Dr. Seeyman Laird Alexander

1889 - 1964  (74 years)

• Name	Seeyman Laird Alexander
  Prefix	Dr.
  Born	11 Nov 1889	Cavalier, Pembina, North Dakota, United States   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Military	WW1  [2, 3]
  Name	S. L. Alexander
  Occupation	1913	Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	Doctor
  Occupation	1917	Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA   [1]
  	Physcian
  Residence	Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-158060P
  Died	4 May 1964
  Person ID	I158060	Generations
  Last Modified	7 Nov 2024

  
  

• Notes

  ALEXANDER, SEEYMAN LAIRD was born in North Dakota Nov. 11, 1889. He graduated from the University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine in 1913. In September of that year he purchased the practice of Dr. A. E. Schultz of Elmira, (1), and practised there until July 1915, when he enlisted in the army. He served as Medical Officer with the First Battalion, Scots Guards and was invalided home in 1916. After postgraduate work he joined the staff of St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, in Otolaryngology.(3) He died May 4, 1964 and was survived by his wife and two daughters. A son, Captain T.L. Alexander died of wounds in 1945. (1)Daily Telegraph Sept. 6, 1913. (2)Daily Telegraph July 15, 19l5. (3)Bulletin, Academy of Medicine, Toronto. Doctors in Waterloo County 1852-1925 by Alexander D. Campbell ____________ Seeyman Alexander, son of J. W. Alexander of Cavalier, who was in the Porcupine district during the disastrous fires there, writes that H. N. Joy's loss of stock and store at South Porcupine was total. The Pioneer Express Fri, Aug 11, 1911 Page 5 _______________ Dr. Seeyman Alexander of Elmira, Ontario, a Cavalier boy and son of Jno. Alexander of this ciiy, is now in England on his way to the Eurpean war front to serve in the ranks of the allied armies as a surgeon. Dr. Alexander has been practicing medicine and surgery in Elmira for some time past. - Chronicle. The Pioneer Express Fri, Oct 01, 1915 Page 1

  
  

• Sources

  [S721] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, marriage certificate 4877 (1917). Seeyman Laird Alexander, Event Type: Marriage, Event Date: 04 Oct 1917, Event Place: Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada, Gender: Male, Age: 27, Birth Year (Estimated): 1890, b. Calvalier, N. d. Father's Name: John H Alexander, Mother's Name: Martha Robb, Spouse's Name: Elizabeth Lillian Case, Spouse's Gender: Female, Spouse's Age: 24, Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1893, Spouse's Father's Name: Adam S Case, Spouse's Mother's Name: Marie Peirc, [S2044] United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. Name: Seewman Laird Alexander Sex: Male Birth Date: 9 Nov 1889 Birthplace: Cavalier, North Dakota, United States Citizenship Place: United States Race: American Event Type: Draft Registration Event Date: from 1917 to 1918 Event Place: Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States Res: 30 St. Andrew Garden, Toronto, Mass Occ: Physcian Royl Navy Medical Corps [S1890] Military - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Kitchener Public Library WW1 Soldiers Card Index Soldier Information Cards - World War One.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 11 Nov 1889 - Cavalier, Pembina, North Dakota, United States Occupation - Doctor - 1913 - Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Physcian - 1917 - Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA Residence - - Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth