George Light Read

1871 - 1873  (1 years)

• Name	George Light Read
  Born	5 Oct 1871	Guelph City, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada
  Gender	Male
  Misfortune	posioned
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-50417
  Died	26 Aug 1873	Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I50417	Generations
  Last Modified	7 Nov 2024

  
  

  Father	William Light Read,   b. Abt 1841, Of, Guelph City, Wellington Co., Ontario ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Emily Honeyfield,   b. Abt 1841, Of, Guelph City, Wellington Co., Ontario ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F28873	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Among the most notorious patent medicines was Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup. Eventually labelled a "baby killer" by the American Medical Association, the product's main ingredient was morphine sulphate. Charlotte N. Winslow was credited with coming up with the formula in the 1840s as a way to help mothers calm teething infants. But overdoses were common and in some cases, ingestion of the morphine-laced liquid resulted in death. Baden physician Dr. John H. Brown treated one such case in August of 1873 when the mother of 20-month-old George Light Read found him unresponsive after giving him a dose of Mrs. Winslow's. Unfortunately he never regained consciousness and the cause of death was listed as an overdose. New Hamburg Independent Heritage Edition 2015

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 5 Oct 1871 - Guelph City, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Died - 26 Aug 1873 - Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth