Waterloo Region Generations
A record of the people of Waterloo Region, Ontario.

Dr. John Price "Price" Brown[1]

Male 1844 - 1938  (94 years)


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  • Name John Price "Price" Brown 
    Prefix Dr. 
    Born 1844  Manchester, , Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Gender Male 
    Name J. P. Brown 
    Occupation 1870  Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Doctor 
    Occupation 1871  Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Physician - Doctor - Dr. 
    Residence 1871  Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Church of England 
    Occupation 1872  Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Doctor 
    Occupation 1881  Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Physician - Doctor - Dr. 
    Residence 1888  Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-69823 
    Died 3 Apr 1938  Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I69823  Generations
    Last Modified 26 Feb 2024 

    Family Agnes Cranston Graham,   b. CALC 13 Aug 1851, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Oct 1881, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 30 years) 
    Married 9 May 1871  Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. William Graham Brown,   b. 28 May 1872, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1919, Montreal, Ile De Montreal, Quebec Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 46 years)
     2. Newton Harcourt Brown,   b. 11 Aug 1874, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     3. Francis Erichsen "Frank" Erichsen-Brown,   b. 29 Aug 1878, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Mar 1967, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years)
    Last Modified 2 Mar 2024 
    Family ID F39500  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Brown, J. P., M. D., physician, surgeon, &c. Was born in Manchester, England, 1844.

      Illustrated Atlas of the County of Waterloo, H. Parsel & Co., Toronto - 1881

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      BROWN, JOHN PRICE was born in Manchester, England, in 1844 the son of Joshua and Sarah Brown, and accompanied his parents to Canada when he was eleven years of age.

      He obtained his medical education at the University of Toronto, being the first medical student to be a double gold medallist. Following his graduation in 1868, he commenced practice in Hollen, Wellington County, but in February 1870 he opened an office in Galt.

      In 1871 he married Agnes Graham, daughter of William Graham, of Galt. While in Galt he served as coroner. In 1883 he received the degree of Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh, in laryngology and rhinology. he decided to move to Toronto in 1888, at which time the Dumfries Reformer on October 18th of that year said of him: "Dr. Brown during his residence in Galt has identified himself with the interests of the town, and in his departure Galt loses a good citizen. " They also indicated that he had disposed of his practice to Dr. J. M. Cameron.

      In Toronto he had an outstanding reputation as a nose and throat specialist. He was one of the founders of the Toronto Western Hospital, and was governor for many years.

      He was blind for the last twenty years of his life, but devoted himself to writing, producing several historical novels under the nom de plume of Eric Bohn. He wrote the definitive story of that time of Laura Secord, under the title "Laura the Undaunted. "

      He died on April 3, 1938, in Toronto, at the age of ninety four years.

      Doctors in Waterloo County 1852-1925 by Alexander D. Campbell

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      Animalcules in Buttermilk.\emdash Dr. J. P. Brown, of Galt, Ontario, in the Canada Lancet for August, gives an account of a family poisoned by drinking buttermilk, which on examination with the microscope, was proved to contain immense numbers of animalcules. He thinks the germs which produced them were taken in by the cow in the water which she drank, and found their way into her blood through the lacteals. The symptoms were those of narcotico-irritant poisoning, viz.: vomiting, purging, cramps, stupor, etc. "We think it much more probable that the organisms were produced in the milk after it was taken from the cow.

      Pacific Rural Press, Volume 4, Number 14, 5 October 1872

  • Sources 
    1. [S1338] News - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Galt Reporter (1846-1973), Obituary of Agnes Cranston Graham - Brown - Oct 14 1881 pg 1 (2 articles on pg 1).

    2. [S336] Census - ON, Waterloo, Galt - 1881, Galt Division 1 Page 68.

    3. [S570] Census - ON, Waterloo, Galt - 1871, Div. 1, Pg. 67.

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    Link to Google MapsBorn - 1844 - Manchester, , Lancashire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Doctor - 1870 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Physician - Doctor - Dr. - 1871 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Church of England - 1871 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 9 May 1871 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Doctor - 1872 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Physician - Doctor - Dr. - 1881 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1888 - Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 3 Apr 1938 - Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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