came to Fonthill to practice with his father, Dr. James Orin Emmett.
Dr. Harry Emmett married Effie Lovina Cook, from Mount Forest. They married January 11,1915.
Their children were James Cook Emmett born November 6, 1917. He married in 1941. He became a medical doctor and practiced in Hamilton and Toronto.
He died November 2 1982 in Dundas.
A daughter Mary Alice Emmett was born in 1921.
Effie Lovina Cook Emmett died July 16, 1925 at the age of 35. Had a heart attack and drowned while bathing.
Dr. Harry Lloyd Emmett married Lelia Victoria Strong, a teacher from Wainfleet, age 24. They married September 28, 1926.
Dr Harry Lloyd Emmett was interested in community improvements. He helped beautify the Fonthill cemetery and bring waterworks to Fonthill.
Dr Emmett died December 16, 1933 age 53, of influenza. His practice was taken over by Dr. Jordan.
[Welland Tribune November 20, 1951]
“Canada has lost a great physician in the person of Dr. W. Kirk Colbeck, and the citizens of Welland county have lost a great friend and one of the really outstanding members of the healing profession of his generation.” Said Dr. D.C. MacNeill, president of the Welland County General Hospital Medical association today.
On behalf of the medical association, Dr. MacNeill paid marked tribute to Dr. Colbeck who passed away early today in his 74th year.
Right from his earliest years of practice Dr. Colbeck’s approach to medicine has been that of the pioneer. He kept abreast with all recent advances in medicine and was among the first doctors in Ontario to use many of the advantages in diagnosis and treatment which have been discovered during his years of practice.
He was among the first in Ontario to use radium in the treatment of cancer and had in his office one of the first X-Ray machines in this part of the country. Very soon after the discovery of insulin he was bringing the advantages of this wonder drug to the diabetic patients in his practice.
Dr Colbeck was always a strong advocate for a larger and better equipped hospital in the community and through his efforts many of the present advantages that the hospital possesses have become realities. He has been tireless in his search for improved equipment and methods in the hospital practice in Welland County General Hospital.
Dr. Colbeck not only used his own abilities to their utmost in healing the sick but imparted his energies to younger men who came to work with him and gained the advantages of his experience. Many of them doctors are still alive and practicing medicine in responsible positions in Canada. Among them are listed Dr. Warner, …
Dr. Streight, chief medical officer and formerly medical officer of Canada Life Assurance Company and Dr. Bedard of Welland. He carried through a long and valued association with the late Dr. W.G. Reive of Welland and had also as associates Dr. Alexander, now of Tillsonburg and Dr. Perkins, who later became professor of medicine at the University of Detroit.
Dr. Colbeck received recognition from organized medicine on many occasions. He was granted the degree of fellow of the American College of Surgeons in recognition of his skill as a surgeon. He was always active in medical bodies and for many years his counsel was respected amongst the leaders of the Ontario Medical and Canadian Medical associations. In recognition of this, he was elected president of the Ontario Medical Association in 1936, the highest honor that can be bestowed on a doctor in Ontario by his confreres.
To the doctors of Welland County Dr. Colbeck had always been a friend and advisor. He was the dean of doctors in this district and young men starting out in his profession owes much of their success to Dr. Colbeck’s counsel and help.
His energies were unbounded and he saw more sick people perhaps than any other doctor of his generation and rendered more benefit in his treatment of his patients.
During the Second World War he gave his time and energy unfailingly to fill in the gaps left in this district by members of the profession who had enlisted to maintain the standard of civilian medicine.
He was a man of many interests and found time in his busy life to serve on many public projects and boards, being particularly interested in welfare organizations in Welland county. He was a moving spirit in the engineering of the Welland-Crowland arena. His efforts in such fields of public service prove to everyone that he was more than just a great physician, he was a great citizen of Canada.
The doctors of Welland county will feel a great loss at his passing and will miss beyond all telling his advice in medical matters and his organizing ability. The citizens of Welland particularly, his patients will mourn him as long as memory lasts as a great physician, a great counselor and a great friend.
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