Dr. James Gilmour Head

1852 - 1891  (38 years)

• Name	James Gilmour Head
  Prefix	Dr.
  Born	27 Sep 1852	Glen Morris, South Dumfries Twp., Brant Co., Ontario, Canada
  Gender	Male
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/28465694
  Occupation	1883	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	Doctor
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-488047
  Died	14 Apr 1891	Denver, Aropahoe, Colorado, United States
  Buried	Riverside Cemetery, Denver, Aropahoe, Colorado, United States
  Person ID	I488047	Generations
  Last Modified	9 Sep 2024

  
  

  Family	Caroline Elizabeth "Carrie" Bell,   b. 25 Jul 1856, St. George, South Dumfries Twp., Brant Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 25 Jan 1898, San Diego, San Diego, California, United States  (Age 41 years)
  Married	13 Feb 1885	St. George, South Dumfries Twp., Brant Co., Ontario, Canada
  Last Modified	11 Sep 2024
  Family ID	F299852	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  HEAD, JAMES GILMOUR was from Glenmorris, a graduate of the University of Toronto in 1879. After postgraduate work he began to practice in Glenmorris on November 1, 1883, but on the 13th. of November the Dumfries Reformer said. The card of this gentleman appears in another column. The Doctor expects to become a permanent resident of Galt this week and will enter upon the practice of his profession. Dr. Head has just returned from Great Britain where he spent four years in the hospitals of London, Sdinourgh, Glasgow and Dublin. His card read L. R. C. P. Edinburgh, L. E. F. S. Glasgow. Two days later was a notice that he had purchased Dr. Richardson's residence on S. Water Street for $1, 680. On September 27, 1858 he formed a partnership with Dr. Wardlaw, the notice saying that his health had greatly improved. The partnership was dissolved a year later. On Dec. 12, 1889 he inserted a Special Notice: As I am about leaving Galt, parties indebted to me are requested to settle their accounts at once. Further word was provided by the Reformer on January 2, 1890: Dr. Head and family purpose leaving for Colorado early next week. It is the wish of the Doctor's, many friends that the change in climate may have the effect upon his health which it is desired. The hoped for improvement did not take place - he died in Denver, Colorado on April 14, 1891, leaving his wife and family. Dr. Alexander D. Campbell, Doctors in Waterloo County 1852-1925 _________________ DIED FAR FROM HOME. On Monday Mr. B. Bell received a telegram from his daughter, Mrs Head, announcing the death of her husband, Dr. J. G. Head, at Denver, Colorado, that morning. A little over a year ago the deceased and his wife removed to that city for the improvement of their health. During the past winter the doctors health has been failing rapidly. Mrs. Head's has been anything but satisfactory, still both were expected to return home as soon as the weather would permit. Instead the husband was interred at Denver on Wednesday. Mr. George W. Bell left on Tuesday to accompany Mrs. Head as soon as she was able to her father's home. Dr. Head was a son of Mr. Wm. Head late of Glenmorris, now of Montreal. He was a graduate in medicine of the University of Toronto, as well as of the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh. He practiced his profession for a short time in Scotland, then returned to Canada, living in Galt for a few years before going west. The Brantford Daily Expositor Thu, Apr 16, 1891 Page 3

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 27 Sep 1852 - Glen Morris, South Dumfries Twp., Brant Co., Ontario, Canada Occupation - Doctor - 1883 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 13 Feb 1885 - St. George, South Dumfries Twp., Brant Co., Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth