Dr. Christian Benjamin Eckel

1884 - 1918  (33 years)

• Name	Christian Benjamin Eckel
  Prefix	Dr.
  Born	15 Apr 1884	Mildmay, Carrick Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada
  Gender	Male
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/226799774
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-487997
  Died	16 Mar 1918	St. Thomas, Elgin Co., Ontario, Canada
  Buried	Saint Thomas Cemetery, St. Thomas, Elgin Co., Ontario
  Person ID	I487997	Generations
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

• Notes

  ECKEL, CHRISTIAN BENJAMIN was a 1905 graduate of the University of Toronto, who was registered in 1906. He began to practice at New Hamburg, apparently in the summer of 1906, and left in December of that year for Adelaide, His story is found in his obituary in the New Hamburg news of the Daily Telegraph of March 28, 1918: The Death occurred on Friday morning last at the residence of his brother-in-law, W. F. Thomas, of Dr, Christian Benjamin Eckel. Dr, Eckel was born in 1884 on April 15th, in Mildmay. His early education was attained at Pembroke, Ontario. He secured his degree from the University of Toronto and shortly opened a practice in New Hamburg. Leaving here he practised medicine for eight years in Adelaide, where he made hosts of friends. He left to take a special course in treatment of the eye, ear nose and throat and following this he practised for three and a half years in Brantford, as a specialist. It was in this city that he was taken seriously ill and forced to retire from practice, going to St. Thomas last September for his health. Unfortunately the disease developed and gradually became worse until it resulted in his death. . . . He leaves to mourn his wife and one daughter. He died on March l6th. 1918. Dr. Alexander D. Campbell, Doctors in Waterloo County 1852-1925 _____________ Dr. Eckel Dead Dr Christian B. Eckel, formerly of Brantford, died at the residence of his brother-in-law, W. F. Thomas, 118 Metcalfe Street, St. Thomas, after an illness of some months. Dr. Eckel was born at Mildmay in 1884, and was a graduate of Toronto University. He practiced as a specialist on the eye, ear and throat diseases at Brantford for a few years. Visiting St. Thomas in September he took ill. One daughter, Gretchen, of St. Thomas, survives, and his mother, three brothers and four sisters. He was a member of Brant Avenue Methodist Church. The News Record, Berlin, Ontario Mon, Mar 18, 1918 Page 7

  
  

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  Born - 15 Apr 1884 - Mildmay, Carrick Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada Died - 16 Mar 1918 - St. Thomas, Elgin Co., Ontario, Canada Buried - - Saint Thomas Cemetery, St. Thomas, Elgin Co., Ontario  = Link to Google Earth