Col Dr Frank Hamilton MEWBURN

1858 - 1929  (70 years)

• Name	Frank Hamilton MEWBURN
  Title	Col Dr
  Born	5 Mar 1858	Ontario, Canada
  Gender	Male
  Census3	1861	Stamford, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Census5	1881	Montreal, Quebec, Canada   [2]
  Census6	1891	Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada   [3]
  Census 3	1901	Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada   [4]
  Census7	1901	Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada   [4]
  Census 8	1906	Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada   [5]
  Occupation	physician; soldier, Lieut-Col; university professor
  Died	29 Jan 1929	Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
  Buried	1 Feb 1929	Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
  Person ID	I655	Mewburn
  Last Modified	9 Mar 2024

  
  

  Father	Dr Francis Clarke MEWBURN,   b. 4 Apr 1817, Whitby, Yorkshire, England ,   d. 30 Jul 1908, Toronto, Ontario, Canada  (Age 91 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Henrietta Tonge SHOTTER,   b. Abt Aug 1823, Sittingbourne, Kent, England ,   d. 31 Dec 1904, Toronto, Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 81 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Married	25 Jul 1841	Stamford, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  Family ID	F517	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Louisa Augusta NELSON,   b. 30 May 1850, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada ,   d. 23 Mar 1937, Toronto, Ontario, Canada  (Age 86 years)
  Married	14 Dec 1887	Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
  Children	1. Col Dr Frank Hastings Hamilton "Hank" MEWBURN,   b. 6 Sep 1888, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada ,   d. 4 Sep 1954, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada  (Age 65 years)  [natural]   2. Hellen Chilton MEWBURN,   b. 1 Jul 1891, Alberta, Canada ,   d. Aft 1954  (Age > 64 years)  [natural]   3. Lieutenant Arthur Fenwick MEWBURN,   b. 29 Oct 1893, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada ,   d. Oct 1957, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada  (Age 63 years)  [natural]
  Last Modified	9 Mar 2024
  Family ID	F368	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Census3 - 1861 - Stamford, Ontario, Canada Married - 14 Dec 1887 - Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada Census6 - 1891 - Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada Census 3 - 1901 - Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada Census7 - 1901 - Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada Census 8 - 1906 - Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada Died - 29 Jan 1929 - Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Buried - 1 Feb 1929 - Edmonton, Alberta, Canada  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Qualified as a doctor at McGill University in 1880. London Gazette 1916 "Can. A.M.C. Maj. F.H. Mewburn to be temp. Lt.-Col., 3 Aug. 1916" Awarded OBE Note there is much evidence from border crossings and emigration records that he travelled a lot.

  
  

• Sources

  [S336] Census returns. 1861. Canada, (Name: Name: Name: Name: Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; Location: Provo, Utah, USA; Date: 2009;;;;), 1861, Stamford, Welland, Canada West. Ref: roll C-1081; page 59. "Frank C Mewburn, MD, born England, C of E, 44, mar, 2-story frame house Henrietta Mewburn, born England, C of E, 36, mar Isabel M Mewburn, born Upper Canada, C of E, 19 Arthur Mewburn, born Upper Canada, C of E, 16 Annie Mewburn, born Upper Canada, C of E, 14 Lloyd T Mewburn, born Upper Canada, C of E, 12 Spencer W Mewburn, born Upper Canada, C of E, 7 Frank H Mewburn, born Upper Canada, C of E, 3 Isabel McKay, servant, born Ireland, RC, 25" [S63] Census returns. 1881. Canada, (Name: Name: Name: Name: Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; Location: Provo, Utah, USA; Date: 2009;;;;), 1881, Ste Antoine, Montreal, Quebec. Ref: 90 H 5 p34 household 132. "Francis C. Mewburn, born c1816, England, aged 65, physician, mar, CoE Henrietta Mewburn, born c1831, England, aged 50, mar, CoE Annie Mewburn, born c1848, Ontario, aged 33, CoE Frank H.Mewburn, born c1858, Ontario, aged 23, CoE" [S457] Census returns. 1891. Canada, (Name: Name: Name: Name: Ancestry.com ; Location: Provo, Utah, USA; Date: 2008;;;;), 1891, Lethbridge, Alberta, Territories. Ref: roll T-6425; family 216. "Mewburn, Frank, 33, Ontario, father England, mother England, C.E., doctor Mewburn, Louise, 32, P.E.I., father England, mother England, C.E. Mewburn, Frank, 2, Alberta, father Ontario, mother P.E.I. Mewburn, Helen, 10mo, Alberta, father Ontario, mother P.E.I. McKean, Jane, 80, dom servant" [S313] Census returns. 1901. Canada, (Name: Name: Name: Name: Ancestry.com ; Location: Provo, Utah, USA; Date: 2006;;;;), 1901, Lethbridge, Alberta. "Household 87 Mewburn, F.H., head, mar, born 05 Mar 1858, 43 Mewburn, L.A., wife, mar, born 30 May 1858, 42 Mewburn, Hastings. son, born 06 Sep 1888, 12 Mewburn, Hellen, dau, born 01 Jul 1891, 9 Mewburn, Arthur, son, born 28 Oct 1893, 7" [S28] Census returns. 1906. Canada of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta, (Name: Name: Name: Name: Ancestry.com; Location: Provo, Utah, USA; Date: 2006;;;;), 1906, Lethbridge, Alberta. "Household 353 Mewburn, Frank H, head, mar, 48 Mewburn, Louisa A, wife mar, 45 Mewburn, Harding, son, single, 18 Mewburn, Helen C. dau, single, 16 Mewburn, Arthur F., son, 14 Kee, Selma, servant, single, 15" [S16] Marriages (PR) Canada. Collection: Marriage Notices of Ontario, 1813-1854, Reid, William D., (Name: Name: Name: Name: Hunterdon House; Date: 1980;;;;), Reid's Marriage Notices, p.163. "ibid. At St John's Church, Stamford, on Sunday, July 25th, Dr. Francis Clarke Mewburn, of Weston, near Toronto, to Henrietta Tonge, daughter of Spencer Wood Shotter, of Waverly Farm, and Formerly of Sittingbourne, Kent, England"