Dr. Alfred James Massecar/Masecar

Dr. Alfred James Massecar/Masecar

Male 1839 - 1900  (60 years)

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  • Name Alfred James Massecar/Masecar 
    Title Dr. 
    Born 23 Nov 1839  Rockford, Norfolk, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Misc 1852  Portland, Maine Find all individuals with events at this location 
    At age 13 he entered a literary college where he remained for two years. 
    Misc Apr 1854  Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Worked in the office of James Moon Salmon, M.D. where he remained for two years. 
    Residence 1860  Bayham Township, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Misc 1864  Toronto, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Graduated with Honors
    Medical School: Victoria University Medical Department, Coburg, 1864, (G)

    [Victoria College was originally founded as the Upper Canada Academy by the Wesleyan Methodist Church. In 1831, a church committee decided to locate the academy on four acres (1.6 hectares) of land in Cobourg, Ontario, east of Toronto, because of its central location in a large town and access by land and water. -- Wikipedia] 
    Residence 1867  Oxford, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Name: A J Massecar
    Residence Year: 1867
    Residence Place: Oxford; Norfolk, Ontario
    Occupation: physician

    Oxford and Norfolk Directory and Gazetteer, 1867
     
    Residence 1876  Springford, Oxford, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1879  Monroe, Monroe, Michigan, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Misc 1885  Monroe, Monroe, Michigan, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Elected as a member of the Board of Education for three years. 
    Misc 1886  Monroe, Monroe, Michigan, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Elected and represented the third ward of Monroe City as Alderman for two years. 
    Died 15 Sep 1900  Monroe, Monroe, Michigan, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Monroe, Monroe, Michigan, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Burial:
      Woodland Cemetery
      Monroe
      Monroe County
      Michigan, USA
      Find A Grave Memorial# 90574312
    Person ID i451  My Family Tree | Raynor-Armstrong
    Last Modified 23 Apr 2014 

    Father Nicholas Massecar/Masecar/Mesicar,   b. 25 Oct 1805, Townsend Township, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Feb 1873, Charletteville, Norfolk, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years) 
    Mother Gertrude Yerks,   b. 5 Oct 1800,   d. 26 Dec 1854  (Age 54 years) 
    Married 23 May 1829 
    Family ID F210  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Alfred James Massecar/Masecar,   b. 23 Nov 1839, Rockford, Norfolk, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Sep 1900, Monroe, Monroe, Michigan, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 60 years) 
    Married 16 Mar 1860  Charlotteville Township, Norfolk, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Name: Mary J. Hatch
      Birth Place: Simcoe, Ontario
      Residence: Bayham Township
      Age: 18
      Estimated birth year: abt 1842
      Father Name: Lawrence Johnson Hatch
      Spouse Name: Alfred J. Mesicar
      Spouse's Age: 19
      Spouse Birth Year: abt 1841
      Spouse Birth Place: Townsend Township
      Spouse Residence: Bayham Township
      Spouse Father Name: Nicholas Mesicar
      Marriage Date: 16 Mar 1860
      Marriage Location: Charlotteville Township
      Marriage County or District: Norfolk

      Archives of Ontario; Series: MS248_11; Reel: 11.
    Children 
    +1. Caroline M. Massecar / Masecar,   b. 13 Jun 1861, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Sep 1931, Monroe, Monroe, Michigan, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years)
    +2. Mary Gertrude Massecar/Masecar,   b. 23 May 1863,   d. Sep 1900, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 37 years)
    +3. Ella L Massecar/Masecar,   b. 14 Sep 1865, South Norwich, Oxford, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Ebenezer Massecar/Masecar,   b. Abt 1867
     5. Wiliam Albert Masecar/Massecar,   b. 7 Aug 1869, Oxford, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    +6. Lillius May Massecar,   b. 27 Aug 1871, Oxford, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Apr 1947, Monroe County, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years)
    Last Modified 22 Apr 2014 
    Family ID F134  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Alfred James Massecar/Masecar,   b. 23 Nov 1839, Rockford, Norfolk, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Sep 1900, Monroe, Monroe, Michigan, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 60 years) 
    Married 14 Jan 1878  Oxford, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • MASECAR-VanPATTER--At Aylmer, January 14th, by the Rev. G. T. Stansbury, at the residence of the bride's mother, A. J. Masecar, Esq., MD., of Tillsonburg, to Miss A. VanPatter, youngest daughter of the late Mr. Aaron VanPatter, and niece of the late William Harvey Esq., MP

