Person

Scott, William J.

1881-1917

William Scott was born in Pictou, Nova Scotia (New Glasgow) on June 23, 1881. Educated at Montreal High School and brought up in Westmount Quebec, William entered McGill University in September of 1897 at the age of 16. William graduated with a B.A in 1901, and completed McGill’s School of Medicine in 1905. Dr. Scott was Superintendent of St. John's, NB hospital from 1905-1906. In 1906, Dr. Scott worked at the Montreal General Hospital where he met Alfreda Lee “Freda” Jowsey. Born in Eardley Quebec, Freda was in nurse training when she met Dr. William Scott. Freda and William were soon married and decided to do missionary and medical work in China. The couple traveled across the US, to San Francisco, before leaving by boat to join the Canadian Presbyterian Church China Mission. Freda and William completed Missionary work in China from 1907-1912. Their daughter Dorothy Anne Scott was born in China in 1909 and their son Frederick Arthur Scott was born in Montreal in 1914. When back in Canada, Dr. Scott practiced in Notre-Dame-de-Grace (NDG) in Montreal between 1912 and 1917 serving the poor of the community. Tragically, William Scott died of a septic Infection November 25th, 1917.