Dr. John Hope Wraith

1814 - 1862  (48 years)

• Name	John Hope Wraith
  Prefix	Dr.
  Born	12 Feb 1814
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1845	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	Doctor
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-488444
  Died	30 Oct 1862	St. Ouen, Jersey Island, England
  Person ID	I488444	Generations
  Last Modified	19 Dec 2024

  
  

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  WRAITH, JOHN HOPE. Mention is made in James Young's book of a card in the Dumfries Courier on October 4, 1845, referring to Dr. John H. Wraith, of the Royal College of Surgeons, London. The Public Archives of Canada has an affidavit of his licence to practice Physic, etc. dated 5 June 1844. The document says he is of the Village of Oakville, and has exhibited a diploma from the Society of the Arts and Mystery of Apothecaries of the City of London, dated November 8, l837, and another from the Royal College of Surgeons dated February 16, 1838. Apart from James Young's mention, there is no other indication that he practised in this area. Dr. Alexander D. Campbell, Doctors in Waterloo County 1852-1925, 1986 __________ On Monday last, at the residence of her father-in-law, Mr. H. Wraith, chemist, &c. of this town, Mary Anne, aged 31 years, the beloved wife of Mr. John Hope Wraith, surgeon, late of Dundas, Canada West, in which province Mrs. Wraith had been a long resident. The Weekly Standard and Express Blackburn, Lancashire, England Wed, Jun 8, 1853 Page 3 __________________ DR. JOHN HOPE WRAITH, OF BLACKBUHN. To the sketch of principal deceased members of the Wraith family, printed in this column last week, may be added a line or two about Mr. John Hope Wraith, mentioned a the eldest son of Mr. Hargreave Wraith, Chemist and Druggist, of this town. He was born in February. 1814, and he entered the surgical proiession and practised as Dr. John Wraith was residing in the Channel Islands at the time of his decease. He died in middle age. I have noted his obituary, as follows: " 1862. October 30. Died, at St. Owen's, Jersey, in his 49th year, Mr. John Hope Wraith, Surgeon, eldest son of the late Mr. Hargreave Wraith, of Blackburn," His wife, Mrs. Mary Ann Wraith, had died in June, 1853, and "Mary Ann. wife of Johu Hope Wraith," is registered as buried in the graveyard of Chapel-street Congregational Church, June 10th, 1853. The Weekly Standard and Express Blackburn, Lancashire, England Sat, Jan 11, 1890 Page 2 ___________________ On the 8th ult. at Hamilton, Upper Canada, Mr. John Hope Wraith, surgeon, of Oakville, in the same province, eldest son of Mr. Wraith, of Blackburn, to Miss Mary Anne Brock, of the former place. The Guardian London, Greater London, England Sat, Sep 21, 1844 Page 6

  
  

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  Occupation - Doctor - 1845 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth