Dr. John Roland Parry^[1]

1879 - 1956  (77 years)

• Name	John Roland Parry
  Prefix	Dr.
  Born	13 Jun 1879	Dunnville, Haldimand Co., Ontario   [1]
  Gender	Male
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/193858623
  Interesting	medical, life story,
  Military	WW1
  	Dr. Parry had served in the Haldimand and then Hamilton militias and had qualified to be an officer.
  Occupation	1906	Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Physcian
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-190324
  Died	27 Aug 1956	Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada
  Buried	Hamilton Cemetery, Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Ontario
  Person ID	I190324	Generations
  Last Modified	11 Jun 2026

  
  

  Father	John Parry,   b. CA 1849,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Margaret Jane Galbraith,   b. CA 1849,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F292002	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Louise Evaline "Evaline" Breithaupt,   b. 11 Jun 1882, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 20 Oct 1939, Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 57 years)
  Married	31 Oct 1906	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Last Modified	12 Jun 2026
  Family ID	F50017	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  Parry-JohnRoland-1879-1956-001.JPG Dr. John Roland Parry 1879-1956

  
  

• Notes

  Outbreak of the Great War caused great uncertainty on the homefront In the summer of 1914 in Hamilton, my paternal grandparents Louise Evelyn Breithaupt, from Kitchener (the Berlin), and surgeon John Roland Parry, from Dunnville, were closely following the darkening situation in Europe. Dr. Parry had served in the Haldimand and then Hamilton militias and had qualified to be an officer. The militarism he and Evelyn, who spoke fluent German, had seen when he was doing medical research in Vienna in 1909 had appalled them. On Aug. 6, 1914, two days after Britain declared war on Germany, Evelyn wrote to one of her sisters in Georgian Bay: "Unless things grow brighter, I couldn't think of going up north." Her husband might be called up for military "I daren't think about it." But the Aug. 4 was also their daughter's birthday. Evelyn was close to her large family: she was the eldest of the eight children of Emma Devitt and Louis Jacob Breithaupt (and her husband was the eldest of 10). They lived in Berlin at 'Sonneck' (sunny corner), at 108 Queen St. N., and in the summer on Georgian Bay, at 'Bayview' cottage in Penetanguishene and on the Vancrofter houseboat. The family's papers are in the Breithaupt Hewetson Clark Collection at the University of Waterloo Library, which includes the letter I write about here. The Parrys Jack, 35, Evelyn, 32, Margaret, turning 7, and Betty, 4 were living in Hamilton. On Aug. 6, Evelyn wrote to her sister Edna, apparently on the houseboat: "I actually forgot when your (July 26) birthday came along. Somehow one doesn't keep track of time down at the beach" (probably at Lake Erie, near Dunnville). "Jack has been very busy operating. Last week he had work from four new doctors, some of whom he didn't even know, so that is always encouraging. The summer seems to be his busiest time."... Parry, J. (2014). Outbreak of the Great War caused great uncertainty on the homefront | TheRecord.com. TheRecord.com. Retrieved 1 July 2017, from https://www.therecord.com/opinion-story/4690021-outbreak-of-the-great-war-caused-great-uncertainty-on-the-homefront/ _______________ Noted City Physician Dr. J. R. Parry Dies Dr. John Roland Parry: B.A., M.D., F.R.C.S., (Canada), a practising physician and surgeon in this city for almost 40 years, died on Monday afternoon at the Toronto Golf Club. Past president of the Canadian Senior Golfers' Association, Dr. Parry was playing in the Canadian Senior Foursome Two-ball Tournament when he suffered heart attack at the thirteenth hole. In his death, Hamilton loses one of its oldest and best-loved physicians and one of its most noted golfers. Born in Dunnville, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Parry, on June 13, 1879, he received his early education a there. Later, he attended the University of Toronto, where he graduated arts at the turn of the century. Dr. Parry received his medical degree from University of Toronto in 1903. He followed this with two years of post-graduate studies in London and Berlin, and later at the Bellevue Hospital in New York City. He came to Hamilton to practise in 1910, retiring in 1945. Surgery Chief He was former chief of surgery at St. Joseph's Hospital and former chief of a surgical division at the General Hospital. He was a past president of the Hamilton Academy of Medicine. One of the originators of the idea of a medical building for this city, he was the first president of the Hamilton Medical Arts Building. Dr. Parry was member of Centenary United Church where he was a former chairman of the committee of stewards. An ardent golfer always, Dr. Parry was former director of the Hamilton Golf and Country Club of which he had been member for many years. In 1951, he was elected to the presidency of the Canadian Senior Golfers' Association. He was a member of the Canadian Seniors' Golf Association team that went to Britain in 1935 to compete in matches against British and American teams. He was an honorary member of the American 'Seniors' Golf Association and of the Pinehurst Golf and Country Club, Pinehurst. N.C. Dr. Parry was charter member of the Delta Kappa Epsilon Fraternity at University of Toronto. A member of the Masonic Order for many years. Dr. Parry held 32 degrees in the Scottish Rite and was a member of Murton Lodge of Perfection, Hamilton Sovereign Chapter of Rose Croix and Moore Sovereign Consistory. Survivors His wife, the former "Evelyn Breithaupt, died in 1939. Surviving are one son, L. John Parry; three daughters, Mrs. F. R. Murgatroyd (Margaret), Burlington, Mrs. J. C. T. Sihler (Betty), Simcoe, Miss Rosa, at home; seven grandchildren and one great-grand-daughter; and one brother, Dr. R. Y. Parry, Hamilton. The body is at the Blachford and Wray Funeral Chapel. A private funeral service will be held in the chapel of Centenary United Church at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon. Burial will be in Hamilton Cemetery. The Hamilton Spectator, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada Tue, Aug 28, 1956 Page 7

  
  

• Sources

  [S3108] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 019427-06. John Roland Parry, 27, occ. Physician, b. Dunnville, res. Hamilton, son of John Parry and Margaret Jane Galbraith married Louise Evelyn Breithaupt, 24, b. Berlin, res. Berlin, daughter Of Louis J. Breithaupt and Emma A. Devitt, Witn: Lewis E. Eager of Hamilton and Lillian Breithaupt of Berlin, 31 October 1906 in Berlin

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 13 Jun 1879 - Dunnville, Haldimand Co., Ontario Occupation - Physcian - 1906 - Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada Married - 31 Oct 1906 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 27 Aug 1956 - Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada Buried - - Hamilton Cemetery, Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Ontario  = Link to Google Earth