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Dr Samuel Victor “Vic” Carmichael

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Dr Samuel Victor “Vic” Carmichael

Birth
Spencerville, Leeds and Grenville United Counties, Ontario, Canada
Death
27 Oct 1942 (aged 60)
Strome, Wainwright Census Division, Alberta, Canada
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Spencerville, Leeds and Grenville United Counties, Ontario, Canada Add to Map
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Samuel Victor Carmichael was the youngest of 13 born to Major Andrew Carmichael from County Derry, Northern Ireland, and Isabella Johnstone from Dumfries-shire, Scotland. Vic was named for his uncle who practiced as a Blacksmith in Renfrew, Ontario.

After obtaining his medical degree, Vic established a general practice in Strome, Alberta, where he spent his entire career.

Vic was a great athlete and runner. A local history recalls that after being invited to a pow-wow about 1920 "Dr. Carmichael [age 38] raced a 70 year-old Indian named Steinhaurer down Main Street. The native Indian won hands down!"

He paid off the mortgage of the Strome (Alberta) United Church and a plaque recognizing his generosity to the church resides there.

The doctor died on his way to make a house call. He had forgotten his nitro glycerin tablets and could not get back to the house in time.

courtesy his grandson Chris Carmichael Dewart
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From the Canadian Medical Association Journal, December 1942, p. 599:

"Dr. Samuel Victor Carmichael of Strome, Alberta, passed away on October 27, 1942, from a heart lesion.

"He graduated from Queen's University in the class of 1908...he practised in Alberta 32 years to a day. He was 60 years of age."
Samuel Victor Carmichael was the youngest of 13 born to Major Andrew Carmichael from County Derry, Northern Ireland, and Isabella Johnstone from Dumfries-shire, Scotland. Vic was named for his uncle who practiced as a Blacksmith in Renfrew, Ontario.

After obtaining his medical degree, Vic established a general practice in Strome, Alberta, where he spent his entire career.

Vic was a great athlete and runner. A local history recalls that after being invited to a pow-wow about 1920 "Dr. Carmichael [age 38] raced a 70 year-old Indian named Steinhaurer down Main Street. The native Indian won hands down!"

He paid off the mortgage of the Strome (Alberta) United Church and a plaque recognizing his generosity to the church resides there.

The doctor died on his way to make a house call. He had forgotten his nitro glycerin tablets and could not get back to the house in time.

courtesy his grandson Chris Carmichael Dewart
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From the Canadian Medical Association Journal, December 1942, p. 599:

"Dr. Samuel Victor Carmichael of Strome, Alberta, passed away on October 27, 1942, from a heart lesion.

"He graduated from Queen's University in the class of 1908...he practised in Alberta 32 years to a day. He was 60 years of age."

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S. V. CARMICHAEL
1882 - 1942

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  • Created by: Fay Carmichael
  • Added: Apr 24, 2010
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/51547988/samuel_victor-carmichael: accessed ), memorial page for Dr Samuel Victor “Vic” Carmichael (19 Oct 1882–27 Oct 1942), Find a Grave Memorial ID 51547988, citing Saint Andrews Presbyterian Cemetery, Spencerville, Leeds and Grenville United Counties, Ontario, Canada; Maintained by Fay Carmichael (contributor 47275576).