Physician and surgeon.
Born at Five Islands, Nova Scotia on 26 November 1877, son of Benjamin Meek (?-1905) and Jeanne Ella Meek (1851-1933), he and his family came to Virden in 1885. He was educated at Manitoba College and the Manitoba Medical College then began a medical practice at Altona in 1901 where he was also the medical health officer. On 15 October 1902, he married Hattie Louise Higginbotham (?-1969) at Virden and they had a daughter. He was a member of the Assiniboia Club, Canadian Club, AF & AM, Odd Fellows, Liberal party, and Presbyterian church. His recreations included hockey and football. During the First World War, he served as a Lieutenant with the Canadian Army Medical Corps, attached to the 95th Saskatchewan Rifles. He was killed in France on 30 May 1918.
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Manitoba Medical College (750-770 Bannatyne Avenue, Winnipeg)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Manitoba College War Memorial
Marriage registration [Ethelbert Eldridge Meek, Hattie Louise Higginbotham], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Who’s Who in Western Canada: A Biographical Dictionary of Notable Living Men and Women of Western Canada, Volume 1, edited by C. W. Parker, Vancouver: Canadian Press Association, 1911.
“Dead in France,” The Morning Leader, 4 June 1918, page 9.
Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.
We thank Darryl Toews for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 5 May 2024
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