Those Places Thursday: Montreal General Hospital

General Hospital Montreal. Ancestry.com. Canada Historical Postcards [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. Original data: Mary Martin Postcards (www.MaryLMartin.com), Perryville, MD, USA.
 
My 3rd-great-grandfather John Bennet Winters died in Montreal General Hospital on 25 December 1879.

 

Montreal Daily Witness, 27 December 1879, p. 1

In 1818, fund raising began to establish an English-speaking hospital in Montreal. On 1 May 1819, a small hospital on Craig Street opened.  It had room for 24 patients. In 1820, property was purchased on Dorchester and Dominique Streets.The cornerstone of the hospital was laid in 1821. In 1822, Montreal General Hospital opened. It had 72 beds. In 1823, the hospital received its charter. The hospital became affiliated with McGill University in 1832.

Photograph, Montreal General Hospital, Dorchester Street, QC, about 1890, Wm. Notman & Son. Silver salts on paper mounted on paper - Albumen process, 15 x 17 cm. Available from Wikimedia Commons.

On 30 May 1855, Montreal General Hospital moved to a new location on Cedar Avenue.

Source: Montreal General Hospital