      Ingersoll Chronicle
      Thursday, January 24, 1878: Pg: 3, Col: 7
    Children 
     1. Alfred Joel Massecar/Masecar,   b. Abt 1879,   d. 7 Jul 1935, Miami, Dade, Florida Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 56 years)
    +2. Lewis Allen Masecar/Massecar,   b. 25 Oct 1885, Monroe, Monroe, Michigan, United States Find all individuals with events at this location
    +3. Pearl Evelyn Massecar/Masecar,   b. 16 Oct 1887, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Oct 1966, Escondido, San Diego, California Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years)
    Last Modified 22 Apr 2014 
    Family ID F208  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 23 Nov 1839 - Rockford, Norfolk, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMisc - At age 13 he entered a literary college where he remained for two years. - 1852 - Portland, Maine Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMisc - Worked in the office of James Moon Salmon, M.D. where he remained for two years. - Apr 1854 - Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 16 Mar 1860 - Charlotteville Township, Norfolk, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMisc - Graduated with Honors Medical School: Victoria University Medical Department, Coburg, 1864, (G) [Victoria College was originally founded as the Upper Canada Academy by the Wesleyan Methodist Church. In 1831, a church committee decided to locate the academy on four acres (1.6 hectares) of land in Cobourg, Ontario, east of Toronto, because of its central location in a large town and access by land and water. -- Wikipedia] - 1864 - Toronto, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Name: A J Massecar Residence Year: 1867 Residence Place: Oxford; Norfolk, Ontario Occupation: physician Oxford and Norfolk Directory and Gazetteer, 1867 - 1867 - Oxford, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1876 - Springford, Oxford, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 14 Jan 1878 - Oxford, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1879 - Monroe, Monroe, Michigan, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMisc - Elected as a member of the Board of Education for three years. - 1885 - Monroe, Monroe, Michigan, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMisc - Elected and represented the third ward of Monroe City as Alderman for two years. - 1886 - Monroe, Monroe, Michigan, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 15 Sep 1900 - Monroe, Monroe, Michigan, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Monroe, Monroe, Michigan, United States Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
    Dr. Alfred James (A.J.) Masecar / Massecar
    Dr. Alfred James (A.J.) Masecar / Massecar
    Map of Springford, Ontario shows the office of Dr. A.J. Messacar as #15.
    Map of Springford, Ontario shows the office of Dr. A.J. Messacar as #15.

    Documents
    Alfred J. Masecar Biography  - page 1
    Alfred J. Masecar Biography - page 1
    The write up on Dr. Masecar is from Talcott Wing's History of Monroe County, Michigan pages 438 & 439. Published in 1890.
    Alfred J. Masecar Biography - page 2
    Alfred J. Masecar Biography - page 2
    The write up on Dr. Masecar is from Talcott Wing's History of Monroe County, Michigan pages 438 & 439. Published in 1890.
    Obituaries for Alfred James Masecar
    Obituaries for Alfred James Masecar
    Alfred James Masecar

    The community was greatly shocked on Saturday morning to learn of the sudden and entirely unexpected death of Dr. Masecar at his home on Second Street in this city. For some months the cares of his profession had been wearing on him and the day before had been particularly exhausting one, but he arose Saturday morning apparently in his usual health and while conversing with this niece while awaiting breakfast expired without a moment’s warning. It was the end which he often wished might be his – a sudden summons while still in the harness.

    Alfred James Masecar was born at Rockford, Canada November 23rd, 1839. After graduation at Portland, Me., he began the study of medicine in April 1854, and after graduating from the Buffalo Medical College in 1863, he took a years study at the University of Victoria Medical College of Toronto, Canada, and graduated with honors in May 1864.

    He began the practice of his profession in the county of Oxford, Ontario, and remained there for fifteen years, during which time he was prominent in public as well as professional life. He was president of the Agricultural Society, member of the Municipal Council, mayor of the town and government coroner – a life position.
    Owing to poor health, in 1879 he travelled for some months and, being attracted to Monroe by the mineral springs, he settled here and soon found his health restored and entered upon the practice of his profession.

    He soon established a pleasant and lucrative practice and his unfailing kindness, as well as his unusual skill, made his patients his personal friends, and they join with his stricken family in mourning his untimely loss.

    During his residence in the city he has been honored by an election to the Board of Education and the Common Council of the city, and his public duties were performed with that conscientious attention to detail which was characteristic of the man. He has been for many years connected with the Odd-Fellows Fraternity in which he has held many positions of trust and honor, having likewise been a member of the Grand Lodge organization of the state.

    Dr. Masecar has been twice married, the first time, March 14th, 1860, to Mary J. Johnston, who died November 1875; the second time in April, 1877 to Appolona Van Patten, who survives him. By the first union there were six children five of whom survive: Mrs. D.A. Hagans, of Monroe; Mrs. H.L. Davis of Hamilton, Ont; Mrs. C.E. Vail of Cornell, Ont; Ebenezer in California; and Mrs. J.M. Raynor of Detroit. Of the second marriage there were three children, Joseph, Alfred and Pearl at home.

    The funeral services were held from his late residence Monday afternoon at four o’clock, Revs. Allen and Balmer officiating. The Odd Fellows, of which he was a member for many years, took charge of the funeral at the grave and performed the last sad rites according to the order. The Monroe County Medical Society, of which the doctor was a member, turned out in a body.


