Physician.
Born at Stirton, Peel County, Ontario in 1875, son of the Reverend Richard Hassard and Lucinda Van Valkenburg, he was educated at Markham, Uxbridge, and the University of Toronto, graduating from the latter in 1897. He was House Surgeon at the Children’s Hospital at Toronto and practised at Harrow, Ontario for thirteen years. He came to Portage la Prairie in 1913.
In 1904, he married Millie Rose (1883-1954) and they had a daughter, Marion Rose Hassard (1910-1997, wife of Hugh John Kennedy). He served on the Portage School Board and was President of the Liberal Association of Portage la Prairie. He was a member of the Ontario Medical Association, Manitoba Medical Association, Masons (Harrow Lodge), IOOF (Past Noble Grand), and Methodist church.
He died in November 1944 and was buried in the North Ridge Cemetery at Kingsville, Ontario.
Pioneers and Prominent People of Manitoba, Winnipeg: Canadian Publicity Company, 1925.
“Death takes Dr. Hassard,” Windsor Star, 13 November 1944, page 3.
“Mrs. G. Hassard rites Tuesday,” Windsor Star, 16 August 1954, page 2.
Obituary [Marion Rose Hassard Kennedy], Windsor Star, 8 November 1997, page 8.
We thank Darryl Toews for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
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