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Waterloo Region Generations
A record of the people of Waterloo Region, Ontario. |
Sarah Savage
1886 - Yes, date unknown
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Name Sarah Savage Born 1886 Glasgow, , Lanark, Scotland 
[1] Gender Female Interesting story, medical Waterloo Region Museum Display or Artifact 2011 Well-Baby Clinics Display 
Well-Baby Clinics
image of display from the Waterloo Region Museum 2011Name Sadie Savage Eby ID Number Waterloo-44071 Died Yes, date unknown Buried Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Person ID I44071 Generations Last Modified 9 Jun 2025
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Photos Sarah Savage
image from Cambridge Hall of Fame
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Notes - Sarah "Sadie" Savage was born in Glasgow, Scotland in 1886, the daughter of William and Isabella J. Savage. The family immigrated to Australia and she was educated at the Kangaroo Point Girls' Private School in Brisbane. After the death of a younger sister, followed by that of her mother in 1906, she moved to Newtonards, Northern Ireland with her father and remaining sisters. The family arrived in Preston sometime later. Miss Savage graduated from the Western Hospital School of Nursing in Toronto, completed post-graduate work in tuberculosis and public health at Fordham Hospital in New York City and was awarded a fellowship from the Bellevue Hospitals. Her first nursing assignment was at the Royal Jubilee Hospital in Victoria, British Columbia after which she spent three years as a nursing superintendent at Vancouver General Hospital. In 1921, she returned to Preston where she became the nurse in charge of the local branch of the Victorian Order of Nurses (VON). A pioneer in the well-baby concept, Miss Savage and her sister Annie, who was also a member of the VON, ran weekly conferences for mothers and pre-school children. The well-baby clinics spread throughout North America and Miss Savage was awarded the Jubilee Medal by King George VI. During the thirty years that Miss Savage and her sister were VON nurses, they delivered approximately 2,000 babies in an era when births took place at home. Miss Savage retired from VON service in 1952 and did private duty nursing for a number of years. She was a life member of the British Columbia Nurses Association and a member of the Ontario Provincial Nursing Association, a member of St. John's Anglican Church and a member of the South Waterloo Progressive Conservative Association. She maintained a life long interest in medicine and in her seventies was still attending seminars and lectures on nursing techniques. She died at the age of 81 on September 5, 1968 and is buried in Preston Cemetery.
Cambridge Hall of Fame 2011
- Sarah "Sadie" Savage was born in Glasgow, Scotland in 1886, the daughter of William and Isabella J. Savage. The family immigrated to Australia and she was educated at the Kangaroo Point Girls' Private School in Brisbane. After the death of a younger sister, followed by that of her mother in 1906, she moved to Newtonards, Northern Ireland with her father and remaining sisters. The family arrived in Preston sometime later. Miss Savage graduated from the Western Hospital School of Nursing in Toronto, completed post-graduate work in tuberculosis and public health at Fordham Hospital in New York City and was awarded a fellowship from the Bellevue Hospitals. Her first nursing assignment was at the Royal Jubilee Hospital in Victoria, British Columbia after which she spent three years as a nursing superintendent at Vancouver General Hospital. In 1921, she returned to Preston where she became the nurse in charge of the local branch of the Victorian Order of Nurses (VON). A pioneer in the well-baby concept, Miss Savage and her sister Annie, who was also a member of the VON, ran weekly conferences for mothers and pre-school children. The well-baby clinics spread throughout North America and Miss Savage was awarded the Jubilee Medal by King George VI. During the thirty years that Miss Savage and her sister were VON nurses, they delivered approximately 2,000 babies in an era when births took place at home. Miss Savage retired from VON service in 1952 and did private duty nursing for a number of years. She was a life member of the British Columbia Nurses Association and a member of the Ontario Provincial Nursing Association, a member of St. John's Anglican Church and a member of the South Waterloo Progressive Conservative Association. She maintained a life long interest in medicine and in her seventies was still attending seminars and lectures on nursing techniques. She died at the age of 81 on September 5, 1968 and is buried in Preston Cemetery.
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Sources - [S1664] Cambridge Hall of Fame a href="https://www.cambridge.ca/cs_pubaccess/hall_of_fame.php?cpid=0&scpid=0&did=0&sid=0&ssid=0&tp=0&grid=0">Waterloo Region Museum.
- [S1664] Cambridge Hall of Fame a href="https://www.cambridge.ca/cs_pubaccess/hall_of_fame.php?cpid=0&scpid=0&did=0&sid=0&ssid=0&tp=0&grid=0">Waterloo Region Museum.
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Event Map 
Born - 1886 - Glasgow, , Lanark, Scotland 
Buried - - Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada = Link to Google Earth
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