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DR . -WM. DOU GL AS,:::
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The par e nt s o f Dr. f o ugl a s -we r e t11e l ati.c.- A l ex? n0e ,., P. :-:i n r
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and one of the
e a rliest bus i lJ.es s;nen in thP Ni? g ar~ PP>nri ns111R.
A brother John Douglas, 0iec1 at t'.'1e age of
Dr. Douglas a ttenderl public sqhools
Upper Canan a CColle ge ,
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:in 10?'70
Fort Erie, then
ent~rer
( nov Unj Yers:i ty of Toronto) vhe'~e
11e
graduated in 1863.
During his peepera.t:lon fo.r the chosen profession, 'he st110:ir->0 (P'P
winter at Jefferson Colle · ge Pa., ant'! aft<?r grari11ation fr-0"1 t'0p
University of Toronto, he returnet'l to Fo'!'t Ere:l.
Dr. Douglas took exam:inr1.tions: for the nr"'.r:-t:i se of
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For ye2.rs he was practis:ing phys:l ci 2:r foT t 1-1e Mj chi gan
f'c:q-.t,r'~l
The . Grand Trunk and the W abas'!:l. Rajlroa0s.
An h ono !'ary Tnembe!' of the Cmrn.d:ian Mer1 :lcal Soci8ty, 11:i s t vo
hobbies were antiqu_es, especially :l 1• fnr:nib1re, :mr1 hjs .pi-rP
y,o.,,~~s.
On the occasion of h5 s 60th. anrdversa!'y 2s a nh,rsj ~:5 ::ir:, hP .,__,~
lnformation fro:'D. the Fort Erie T:lrnes Heview.
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The short illnesc: ann death of Dr. T'oulP.s of For+ "Rr:5 P. n-r~ct.: sing
Physi cia:t1 for over sixty years; cc:i.r11e as ? gre" t sho ck tn h-i s f'r-i pn~ s
and fellow residents who hao cone to ~~er:;:; ..,.,c h~Y'"' 0 1 1r~ n!! t1'' 8' lansr
years orf his unfc.ilj.ng ministration to them.as onP r;f +h=> nprm8 '""'e t
things of his ljfe . He cortra1;te0 2. coln .j nst; ;:,.fte-r h~ s rp t1n-·n f'-rom
a motor trip to Quebec, j:r comnr-i.ny of' sn olr1 f':r·ienr. nro'1c•n-i t :'s f'011_
owed and developed into pneun:iorda. He died 1-:it H'-r:iCJ. rH::'20e·fn~·J _ v
in the roorn v.rhere he was boTn 83 years ·befoTe.
Dr. Douglas lived all his l j fe i.n ci. n re+.ty 1r}lj t8 1..,011se on t.1,,p
Niagara l:loulevard,, '·Jhj ch Drerlates hirn by SO"le t •.renty ;rp;:i.,..,s 'T'l-1nng1.-,
he was a man ·of some consic'ler:,,_ble mea!"'cS 1r1"_e-'.1 1,,e n:i en, ·r'"'n R l_ '-'·"''.r~ -'T'
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comforta ble
circ11mst~nces
due to
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ca.,..,e~ul
attention to
h~s
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~D~q-'~s
and sir:1ple habits of l:iving; he :ne,rer felt the neec'l of' 1,T-;0e-•' 11n:r>""'"'nr s
or departeci_ f rorn •j_npr;::;tentio1 ts hallj+:s o f l~v:tnp:.
