My Miller and Mather ancestors, their friends, neighbours and associates.
Abt 1805 - 1894 (~ 88 years)| 1. | Dr. Joseph Workman was born about May 1805 in Ireland; died on 13 Apr 1894 in Toronto (York), Toronto Municipality, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Toronto Necropolis Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Other Events and Attributes:
Notes: Superintendent of the toronto insane asylum from 1854 - 1875 responsible for cleaning up the "hell hole" Dr. Joseph Workman (May 26, 1805-April 15, 1894), known as the "Father of Canadian Psychiatry," was in 1845 the principal founder of the First Unitarian Congregation of Toronto. He largely wrote the church's constitution which affirms "the free exercise of private judgment in all matters of belief" and provides that "females" were to "exercise the same privileges as. . . males. Workman taught high school while he studied medicine at McGill University. After his graduation in 1835 he was for ten years a hardware merchant in Toronto. From 1846-53 he practiced family medicine and taught at Dr. Rolph's School of Medicine in Toronto. During this period he served as City Alderman, helped to establish a Hospital for poor immigrants, guided a Royal Commission which established the University College, Canada's first secular college, and served as the first Chair of the Board of Education. Workman fought for free, non-sectarian, yet Christian education, which in his view should not include any imposed ritual, such as daily recitations of the Lord's Prayer. He wrote, "The first step in any educational process is to inculcate in the mind of youth the great principles of honesty, truth, benevolence, loyalty to just authority and withstanding of tyranny and oppression of any sort. Next is to be placed the acquirement of that knowledge necessary to our immediate comforts and interests; and after that, accomplishments and refinements." He said that the exclusion of women "from the study of the more profound branches of literature and science" savored of "barbarism," though women should, of course, not neglect the study of "plum pudding," "the darning needle [and] the smoothing iron." A social reformer, Workman advocated publicly financed aid for the poor, extension of the franchise, and women's rights. In his many articles he showed concern for poverty, poor health care, alcoholism, and especially fetal alcohol syndrome and infant mortality. Working as a forensic expert, he denounced capital punishment. Workman served by appointment as Superintendent of the Provincial Lunatic Asylum (1853-75). He advocated kindness to the mentally ill and sought in them "that spark of humanity which dwells in each of us." Workman fought to end asylum staffing systems based on political patronage, promoted healthier living conditions for asylum inmates, and initiated an internship program for future psychiatrists. His establishment of the framework of asylum management in Canada brought many international speaking engagements and honours. Joseph married Elizabeth Wasnidge about 1835. Elizabeth was born about 1813 in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England; died on 16 May 1885 in Toronto (York), Toronto Municipality, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Toronto Necropolis Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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| 2. | William Workman  (1.Joseph1) was born about 1836; died on 21 Jun 1895. Other Events and Attributes:
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| 3. | Fredrick Michael Workman (1.Joseph1) was born about 1838; died on 20 Jun 1887. Other Events and Attributes:
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| 4. | Matthew Francis Workman (1.Joseph1) was born about 1840; died about 1840. Other Events and Attributes:
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| 5. | Joseph Workman (1.Joseph1) was born about 1841; died on 9 Jul 1904. Other Events and Attributes:
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| 6. | Benjamin Workman (1.Joseph1) was born about 1843; died about 1844. Other Events and Attributes:
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| 7. | Anna Corinna Workman (1.Joseph1) was born about 1845; died on 6th Jun 1922. Other Events and Attributes:
Family/Spouse: Kennedy. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
| 8. | Catherine Workman (1.Joseph1) was born about 1848; died about 1849. Other Events and Attributes:
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| 9. | Thomas Workman (1.Joseph1) was born on 8 Dec 1850 in Toronto (York), Toronto Municipality, Ontario, Canada; died on 20 Apr 1938 in Ottawa, Carleton County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Ottawa, Carleton County, Ontario, Canada. Other Events and Attributes:
Notes: FindaGrave Memorial ID: Family/Spouse: Lillie Van Camp. Lillie (daughter of Louis "Lewis" Van Camp and Susan Haight) was born on 7 Apr 1858; died on 3 Feb 1931 in Ottawa, Carleton County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Ottawa, Carleton County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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| 10. | Florence Workman (1.Joseph1) was born about 1852; died on 4 Jan 1910. Other Events and Attributes:
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| 11. | Alfred Workman (1.Joseph1) was born about 1857; died about 1858. Other Events and Attributes:
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| 12. | Alexander Workman (9.Thomas2, 1.Joseph1) was born on 29 Oct 1881 in Ottawa, Carleton County, Ontario, Canada; died on 28 Jun 1956 in Ottawa, Carleton County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Ottawa, Carleton County, Ontario, Canada. Other Events and Attributes:
Notes: FindaGrave Memorial ID: Family/Spouse: Embil Gemmill Bond. Embil (daughter of Joseph Bond and Martha E. Gemmill) was born on 16 Feb 1891 in Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 7 Nov 1956 in Ottawa, Carleton County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Ottawa, Carleton County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
| 13. | Thomas Oswald Workman (9.Thomas2, 1.Joseph1) was born on 17 Nov 1885 in Ottawa, Carleton County, Ontario, Canada; died on 1 Aug 1963 in Ottawa, Carleton County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Ottawa, Carleton County, Ontario, Canada. Other Events and Attributes:
Notes: FindaGrave Memorial ID: Family/Spouse: Annie Tracy McIntyre. Annie (daughter of Duncan Lloyd McIntyre and Mary Anne Robinson "Annie" Tracy) was born on 13 Oct 1886 in Winnipeg, Greater Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; died on 17 Feb 1918 in Ottawa, Carleton County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Ottawa, Carleton County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
| 14. | Winnifred Workman (9.Thomas2, 1.Joseph1) was born on 12 Feb 1886 in Ottawa, Carleton County, Ontario, Canada; died on 27 Mar 1961 in Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Ottawa, Carleton County, Ontario, Canada. Other Events and Attributes:
Notes: FindaGrave Memorial ID: Family/Spouse: Robert Kellock Gemmell. Robert (son of Lawrence James Gemmell and Elizabeth Margaret Kellock) was born on 10 Mar 1886 in Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 27 Nov 1948 in Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Ottawa, Carleton County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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| 15. | Thomas Robert Gemmell (14.Winnifred3, 9.Thomas2, 1.Joseph1) was born on 9 Jul 1913 in Winnipeg, Greater Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; died on 27 Apr 1981 in Ashton, Goulbourn Twp, Carleton County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Pinecrest Cemetery, Ottawa Municipality, Ontario, Canada. Other Events and Attributes:
Notes: FindaGrave Memorial ID: Thomas married Edith Doris Mitchell about Aug 1945 in Dorset, Blandford District, England. Edith (daughter of Howard Vincent Mitchell and Editha Elizabeth Wood) was born about Dec 1910 in Woking Borough, Surrey, England; was buried in Pinecrest Cemetery, Ottawa Municipality, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
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