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Dr. Thomas Seagram

Male 1812 - 1878  (66 years)


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  • Name Thomas Seagram 
    Prefix Dr. 
    Born 1812  , England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1837  Zorra Township, Oxford Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Occupation 1851  Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Surgeon 
    Residence 1851  Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Episcopalian 
    Occupation 1861  Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Surgeon 
    Residence 1861  Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Episcopalian 
    Residence 1868  , England Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Occupation 1871  Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Surgeon 
    Residence 1871  Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Church of England 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-159620 
    Died 27 Aug 1878  Jersey City, Hudson, New Jersey, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7] 
    Person ID I159620  Generations
    Last Modified 3 Mar 2025 

    Family Emily Hore,   b. 1819, Hunston Parish, Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1871  (Age 52 years) 
    Married 2 Aug 1837  North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Children 
     1. Emma Seagram,   d. 27 Jul 1848, West Flamborough Twp., Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Emily Roseann Seagram,   b. 1840, Dundas, West Flamborough Twp., Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Jan 1870, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 30 years)
     3. Margaret Louisa Elizabeth Seagram,   b. 18 May 1841, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     4. Ellen Gertrude Seagram,   b. 1844, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Oct 1866, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 22 years)
     5. William Heathcote Frowd Seagram,   b. 1848, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Jul 1918, Montreal, Ile De Montreal, Quebec Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years)
     6. Juliana Froude Seagram,   b. 1853, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Aug 1870, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 17 years)
     7. Amy Bennet Seagram,   b. 1857, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     8. Frederick F. Seagram,   b. 1860, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Mar 1895, New York City, New York, USA. Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 35 years)
     9. Gertrude B. Seagram,   b. 1862, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 4 Mar 2025 
    Family ID F39897  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • 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

      ______________

      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 the Late 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).

  • Sources 
    1. [S570] Census - ON, Waterloo, Galt - 1871, Div. 3, Pg. 19.

    2. [S313] Census - ON, Waterloo, Galt - 1851, Pg.43.

    3. [S1838] Census - ON, Waterloo, Galt - 1861, Galt 1861 Div. 4 Page 47.

    4. [S1199] Church Records - ON, Wentworth, Ancaster - St. John's Anglican, Register of Marriage November 1836-December 1838.
      Thomas Seagram of Zorra, Oxford, London District to Emily Hare, of Dumfries, Wentworth Gore District, 2 Aug 1837/ Wit: Octavious Augustus Seagram, Matthew Crooks and Wm. A. Hale

    5. [S31] News - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Dumfries Reformer (1850-1892), 2 Sep 1868.
      Seagram, Emily Rose Anne married 25 Aug 1868 to Charles William Girdlestone At Trinity Church, Galt, by Rev. C.T. Haensel. Bride, eldest daughter of Thomas Seagram, M.D., F.R.C.S., England.

    6. [S3238] England and Wales, National Index of Wills and Administrations, 1858-1957.
      Name: Thomas Seagram
      Death Date: 20 Nov 1878
      Beneficiary's Name: William Heathcote Frowd Seagram
      Event Type: Death (Death)
      Event Date: 31 Dec 1878
      Event Place: Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom
      Event Place (Original): Salisbury

    7. [S3238] England and Wales, National Index of Wills and Administrations, 1858-1957.
      England and Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995 // "SEAGRAM, Thomas M.D. / Personal Estate under £300 // 22 May [1879]. Administration of the Personal Estate of Thomas Seagram late of Jersey City in the State of New Jersey in the United States of America M.D. a Widower who died 27 August 1878 at Jersey City was granted at the Principal Registry under the usual Limitation to John Seagram of 56 St. Charles - square North Kensington in the County of Middlesex Gentleman the lawful Attorney of William Frowd Seagram the Son and one of the Next of Kin now residing at the City of Montreal in Canada."

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 1812 - , England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1837 - Zorra Township, Oxford Co., Ontario Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 2 Aug 1837 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Surgeon - 1851 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Episcopalian - 1851 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Surgeon - 1861 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Episcopalian - 1861 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1868 - , England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Surgeon - 1871 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Church of England - 1871 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 27 Aug 1878 - Jersey City, Hudson, New Jersey, United States Link to Google Earth
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