Alexander Spurgeon Palmer (1879 - 1944)

Born 1879 in Freeland,PEI

Husband of Alvaretta May (Hart) Palmer — married 1906 in Prince Edward Island, Canada

Descendants

Died 1944 at about age 65 in Prince Edward Island, Canada

Biography

Well loved dentist in O'Leary PEI for years. His home on Main Street in O'Leary is currently lived in by his granddaughter Adrienne (Webb) MacDonald and her husband Stanley.

"Dr. A.S. Palmer was originally from Freeland, the son of William and Barbara Palmer. He graduated from the Baltimore College of Dental Surgery in 1916. However, he practised dentistry in the area before that. In 1906, he taught school in Coleman and possibly in Inverness and Freeland. It was in Coleman in 1906 that he met his wife Alveretta Hart, the daughter of Strang and Mary Jane (Wood) Hart who built and operated what is now the Wallace store in Coleman. In 1914 he moved to O'Leary where he set up practice over Matheson's Drug Store. At that time he built his house which is presently owned by Stanley and Adrienne (granddaughter) MacDonald. In 1918, he built an addition to his house to use as office space. He was, at this time, the only dentist in the area and worked six days a week - five in the village and Saturdays in Tyne Valley. He often did emergency work on Sundays if the need arose. He was very active in the affairs of the village and participated in several projects including the building of sidewalks and the Public Hall. Dr. Palmer had a sizeable fox farm behind his house; however, Dr. Palmer's main occupation was dentistry and he practised in O'Leary until the time of his death in 1943 at the age of sixty-five."

Sources

• bio of Dr. Palmer from Threads of the Past, a history of O'Leary, Prince Edward Island. O'Leary Women's Institute.