Dr. Edwin J. Boyes, who since 1893 has been engaged in the general practice of medicine in Oakland, was born in Toronto, Canada, April 30, 1864. He acquired his early education in the Model School in that city and later attended Normal School, after which he engaged in teaching in Toronto. Later he took a course in natural science at the Association of Civil Engineers and joined the engineer corps in the Northwest Territory. He was stationed in the wilderness, in the Hudson bay section, and assisted in preparing the first map of the northwest country. Having determined to study medicine, Dr. Boyes entered Trinity University, from which he was graduated in 1890. He also holds degrees from the College of Physicians and Surgeons in Ontario and Victoria University. He came west in 1890 and settled on the old Comstock at Virginia City, Nevada, where he remained until 1893. He gained wide reputation for skill and had during these years the largest practice of anyone in the state, and although locating here over twenty years ago, some of his Nevada patients still come to him for his services. In the last named year he moved to Oakland, California, and here has since resided, being numbered today among the leading representatives of the medical fraternity in the city. He is senior consulting physician of the Merritt Hospital and has been since its establishment. He also has a large and lucrative private practice, accorded him in recognition of his superior skill and ability. He is a member of the national, state and county medical societies and in this way keeps in touch with the most advanced medical thought of his profession. His personal characteristics have gained him the warm regard and friendship of many, while in professional lines he has attained that eminence which comes only in recognition of merit and ability.
In Toronto in 1891 Dr. Boyes was married to Miss Mabel Walker, a daughter of Irving Walker, a leading dry-goods merchant of Toronto. Of this union two sons have been born: Bedford, a graduate of the University of California, and Gordon, a graduate of the Oakland high school.
Past and Present of Alameda County California, Vol. II
Published in Chicago by The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company
1914
Pages 172-175
Transcribed by Linda Jackson 6/02/2008,
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