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[[File:Isobel Millen patient card 032.jpg|right|thumb||Patient Record for Isobel Millen. From the collection of the Adirondack Room at the Saranac Lake Free Library.]]'''Born:''' February 15, 1894
[[File:Isobel Millen patient card 032.jpg|right|thumb||Patient Record for Isobel Millen. From the collection of the Adirondack Room at the Saranac Lake Free Library.]]
 
'''Born:''' February 15, 1894


'''Died:''' June 24, 1976, Ottawa
'''Died:''' June 24, 1976, Ottawa
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'''Children:''' 3
'''Children:''' 3


'''Isobel Millen '''(full name Laura Isobel Millen) came to Saranac Lake from Westmount, Montreal, QC with tuberculosis on May 16, 1908. She was a patient for 6-8 months. She wrote in her diary that she convalesced on her porch in Montreal for about another year after returning home, and corresponded with [[Hugh%20M.%20Kinghorn|Dr. Kinghorn]] about her exercises. A patient record for Isobel lists her as 14 years old, and staying with Mrs. Pearse, at Front Street (likely [[Pearse%20Cottage|Pearse Cottage]]).
'''Isobel Millen '''(full name Laura Isobel Millen) came to Saranac Lake from Westmount, Montreal, QC with tuberculosis on May 16, 1908. She was a patient for 6-8 months. She wrote in her diary that she convalesced on her porch in Montreal for about another year after returning home, and corresponded with [[Hugh M. Kinghorn|Dr. Kinghorn]] about her exercises. A patient record for Isobel lists her as 14 years old, and staying with Mrs. Pearse, at Front Street (likely [[Pearse Cottage|Pearse Cottage]]).
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Latest revision as of 13:20, 24 December 2025


Patient Record for Isobel Millen. From the collection of the Adirondack Room at the Saranac Lake Free Library.

Born: February 15, 1894

Died: June 24, 1976, Ottawa

Married: Melbourne Tait Bancroft

Children: 3

Isobel Millen (full name Laura Isobel Millen) came to Saranac Lake from Westmount, Montreal, QC with tuberculosis on May 16, 1908. She was a patient for 6-8 months. She wrote in her diary that she convalesced on her porch in Montreal for about another year after returning home, and corresponded with Dr. Kinghorn about her exercises. A patient record for Isobel lists her as 14 years old, and staying with Mrs. Pearse, at Front Street (likely Pearse Cottage).


Information provided by Isobel's granddaughter, Janice Redford, by email in August 2020.