Physician.
Born at Dunrossness, Shetland Islands, Scotland in August 1853, son of Benjamin Nightingale Haworth and Annie M. Baillie, he attended Woodhouse Grove near Leeds, England then he worked in England until 1881 when he emigrated to Manitoba and took up a homestead that he worked for three years.
He then moved to Winnipeg and graduated from the Manitoba Medical College, graduating in 1892 with a master of surgery as well as doctorate of medicine. He established a medical practice at Belmont, moving six months later to MacGregor. In 1907 he took postgraduate training at Cincinnati, Ohio. In addition to his practice, he served as health officer and coroner for the area, and physician and surgeon for the Canadian Pacific Railway.
In April 1897, he married Catherine Hyder (c1865-1906) and they had three children: Norman Haworth, Gladys Nightingale Haworth, and Leonard Haworth. After his wife died, he married Gertrude Alice Runacres (?-?) in February 1907 and they had four children: Enid Gertrude Roberta Haworth, Kingsley Robert William Haworth, Ivy Gerbert Haworth, and Iris Mergert Winnifred Haworth. He was a member of the Manitoba Medical Association, Canadian Medical Association, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta, and Odd Fellows.
He died at Vancouver, British Columbia on 6 April 1932 and was buried in the Ocean View Burial Park at Burnaby.
Death registration [Catherine Haworth], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
The Story of Manitoba by F. H. Schofield, Winnipeg: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1913.
Death registration [Robert James Haworth], British Columbia Vital Statistics.
“Veteran medical practitioner dies,” Vancouver Daily Province, 7 April 1932, page 1.
We thank Darryl Toews for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 25 May 2024
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