Colonel James Henry "Jim" Lovett

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• Residence: Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-290061
• Residence: 1891, Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; C. Presbyterian
• Military: 1914, WW1; WW1, 95th Saskatchewan Rifles / 13th Battalion, Service #32781
• Military: 1914, WW1; WW1, Major

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Col. James H. Lovett

The death occurred on Saturday, December 22nd, 1984, at Brantford General Hospital of Colonel James H. Lovett, M.C., after a brief illness. He was in his 98th year. A son of the late Dr. William Lovett and Jennie Morton, he was predeceased by one grandson James Robert Lovett. Surviving are his wife the former Dorothy Watson and one son Robert of Ayr, also three granddaughters and four great-grandchildren. Col. Lovett was born in Ayr, where his father Dr. William Lovett, practiced medicine on Stanley Street in the house now occupied by the Rick Green family, hanging out his shingle in 1870. Jim as he was known to a host of friends, joined the Bank of Commerce in Ayr following his early schooling here, before enlisting in 1914 with the 1st Canadian Division where he served with the 16th Battalion and the 13th Battalion, Black Watch in England and France. He was a life member of the Military Institute, Black Watch Associations of Toronto and Montreal. Upon his return from military service overseas in World War I he took a position at the head office of the Bank of Commerce, where he retired in 1949. For the past few years, Mr. and Mrs. Lovett have resided at Versa-Care in Brantford. Private funeral services were held at Wm. Kipp Funeral Home, Paris, on Monday, December 24th, with Rev. George Saunders officiating. Interment in Ayr Cemetery.

The Ayr News 26 Dec 1984 pg 10

James married Dorothy Margaret Watson 20 Jan 1922, Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Dorothy (daughter of Reeve Alfred Edward Watson and Jennie Wyllie) was born 28 Apr 1895, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; died 16 Mar 1992, Paris, Brant County, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Ayr Cemetery, Ayr, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

1. Robert Edward Lovett was born 1924, , Ontario, Canada; died 19 May 2010, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 30 May 2010, Ayr Cemetery, Ayr, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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• Interesting: medicine
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-58460
• Occupation: 1871, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Surgeon
• Residence: 1871, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Anglican
• Residence: 1871, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Ayr
• Occupation: 1881, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Physican
• Residence: 1881, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Church of England
• Occupation: 1887, Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; coroner, doctor, surgeon
• Occupation: 1891, Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Physician - Doctor - Dr.
• Residence: 1891, Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; C. Presbyterian
• Occupation: 1901, Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; M. D.

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Dr. William Lovett Dies In His 96th Year - It was with genuine regret that the citizens of Ayr were informed on Sunday of the death in Detroit of Dr. William Lovett, one of Ayr's grand old men, who had practiced medicine for so many years in this village. Dr. Lovett was in his 96th year, and Ayr experienced its period of greatest growth during the 37 years Dr. Lovett practiced here. Dr. Lovett was born in Ancaster May 29, 1842, and was educated at Ancaster Grammar School. Later he attended the Provincial Normal School, Toronto, and in 1866 received his matriculation at McGill College, Montreal. He graduated in 1870 with the degree of M.D.C.M.. Upon the establishment of a Provincial Board of Examiners Ontario in 1870, Dr. Lovett was among the first to be examined and the first to register. He commenced his practice in Ayr in that year, and continued until 1907, when he retired on account of poor health. The Doctor was one of McGill's first medical students, his medical diploma being No. 2. He was the oldest member in the Medical Council. The Doctor was appointed associate coroner and medical attendant for the CPR at Ayr in 1880 and continued to hold that position during his residence in Ayr. He was an honorary member of the Oxford Medical Association. Dr. Lovett removed to Regina, Sask., with his family in 1907 and remained there until 1912. He returned to Ayr that year, and latterly had been residing with his daughter in Detroit. A son, the late Dr. A. S. Lovett, practiced for many years in Paris. Surviving members of the family are: Mrs. D. C. Petrie, Toronto; A. Morton Lovett, Maclean, Sask., and James H. Lovett, Toronto. A daughter, Mrs. O. T. falls, and a son, William, died some years ago. - The Funeral - The funeral was held Tuesday with service n Knox United Chruch and interment in Ayr Cemetery.

The Ayr News Nov 24 1938

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LOVETT, WILLIAM was born in Ancaster in 1842. He was educated there, and attended the Normal School in Toronto. He entered McGill University and graduated in medicine in 1870. He settled in Ayr immediately after graduation.

He was highly regarded, and in 1889 a discussion regarding possible candidates for Reeve said of him in the Dumfries Reformer:

"Among those mentioned is the name of Dr. Lovett. The Doctor unquestionably possesses quick perception and sound discernment, a lively fancy and a powerful intellect, while at the same time his mind is distinguished in a remarkable degree both for the justness of its conceptions and the accuracy of its reasonings. The powers which he has inherited from nature have been improved by arduous and incessant cultivation, and have raised him at length to a rank in his profession which we are justified in saying can only be attained and supported by uncommon strength of judgement and originality of genius. Should the Doctor allow himself to be nominated for the office it is very doubtful if he would have any opposition."

One account gave the date of his retirement as 1907, on account of ill health. He sold his house and moved to Woodstock in October, 1919. He died in Detroit at the home of his daughter on March 18, 1938 in his 96th year. Besides his daughter he was survived by two sons.

Dr. Alexander D. Campbell, Doctors in Waterloo County 1852-1925, 1986

William married Eliza Jane "Jenny" Morton 29 Mar 1883, Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Eliza (daughter of Alexander Morton and Anne Tennar) was born 24 Jul 1852, , Quebec, Canada; died 1912; was buried , Ayr Cemetery, Ayr, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Eliza Jane "Jenny" Lovett
• Name: Jennie Morton
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-58461
• Residence: 1871, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
• Residence: 1891, Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; C. Presbyterian

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-58729

James — Jane Gold. Jane was born Abt 1812, of, Ontario; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Jane Lovett
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-58730

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-119024
• Occupation: 1871, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Saddler
• Residence: 1871, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Ayr
• Residence: 1871, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
• Occupation: 1881, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Harness Maker
• Residence: 1881, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; C. Presbyterian
• Occupation: 1891, Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Harness Maker
• Residence: 1891, Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; C. Presbyterian

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Died In Ayr, Ontario, Sunday, April 4, 1897, at 4: 30 A.M. Alexander Morton In the Seventy-seventh year of his age. The Funeral Will leave the residence of Dr. Lovett, Stanley St., at 2: 30 p.m., on Tuesday, April 6, 1897. Services at 2: 00 p.m.

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Alexander — Anne Tennar. Anne was born 1815, , Ireland; died 28 Mar 1887, Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 30 Mar 1887, Ayr Cemetery, Ayr, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Anne Morton
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-119025
• Residence: 1871, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
• Residence: 1881, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; C. Presbyterian

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Died, In Ayr, on Monday, March 28th, at 9.30 A.M., Anne Tennar, Wife of Alexander Morton, Sr., Aged 71 Years. The Funeral Will take place on Wednesday, 30th inst., at 2 o'clock p.m., from her late residence, Stanley Street, to the New Cemetery, Ayr. Friends and acquaintances respectfully invited. Ayr, March 28th, 1887^.

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