Physician and surgeon.
Born at Toronto, Ontario on 22 June 1859, he received his education there, graduating in the early 1880s from the University of Toronto. When he came west he first settled at Gladstone, later moving to High Bluff and then to Portage la Prairie, where he lived for over 30 years. He specialized in eye, ear, nose and throat diseases. He was a member of the first Executive Committee of the Manitoba Medical Association when it was formed in 1908, and later its President (1910-1911). He died at Portage la Prairie on 18 November 1918, after a lengthy illness, survived by his wife Grace Keele (1859-1936). He was buried in the St. Mary’s la Prairie Anglican Cemetery.
1901 Canada census, Automated Genealogy.
Death registration [Frank S. Keele], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
“Dr. F. S. Keele dead,” Manitoba Free Press, 18 November 1918. [Manitoba Legislative Library, Biographical Scrapbook B7]
Pioneers and Early Citizens of Manitoba, Winnipeg: Manitoba Library Association, 1971.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 7 February 2025
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