Dr. John Edgar Lundy

1875 - 1913  (37 years)

• Name	John Edgar Lundy
  Prefix	Dr.
  Born	7 Oct 1875	Sheffield, Beverly Twp., Wentworth Co., Ontario   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Name	Edgar Lundy
  Occupation	1898	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	Doctor
  Occupation	1901	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Doctor
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-104154
  Died	27 Apr 1913	Portage La Prairie, , Manitoba, Canada   [3]
  Buried	Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Person ID	I104154	Generations
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	Dr. John Bostwick Lundy,   b. 23 Jan 1826, Whitchurch Twp., York Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 20 Aug 1902, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 76 years)
  Mother	Lydia Eck,   b. 26 Feb 1835, Whitchurch Twp., York Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 25 Apr 1921, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 86 years)
  Family ID	F23064	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  John Edgar Lundy (1875-?) Physician and surgeon. Born Sheffield, Ontario, 7 October 1875, son of John Bostwick and Lydia Lundy, brother of Frank Bostwick Lundy . Educated public school, College Institute, Galt, Ontario; Toronto University, Toronto, Ontario; Edinburgh University, Edinburgh, Scotland; Vienna. Began practice of medicine in Preston, Ontario, 1898. Moved to Manitoba, 1900. Director, Lake Manitou Sanitorium, Watrous, Saskatchewan; Medical Examiner, Mutual Life of Canada; Canada Life; Confederation Life; National Life; Great West; Sun; Crown; Aetna; British Empire; London and Lancashire Company General Hospital Surgeon, Grand Trunk Pacific Railway; Medical Officer Indian Dept.; Surgeon Canadian Pacific Railway Medical Officer 18th Mounted Rifles. Married Agnes Duncan Barnett, 1904; has one son and one daughter. Club and Societies: Portage; AF & AM , IOOF . Recreation: shooting. Liberal; Anglican. Address: 205 Lorne Avenue, Portage la Prairie, Manitoba. In 1911, Lundy practiced in the Newman Building, corner Saskatchewan and Main Streets, Portage la Prairie, Manitoba Who's Who in Western Canada: A Biographical Dictionary of Notable Living Men and Women of Western Canada, Volume 1, 1911. C. W. Parker, editor. Canadian Press Association, Vancouver. _______________________ Memorable Manitobans: John Edgar Lundy (1875-1913) Physician and surgeon. Born at Sheffield, Ontario on 7 October 1875, son of John Bostwick Lundy and Lydia Lundy, brother of Frank Bostwick Lundy, he was educated at the Sheffield public school, Galt College Institute, University of Toronto University, University of Edinburgh (Scotland) and in Vienna. He began a medical practice at Preston, Ontario in 1898 and moved to Manitoba in 1900, practicing in the Newman Building at the corner of Saskatchewan and Main Streets in Portage la Prairie. He was Director of the Lake Manitou Sanitorium at Watrous, Saskatchewan, a Medical Examiner for several companies, general hospital surgeon for the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway and Canadian Pacific Railway, and Medical Officer to the Indian Department and the 18th Mounted Rifles. In 1904, he married Agnes Duncan Barnett (?-?) and they had one son and one daughter. He was a member of the Portage Club, AF & AM, IOOF, Liberal party, and Anglican church. In 1911, his address was 205 Lorne Avenue, Portage la Prairie. He died of tuberculosis at Portage la Prairie on 27 April 1913 and was buried at Galt, Ontario. Sources: Death registration, Manitoba Vital Statistics. "Dr. J. E. Lundy dies at Portage," Winnipeg Telegram, 28 April 1913. [Manitoba Legislative Library, Biographical Scrapbook B5] "Funeral of late Dr. Lundy," Winnipeg Telegram, 30 April 1913. [Manitoba Legislative Library, Biographical Scrapbook B5] Who's Who in Western Canada: A Biographical Dictionary of Notable Living Men and Women of Western Canada, Volume 1, edited by C. W. Parker, Vancouver: Canadian Press Association, 1911. This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough. Page revised: 29 January 2017 Goldsborough, G. (2019). Memorable Manitobans: John Edgar Lundy (1875-1913). Mhs.mb.ca. Retrieved 8 June 2019, from https://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/people/lundy_je.shtml

  
  

• Sources

  [S204] Census - ON, Waterloo, Preston - 1901, Preston (Village) F-2 Page 3. [S336] Census - ON, Waterloo, Galt - 1881, Galt Division 2 Page 98. [S122] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Mount View CC#4495 Internet Link . In memory of/ John Edgar Lundy, M. D./ died Portage La Prairie/ April 27, 1913/ in his 38th year/ Now the laborer's task is o'er:/ now the battle-day is past;/ now upon the further shore/ lands the voyager at last./ Father, in thy gracious keeping/ leave we now thy servant sleeping/ Scott, Galt

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 7 Oct 1875 - Sheffield, Beverly Twp., Wentworth Co., Ontario Occupation - Doctor - 1898 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Doctor - 1901 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 27 Apr 1913 - Portage La Prairie, , Manitoba, Canada Buried - - Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth