FAMILY  FOLIAGE.

Edgar William Allin  (1875 ~ 1933)

 

4.10.8. Eighth child of Jane Elford and Samuel Allin, Edgar William Allin, was born September 14, 1875, in Providence, Darlington Twp., Durham Co., Ontario.  

  He married Rose Mary Kember, daughter of Charles Kember and Fanny Deverill, September 8, 1906, in Randwick, Gloucestershire, England, U.K. and had five children: 

 

• (4.10.8.1)  Eardley Samuel  (1907 ~ 1986)    

• (4.10.8.2)  Leila Margaret  (1908 ~ 1932)    

• (4.10.8.3)  Marjorie Louise  (1910 ~ 2008)    

• (4.10.8.4)  Rosalind Mary Elizabeth  (1914 ~ 2004)    

• (4.10.8.5)  Dorothy Beatrice  (1917 ~ 1978)    

 

  Edgar W. Allin died July 15, 1933, aged 57 years, and Rose Mary Kember Allin died May 13, 1932, aged 57 years in Edmonton, Alberta and are interred at Edmonton Cemetery.

 

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Dr. E. W. Allin Dies of Stroke

Operated on Patient Friday - 

Dies After Drive in Counrty - 

Collapses at Wheel of Motor Car

 

From an Edmonton paper we find the following reference to the sudden passing of a former well-known Bowmanville boy:

  Dr. Edgar William Allin, 57, of 8820 111 St., vice president of the Commercial Life Assurance Company, died as the result of a stroke early Saturday morning, July 15, 1933.

  Dr. Allin had worked late Friday, returning to his office from a city hospital where he had performed an operation at 7:30 p.m.  Following this he went for a drive in the country, returning to his south side home at about 1 a.m. He collapsed at the wheel of his car as he reached his home.

  Recognized as one of the leading surgeons of western Canada, Dr. Allin has been a resident of Edmonton since 1909. He was a director of the Commercial Life Assurance Company.

  He was born in Bowmanville, Ont., on September 14, 1875, being sixth son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Allin of Providence, Darlington Township. He attended Bowmanville High School. He received degrees of M.D. and C.M. at Trinity Medical College of Toronto and in 1903 he became a member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England and licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians, London.

  After taking his examinations in London he spent four years in resident hospital work there, ending with a year at the Prince of Wales hospital. From 1908 to 1909 he acted as surgeon for the Toronto Orthopedic hospital.

  In 1915 he became a fellow of the American College of Surgeons and was honored with the vice presidency of that body in 1916. He has served as president of the Edmonton Academy of Medicine and Alberta Medical Association.

  In May, 1932, death paid a tragic visit to Dr. Allin’s home. His wife, and daughter, Miss Leila Allin, 23, died within eight hours.

  A few weeks ago, Dr. Allin received word that his son, Dr. Eardley S. Allin had passed the final examination of the Royal College of Surgeons at London.  Dr. Allin, junior, left Edmonton last September to take post-graduate work in London after he had served a year as house surgeon at Toronto General Hospital.  

  Dr. Allin was a member of the Rotary Club since 1929.

  Besides Dr. Eardley Allin, Dr. Allin is survived by three daughters, Marjorie, Rosalind and Dorothy. He leaves five brothers, Messrs. Albert H., John E., Wesley R. and S. Charles Allin, all of Bowmanville and Dr. Norman Allin, Edmonton, Alta., and one sister, Miss Annie Allin of Bowmanville.

Worthy Tribute.

  The recent death of Dr. Edgar Allin of Edmonton, Alberta, prompts me through the columns of The Statesman, to pay a tribute to the great life he has lived here during the past twenty-four. He was a great surgeon, taking his place among the leaders in Canadian surgery. His worth however was not merely in his technical skill but in the great soul behind it.  He was one of that group of students in Trinity Medical College, Toronto, of about thirty-five years ago who caught the fire of Christian missions. There was Stephenson, Wrinch, Service, Rush, Crawford, Smith and Allin. They were leaders in the Young People’s Forward Movement for Missions and were closely connected with the Student Volunteer Movement.  Service of West China, Crawford of Calgary, Smith and Allin of Edmonton have recently died.  I have been privileged to know all these men and of their great Christian work and although I was in attendance at Bowmanville High School with Dr. Allin it is as a member of this group that I think of him. He was a big brother to man, before being a medical doctor. He was always seeing chances of doing kind things. His energy was boundless—for others. His early demise was probably due to the fact that burning was ever the price of his shining. Let Bowmanville and Darlington cherish the memory of their great son.

