Dr. John Alexander Howitt

1864 - 1907  (42 years)

• Name	John Alexander Howitt
  Prefix	Dr.
  Born	7 Dec 1864	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Gender	Male
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/211942598
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-349203
  Died	27 Nov 1907	Etiomani, Saskatchewan, Canada   [1, 2]
  Buried	Howitt Memorial Cemetery (formerly Kirkland Cemetery), Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario   [1]
  Person ID	I349203	Generations
  Last Modified	7 Nov 2024

  
  

  Father	Alfred Howitt,   b. 17 Oct 1832, Long Eaton, Erewash Borough, Derbyshire, England ,   d. 8 Jul 1896, , Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 63 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Ann Parks,   b. CALC 29 Oct 1843, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 29 Apr 1892, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 48 years)
  Family ID	F21493	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary McIntosh,   b. 25 Dec 1864, Guelph Township, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 29 May 1957, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 92 years)
  Married	29 May 1889	Guelph Township, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Children	1. Alfred Lansing Howitt,   b. 11 Dec 1889, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 6 Dec 1986, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 96 years)   2. Annie Lee Howitt,   b. 26 Jun 1891, Morriston, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 23 Jan 1923, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 31 years)   3. Douglas A. Howitt,   b. 1892, Morriston, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1 May 1980, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 88 years)   4. Henry Douglas Howitt,   b. 13 Apr 1893, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1980  (Age 86 years)   5. Mary Howitt,   b. 24 May 1895, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   6. Helen Maud Howitt,   b. 8 Oct 1896, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1957  (Age 60 years)
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2024
  Family ID	F250872	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  HOWITT, JOHN ALEX A telegram to Mrs. Howitt brought the terribly sudden and sad news, that Dr. Howitt had passed away on November 25, 1907, at the age of 43 years, at Etiomani, SK., where he had been boarding at the Temperance Hotel. December 7th would have been his 44th birthday. The news of the doctor's demise is the more deplorable, as he had just completed arrangements, whereby his wife and family were to remove to the west to join him during the coming spring (or before Christmas - differing reports), as he had recently been appointed medical advisor to four large camps, numbering a hundred men in each, in the employ of the Canadian Northern Railway Co. His last letter to the family told of his intention to take a twenty mile trip to this camp on the railroad. It was his custom to write every two or three days. Dr. Howitt was born at Puslinch Lake, son of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Howitt. His mother was a daughter of Alex Parks. Being of a scholarly turn, he entered medical school with his associates, Dr. S. S. Harris, Dr. James Cunningham and Dr. Cormack. He spent a few years at Morriston but finally removed to Hespeler. On Jan. 2, 1906, he went to the Canadian west. Obsequies took place from the family residence on Queen St. on Monday at 2, his body having arrived via Galt on Sunday. Not until the arrival was it known what was the cause of his death, when the medical certificate attached proved it to be uremia. He had been threatened with this in bygone years. He leaves his wife and four children, Alfred, Annie Lee, Douglas. Helen; sisters, Mrs. Douglas Sorby, Mrs. Ireland, Miss Mabel and Miss Ethel. The cortege after the ceremony at the home, in which Rev. J. A. Stewart and Rev. J. D. Morrow of Toronto took part, winded its way to the last resting place in the little cemetery of the Howitt Memorial Church in Puslinch, passing the old homestead, where he had spent his happy boyhood. Among the mourners present were Mr. and Mrs. J. Wesley Parks, Mr. and Mrs. William Hortop, Mr. and Mrs. John Blatchford and Miss McIntosh. The cortege was met at the place of burial by a large concourse of people - friends and acquaintances from Guelph, Toronto, Morriston and the surrounding country. Pallbearers: Dr. H. T. Roberts of Guelph; Dr. R. J. Lockhart of Hespeler; J. W. Parks, William Hortop, James McIntosh and John McIntosh. Others in attendance were Rev. A. Hamilton and Rev. C. W. Cook of Hespeler; Dr. Henry Howitt and Dr. H. Orton Howitt of Guelph; James Anderson of Puslinch, uncle of Dr. Howitt; William Ireland of Puslinch; William Derby of Paisley Block; Dr. McKinley, Dr. R. Charlton and Dr. Henderson of Hespeler. - There are more details in the article. A Celebration of Lives Obituaries of Puslinch Township, Wellington Co., Ontario Vol 1, Anna Jackson & Marjorie Clark Used with kind permission of Marjorie Clark _______________ HOWITT, JOHN ALEXANDER was a son of Alfred Howitt, a farmer and land surveyor, and Elizabeth Parks of Puslinch Township. He attended Guelph Collegiate, and in 1888, graduated from Trinity College Medical School, Toronto. He practised at first at Morriston and later moved to Hespeler. The local correspondent to the Berliner Journal noted on December 12, 1901. Last week Jr. John Howitt of Morriston moved to Hespeler. We now have five of them (physicians) in Hespeler. The next comment from the same source was on April 5. 1905. Dr. Howitt informed me last week that in 27 minutes he caught 27 so-called "shiners.", but none of the fish had eaten the worm, otherwise it would not have been possible. On December 27, 1906 the Weekly Reformer announced that he was leaving for Saskatoon."The doctor has for many years been a valued contributer to the columns of the Reformer. He will combine medicine and literature in the West." Additional information was supplied by the Berliner Journal on January 9, 1907. Dr. Howitt has taken a position as editor of the "Saskatoon Daily Capital", Saskatoon, and left for that place last week, and will, when conditions are satisfactory, take his family there in the spring, i. e., when he is able to practise as a physician. The "satisfactory conditions" were not fulfilled, as he died on November 25, 1907. The Berliner Journal had a brief notice on December 4: Forty year old Jr. John A. Howitt born in Puslinch, who had settled in Eirormani, Sask., died suddenly last week. It is believed that an accident occurred on the way to a lumber camp. His wife and family were in Hespeler at the time of his death, according to a letter from the Saskatoon Public Library, which also said that Etomami was located east of Hudson Bay, Sask., near the Manitoba border. He was survived by his widow, two daughters and two sons. The Daily Telegraph said of his writing:"The doctor was poetically gifted and wrote many pieces that would take a high place in Canadian literature." Dr. Alexander D. Campbell, Doctors in Waterloo County 1852-1925

  
  

• Sources

  [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/211942598. [S2887] Directory of Deceased American Physicians, 1804-1929. Name:John Alex Howitt Birth Date:1867 Death Date:Nov 27, 1907 Death Place:Etiomani, SA Saskatchewan, Canada Type Practice:Allopath Medical School:Medical Faculty of Trinity University, Toronto, 1888, (G) JAMA Citation:49:2112 [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration. Name:Doctor John Alexander Howitt Age:25 Birth Date:abt 1864 Birth Place:Waterloo, Ontario Marriage Date:29 May 1889 Marriage County or District:Wellington Father:Alfred Howitt Mother:Elizabeth Howitt Spouse:Mary McIntosh Spouse's Age:24 Spouse Birth Date:abt 1865 Spouse Birth Place:Guelph Township Spouse Father:Donald McIntosh Spouse Mother:Michale Lansing

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 7 Dec 1864 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 29 May 1889 - Guelph Township, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Buried - - Howitt Memorial Cemetery (formerly Kirkland Cemetery), Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario  = Link to Google Earth