Dr. William Henry Harvey

1889 - 1972  (83 years)

• Name	William Henry Harvey
  Prefix	Dr.
  Born	26 Feb 1889	Princeton, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario
  Gender	Male
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/230999030
  Occupation	1924	Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Occupation	1938	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Residence	70 Rusholme Rd., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-488043
  Died	15 Mar 1972	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Buried	Princeton Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Conty, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I488043	Generations
  Last Modified	19 Aug 2024

  
  

  Family	Mary Collins Freeman,   b. 28 Apr 1895, Princeton, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario ,   d. 1966  (Age 70 years)
  Last Modified	19 Aug 2024
  Family ID	F299851	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  HARVEY, WILLIAM HENRY was born at Princeton, Ont. on February 26, 1889. He first went into banking, before entering the medical faculty of the University of Toronto, he graduated in the class of 1922, a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha fraternity. He began to practise in Baden in 1923 or 1924, and moved to Kitchener in 1938. He brought with him his sign, which read simply "Dr. Harvey." He had to have it amended when the other Harveys discovered that patients referred to them were turning up in the wrong office, He studied dermatology in New York and combined this with his general practice. At the time of his retirement, in 1966, his office was at 171 Queen St. S. He was the official historian of the North Waterloo Medical Society, and wrote the history of that body when the K-W Academy of Medicine was formed. He was active in church affairs of the St. John's Anglican Church, he made a hobby of stamp collecting with an award winning collection which he exhibited at stamp shows. He used to tell of coming into his office on a Sunday afternoon to find a man he reconnized as a narcotic addict rolling around on the floor, feigning pain, He gave him a box of pills containing a powerful purgative, telling him to take one tablet every hour. The next morning he was to assist Dr. Sheill at surgery, and the surgeon being late, explainedi "I was up all night with the damndest case of diarrhoea I. have ever seen" Dr. Harvey maintained a discreet silence. Following an illness of some two months he died on March 15, 1972. His wife predeceased him in 1966, and he was survived by his daughter. Dr. Alexander D. Campbell, Doctors in Waterloo County 1852-1925 _______________ Dr. William H. Harvey At his home, 70 Rusholme Rd., on Wednesday, March 15, 1972, after a brief illness, Dr. William Henry Harvey, general practitioner and dermatologist in the Twin City area for many years; a member of St. John's Anglican Church and formerly church warden; past master of the Wilmot Lodge AF and AM, Baden, a life member of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario and a member of the Waterloo County Medical Association. Husband of the late Marie Collins Freeman, who predeceased him in 1966; a native of Princeton, Ont., and a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Richard Harvey; father of Marion (Mrs. Hugh Chambers), Willowdale; grandfather of Deborah and Wendy. Dr. Harvey was predeceased by four sisters and one brother. Friends may call at the Ratz- Bechtel Funeral Home, 621 King St. West, Kitchener, until noon on Saturday, when removal will be made to St. John's Anglican Church, for the service at 2 p.m. with Archdeacon Graham Lethbridge officiating. Interment Princeton cemetery. Donations to the Primate's World Relief Fund may be made as expressions of sympathy. A memorial service under the auspices of Wilmot Lodge AF and AM will be held tonight at the funeral home at 8:30 p.m. Kitchener-Waterloo Record Thu, Mar 16, 1972 Page 21

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 26 Feb 1889 - Princeton, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario Occupation - 1924 - Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - 1938 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 15 Mar 1972 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth