Dr. George Niemeier

1824 - 1893  (69 years)

• Name	George Niemeier
  Prefix	Dr.
  Born	17 Sep 1824	, Brunswick, Germany
  Gender	Male
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/82497839
  Occupation	1851	St. Clements, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	Doctor
  Occupation	1855	New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	Doctor
  Occupation	1860	Neustadt, Normanby Twp., Grey Co., Ontario, Canada
  	Doctor
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-488220
  Died	10 Oct 1893	Normanby Twp., Grey Co., Ontario, Canada
  Buried	Crispin Cemetery, Brant Twp., Grey Co., Ontario
  Person ID	I488220	Generations
  Last Modified	7 Nov 2024

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Craigie,   b. 1829, , Scotland ,   d. 1 May 1903, Hanover, Bentinck Twp., Grey Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 74 years)
  Children	1. Elizabeth Madelyn Niemeier,   b. 1851, St. Clements, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 12 Aug 1915, Traverse City, Grand Traverse, Michigan, USA  (Age 64 years)   2. Emma Niemeier,   b. 1855, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 30 Dec 1930, Seattle, King, Washington, USA  (Age 75 years)   3. Laura Niemeier,   b. 1857, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Charlotte Niemeier,   b. 1859, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 22 Feb 1863, , Ontario, Canada  (Age 4 years)
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2024
  Family ID	F299915	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  NIEMEIER, GEORGE was born in Bruswick, and when he came to Canada the first mention of him is found in Smith's "Canada Past, Present and Future" 1851, which places him in Peterboro. By 1851 he was in St. Clements, where his handling of the victim of a threshing accident brought him universal condemnation, according to the newspaper reports. While he was dressing the wound later, "he supposed that he had got a little of the dead matter into a small cut in his finger, whereupon he had it thoroughly washed and burned with caustic, in the meantime, to all appearances giving himself little or no concern respecting the welfare of his patient, but continually repeating the exclamation 'The highest of danger, the highest of danger." The relatives sent for Dr. Whiting who very sharply reproved Niemeier. Next he moved to New Hamburg where his card appeared in the Neutrale on March 9, 1855. Dr. George Niemeier, licenced by his Excellency, the Governor, German Physician, Surgeon, and Accoucheur, Coroner for the County of Waterloo, gives notice to all in order to obtain and keep the satisfaction of his dear countrymen. Residence: kittycorners from the meetinghouse of the German Evangelical church. A further notice was in the Beobachter on May 24, 1855. Notice: The undersigned, a contributor to the Montreal medical journals since January this year, has made himself acquainted during his stay in New York, with the treatment of pulmonary diseases by the famous Professor Horace Green, according to which treatment even consumption in many cases was cured, where formerly help was impossible. Fresh vaccine for smallpox vaccination has been brought from New York. George Niemeier: On November 28, 1855. the Reformer reopened the subject of the threshing accident with a rousing attack on Niemeier: From all we can hear, Dr. Niemeier is but little noted for good deeds in any of the neighborhoods in which he has resided. Judging of his medical talents as displayed in this case it is unnecessary to add that our opinion is not a very high one, nor can we give him credit for prudence, for in that case he would show it by not stirring up a matter which was anything but creditable to him. Only a few weeks ago a letter referring to a different case appeared in the German paper published in Waterloo, against this same individual, and we hear that less than a year ago, a man about the same height, and as like him as one pill is like another, "left his country for his country's good" leaving, however, his wife behind him. Under these circumstances it might be considered wasting powder on small game to notice this medical gent further. We must however say, that his conduct in the case so fully exposed by our correspondent, has created considerable excitement in the neighborhood. It was universally condemned by everyone acquainted with the facts in that quarter, and we may well question the sincerity of the worthy doctor's indignation in calling our correspondent's letter a "shameful attack" when it only gave utterence to opinions which Dr. Niemeier must have known were freely uttered throughout that part of the country. Niemeier had precipitated this assault by having printed and circulated a reply to the original letter to the paper, which also attacked Dr. Whiting's part in the affair. With all this ill feeling towards him Niemere left the area, although he acted as coroner at an inquest at Wellesley on August 8, 1856. By the spring of 1860 he was in Neustadt. A History of the County of Grey by S. L. Marsh says of him A familiar figure in the early days of the village (Neustadt) was Dr. George Niemeier, the first doctor of the vicinity, who was also a notary public and held a number of township offices. He died on October 10, 1893 and was survived by a son, who went into the medical profession. He was 72 years of age, and there was no further mention of his family Dr. Alexander D. Campbell, Doctors in Waterloo County 1852-1925, 1986

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 17 Sep 1824 - , Brunswick, Germany Occupation - Doctor - 1851 - St. Clements, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Doctor - 1855 - New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Doctor - 1860 - Neustadt, Normanby Twp., Grey Co., Ontario, Canada Died - 10 Oct 1893 - Normanby Twp., Grey Co., Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth