Henry Septimus Beddome (March 21, 1830''England & Wales, Non-Conformist and Non-Parochial Registers, 1567-1970'' – March 24, 1881) was an English-Canadian physician and a

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employee. Henry was born in

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, to Protestant

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parents William Beddome and Eleanor Smith. He studied medicine at

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in London. He migrated to

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and became "Surgeon and Clerk" at

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for five years starting in 1852. After this term, he traveled to the

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where he met and married Frances Omand. In 1859, the family returned to York Factory for another five-year contract. Beddome and his family returned to Red River in 1864 where he established a practice and a permanent residence near St Andrew's Church. It is said that when

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went into hiding in 1870, Beddome may have concealed him for a time. Henry Beddome and fellow doctors, including

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and

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were the founders of the Medical Health Board of Manitoba which was incorporated in 1871 and became the

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in 1877. Beddome died at

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, and was buried at St Andrew's Church in Manitoba.

References

External links

Biography at the ''Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online''

''Manitoba Historical Society - Henry Septimus Beddome''
{{DEFAULTSORT:Beddome, Henry Septimus 1830 births 1881 deaths Medical doctors from London 19th-century Canadian physicians English emigrants to pre-Confederation Canada Immigrants to pre-Confederation Manitoba