Dr. William Hall Brydon
1880 - 1962

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• Prefix	Dr.
  Birth	1 Dec 1880	King Twp., York Co., Ontario, Canada
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1911	Brampton, Peel Co., Ontario, Canada
  Died	1 Oct 1962	Brampton, Peel Co., Ontario, Canada
  Buried	Brampton Cemetery, Brampton, Peel Co., Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I16	Brydon family tree
  Last Modified	25 Aug 2010

  
  

  Father	William Brydon,   b. 15 May 1850, King Twp., York Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 24 Nov 1884
  Mother	Margaret Hall,   b. 1850,   d. 10 Jan 1882
  Married	19 Mar 1879	King Twp., York Co., Ontario, Canada
  Family ID	F5	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Ethel Dale,   b. 17 Mar 1893, Brampton, Peel Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 27 Apr 1943, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  Married	29 Apr 1914	Peel Co., Ontario, Canada
  Children	> 1. Margaret Elizabeth Brydon,   b. 25 Jul 1916,   d. 11 Mar 2006, Brampton, Peel Co., Ontario, Canada > 2. William Henry Brydon,   b. 1918, Brampton, Peel Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 4 Aug 1999, Huntsville, Ontario, Canada > 3. Thomas Dale Brydon,   b. 27 Dec 1919, Brampton, Peel Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 7 Sep 1961, Toronto, Ontario, Canada > 4. Kate Dale Brydon,   b. 11 Sep 1921, Brampton, Peel Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 21 Jun 1987, Toronto, Ontario, Canada   5. Edward Dale Brydon,   b. 15 May 1924,   d. 26 Apr 1945, Lubeck, Germany > 6. Ethel Dale Brydon > 7. Roberta Hall Brydon,   b. 20 Sep 1935,   d. 28 Feb 1998
  Last Modified	25 Aug 2010
  Family ID	F12	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Event Birth - 1 Dec 1880 - King Twp., York Co., Ontario, Canada Residence - 1911 - Brampton, Peel Co., Ontario, Canada Married - 29 Apr 1914 - Peel Co., Ontario, Canada Died - 1 Oct 1962 - Brampton, Peel Co., Ontario, Canada Buried - - Brampton Cemetery, Brampton, Peel Co., Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
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• Photos		gorge_1916sm.jpg Dr Brydon with children and nanny at the Gorge near Sundridge, Ontario
  		Dr. William Brydon One writer had estimated that in 53 years of practise Dr. Brydon had delivered 2000 babies and by spring 1960 had been on duty 96,725 days.
  		Dr. William Hall Brydon

  
  

  Documents

  Brydon - Dale Wm Brydon, Ethel Dale marriage cert.

  
  

  Headstones

  Brydon Dr. William Hall Brydon

  
  

  Histories

  Buddies of my grandad This'd probably be Peel County late 1920's (judging by the car). Dr William Hall Brydon is cropped out of this shot. W.A. Beatty is standing second from left.

  
  

  Newspapers		95 fliers reported dead The Toronto Star newspaper prints RCAF official casualty lists. Edward Brydon, previously missing, now killed
  		"after a fornight in the wild" Dr. William Brydon and the Brampton hunting party

  
  

• Notes

  Orphaned before the age of five, he was brought up by his aunts, Elizabeth, Isabella and Catherine Hall. William attended the one room Crawford school, west of Linton in King twp., about 40 rods from the Hall family home. His junior matriculation was at the Woodbridge High School and his senior at the Annette St. school in West Toronto. To earn money for college he taught public school both at his old Crawford school then at Coventry in Peel County, about four miles from the Hall house. His first year's salary was $250. He injured a knee in a game of rugby in Brampton that kept him from playing football in college. He graduated with a Bachelor of Medicine from the University of Toronto 1907. He started practising medicine in Brampton in 1907 at the practise of his uncle, Dr. William Hall. His photo albums show him on outings with Ethel Dale in 1912. He drove throughout Peel County to do house calls in his Model T Ford. His hand was broken while cranking a balky engine that kicked back. He was active in community affairs. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge and the Rotary Club. He was a staunch supporter of the Liberal Party. 1931, he won awards at the Can. National Exhibition for his standard bred horses. 1933, In August he purchased the Brampton Dairy in partnership with R.W. Lowry 1934, June 11: He was treating Rev. Ewan Macdonald, husband of Lucy Maud Montgomery, with an "Electric head treatment". Electricity was thought to be very beneficial then. He was appointed Peel County coroner in February 1936. In 1946 he was made a lifetime member of the Ontario Medical Association. In 1950 Dr. Brydon instituted the Brydon award, a diamond ring to be awarded to the physician in District 5 of the OMA who has made an outstanding contribution to medicine. Also in 1950 he donated a bell to Grace United Church in memory of his son Ted who was killed in the last year of World War 2. One writer had estimated that in 53 years of practise Dr. Brydon had delivered 2000 babies and been on duty 96,725 days as of Mar. 28, 1960.