Dr. George Harvey Worthington

1876 - 1954  (78 years)

• Name	George Harvey Worthington
  Prefix	Dr.
  Born	4 Feb 1876	West Flamborough Twp., Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1901	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Druggist
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-82365
  Died	13 May 1954	Vancouver, , British Columbia, Canada
  Person ID	I82365	Generations
  Last Modified	12 May 2024

  
  

  Father	John Worthington,   b. Abt 1846, Of, West Flamboro Twp., Wentworth Co., Ontario ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Elmira Case,   b. Abt 1846, Of, West Flamboro Twp., Wentworth Co., Ontario ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F21471	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ada Matilda Marshall,   b. 24 Oct 1881, Plattsville, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	13 May 2024
  Family ID	F21470	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  G. Harvey Worthington, a Puslinch boy, after graduating from the Ontario School of Pharmacy went to work in New York for a time at his profession just for the experience. Around 1897 or 98 he commenced business under style "The Worthington Drug Company" in Goebels Block where Simpson's now have their order office. After a few years here he moved to Guelph and later discontinued there to attend Medical School. After Graduating as a Doctor he went to Vancouver and there established a lucrative practise in Medicine and Surgery. During his years as a surgeon he kept accumulating parcels of business property strategically located and later established a string of drug stores. And what with the income from his profession, from his real estate, and from these drug stores he became indeed an important income tax payer. While here he too was dissatisfied with the amount of trade coming to his store from farmers in the district, just as Mr. Zryd and Mr. McBean had been before him and his bid was through the medium of "Worthington's Stock Food" which he made up by the ton and sold locally by retail off wagons; In more remote places, by wholesale to stores catering to farm trade. Many will remember Tommy Carroll, Worthington's drug clerk, who married Gussie Pringle. Le Rue De Commerce, Other Times Other Customs Other Days Other Ways, Winfield Brewster 1954 _______________________ George Harvey Worthington was not only a pharmacist, but also a surgeon and entrepreneur having created Western Wholesale Drugs and Vancouver Drug Company in Vancouver. His beloved wife, Ada Matilda Worthington nee Marshall was of enormous support and both passed away in Vancouver.Their children were Donald Grant Worthington, Jack Worthington and Elizabeth Louse Worthington .George Harvey Worthington was also an alderman in Vancouver . His sons died with great honour in France during WWII. Elizabeth Louise Worthington graduated from UBC with an Honours in Science and continues to be an inspiration to friends and family alike. Email N. K. Finlay 2011 _____________________________ George Harvey Worthington Drug store chain founder b. c. 1876, on a farm near Guelph, Ont.; d. May 13, 1954, Vancouver. Ontario College of Pharmacy graduate (1898). Spent a year in New York as a drug clerk, then opened pharmacies in Guelph and Toronto. Graduated in medicine (U. of T, 1908). Came to Vancouver in 1909, working as a doctor to 1919 when he established Vancouver Drug Co. Alderman for Ward Six (1924-26), he founded the Vancouver Water District. In 1926, ran for mayor but lost to L.D. Taylor. Alderman (1940-44). Ran again for mayor but lost to J.W. Cornett. Retired in 1939, selling 23 drugstores to Cunningham's. In memory of two sons killed in WWII, he willed $100,000 to UBC The History of Metropolitan Vancouver - https://www.vancouverhistory.ca/whoswho_W.htm 2013

  
  

• Sources

  [S143] Census - ON, Waterloo, Hespeler - 1901, Hespeler (Village) D-2 Page 4.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 4 Feb 1876 - West Flamborough Twp., Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada Occupation - Druggist - 1901 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 13 May 1954 - Vancouver, , British Columbia, Canada  = Link to Google Earth