Gertrude B. Seagram

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-147544
• Residence: 1871, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Church of England
• Residence: 1881, Montreal, Ile De Montreal, Quebec

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-159620
• Residence: 1837, Zorra Township, Oxford Co., Ontario
• Occupation: 1851, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Surgeon
• Residence: 1851, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Episcopalian
• Occupation: 1861, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Surgeon
• Residence: 1861, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Episcopalian
• Residence: 1868, , England
• Occupation: 1871, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Surgeon
• Residence: 1871, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Church of England

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SEAGRAM, THOMAS.

Octavius Augustus Seagram, a son of Edward Frowd Seagram, M. D,, in 1837 came to Canada where he farmed near Galt, In 1837, according to the Upper Canada Gazette of November 30 a licence to practice, to be dated August 10, was granted to Thomas Seagram, of Galt. That these two were relatives, probably brothers, appears to be a reasonable assumption, which has not thus far been confirmed.

The 1851 census said he came from England, was 41 years of age, his wife was named Emilia, and they had three children. This was also the year in which he took a leaf from the book of George Carson, whose advertisements occupied so much newspaper space.

From the Galt Reporter

DR. SEAGRAM^'S CELEBRATED VEGETABLE ANTI-BILIOUS PILLS

Dr. Seagram, in calling the attention of his friends to his vegetable Pills, would state that they are calculated to relieve under any circumstances. If taken in the following manner they will prove useful to all, and more particularly to Females:

- One every day, half an hour before dinner, will prove a good digestive. When a greater effect is required, two or three will be required to be taken.

To be obtained at S. Miller's store, who is appointed Wholesale Agent, or of Dr. Seagram, at his residence, near the Queen's Arms Hotel.

Galt October 21, 1851.

This drew the attention of the Canada Medical Journal which in August 1852 in an article on Quackery pointed out the need of the organization of the profession as a corporate body to regulate practice. They were after people like Carson, but also attacked Seagram, pointing out that he was "THE CORONER of the District", and classed him with those who were "ready to take up any novelty in practice for which the public mind has shown a partiality."

They said: "as Dr. Seagram has procured his provincial licence, we think his advertisement fully proved the necessity for a corporation, and as his pills are calculated to retieve under any circumstances, we recommend him a full dose half an hour before perusal of this notice, which we trust will prove not only a"good Digestive", but an excellent Corrective."

A change from this advertisement was his card in the Dumfries Reformer on November 21, 1854,

Dr. Seagram Surgeon Dentist

A notice in the same paper on June 25, 1856 said that he had been admitted as Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, London.

The 1861 census included the information that he now had seven children.

He was featured in a story on June 3. 1868 about a Magistrate court appearence, a frivilous complaint which earned his assailant a fine of $1. 00.

This was the last mention found - his name was not in the 1870 edition of the Ontario Medical Register.

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

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Seagram, Frederick Frowd, 1783-1861: Estate. - 1878-1898.

Contents, corrrespondence, correspondence copies, legal documents and copies relating to the possible claim of Mrs. William Seagram against the estate of Frederick Frowd Seagram, both pecuniary and in property. Includes correspondence and notes of J.A. Davies, a Montreal solicitor, including a letter to the Secretary Treasurer of Galt, Ont. re a property "opposite Lovel's Hotel", one to the Mayor of Warminster, Eng. about money bequeathed to individuals, and one letter regarding the results of his queries. Includes: "Last Will of William Seagram," March 2, 1892; "Re Seagram Power of Attorney, Copy," from William Seagram, Montreal to John Seagram, England; "The Executors of theLate Ann Frowd Davies in Account with the Estate," Oct. 3, 1878. Also included are one calling card, and a family record of the children of Thomas Seagram, 1810-1878 and Emily Hore, 1819-1871.

(No date). Available at: https://uwaterloo.ca/library/special-collections-archives/sites/ca.library.special-collections-archives/files/uploads/files/ga104b_0.pdf (Accessed: 8 October 2023).

Thomas married Emily Hare 2 Aug 1837, Ancaster, Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada. Emily was born 1818, , England; died 1871. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Emila Hare
• Name: Emily Seagram
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-159621
• Residence: 1837, Dumfries Township, Gore District, Ontario
• Residence: 1851, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Episcopalian
• Residence: 1861, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Eposcopalian
• Residence: 1871, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Church of England

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-149509

Edward married Elizabeth Glasier 15 Mar 1808, Bath, Somerset, England. Elizabeth was born 1791, , Wiltshire, England; died Jul 1843, , England; was buried , Bratton Churchyard, Bratton, , Wiltshire, England. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Elizabeth Seagram
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-214307