Dr. Charles Duncombe Tufford

1835 - 1896  (61 years)

• Name	Charles Duncombe Tufford
  Prefix	Dr.
  Born	1835	, Brant Co., Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Business	1870	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	Preston Baths and Medico-Hygienic Institute
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/241675443
  Occupation	1870	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	Doctor
  Occupation	1871	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Doctor of Medicine
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-105437
  Died	31 Jul 1896	Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States
  Buried	Angelus Rosedale Cemetery, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States
  Person ID	I105437	Generations
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2025

  
  

  Family	Eliza Evelyn Springer,   b. 20 Mar 1844, Delaware, Middlesex Co., Ontario ,   d. 31 May 1919, , San Bernadino Co., California  (Age 75 years)
  Married	18 Jan 1863	, Middlesex Co., Ontario, Canada
  Children	1. Maria Elize Tufford,   b. 6 Jun 1864, London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 3 May 1938, River Forest, Cook, Illinois, United States  (Age 73 years)   2. Maud L. Tufford,   b. 1866, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Mabel Frances Tufford,   b. 2 Jul 1869, Brantford, Brant Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 5 Sep 1951, , Los Angeles Co., California  (Age 82 years)   4. Constance Ethel Tufford,   b. Sep 1870, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 9 Apr 1942, , Los Angeles Co., California  (Age ~ 71 years)
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2025
  Family ID	F24627	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  TUFFORD, CHARLES DUNCOMBE was born on the Governor's Road, two miles east of Paris. He was the eldest son of Mrs. Tufford of Paris Station. He graduated from the University of Victoria College in 1857 and in 1857-8 practised in Villa Nova. By 1866 he was in St Thomas, practising as a homeopathic physician, and he was largely responsible for the inclusion of homeopaths on the staff of Victoria Hospital, London. He was said to have practised at Burford and Brantford. The Galt Reporter on May 13, 1870 said he had bought the North American Hotel, Preston. On April 12, 1871 a notice was inserted in the Dumfries Reformer: Preston Baths and Medico-Hygienic Institute: The above Institution having been lately improved and enlarged, and put more thoroughly upon a sanitary basis than heretofore, will from this date be open for the reception of Invalids and Guests during the whole of the year. A kind and experienced female Nurse will be in attendance. For warm Baths will be charged 35 cents each; for Cold do. 25 cents. Bathing Tickets for the summer can be obtained for $7.50 each, or $10. 00 when an attendant is required. C. D. Tufford Proprietor and Resident Physician The Reformer was pleased, as they commented on April 15th.: Preston Baths and Hygienic Institute We are pleased to see that Dr. Tufford has made many improvements at the Preston Baths. He has changed the Hotel into a Hygienic Institute, improving the Bath-House and intends to erect a Gymnasium, which together with new regulations, will make the place more popular than ever with the public. In the census of 1871 he was aged 38, born in Ontario, his wife was Elizabeth and they had four children. On November 29, 1871 the Reformer noted he was practising in London. A letter from the Archives of the American Medical Association dated December 10, 1873 lists him in Champaign, Ill. in 1886 and in Pomona, California in 1890. He died in Los Angeles where he had been practising on July 31. 1896. Dr. Alexander D. Campbell, Doctors in Waterloo County 1852-1925, 1986 ________________ THE FUNERAL OF BRO. CHAS. Tufford, late a member of Brant Lodge. No. late 45, a F. & A. M., of Brantford. Ont., will be conducted by South Gate Lodge, No. 320, F.& A.M., Sunday, August 2d, at 3 p.m. sharp. Members of South Gate Lodge, funeral committees of other lodge and visiting brethren will meet at the hall of the lodge, corner Thirtieth and Main, for the purpose of attending the funeral of our late brother. By order of the W. M. C. W. BLAKE Secretary Masonic Board Relief. Los Angeles Herald Los Angeles, California Sun, Aug 2, 1896 Page 12

  
  

• Sources

  [S105] Census - ON, Waterloo, Preston - 1871, Pg 5.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 1835 - , Brant Co., Ontario, Canada Married - 18 Jan 1863 - , Middlesex Co., Ontario, Canada Business - Preston Baths and Medico-Hygienic Institute - 1870 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Doctor - 1870 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Doctor of Medicine - 1871 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 31 Jul 1896 - Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States Buried - - Angelus Rosedale Cemetery, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States  = Link to Google Earth