, ..1.n his house tbjs vr:lter w 1s nr~vj l egP.d to ssp, 11-i"' 1 -~.,. 1;.,+ 1nri
simple office, j ust as he left it; vjt.h it!s bjg rne~icjTI0 rah~fupt
and old. mahogany fl a t top oesk, wo1'kT'lri n -lH(F' ;:inc :-~ell'.over'l f'r-n·.,,
polishing. The whole hon se j s f11rr:i shecl ',.Tj t.h u n i forrTJ oJ.cL f2 sl--d orw1
eli gence, from the comforto. ble irpho1 ~= teT'80 crtai rs j r1 +..,,_,"' _l ~ v-i n r: -~ nom
to the l)i g br2~ s s -be cl j_ n \r(t.i ch 11.e d ~ erl •
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It j s exemplary that s;1ch ~- PJ8n, •,J j th all t:l-ie ev7 f!ercP -111 his 110"'1P
of more gentel ameni t j es o:F' l j fe; shonlrl have bc:ien t11"'"'011 P" 1·10•'t ~,.., 0 1 nnrle:8gth of his ye~l-:_'s of pr.,,ctj se, ,3 _b,r::nrs chef>rf11l}_v ri:1 s uo ~Pr1 +.o Pr r111 -re
hardships anc:i Dangers, :i;1 thA 1;0111'.'~. e ·')f n:: S nr- J <>€0SS:iCl"'8l S"",,''I~ r> 0 r-' •
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.U o ng befo»e :it \.rri. s '::>O~!sjble to
g2t -'lbo 11t -i-;v 8"+:nr:ioh-':1_r-> +n
V·i si t h:i_s patie n ts, Dr. rouglas "\.T011lr "'IC".lkP h~ s U;:J,V
+1""]1"1.J np:l-1 yrnr1 ,,.,,..,,.1
rain or blizzard to make calls. When the went~er v~s tba hPr, o~ +~P
nights too 02.rl for by!ggy, Yiw 1,ronlr go or1 hoTs el;::ick. He 11ai1' -no0.,,,
known on o ne or ':"lore oceas:i ons to make "'.lj s Fav t~ro11_ gh sno'r ,_r1.,~ cl-J
re.?~ Ched to SOYnewhere neal' h:i S 1I2c j st, to 8 honse WhP."'' 1? ?_ ' '01"'1 811 or P
child lay sick and helpless; bl1t kno1,r~11r.: thrd; sjnce i t vr:s T' T'. Fm.
Dougl::i.s who h G.d been sent fo :t.'; he '-Jo1110 r;o'"!'Ie.
And that is not the oniv sine
of 1:in1 ·c.r]';j~h '"" S gr-mp-,.·0 1 1s
and i_mselfj sh. Dr. Douglr'JS seJ_C!orri sent 011+
h:i 1Js f'o" se•~vi C"P'"'S,
and j t ~- s kno"\-m that j t w;:i_s -0'.'1'..~t of +]10 0octnr-s. T -~ f'e tn P":i 'TP 1,,~ s
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them; 2.nr it is i ndj.c a.ter'1 f!.'0" 1 th p ''''~no ht'"'11si're - f'6s1rJ.jor·1 -ir 1..r1!-i ·::'' .,,_,""
extended these u rivi l ages~ th8t thP Y11 Tr1i'P" o+' j Dst·1r1rps -'s ""l"JY'P +- 1,.,".1 -,,,
had been talked- abo u t. - Whi le his dee}) :I.nterest in necljc::ln2 ~nc~ con+::i rn1"1l ~'"1n 1~r::o + ·'n n
to his profession, occnp:l e\1 a1rnost ~-11 1-:ii s t} Tn_e; mo1"8 PSDP' 0 _, ~,,-i-,T ~ r
the early years of practice; he baa ~ i1rjr~ ~ js life ot~P" con"P~~ s
which we:i:>e de s:i gned for the DU bl :i c welf:::i ..,.,e Pe 1-,~r~ ci.n ::1 ,.,.,nort V" n + Nl''t
in the bu il ding of t11e Pe a ce .oridf!,e, g n c1 1-, 8.S a n~ "l'.'ector 0 1"' -t 1"P T."n,·t
Erie eridge Company.