J. F. Berry

Coronation, Alta., July 19, 1933. Bowmanville Statesman, July 27, 1933. 

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MOTHER AND DAUGHTER CALLED BY DEATH WITHIN EIGHT HOURS

 

Wife and Daughter of Dr. Edgar W. Allin, 

Edmonton, Alta.,

Native of Durham County

 

Removing mother and daughter with a few hours, death paid a tragic visit to the home of Dr. Edgar W. Allin, 8820 111 St., Edmonton, Alta., Friday, May 13, 1932. His wife died suddenly of a stroke at 4 p.m. and about midnight Miss Leila Allin, 23, succumbed to an illness from which she had been suffering for some time. It is believed the strain and worry of her daughter’s illness brought on the attack that resulted in Mrs. Allin’s death.

  Miss Allin had been in a serious condition for about a fortnight.  Apparently in good health, Mrs. Allin prepared her husband’s luncheon Friday noon. Dr. Allin returned to his office and about 4 p.m. the nurse attending Miss Allin telephoned him that Mrs. Allin had suffered a stroke. Dr. Allin hurriedly started to leave for his home but in a moment the nurse telephoned again to states that she believed Mrs. Allin had expired.

  About eight hours later, Miss Allin passed away, leaving the family to sorrow from its double bereavement.

  Mrs. Allin, who was 58 years of age, was born in England. Her maiden name was Rose Kember and she was a nurse in the Royal United Hospital at Bath, England.  As a young Canadian doctor, Dr. Allin was taking a post graduate course in the old country and their marriage culminated a romance that begin in the hospital where Dr. Allin was working.

Came Here 23 Years Ago.

  With her husband, Mrs. Allin came to Edmonton 23 years ago. She had not been in good health for some years but previously had been active in church and community work. She was a member of All Saints pro-cathedral.

  Miss Allin was a prominent member of the younger set in the city and was popular with her many friends.

  Dr. Allin os one of the most noted surgeons in western Canada and is vice president of the Commercial Life Assurance company.

Family of Four.

  Besides Dr. Allin, there survive in the family one son, Dr. Eardley Allin, Toronto, where he is engaged in hospital work, and three daughters, Marjorie, Rosalind and Dorothy. Mrs. Allin is survived by three sisters, Mrs. Thomas Hird and Mrs. P. B. Mortimer, of Edmonton, and Mrs. E. Elton, of Woking, England, and one brother, Harry Kember, also in England.

Double Funeral Service.

  With the solemn simplicity of the Anglican Church ritual the mother and daughter were carried to their grave together when the funreal services were held at All Saints’ Pro-Cathedral Tuesday afternoon.

  The church was banked high with flowers as the service opened, and it was crowded with members of the medical and nursing profession, as well as many relatives and intimate friends of the two deceased, who passed away within a few hours of each other last Friday.

  Rev. A. S. Tuttle, D.D., preached a short address and the balance of the service was taken by Canon Rev. Pierce Goulding. Hymns were “Abide With Me,” “And Now, O Father, Be Mindful of the Last.”

  Immediate relatives present were Dr. Edgar Allin; daughters, Misses Dorothy, Marjorie and Rosalind Allin; Dr. Eardley Allin, Toronto, a son; Mrs. Thomas Hird and Mrs. T. B. Mortimer, sister of the late Mrs. Allin; Mr. Albert H. Allin and Miss Annie Allin, Bowmanville.

 Interment was made in the Edmonton Cemetery—Edmonton Bulletin. Bowmanville Statesman, June 2, 1932.

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