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The historic
and
sandstone
mansion
built in
1904 by one
of Canada's
most
brilliant
surgeons,
Dr. Frank
Richardson
England,
(1862-1942)
and his
wife, Grace
Octavia
Ritchie,
(1868-1948)
the first
woman to
received a
degree in
medicine in
Quebec. Both
worked at
Western
Hospital,
which today
houses the
Montreal
Children's
Hospital.
Mrs. England
was perhaps
even more
remarkable
than her
husband:
Valedictorian
of the first
class of
women to
graduate
from McGill
University
in 1888, she
went to
study
medicine at
Bishop's
when McGill
refused to
allow a
woman to
enter what
was then a
men's
profession.
She set up
private
practice on
Bishop
Street,
campaigned
for women's
suffrage,
legal reform
and
compulsory
education,
and was the
first woman
candidate
fielded by
the federal
Liberals. |
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The England
house was
designed by
Robert
Findlay, the
same
architect
responsible
for the
house next
door at 1424
Bishop. The
Dr. David
Fraser Gurd
Residence.
"The front
is of red
sandstone,
tastefully
carved.
Inside the
finish is of
the finest,
and the
house is an
exceedingly
comfortable
one,"
reported the
Montreal
Herald. "The
study and
the
patient's
waiting room
are well
fitted up." |
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Eating
and Drinking
Emporium
Located in a
historic
turn of the
century
stone
mansion
McKibbin's
has quickly
developed a
reputation
of being
Montreal's
eating and
drinking
emporium.
Situated at
1426 Bishop
Street,
named after
the
McKibbin's
from
Ireland. |
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Fighting Albert
Albert McKibbin fought with
General Kitchener in
Khartoum, died shortly
thereafter of yellow fever
on his return. His son,
George, emigrated to Canada
in 1912 with his family
aboard the Lusitania. Ethel
McKibbin, the eldest
daughter, was saved by the
cook during the voyage as
she crawled underneath the
railing. |
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Lusitania Torpedoed
(The Lusitania was the first
passenger liner to be
torpedoed by a German
Submarine in World War II)
The McKibbin's were due to
take the Titanic but Ruth
McKibbin (the youngest
daughter) was ill thus
postponing the trip by one
week. Look around the pub
for family relics. |
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