Isabella McWilliams

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• Name: Isabella Glaister
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-47006
• Immigration: 1857, , Canada
• Residence: 1871, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1871, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Ch. of England
• Occupation: 1901, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer

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Death of Mrs. Glaister

At her late residence, just east of Crosshill, on Tuesday, June 19th, 1906, Isabella McWilliams, relict of the late John Glaister, aged 62 years, four months and three days.

Although Mrs. Glaister has been ill for the past year and for some time latterly quite low, yet her death on Tuesday …?... sorrow in the community where she has lived and been known so long. Born in Banffshire, Scotland, she came, when only five years old, with her parents to Canada, first settling in Woolwich Township, but shortly afterwards removing to Berlin where she received her public and grammar school education. When about twenty years of age she was married to the late Mr. Glaister. They moved at once to the large Glaister farm, a mile or so east of Crosshill, where she has lived ever since. Her five children are all living in this vicinity, with the exception of John, who removed to Battleford, Sask., this spring, Dr. Wm. Glaister of this village being among the number. Deceased was a member of the Crosshill Presbyterian church. She was of a quiet loveable disposition, devoting her highest duties to home and its up-building. Her remains will be laid away to rest beside her husband, who died 23 years ago, in Rush's cemetery this (Thursday) afternoon at 2 o'clock.

Wellesley Maple Leaf May 17 1906 pg 1

Isabella married John Glaister 7 Dec 1865, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. John (son of William Glaister and Jane Beatty) was born CALC 27 Oct 1821, , England; was christened 2 Dec 1821, Wigton, , Cumberland, England; died 27 Jul 1883, near Crosshill, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Rushes Cemetery, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Interesting: medical
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-52073
• Residence: 1871, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Ch. of England
• Occupation: 1901, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Doctor
• Occupation: 1911, Wellesley Village, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Physican
• Residence: 1911, Wellesley Village, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
• Occupation: 1921, Wellesley Village, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Doctor, Medical
• Residence: 1921, Wellesley Village, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian

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William Glaister, Wellesley M.D. 50 Years, Dies

One of the best known medical men in the district, Dr. William Glaister, 81, died at the home of his daughter, Dr. J. R. Hannay, 15 Weber St., East, last night, after an illness of three years.

Dr. Glaister had practised medicine for 50 years in Wellesley, retiring only three years ago due to ill health. He was a graduate of Trinity College, Toronto. He attended the Anglican Church and was a member of the Wilmot Masonic Lodge. The son of the late John Glaister and Isabel McWilliam, he was born at Crosshill, June 30, 1866.

Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. J.M. (Helen) Dobson, London; Mrs. J.R. (Deborah) Hannay, M.D., Kitchener; one brother, John, and one sister, Mrs. Peter Hogg, both of Landis, Saskatchewan. Five grandchildren also survive.

The body will rest at Futher's Funeral Home, Wellesley, until 10 a.m. Saturday, when removal will be made to the residence at Wellesley, where a private service will be held at 2: 30 p.m. Saturday. Interment will be made at Rush's Cemetery, Wellesley, Rev. J.N.H. Mills, Kitchener will officiate.

Kitchener-Waterloo Record Thu, Feb 19, 1948 Page 4

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GLAISTER, WILLIAM was born on a farm near Crosshill on June 30, 1866, the son of John Glaister and Isabel McWilliam.

He attended Harriston High School and graduated as Gold Medallist from Trinity Medical School in 1894. He was taking postgraduate work in New York, but when Dr. William Morton of Wellesley became ill, he returned to take over that practice. He remained in Wellesley after Dr. Morton recovered, and upon his death in 1899 succeeded to the practice.

He practised in Wellesley for about fifty years and during that time was highly esteemed by the residents of that area. A heartfelt appreciation by Dr. P. L. Tye of Milverton, who often worked with him, appeared in the Canadian Medical Association Journal in May 1948 shortly after his death. It expresses some of the regard with which he was held in the community

Dr. Glaister was a typical country doctor, one of the most successful and one of the best. He could have gained fame in the larger centres but preferred to remain among the people he knew. Going through the horse and buggy days on roads that were at times impassable made him resort to snowshoes. No weather was too bad for him to reach the bedside of the needy and poor, as well as those in better circumstances.

He was a good surgeon and for many years did all his surgery in the homes where he had wonderful results. As a diagnostician he was one of the best and his advice was sought by many far and wide. Dr. Glaister was a wonderful student and always kept abreast of the times. Every spare minute he spent with his beloved books. He did not have much time or sport but in his younger days he enjoyed bowling, tennis, hunting and fishing.

The passing of Dr. Glaister has left a great sense of loss in his home community, his quiet assured manner brought comfort and confidence in the sick room, he was beloved by all and his memory will long remain in the hearts of the people of Wellesley and district.

In order to facilitate communications with his patients he put up a private telephone system extending to many of the smaller villages in the area.

