Macre, Donald (1839-1907)

MACRE

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Date: 10/11/2019 at 00:31:04

Donald Macre
Oct 3, 1839 - Aug 14, 1907

(From the 1883 History of Pottawattamie County, Iowa, by J. H. Keatley, p.41, Council Bluffs)
D. Macrae, M. D., Council Bluffs, whose portrait appears in this work, has been a resident of Council Bluffs since March, 1867. He is a native of Edginburgh, Scotland, receiving both his literary and medical education at the University of Edinburgh, from which he graduated in 1861. He spent three years in the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, after graduating, and then accepted a position as Surgeon for the Cunard Line of steamers. He remained with the Cunard Line three years, during which time he crossed the Atlantic seventy-five times. The half of the last "round trip" landed him in New York City in 1867, where, before coming to Council Bluffs, he married Miss Charlotte, daughter of Joseph Bauchette, late Surveyor General of Canada, who died in 1881, aged eighty-six years. The family was of French origin and well known in Canada, which is the native place of Mrs. Macrae. The Doctor has been in active practice since his residence in the city. In 1882, he was appointed Professor of Diseases of Women in this district for the Des Moines College of Physicians and Surgeons. He is a member of the Council Bluffs Medical Society and of the State Medical Society. He is also a charter member of the lodges of the following orders in Council Bluffs: A. O. U. W., A. M. L. of H., and Equitable Aid Union. The Doctor is so well and favorably known socially and professionally that anything of a eulogistic nature in connection with the above facts would sound like flattery.