Thomas Douglas Fawcett
ID # 2868, (1866-1896)
| Father | Thomas Fawcett (1840-1866) |
| Mother | Sarah Rosan Lawrason (1839-1927) |
| Birth | Thomas Douglas Fawcett was born on 13 March 1866 at St George, South Dumfries, Brant County. |
| Marriage | He married May Lafferty on 14 October 1891 at Hamilton, Ontario. Marriage reg. 013292-91 Hamilton, Wentworth County Thomas Douglas Fawcett, 25, bachelor, dentist. Born St. George, residing London. Parents Thomas and Sarah Fawcett. Episcopal (?). May Lafferty, 22, spinster, born West Flamboro, residing Hamilton. Parents James and Mary Lafferty. Methodist. Witnesses J. and Eunice Lawrason, St. George. On October 14, 1891, at Hamilton. Clergyman G.W. Kerby. Eunice Freeman Lawrason appears in the 1891 census in Hamilton living with the Laffertys. It says that she was a cousin. John Purvis Lawrason and Eunice Freeman were married a few days before Thomas and May, on the 9th of October, 1891. |
| Death | He died on 19 May 1896 at Hamilton at age 30. |
| Burial | He was buried at Hamilton Cemetery. |
| Note | Death reg. 021792-96 Hamilton, Wentworth Co. Thomas D. Fawcett, died 19 May 1896 at Hamilton, Ontario. Dentist, born St. George. Age 30. Tubercolosis. The 22 May 1896 issue of the Brantford Expositor states that Thomas was buried in Hamilton Cemetery. It refers to his sister, Mrs. Reid, as living in Peoria, Illinois, at the time. The article gives no names, but tells that he leaves a wife, child and mother. It also suggests that he grew up in Brantford, but census information shows him living in St. George in both 1871 and 1881. Thomas receives a writeup on page 432 of The Canadian Album, Men of Canada, etc., Vol. 1, edited by Rev. Wm. Cochrane, Bradley, Garretson & Co., Brantford, 1891. This includes an attractive photo of the man. It tells of his birth in St. George and that he was a dentist and mentions that his father, also a dentist and who died in 1866. At the time of this article, Thomas was living in London, Ontario, and it states that his mother was living with him. It mentions that he was the grandson of the Rev. Thomas Fawcett. Young Thomas's date of birth is given as 13 March 1866. If correct, then he was almost certainly born in the month following his father's death. The article includes his mention to 'Miss May', the daughter of James Lafferty of Hamilton, Ontario. His education is discussed and the writer foretells a glowing career for Thomas. This would no doubt have been the case had Thomas not contracted tuberculosis. Thomas' death registration, as shown above, gives the cause of his death as 'tubercolosis'. This is one of the earlier uses of the term, for up to this time the word 'consumption' was mainly used. ('Phthisis' is sometimes found.) In those early days, tuberculosis must have been of near epidemic proportions if death registrations are anything to go by and must surely have been the main cause of premature death in adult men and women. |
| Last Edited | 7 Apr 2022 |