Dr. Albert Ernest "Dusty" Broome

1894 - 1962  (68 years)

• Name	Albert Ernest "Dusty" Broome
  Prefix	Dr.
  Born	29 Apr 1894	Ross Township, Renfrew Co., Ontario   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Business	1933	66 Queen St. N., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	private practice of radilogy
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/270960969
  Died	1 Dec 1962	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Hall of Fame - Waterloo Region	Bef 2012	, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Interesting	medical, story, public service
  Military	WW1 - army medical corps
  Name	A. E. Broome
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-118332P
  Buried	Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I118332	Generations
  Last Modified	7 Nov 2024

  
  

  Family	Marguerite Stewart Paul,   b. 1900, Moose Jaw, , Saskatchewan, Canada ,   d. 14 Aug 1983, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 83 years)
  Married	19 Oct 1922	Strathroy, Middlesex Co., Ontario, Canada
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2024
  Family ID	F21644	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos		Albert Ernest Broome
  		Broome,AlbertErnestDusty-001.JPG Albert Ernest Dustry Broome

  
  

• Notes

  Doon Pioneer Village, now Doon Heritage Crossroads, is a monument to the memory of Dr. A.E. Broome, a Kitchener physician and radiologist who conceived the idea while visiting a pioneer community near Arnhem in Holland. He spent countless hours visiting curators of similar museums in the USA, promoting the idea, raising funds and forming a board that eventually acquired land. The first buildings were brought to the site before ill health forced his retirement. Dr. Broome, who was born in Renfrew, had taught school in Saskatchewan before entering Queen's University. His education was interrupted by service with an Army Medical Corps during World War I. Contracting tuberculosis while overseas, he returned to Canada, continued his medical studies while an ambulant patient in the Kingston Sanitarium, and graduated from Queen's in 1919. He served at Petawawa and Chorley Park Military Hospitals during World War II and was awarded a Long Service and Good Conduct Medal for his outstanding work. Waterloo Region Hall of Fame _____________________________ BROOME, ALBERT ERNEST (DUSTY), was born in Renfrew in 1895, the son of Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Broome. After his preliminary education he became a teacher in Saskatchewan prior to entering the Medical Faculty at Queen's University. On the outbreak of war he enlisted in the army medical corps, and during his service overseas contracted tuberculosis. In 1918 he was invalided back to Canada and while a patient at Mowat Sanatorium completed his medical education, graduating in 1919. He spent some time at Saranac Lake Sanatorium as a patient and as a student, then at Byron Sanatorium London where he did chest work and radiology. Finally after working at Calydor, Muskoka, he went to Chicago where he studied general radiology. He settled in Guelph after completing his postgraduate work, and while there became associated with the radiology department of the Ontario Veterinary College. He maintained this relationship after moving to Kitchener where, in 1933, he opened an office for the private practice of radiology at 66 Queen Street North. Among his medical activities he served as president and then honorary member of the K-W Academy of Medicine, Honorary Fellow of the American College of Radiologists, and executive member and later archivist for the Canadian Association of Radiologists, for which body he published a number of scientific papers, curing World War 11 he served as radiologist at Petawawa and Chorley Park Military Hospitals. Besides his professional interests he was involved in community matters, such as the K-W Figure Skating Club, but his chief memorial is in the Doon Pioneer Village. The concept was his after viewing a similar type of establishment in Holland, and his was the drive and enthusiasm which brought it into being. In recognition of his efforts he was named the first citizen of the Village in 1961. On December 1, 1962 he died at his residence at the age of 67 years, being survived by his widow and a son. Doctors in Waterloo County 1852-1925 by Alexander D. Campbell ____________________ Dr. Broome, 1st 'Pioneer Citizen', Dies Dr. Albert E. (Dusty) Broome: 67. founder and first president of the Pioneer Village. died at his home, 66 Queen St. North. Saturday following a lengthy illness. Dr. Broome. a prominent radiologist, was made first citizen of the Pioneer Village in August, 1961. It was Dr. Broome's idea to establish such a memorial pioneers after he saw a similar project in Europe. NATIVE OF RENFREW It was Dr Broome's vision his industry and his faith in this project which made its realization possible. said Frank Page president of the Ontario Pioneer Community Foundation, which operates the village Born at Renfrew, a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Broome, he was a graduate of Queen's University. He came to Kitchener in 1933. Dr. Broome was a former resident of Guelph. Dr. Broome was on the staff of the Ontario Veterinary College, Guelph, and was recognized as one of the leading radiologists of the province. He served in the medical al corps in both world wars. He was a past president of the K-W Academy of Medicine and the K-W Figure Skating Club, a director of the Canadiar Cancer Society and a past member of the K-W Rotary Club. FAMILY SURVIVES Surviving are his wife, the former Marguarite Paul, one son. Dr. Paul Broome of Kingston, and one sister. Mrs. Thornton (Constance) McBride of London, Ont. One brother. Archibald, predeceased him. The body is at the Schreiter Sandrock Funeral Home, Kitchener, where service will be conducted Tuesday at 2 p.m. by Archdeacon F. G: Lightbourne. Interment will be in Woodland Cemetery. Contributions to the Canadian Cancer Society will be accepted as expressions of sympathy Kitchener-Waterloo Record Mon, Dec 03, 1962 Page 3

  
  

• Sources

  [S655] z Vit - ON - Birth Registration, birth certificate 28678 (1894), Albert Ernest Broomi. Albert Ernest Broomi Date of Birth: 29 Apr 1894 Gender: Male Ross, Renfrew Father's Name: Thos Broomi Mother's Name: Ethel Bell [S220] Waterloo Region Hall of Fame Waterloo Region Hall of Fame.

  
  

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  Born - 29 Apr 1894 - Ross Township, Renfrew Co., Ontario Married - 19 Oct 1922 - Strathroy, Middlesex Co., Ontario, Canada Business - private practice of radilogy - 1933 - 66 Queen St. N., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 1 Dec 1962 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Hall of Fame - Waterloo Region - Bef 2012 - , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth