AIKINS, WILLIAM THOMAS, physician and medical educator; b. 5 June 1827 in Toronto Township, Upper Canada, son of James Eakins and Ann Cox; m. first 7 Oct. 1851 Louisa Adelia Piper (d. 1863), daughter of Hiram Piper, in Toronto, and they had six children; m. there secondly 4 May 1865 Lydia Ann Piper, sister of Louisa, and they had four children; d. 24 May 1897 in Toronto.
James and Ann Eakins left their native Ireland in 1816 for Philadelphia and in 1820 came to Toronto Township. There they raised six children, of whom William Thomas Aikins was the fourth, the third of four boys. (The sons would later sign their name Aikins.) A wealthy farmer and a devout Wesleyan, James in 1843 sent William, as he did his other sons, to Victoria College, Cobourg. He also paid for the medical training that William began in 1845 or 1846, most likely at Dr John Rolph*'s Toronto School of Medicine. Although licensed to practise on 16 April 1849, William enrolled that October at the renowned Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia, from which he received an MD in March 1850.
James and Ann Eakins left their native Ireland in 1816 for Philadelphia and in 1820 came to Toronto Township. There they raised six children, of whom William Thomas Aikins was the fourth, the third of four boys. (The sons would later sign their name Aikins.) A wealthy farmer and a devout Wesleyan, James in 1843 sent William, as he did his other sons, to Victoria College, Cobourg. He also paid for the medical training that William began in 1845 or 1846, most likely at Dr John Rolph*'s Toronto School of Medicine. Although licensed to practise on 16 April 1849, William enrolled that October at the renowned Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia, from which he received an MD in March 1850.
AIKINS, WILLIAM THOMAS, physician and medical educator; b. 5 June 1827 in Toronto Township, Upper Canada, son of James Eakins and Ann Cox; m. first 7 Oct. 1851 Louisa Adelia Piper (d. 1863), daughter of Hiram Piper, in Toronto, and they had six children; m. there secondly 4 May 1865 Lydia Ann Piper, sister of Louisa, and they had four children; d. 24 May 1897 in Toronto.
James and Ann Eakins left their native Ireland in 1816 for Philadelphia and in 1820 came to Toronto Township. There they raised six children, of whom William Thomas Aikins was the fourth, the third of four boys. (The sons would later sign their name Aikins.) A wealthy farmer and a devout Wesleyan, James in 1843 sent William, as he did his other sons, to Victoria College, Cobourg. He also paid for the medical training that William began in 1845 or 1846, most likely at Dr John Rolph*'s Toronto School of Medicine. Although licensed to practise on 16 April 1849, William enrolled that October at the renowned Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia, from which he received an MD in March 1850.
James and Ann Eakins left their native Ireland in 1816 for Philadelphia and in 1820 came to Toronto Township. There they raised six children, of whom William Thomas Aikins was the fourth, the third of four boys. (The sons would later sign their name Aikins.) A wealthy farmer and a devout Wesleyan, James in 1843 sent William, as he did his other sons, to Victoria College, Cobourg. He also paid for the medical training that William began in 1845 or 1846, most likely at Dr John Rolph*'s Toronto School of Medicine. Although licensed to practise on 16 April 1849, William enrolled that October at the renowned Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia, from which he received an MD in March 1850.
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IN MEMORY OF
WM. T. AIKINS M.D.
BORN JUNE 5, 1827
DIED MAY 24, 1897
ALSO HIS ELDEST SON
W. HEBER AIKINS M.D.
BORN MARCH 19, 1853
DIED OCT. 10, 1897
Upper Canada Village is now Toronto
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