Dr. Augustus James Thibodo

1832 - 1909  (77 years)

• Name	Augustus James Thibodo
  Prefix	Dr.
  Born	29 Oct 1832	Kingston, Frontenac Co., Ontario, Canada
  Gender	Male
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/114670870
  Military	Crimea War
  Name	Augustus James Thibideau  [1]
  Occupation	1854	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	Doctor
  Residence	1854	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-25493
  Died	31 Dec 1909	Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States
  Buried	Saint Marys Cemetery, Niagara Falls, Niagara, New York, USA
  Person ID	I25493	Generations
  Last Modified	7 Nov 2024

  
  

  Family	Mary Jackson,   b. 1830, , Scotland ,   d. 27 Jan 1891, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 61 years)
  Children	1. Augustus James Jackson Thibaudeau,   b. 1866, Walla Walla, Walla Walla, Washington, USA ,   d. 2 Aug 1939, Niagara Falls, Niagara, New York, USA  (Age 73 years)
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2024
  Family ID	F6612	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Augustus James Thibodo was born in Kingston in 1832. He attended Queen's University at Kingston from 1851- 1854, graduating as a Doctor of Medicine. He was a great traveler & explorer. He traveled to California by water, crossing the Isthmus of Panama. It was on this trip that he met his future wife Maryann Jackson. In two years he acquired a considerable sum of money, of which when he returned to Kingston, his father insisted that he divide among his brothers. This he did but left home immediately. After leaving Kingston he served in The Crimean War. Following that he went to England where he practiced medicine at Guy`s Hospital. He also had the honor of being made a Fellow of The Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons. He returned to Canada in March of 1858, surviving a stormy passage of sixty-two days. Following his return, he practiced medicine as an Allopath in Merrickville Ontario. He stayed there only for a short time before departing on The Northwest Expedition of 1859. On Sept. 14, 1864 he married Maryann Jackson at Walla Walla Washington. In 1874 he received his MD. from Trinity College now affiliated with The University of Toronto. In 1869 he was the Coroner of Ada Idaho. In 1891 he was practicing medicine in Prairie City, Oregon. Augustus James died on December 31, 1929. Thibodos (2018) Acadian Genealogy - Historical Acadian-Cajun Resources. Available at: https://www.acadian.org/genealogy/families/thibodos/ (Accessed: 6 August 2024). _________________ THIBEAUDEAU (THIBODO) AUGUSTUS JAMES Queen's University register of students lists him as B. A. 1853, residence Kingston, father a revenue inspector. He received his medical degree from Queen's in 1854, and was registered in Ontario in 1869. He moved around a good deal. Lovell's Directory places him in Mirickville, Grenville County in 1857-58. On September 14, 1864 the Dumfries Reformer announced his marriage. Married at Victoria, Vancouver Island, by the Rev. Ed. Cridge, A. B. Thibodo, Esq. Ma. M. B., Walla Walla to Mary Ann, third daughter of the late James Jackson, Esq. of Galt, C. W. From 1870-74 he was in Boise City Idaho, where a son and daughter died of cholera morbus. In 1878 he was in Baker City, Oregon, and in 1882 at Tuscarora, Nevada. In 1883 the Berliner Journal on December 20 carried his card: A. J. Thibodo M. A. M. D. Queen's University Trinity University 1854. Physician, Surgeon & Accoucheur. Office and residence in the house formerly occupied by L. J. Breithaupt on Queen St. Berlin He had, as a member of his family told the Daily Record, returned to Canada so that his children could be educated here. The last mention of him was in the Daily Record on April 11, 1895. when his wife, from Niagara Falls, New York, visited her parents in Berlin. Dr. Alexander D. Campbell, Doctors in Waterloo County 1852-1925, 1986 _________________ AN ARIZONA PIONEER DIED IN CALIFORNIA Dr. Augustus J. Thibodo Who For Many Years Lived In Phoenix and Prescott Dr. R. E. Lightburne has received a letter from Dr. O. J. Thibodo, of Los Angeles. who was recently bereaved in the death of his wife, announcing a further bereavement in the death of his brother. Dr. Augustus J. Thibodo, in that city, on December 17. The death of Dr. Augustus J. Thibodo will be read with a great deal of regret by was a pioneer of Arizona, had lived in many of the earlier the settlers, for he both Phoenix and Prescott, and was a man of sterling worth and was highly respected. Dr. Augustus J. Thibodo was born in Kingston, Canada, in 1832 and was therefore seventy-seven years old. He graduated from Trinity college in Toronto and came to Phoenix in the 70's, practicing medicine here for some time. From here he went to Prescott, where he practiced medicine for a few years. It was during his residence there that Dr. Lightburne first met him. Leaving Prescott Dr. Thibodo went somewhere into the northwest country, where he practiced and was also engaged to some extent in mining. Later he went back to Canada and then returned to this country, making his home for many years in' Niagara Falls, N. Y. He returned to Phoenix again in the 90's and remained for a while, but did not practice. Several years ago both brothers went from here to Los Angeles. During his residence in Arizona: he was closely affiliated with the Masonic fraternities and will be remembered by many of the older members of that order in the territory. The body was taken from Los Angeles to Niagara Falls for interment beside that of his wife, who died a number of years ago and the funeral was to have been held there yesterday. He is survived by two sons, one an attorney of Niagara Falls and the other a practicing physician of California. It is said of Dr. Thibodo that he was a man of great intellectuality and a great reader. He was a close student of the holy bible and it has been said of him that there were few in this country better versed in men the scriptures. The Arizona Republic Phoenix, Arizona Tue, Dec 21, 1909 Page 9

  
  

• Sources

  [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 012283-94. Augustus J.J. THIBAUDEAU (Thibodeau?) (?), 28, lawyer, United States, Niagara Falls N.Y., s/o Augustus & Mary married May Angela BOWMAN, 24, Canada, Berlin, d/o Israel D. & Angeline Louise, witn: Janet C. MELVIN of Guelph, A.J. THIBODO of Niagara Falls & D. BOWMAN of Berlin, 2 January 1894 in Berlin

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 29 Oct 1832 - Kingston, Frontenac Co., Ontario, Canada Occupation - Doctor - 1854 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1854 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 31 Dec 1909 - Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States  = Link to Google Earth