Dr. Byron Erastus Ghent

1834 - 1892  (58 years)

• Name	Byron Erastus Ghent
  Prefix	Dr.
  Born	1834	Nelson Twp., Halton Co., Ontario, Canada   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/260920880
  Occupation	1861	Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Doctor
  Residence	1861	Mount Forest, Wellington County, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Occupation	1864	Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3, 4]
  	Doctor
  Residence	1871	Artemesia Township, Grey Co., Ontario, Canada
  Residence	1891	Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada
  Died	3 Sep 1892	Helena, Lewis and Clark, Montana, United States   [5]
  Buried	Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto, York Co., Ontario
  Person ID	I488011	Generations
  Last Modified	26 Jun 2024

  
  

  Family	Jannet McDonald,   b. Jul 1841, Belleville, Hastings Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 22 Feb 1900, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 58 years)
  Married	30 Oct 1861	, Grey Co., Ontario, Canada
  Last Modified	26 Jun 2024
  Family ID	F299840	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  GHENT, BYRON ERASTUS. There is little local mention of this man. He was a graduate of Victoria University, 1857 at which time his residence was given as Hamilton. He received his licence to practice in that year, according to the Canada Gazette of November 14, 1857. In 1859-60 he was in the Morriston-Puslinch area, and in 1864 he was in Elmira. By 1867 he was in Priceville, and twenty years later, in Toronto, where the Ontario Medical Register lists him until 1892. Dr. Alexander D. Campbell, Doctors in Waterloo County 1852-1925 _______________ Left Priceville Dr. Ghent, so long a familiar "landmark" in our western sister village, Priceville - recently sold his practice to Dr Hixon, a rising and popular young physician. Dr. Ghent has also succeeded in disposing of his property in and around Priceville at a good round sum, and has purchased a handsome residence on Queen Street west, Toronto for which he paid the sum of $8,000. We wish the Doctor every success in the Queen City. We were informed several weeks ago of the facts given above, but fearing it had no foundation, as in the case of the report circulated some time ago, we determined to say nothing until we had seen the Dr. in person. Flesherton Advance 30 Apr 1885 ______ Dr Byron Erastus Ghent A Helena special under date of Sept., 3, to the Anaconda Standard has the following: Among the passengers on the west-bound train which left this city at 2 o'clock this afternoon, was a man apparently toward 50 years of age who. in company with his wife, was making a trip to Kalispel to visit a son who resides there. The husband occupied the sent at the forward end of the day coach. The seat was reversed so that he was in full view of the passengers. His wife sat opposite, facing him. Just as it was time for the train to start the man uttered a groan, threw up his hands and seemed to be in a convulsion. Before the startled passengers nearest to him had time to hasten to his assistance he fell backwards and was dead. His distracted wife inmediately received the kind attention of several ladies who happened to be at the station. The body was removed to a stretcher and properly cared for. The stricken wife told those about her to telegraph to her son, Dr. Ghent, at Kalipel. She and her husband had made the journey from Canada. The husband had not complained of illness during the trip and the passengers from the east spoke of him as being in excellent spirits. A physician in attendance announced that death was the result of heart failure. The Red Lodge Picket. Red Lodge, Montana, September 10, 1892

  
  

• Sources

  [S2433] Census - Canada - 1861, Ontario, Wellington, Puslinch. Byron Ghent, M. D. b. Canada aged 25 [S61] Vit - ON, Grey - Grey County Marriage Register 1858-59. Name: Byron Ghent Sex: Male Age: 25 years (25 years) Birth Year (Estimated): 1836 Birthplace: Nelson Res: Mount Forrest Father's Name: David Ghent Mother's Name: Mary Ghent Spouse's Name: Jennet McDonald Spouse's Sex: Female Spouse's Age: 20 years (20 years) Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1841 Spouse's Birthplace: Belville Res: Durham Spouse's Father's Name: Alexr McDonald Spouse's Mother's Name: Sophia McDonald Event Type: Marriage Event Date: 30 October 1861 (30 October 1861) Event Place: Grey, Ontario, Canada [S3060] Canada, Ontario Tax Assessment Rolls, 1834-1899. Name: Byron Ghent Age: 28 years Birth Year (Estimated): 1836 Event Type: Tax Assessment Event Date: 1864 Event Place: Woolwich, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada [S3060] Canada, Ontario Tax Assessment Rolls, 1834-1899. Name: Byron Ghent Age: 29 years Birth Year (Estimated): 1836 Event Type: Tax Assessment Event Date: 1865 Event Place: Woolwich, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada [S3287] Canada, Ontario, Toronto Trust Cemeteries, 1826-1989. Name: Byron Eratus Ghent Age: 58 years Birth Year (Estimated): 1834 Birthplace: Ontario Death Date: 3 Sep Death Place: Helena Montana United States Plot Owner's Name: B E Ghent Event Type: Burial Event Date: 10 September 1892 Event Place: York, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (York, Toronto, Ontario, Canada) Line Number: 8063

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 1834 - Nelson Twp., Halton Co., Ontario, Canada Occupation - Doctor - 1861 - Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Married - 30 Oct 1861 - , Grey Co., Ontario, Canada Occupation - Doctor - 1864 - Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1871 - Artemesia Township, Grey Co., Ontario, Canada Residence - 1891 - Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada Died - 3 Sep 1892 - Helena, Lewis and Clark, Montana, United States Buried - - Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto, York Co., Ontario  = Link to Google Earth