    The COMMERCIAL is called upon to chronicle the death of another widely known citizen of the city and county, that of Alfred James Masecar, M.D., of the third ward. Mr. Masecar was born in Norfalk county, Ontario, Nov. 23, 1839. He was the youngest of four brothers, of whom two are living. He was a graduate of the Toronto Medical College and pursued additional medical studies in Buffalo. In 1859 he wedded Miss Mary J. Hatch, who died in ’75, and by whom he had six children, five of whom are living, viz., : Mrs. D.A. Hagans, of Monroe; Mrs. H.L. Davis of Hamilton, Ont; Mrs. C.E. Vail of Cornell, Ont; Erwin of California; and Mrs. J.N. Raynor of Detroit.

    He at first practiced his profession in Tilsonburg, Canada, but in ’79 came to Monroe, having found that the mineral waters of the city were beneficial to his health. In ’75 his first wife died, and in ’78 he married Mrs Apolony Van Patten, who survives him. In his second family there were three children – Joe, Allen and Pearl, all living. Mr. Masecar was a staunch Democrat and had represented his ward in the common council. He had an extensive practice, especially in the country, and on the day before his death he had ridden over twenty miles. On Saturday morning he was apparently in his usual health, had taken care of his horse and was sitting in his chair talking to friends whom he was entertaining when one of them notices that he seemed to make a gurgling noise in his throat and his eyes closed. His wife was called and at once saw that he was suffering from a dangerous attack. His feet were bathed in hot water, but he only breathed slightly and died without recognizing anyone or speaking. He was buried Monday afternoon with Odd Fellow honors, Messrs. J.B. Dewey, John Wahl, C. Neate, L. Mitchell, W. Hagans and L.J. Townsend acting as bearers. The funeral was from his late residence, Rev. W.J. Balmer officiating.


    MONROE RECORD
    September 20, 1900

    Obituary – Alfred J. Masecar, one of the leading physicians of Monroe was born Nov. 23d, 1839 at Rockford, Ontario, he came to Monroe from Tilsonburg, Ont., Feb. 10, 1879 and practiced medicine here until the time of his death, which occurred Saturday morning at his home on Second street, supposedly from heart failure. He had been in poor health for a year or two but his death at this time was entirely unexpected. He had been actively connected with the democratic party in the city for a number of years and had been a member of the Board of Education and had represented the Third ward in the Common Council. March 17, 1869 Dr. Masecar was married to Mary Jane Hatch, at Charlotteville, Ont. By her he had seven children, five of whom are now living - : Mrs. D.A. Hagans, of Monroe; Mrs. H.L. Davis of Hamilton, Ont; Mrs. C.E. Vail of Cornell, Ont; Mrs. J.N. Raynor of Detroit and Ebenezer, California. April 12th, 1875 Mrs. Masecar died and on the 15th of January, 1877, the Dr. was married to Applona Van Patten at Aylmer, Ont. From this union there were three children – Alfred, Lewis and Pearl, who with their mother are living. He is also survived by two brothers, Hiram, of Walsingham, Ont., and Lewis of Charlotteville, Ont. Dr. Masecar had been prominently identified with the Odd Fellows organization of the city and state, and his funeral, which occurred Monday afternoon at 4 o’clock, was attended by that order in a body.
    1851 Canadian Census for Nicholas Masecar
    1851 Canadian Census for Nicholas Masecar
    Nicholas Masecar, Miller & Clothier, Canada, Free Baptist, 47
    Gittie Masecar, born United States, Free Baptist, 52
    Hirum Masecar, Laborer, born Canada, Free Baptist, 17
    Lewis Masecar, born Canada, Free Baptist, 16
    Eli Masecar, born Canada, Free Baptist, 14
    Alfred Masecar, born Canada, Free Baptist, 13
    1880 United States Census for Dr. Alfred James Masecar and family
    1880 United States Census for Dr. Alfred James Masecar and family
    Masecar, Dr. Al, 41, physician, born Canada
    Masecar, Appalona, 34, wife, keeping house
    Masecar, Carrie, 19, daughter
    Masecar, J.E., son

    Headstones
    Alfred J Masecar, M.D. Headstone
    Alfred J Masecar, M.D. Headstone
    Alfred and Appolona Masecar Headstones
    Alfred and Appolona Masecar Headstones

  • Notes 
    • Web: Monroe County, Michigan, Obituary Index,1821-2012

      Name: Alfred J. Masecar
      Birth Year: abt 1840
      Death Date: 15 Sep 1900
      Publication Date: 20 Sep 1900
      Publication Place: Monroe, Monroe, Michigan, USA
      Publication Title: Monroe Record
      Death Age: 60
      Spouse Name: Mary Masecar

      http://www.co.monroe.mi.us/egov/searchobituaries.aspx#

    • Directory of Deceased American Physicians, 1804-1929
      about Alfred J. Massacar

      Name: Alfred J. Massacar
      Death Date:31 Dec 1929
      Type Practice: Allopath
      Practice Specialities: Monroe, MI
      Licenses: MI, 1900
      Practice Dates Places: Monroe, MI
      Medical School: Victoria University Medical Department, Coburg, 1864, (G)
      Comment Death Date: