Dr. Gerald Joseph "Jed" Forster

1885 - 1941  (56 years)

• Name	Gerald Joseph "Jed" Forster
  Prefix	Dr.
  Born	18 Aug 1885	Doon (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/243328797
  Name	G. J. Forster
  Occupation	84 Queen St. S., Kitchener, Waterloo Regioin, Ontario
  	Doctor
  		Dr. G. J. Forster
  Residence	1891	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Roman Catholic
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-91698
  Died	27 Nov 1941	Belleville, Hastings Co., Ontario, Canada
  Buried	Saint James Roman Catholic Cemetery, Belleville, Hastings Co., Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I91698	Generations
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

  Father	Anthony Joseph Forster,   b. 24 May 1855, , Austria ,   d. 8 May 1924, Belleville, Hastings Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 68 years)
  Mother	Eleanora "Nellie" LaCourse,   b. 1857, Lindsay, Ops Twp., Victoria Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 28 Jan 1890, Doon (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 33 years)
  Family ID	F34353	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  FORSTER, GERALD JOSEPH. "Better be joined with the fruitful vine Than sadden after none, or bitter fruit." The hero of this little tale was born in 1886. His education was begun in the public schools of his native town and then deciding there was nothing further " dnin," there, he continued his studies at St. Michael's College from which he graduated in 1905. He entered Medicine with the class of 1909 but remained with it only one year, taking a year off and came back with 1910. During his course he has played each year on the Med's Rugby Team in the Mulock Series and also on the Varsity Junior Canadian Championship Team in 1908. In his third year he was secretary of the Medical Athletic Association. He is an enthusiastic member of "The Knights of The "Round Table." Torontonensis, 1910 by University of Toronto. Students' Administrative Council Published 1910 _______________ Gerald Joseph Forster was born at Doon, Ontario on August 28, 1885, son of Anthony Forster and Elenore Lacourse. He was raised in Kitchener and attended the University of Toronto Medical School where he graduated in 1910; he was united in marriage to Catherine Helena MacDonnell. Dr. Forster established himself in the practice of his profession at Belleville, where he served his community for over two decades. He was a clever and understanding Physician and Surgeon and he enjoyed a large practice until, owing to ill health, he was compelled to confine himself to office practice. Dr. Gerald Joseph Forster died on November 27, 1941, aged 56 years, 2 months and 29 days. Belleville Intellegencer of November 28, 1941 ____________ FORSTER, GERALD JOSEPH (JED) was born in 1885 in Doon, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Forster, and a grandson of Judge LaCourse of Kitchener. He graduated from the medical faculty of the University of Toronto in 1910. He at first practised in Kitchener, a card in the Telegraph in 1915 gave his address as 84 Queen Street S. He chose to move to Belleville, probably in 1917. His obituary in the Belleville Intellegencer of November 28, 1941 said of him; In the practice of his profession Dr. Forster was a clever and understanding physician and surgeon and in this city he enjoyed a large practice until owing to ill health he was compelled to confine himself to office practice for some years past. He died on November 27, 1941, and was survived by his widow, four daughters and four sons. Dr. Alexander D. Campbell, Doctors in Waterloo County 1852-1925

  
  

• Sources

  [S86] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1901, Waterloo (South/Sud) G-2 Page 8. [S2560] aaaWaterloo Township South 1891, Sect. 1 Page 55.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 18 Aug 1885 - Doon (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Roman Catholic - 1891 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 27 Nov 1941 - Belleville, Hastings Co., Ontario, Canada Buried - - Saint James Roman Catholic Cemetery, Belleville, Hastings Co., Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth