Biography:

Dr. Frank Mathias Williamson was born near Priceville, Ontario on the 24th of November, 1902.  Dr. Williamson was the youngest of 3 sons born to John Williamson and the former Ida Eugenia Blakeston.  His parents were farmers and his brothers were; Walter Blakeston Williamson and Ralph Robert Williamson.

Dr. Williamson was educated at the Priceville Public School and Flesherton High School.  He graduated M.B. from The University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine in 1925.  Dr. Williamson interned at Brantford General Hospital.

Dr. Williamson married a graduate nurse, Dorothy Kathleen Mitchell on the 3rd of July, 1926 in Hamilton, Ontario.  She was born in New York City on the 17th of September, 1903.  Mrs. Williamson was the eldest of 2 daughters born to James Mitchell and the former Ada Susan Sullivan.  By 1911, the Mitchell family lived in Hamilton and her father was a shipper for a grain store.  Her mother was a nurse and her younger sister was named Helen Gladys Mitchell.

Dr. and Mrs. Williamson had 5 children; Frank Douglas Williamson, James Walter Williamson, Jack Mitchell Williamson, Margaret Jean Williamson and Peter Williamson (who died in infancy).

Following his graduation from medical school Dr. Williamson practiced medicine for a short time in Caistorville, Ontario before moving to Hepworth, Ontario in 1927 where he set stayed until 1942.  Dr. Williamson was appointed as a coroner for the area and served as the Medical Officer of Health for the Department of First Nations in Keppel Township and Shoreton Lake Village.  Dr. Williamson served on the local school board for 10 years and he was the Chairman for 7 years.

Dr. Williamson retired from private practice in 1963 and took a position as a physician at the Ontario Hospital School in Cedar Springs, Ontario.  He stayed for 6 years before moving to Orangeville, Ontario.  Once in Orangeville, Dr. Williamson worked in the emergency department at the Dufferin County Memorial Hospital for 1 1/2 years.

In his spare time, Dr. Williamson enjoyed photography.

Dr. Williamson died in Orangeville, on the 2nd of February, 1976.  Mrs. Williamson died in Orangeville on the 2nd of August, 1997.  Dr. and Mrs. Williamson were buried at the Priceville/McNeil Cemetery in Artemesia Township (Grey County), Ontario.