Dr. George Walker Herbert Drury

1877 - 1930  (53 years)

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• Name	George Walker Herbert Drury
  Prefix	Dr.
  Born	18 Oct 1877	Dalston, Oro Township, Simcoe Co., Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Gender	Male
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/79825798
  Occupation	1920	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	Doctor
  Residence	1920	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Occupation	1921	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Doctor, Medical
  Residence	1921	10 Pequegnat Ave., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Residence	1921	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Methodist
  Residence	1923	Wanderoos, Polk, Wisconsin, United States
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-322956
  Died	23 Dec 1930	Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States   [2]
  Buried	Amery Cemetery, Amery, Polk, Wisconsin, United States   [2]
  Person ID	I322956	Generations
  Last Modified	9 Sep 2024

  
  

  Family	Teresa "Effie" Koptioski,   b. 25 Sep 1880, Rockingham, Renfrew Co., Ontario ,   d. 1977  (Age 96 years)
  Children	1. Viola Mae Drury,   b. 28 Feb 1908, , Renfrew Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1 Jul 2001, Barrie, Simcoe Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 93 years)   2. Alvin Herbert "Herbert" Drury,   b. 26 Apr 1909, Montreal, Ile De Montreal, Quebec ,   d. 1 Apr 2002  (Age 92 years)   3. Percy Drury,   b. 1910, , Quebec, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Dr. Ernest Mervyn Drury,   b. 10 May 1910, , Quebec, Canada ,   d. 8 Feb 1996, New Richmond, St. Croix, Wisconsin, United States  (Age 85 years)
  Last Modified	11 Sep 2024
  Family ID	F243981	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  DRURY, WALKER HERBERT was born in 1880 in Dalston, Ont. He graduated from McGill University in 1909 and was licensed to practice in Wisconsin in 1910. He obtained degrees in public health from Harvard in 1917, and Yale in 1920. He appears to have practised in Pepin, Wisconsin for some years. He served during the war at the quarantine station at Victoria, examining the Chinese coolies who passed through on the way to France. In December 1920 he came to Kitchener, and according to the Daily Telegraph of December 7, he "fitted the 'Heller Studio' at 79 Queen St. N. opposite Roy St. as an office." As a cousin of Premier Drury he presumably had instant status, which was probably enhanced by his postgraduate degrees In April 1923 he addressed the Rotary Club suggesting that a local health commission be formed to assess the elevated infant mortality in this area. This was the last mention of him, and in that year he returned to Wisconsin, to a place called Wanderoos, population 110. He was reported to have died in a Minneapolis hospital on December 23, 1930. Dr. Alexander D. Campbell, Doctors in Waterloo County 1852-1925 ___________ Dr Herbert Drury The news of the sudden death of Dr. Herbert Drury at the Swedish hospital, Minneapolis, was received in this city on Christmas day by Mrs. Alfred Cobbingham Dr. Drury is survived by his widow, one daughter and three sons Dr. Drury and family were residents of Pequequat avenue, this city, for several years. Kitchener Daily Record Fri, Dec 26, 1930 Page 15 _____________ 266 Obituary Record DOCTOR OF PUBLIC HEALTH Walker Herbert Drury, Dr.P.H. 1920. Born October 18, 1877, in Dalston, Ontario, Canada. Died December 23, 1930, in Minneapolis, Minn. Father, John Drury, a farmer in Dalston; son of Thomas Drury (born in Kenilworth, England, and came to Canada in 1819) and Elizabeth Drury (born in Ireland), of Crown Hill, Ontario. Mother, Hannah (Caldwell) Drury; daughter of George and Hannah (Demerline) Caldwell, of Guthrie, Ontario. Jarvis Street Collegiate School, Toronto, and Barrie Collegiate School; taught in public school at Rosenthal, Ontario, 1900-04; student at McGill University 1904-09 (M.D., C.M. 1909); engaged in general practice of medicine at Pepin, Wis., 1913-16 and served as health officer; studied at Harvard and Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1916-17 (Diploma of Public Health at Harvard); bacteriologist and assistant superintendent at William Head Quarantine Station, Vic- toria, B. C., 1917-19; student in Yale Graduate School 1919-1920; practiced medicine in Kitchener, Ontario, 1920- 21, at Wonderoos, Wis. (also health officer), 1921-29, and at Amery, Wis., since 1929; member of College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario since 1920 and of Licentiate of the Medical Council of Canada since 1918. Married September 10, 1906, in Rosenthal, Teressa Kope. Children: Viola Mae; Alvin Herbert; Ernest Mervin (pre- medical student at University of Wisconsin); and Victor Percy. Death due to chronic nephritis, myocarditis, and cancer of the tongue. Buried in Amery Cemetery. Survived by wife, daughter, three sons, and a brother, Dr. John E. Drury, of Wenatchee, Wis.

  
  

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  [S2264] Census - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - 1921, Sub Dist. 27 Page 4. [S3124] Minnesota Deaths, 1887-2001. Name: Walker Herbert Drury Sex: Male Age: 53 years Birth Date: 1877 18 Oct Birthplace: Canada Father's Name: John Drury Father's Sex: Male Mother's Name: Hannah Caldwell Mother's Sex: Female Physician & Surgeon Spouse's Name: Teressa Drury Event Type: Death- chronic nephritis stones in kidney, typtension, infarcty of lungs, cancer of jaw. Event Date: 23 December 1930 (23 December 1930) Event Place: Minneapolis Township, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States (Minneapolis Township, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States) Place of ### or removal Amery Wis.

  
  

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  Occupation - Doctor - 1920 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1920 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Doctor, Medical - 1921 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Methodist - 1921 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1923 - Wanderoos, Polk, Wisconsin, United States Died - 23 Dec 1930 - Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States  = Link to Google Earth