He died on February 18, 1948 after an illness of some three years. He was predeceased oy his wife who was a daughter of Dr. Morton, and was survived by two daughters, one of whom, Deborah, is a physician. (She was interviewed for an oral history tape which is held by the Waterloo historical Society. The Wellesley Township Historical Society has a biography of Dr. Glaister prepared by Phyllis Kitchen. ).

Dr. Alexander D. Campbell, Doctors in Waterloo County 1852-1925

William married Grace Lilian Morton 25 Dec 1895, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Grace (daughter of Dr. William Morton and Ellen Maria Rutherford) was born 5 Aug 1872, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1 Oct 1900, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Rushes Cemetery, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

William married Mary Louise Morton 7 Mar 1905, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada. Mary (daughter of Dr. William Morton and Ellen Maria Rutherford) was born 17 Aug 1878, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 4 May 1965; was buried , Rushes Cemetery, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Allan Glaister
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-300334
• Residence: 1871, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Ch. of England
• Occupation: 1911, Crosshill, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1911, Crosshill, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
• Occupation: 1921, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer, Farm
• Residence: 1921, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian

Joseph married Theresa E. "Tessie" Herron 23 Apr 1919, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Theresa (daughter of Alexander Harron and Margaret White) was born 18 May 1880, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1951; was buried , Rushes Cemetery, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-227285
• Residence: 1871, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Ch. of England

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• Name: Deborah G Hogg
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-52075

Deborah married Peter Livingston Hogg Feb 1907, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Peter (son of William Hogg and Rebecca Livingston) was born 10 Dec 1874, South Easthope Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada; died 2 Oct 1959; was buried , Saint Vital Cemetery, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-47009
• Occupation: 1901, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer Son
• Occupation: 1911, Crosshill, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1911, Crosshill, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian

George — Lucy Jane Effie Byers. Lucy was born 11 Apr 1885, Fullarton Township, Perth Co., Ontario, Canada; died 1941; was buried , Rushes Cemetery, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-47010
• Occupation: 1901, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer Son
• Residence: 1906, Battleford, , Saskatchewan, Canada

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• Name: Helen Isabel Dobson
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-47011
• Residence: 1911, Wellesley Village, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian

Helen — John McKenzie Dobson. John was born 5 Aug 1898, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada; died 21 Jun 1987; was buried , St. Mark's Anglican Church Cemetery, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Welland Co., Ontario. [Group Sheet]

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• Honoured: Deborah Glaister Line, Wellesley Township, Ontario; Deborah Glaister Line, Wellesley Township, Ontario named in her honor
• Military: WW2 - Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps where she qualified as Captain
• Name: Deborah Louise Hannay
• Name: Dr. Debbie Glaister
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-164879
• Residence: 1911, Wellesley Village, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
• Hall of Fame - Waterloo Region: Bef 2012, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

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Deborah Glaister was born in Wellesley Township in 1906 into a medical family. Her father's high expectations and diagnostic skills influenced her greatly to choose medicine over the more traditional role of nursing.

Glaister graduated from the University of Toronto Medical School in 1932 and did post-graduate work in England. In 1936 she returned to Wellesley, Ontario to assist her ailing father with his medical practice. For several years, Dr. Debbie, as she was known, took on a busy rural caseload and she was Wellesley Township's first female physician. Her deep compassion and professionalism made her very popular with her patients.

In 1943 the recently married Glaister-Hannay joined the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps where she qualified as Captain. After the war Glaister-Hannay had a full medical practice as Kitchener's first female specialist. She later joined Freeport Hospital, eventually becoming the hospital's chief of staff.

In 1999, Wellesley Township honoured its first female doctor by naming a road Deborah Glaister Line.

Waterloo Region Hall of Fame

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HANNAY, Dr. Deborah (John) - At Freeport Hospital, Kitchener, Ont., on Thursday, July 31, 1986, Dr. Deborah G. Hannay (nee Glaister), of Freeport Hospital.

Dr. Hannay practised medicine in this area for many years and was Medical Director of Freeport Hospital.

Beloved wife of John Hannay of Kitchener; daughter of the late Dr. William and Mrs. Glaister of Wellesley, Ont. Also survived by a number of nieces and nephews and great- nieces and nephews. Predeceased by a sister, Helen.

A memorial service will be held on Sunday, Aug. 3, 1986 at 2 p.m. in the Ratz-Bechtel Chapel, 621 King St. W., Kitchener. Cremation, with interment in Woodland cemetery.

Memorial donations to the building fund of Freeport Hospital would be appreciated as expressions of sympathy and may be made through the funeral home.

There will be no visitation at the funeral home prior to the service.

Kitchener-Waterloo Record Fri, Aug 01, 1986 Page 47

Deborah — Captain John Rainnie Hannay. John (son of Arthur Burns Hannay and Bertha Louise Rainnie) was born 1905; died 4 Jul 1990, Freeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Adella Stevens
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-300336
• Residence: 1921, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian

Adella — Earl Stevens. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-209683

William — Lila Eileen Fountain. Lila was born 1927; died 7 Sep 2009, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-200849

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-209682