Photograph, Cabinet

Photograph

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Museum of History Benicia

Name/Title

Photograph, Cabinet

Entry/Object ID

2020.005.0042

Description

This is a studio portrait of Donald McCullock Gedge a cadet at the Collegiate Institute of St Augustine in Benicia, CA. It was taken 05/27/1880. Donald was from Vallejo and was at least the second in his family to attend St. Augustine's. His brother, William K. Gedge, is shown in the 1874-5 register as a student. Donald later in life became a physician in San Francisco, CA. Dr Donald MacCulloch Gedge BIRTH 5 Jul 1861 DEATH 5 Dec 1925 (aged 64) San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA BURIAL Cypress Lawn Memorial Park Colma, San Mateo County, California, USA PLOT ES-D-411-E 1/2 DEATH STRIKES DR. D.M. GEDGE Half an hour after he had closed a Saturday night reunion or his class In Cooper Medical College with the hope that all should be In good health for the reunion the coming year, Dr. Donald M. Gedge, assistant medical director of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, was dead - a victim of heart disease. He collapsed as he left the banquet room In a downtown hotel. His classmates rushed him to his room in another hotel, where he had taken quarters so that he and his wife need not return to their San Mateo home at the late hour. Here the end came within a short time. His wife was at his bedside, as were some of the prominent medical men in San Francisco and the East Bay. Dr. Gedge was 64 years old. He was a son of Captain George Gedge, a California pioneer. Dr. Gedge is survived by his widow, and a daughter, Mrs. Vivienne Wideman. Funeral services will be held tomorrow morning at Cray's under the auspices of King Solomon Lodge, F. & A. M. . The San Francisco Examiner San Francisco, California 07 Dec 1925, Mon o Page 17 Family Members Spouse " Daisy L. Gedge 1868-1945 Donald MacCulloch Gedge in the Directory of Deceased American Physicians, 1804-1929 Directory of Deceased American Physicians, 1804-1929No Image Name: Donald MacCulloch Gedge Birth Date: Jul 1861 Death Date: 5 Dec 1925 Death Place: San Francisco, CA Type Practice: Allopath Practice Specialities: San Francisco, CA, 1893, San Mateo, CA, Nov 6, 1922 Licenses: CA, 1893 Practice Dates Places: San Francisco, CA, 1893, San Mateo, CA, Nov 6, 1922 Medical School: Cooper Medical College, San Francisco: Medical College of the Pacific, 1892, (G) Education: Coll. of St. Augustine, 1880 JAMA Citation: 86:54 Cause of Death: acute dilatation, heart 1880 CR Home in 1880: Vallejo, Solano, California, USA Street: Atherton Father's Name: George Gedge Father's Birthplace: England Mother's Name: Isabella Gedge Mother's Birthplace: Scotland Household Members: Name Age George Gedge 61 Isabella Gedge 45 William K. Gedge 23 Mary J. Gedge 21 Donald Gedge 18 Norman Gedge 15 Jessie Clark 49

Collection

Benicia Historical Museum Collection

Made/Created

Date made

May 27, 1880