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v.,.,e,.r to '1'11R +_i1ri t".r, "l"r h,.,n11 f"h+.
children into tre wo~_~10. Tl1e snlenC!ifl sui-,.,ti- :Ir \.rh-ich 1--ip
constituted hinself, a sort of guc:trdi.a:'l of ti..,e "8nh1-ic heqJ+ti, -in +_'ho
early days; is illnstrat:Jve of thP u!'J6le +;eno-" of 'l.-ijs lif'0. np u:::is
not emotional , or !lloved to :'.._mpuls:ve action ~e u-'i_S s~1"'r:le-n11-rn0cpr'l,
& so!netimes tert~. He w-as so1mn a:'lci soli ,"'! 8_na ne~re,.., k:rov'!'l to 1"()"' "'-i t
a mean action.
f'.l:e
wa..tched over p:er:.er2_ 1::i ons 2. s t:'he:v
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One of his "'lery goo..-~ fI'ienos 1JhO kne1r h~m fo~1 fift'T ypp.-rs, t8l1"er~
of the gap wh:i ch M. s pas s:i ng left ~L n the li +-e of h:l s f'Y'i e,,.,ri s.
n There j snr t anyway
of f:i llh·,g tre nlar:e re 1ef't f'o~ i1s" ,,.,"" s
said, n for younz 1J"""'Y-l'1.P , yes :r"',ayl)e,; hut von can't 1 \:no1-r ;:i T'"~_n
for fifty years 'i:ike·Dt.'-Tongl.::i.s; anr lose h::irri, ~-rJt''1-niit 1-iif' +:::0 1_,.;,,.,ri:
some part of you away ·wit'"l hj;'1. n 11 One of 11"'t11r>es nohle-rien'' J8S i-,~~Â
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estimate of Dr.
Dougl~s.
The funeral took pl':i.ce last ''lor,da'-r; proceer3jnP: tn St:. P~nl 1 s
Church for the servii:?.es at 2.30. Inte:i:'nnient qt St. ?a1Jl' s re -netP-r'r.
It was largely attenflen, "'Ot only 1Jv t":.P Ioc2l neo1JJe, h11t- h;r
prominent res:ldents of the co11nty, "'.nn KUffalo.
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The pallbeare:i."'s were;;; v. F. i.·Tjllso"\'l: 'fo~'l""" te1 . rj s: P.''1. i;_,.-..,,hpri
J.O. Clarke: E.L. Raney: 2.na A.T. Elljot. '!'l~eI'P ·;,rers- "'18.Y1"''
beaut5ful tri,outes, '1T1.011g them njeces f-ro"'l t.1'le r:i1m5ciu;:iJ!.jt;r,of T'o-rt
Erie, and the Peace l:lrj dge c'1 i rector2 •
T~1e doctor is not :oervj ver1 hy any
cl o f' e r e-i.. a
nev"'.:lr married; ana tFo consins res:lnent jn ~o~onto,
"Tes • 1-1 o
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rp~ppp+
living kin.
Will of Dr. Doi..:_lgas 1~. mJnher of r1:inor neonests (~,0.0'10 '\ !'.1.,,e ~1 1~
that i·dll be dednctefl fron rds est;:ite~ t''"e ~"e-rna:rnf'Y' es+::l -.o;:itpc'l ,:it
1Jetween ~- 250.000 & 300.000 , 5 s to -Se cont.0111?0 by "ol. r•1_~.,, 1rr>
Raymond of "1tielJand; ·;,rho vj 1_1 be resD0;1sP'le f'o,., t'hP 1'-inj1r1r.g r:if' +-hp
Hospital in Fort Erie.
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Th.e actL1al
a.T!lOlJ11t
of
t~1e
estate left
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flr.
~01Jgl;'=l.P.
jf 600.000.
Informo.t:ion on Dr. Willi ci.m Jlougl2s::: frm•1
Review.
Sept.
19?9.
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�Dr. Douglas along with a great amount of property in town,
left to him by his mother, owned the hill top property on
~ertie st., where he had hoped to build a new home.
He purchased the stone from -l:;he Essellbier Quarry off of
the Dm~ini on Rd.-, (later INindmill point· Quarry) and had it
placed on the hill just south of Bertie St. It lay here for
many years, and in 1929 Charlie Glenny and Mr. Tait who were
working on plans for the new Presbyterian Church approached
Dr. Douglas with the intention of buying th~ stone. Although
he was,near ninety at the time, Dr. Douglas declined the offer
saying that he had planned to build his new home with it.
After his death, the stone lay unused again for a number of
years, . until Fred Bown c?.me along i.11 1932, and built the lar C3
two story home that stands there to-day.
Information from Fred Bown.
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