Local medical bottle Dr Bridgland Bracebridge Ontario

[RCO]

Great detail.
Confirming one item.....
With regard to "possibly the doctor's brother":
From census records:
1861: in Whitchurch, Samuel Bridgland, 41, b England, shoemaker, wife Johanna, 43, b England, children Samuel 14, Johanna 13, Elenor 9, Emelia 8, Mary 5, Henry 3. All of the children b Ontario. [Son Samuel the future doctor.]
1871: in Whitchurch, same players, ages 52, 53, 24, 22, 19, 17, 15, 13.
1881: in Bracebridge, Samuel 33, physician, wife Emma 32, Beatrice 2, Gertrude 1, [relationship not noted] Henry 22, druggist.
1891: in Bracebridge, Samuel 43, physician, wife Emma 41, Beatrice 12, Gertrude 10, Mona 1, brother H.B, 33, chemist.
1901: in Bracebridge, Samuel 53, Gen Med, wife Emma 52, Beatrice 22, Gertrude 21, Mona 12, brother Henry B. 42, druggist.

(Only discrepancy in these census records comes in 1891 when Samuel and Henry are noted, in error I think, to have been born in England -- all of the other censuses have them born in Ontario.)

Birthdates given in the 1901 census: for Samuel 31 Jul 1847, for Henry B. 10 Oct 1858.

So brother Henry B., druggist, was living with Samuel in every one of the 10 yr censuses, 1861-1901.
In the Directory of Deceased American Physicians, Samuel's "type of practice": Allopath

think I saw something about him in a local history book that I have but I've got so many not sure which one its in , but recall there being something about him in one of them

but will have to search around to find it

 

[Westlawn Bed & Breakfast]

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