Dr. Charles Jacob Wesley Karn

1863 - 1933  (~ 70 years)

• Name	Charles Jacob Wesley Karn
  Prefix	Dr.
  Born	Feb 1863	Woodstock, Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Gender	Male
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/217766474
  Occupation	1911	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Physician - Doctor - Dr.
  Residence	1911	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Methodist
  Occupation	CA 1914	London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada
  	Doctor
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-174958
  Died	27 Feb 1933	London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada
  Buried	Woodstock Baptist Cemetery, Woodstock, Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I174958	Generations
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

  Family	Caroline Isabel Taylor,   b. Jun 1860, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 21 Nov 1934  (Age ~ 74 years)
  Children	1. Reta Karn,   b. Oct 1896, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2025
  Family ID	F169365	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  KARN, CHARLES JACOB WESLEY was born in Woodstock, and following his graduation from Trinity University, Toronto in 1888, returned to Woodstock to practice. In 1889 he was successfully sued for breach of promise by Olga Niemeier, daughter of Dr. Niemeier of Neustadt. In February, 1896, he purchased the practice of Dr. J. A. Stirling, Picton, and practised there until 1903. He then bought the practice of Dr. G. H. Bowlby, who was leaving to take postgraduate studies. His card in the News Record on January 21, 1904. Read: Dr. C. J. W. Karn Physician, Surgeon & Accoucheur Bacteriologist and Microscopist Specialist in Surgeey and Surgical Diseases X Ray and Electro Therapeutic outfit at office Successor to Dr. G. H. Bowlby He became associated with Dr. T. L. Towers, the association lasting until November, 1911. Some time in the next two or three years he moved to London, where he practised until his retirement in 1928. He died on February 27, 1933, being survived by his wife and a daughter. Dr. Alexander D. Campbell, Doctors in Waterloo County 1852-1925 __________ Dr. C. J. Karn Dies in London Funeral Rites Wednesday For 70-Year-Old Physician LONDON, Ont., Feb. 28. Dr. Charles J. W. Karn, retired physician, died at his home, 556 Waterloo street, yesterday, after being in ill health for the past five years. He was 70. Dr. Karn, who was born in Woodstock, had practised in London for more than 20 years, and had previously resided in Kitchener, Woodstock and Picton. He was a graduate of the University of Toronto. In his younger days, he was active in district Masonic circles, and was also a member of the Canadian Order of Foresters, the Woodmen of the World and of Metropolitan United Church. Besides his widow, he leaves one daughter, Mrs. Beverley Wilson, of London; three brothers, T. Arthur, of London, and Harry and John G., of Woodstock; and two sisters, Miss Clara Karn, of London, and Mrs. Harry Story, of Los Angeles. Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at the home of his daughter. Mrs. Wilson, 654 Waterloo Street, with interment in the Baptist Cemetery, Woodstock. The Windsor Star Windsor, Ontario, Canada Tuesday, February 28, 1933

  
  

• Sources

  [S340] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1911, Div. 23 Page 8.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - Feb 1863 - Woodstock, Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Occupation - Physician - Doctor - Dr. - 1911 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Methodist - 1911 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Doctor - CA 1914 - London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada Died - 27 Feb 1933 - London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth