Researching Charles Sheard
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The name Charles means "Man, strong" and is of German origin.
Records of Charles Sheard on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Charles Sheard and the Sheard Family History
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Sheard Genealogy Databases
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Sheard Forums
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Investigate the Ellis Island Database for information on Charles Sheard. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Charles Sheard
Charles Sheard
Charles Sheard, M.D. (February 15, 1857 – February 7, 1929) was a medical doctor, public health official and politician.
Dr Sheard was born in Toronto and educated at Upper Canada College and the Trinity College Medical School earning a gold medal upon his graduation in 1879. He conducted postgraduate work in Europe and became a Member of the Royal College of Surgeons (M.R.C.S.) in London, England. Upon his return to Toronto he was appointed Chair of Physiology at Trinity and retained that position at the new amalgamated Department of Medicine when Trinity joined the University of Toronto in 1904, remaining with the institution until 1912. He was also associated with The Lancet medical journal.
From 1893 to 1910, Dr. Sheard was also Toronto's Chief Medical Officer and head of the city's Department of Health. He served as Chairman of the province of Ontario's Board of Health from 1904 until 1909.
Dr. Sheard served as president of the Canadian Medical Association in 1892.
He was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 1917 federal election as the Unionist Member of Parliament for Toronto South and was re-elected in the 1921 federal election as a Conservative but did not stand for re-election in 1925.
Sheard was the son of Joseph Sheard who served as Mayor of Toronto in 1871 and 1872. He was also a member of the Orange Order and an Anglican as well as an owner of several prominent Toronto business corners.
Sheard also had a home on Toronto Islands at Hanlan's Point.
Source: Charles Sheard, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Sheard
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