http://countyhistorian.com/cecilweb/index.php?title=George_L_Lefevre&feed=atom&action=historyGeorge L Lefevre - Revision history2024-03-29T10:32:43ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.19.0http://countyhistorian.com/cecilweb/index.php?title=George_L_Lefevre&diff=17793&oldid=prevWjhonson at 19:03, 12 August 20082008-08-12T19:03:51Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Tonight (Apr <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">13, </del>2007) I was listening to George Noory on [http://www.coasttocoastam.com Coast to Coast AM] and his guest was talking about the death of Harry Houdini the magician.  Some of the things the guest was saying I'd never heard before, so I started reading the New York Times archives about Harry Houdini.  As I was reading dozens of articles about him, I came across the [http://scplweb.santacruzpl.org:2249/pqdweb?index=591&did=98401616&SrchMode=1&sid=3&Fmt=10&VInst=PROD&VType=PQD&RQT=309&VName=HNP&TS=1176453103&clientId=54310 one] (<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">NYT</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Oct </del>27<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, </del>1926, pg 27) which mentions this doctor Lefevre.  </div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Tonight (<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">13 </ins>Apr 2007) I was listening to George Noory on [http://www.coasttocoastam.com Coast to Coast AM] and his guest was talking about the death of Harry Houdini the magician.  Some of the things the guest was saying I'd never heard before, so I started reading the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">''</ins>New York Times<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">'' </ins>archives about Harry Houdini.  As I was reading dozens of articles about him, I came across the [http://scplweb.santacruzpl.org:2249/pqdweb?index=591&did=98401616&SrchMode=1&sid=3&Fmt=10&VInst=PROD&VType=PQD&RQT=309&VName=HNP&TS=1176453103&clientId=54310 one] (<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">''New York Times''</ins>, 27 <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Oct </ins>1926, pg 27) which mentions this doctor Lefevre.  </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>I'm fairly sure I heard the guest state that while Harry was in the hospital, a doctor Lefevre gave him an injection of something and that nobody is quite sure who this doctor was or what the injection was.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>I'm fairly sure I heard the guest state that while Harry was in the hospital, a doctor Lefevre gave him an injection of something and that nobody is quite sure who this doctor was or what the injection was.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>The article states "George L Lefevre of Muskegon, Mich, a noted surgeon" and "A new serum perfected in a Detroit laboratory was used for the first time on Harry Houdini, the magician, to check peritonitis..."</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>The article <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">in the ''New York Times'' however, </ins>states "George L Lefevre of Muskegon, Mich, a noted surgeon" and "A new serum perfected in a Detroit laboratory was used for the first time on Harry Houdini, the magician, to check peritonitis..."</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>George Lefevre was born in Grand Island, Vermont, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">October </del>22<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, </del>1865, son of Mathias and Eleanor (LaBreck) LeFevre.  His family moved to Muskegon in 1881 while he was young where he attended school.  He trained to be a doctor there, in Chicago and finally in New York.  He married firstly on <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">November </del>14<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, </del>1894, Alice T. Ducey, and their children were George Louis, William Mathias and Alice Louise LeFevre.  Alice died in 1928 and he married secondly in 1931 in New York to Eunice R. Sexton of Kansas City, Missouri.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>George Lefevre was born in Grand Island, Vermont, 22 <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Oct </ins>1865, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">as the </ins>son of Mathias and Eleanor (LaBreck) LeFevre.  His family moved to Muskegon in 1881 while he was young<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, </ins>where he attended school.  He trained to be a doctor there, in Chicago and finally in New York.  He married firstly on 14 <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Nov </ins>1894, Alice T. Ducey, and their children were George Louis, William Mathias and Alice Louise LeFevre.  <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">His wife </ins>Alice died in 1928 and he married secondly in 1931 in New York to Eunice R. Sexton of Kansas City, Missouri.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>He was Chief of Staff for many years at Mercy Hospital.  He served in many civic and charitable positions and in 1942 he was made a Knight of St. Gregory by Pope Pius XII.  </div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>He was Chief of Staff for many years at Mercy Hospital.  He served in many civic and charitable positions and in 1942 he was made a Knight of St. Gregory by Pope Pius XII.  </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>He died in March 1944 in Muskegon, Michigan<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">. </del>(cf his obit below)</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>He died in March 1944 in Muskegon, Michigan (cf<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">. </ins>his obit below)<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">.</ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>His brief interaction with Houdini was in Oct 1926, just after Houdini on what would become his death-bed, had been operated on for appendicitis. [http://www.amazon.com/gp/sitbv3/reader/103-5281471-8072635?asin=0743272072&pageID=S0ER&checkSum=k4otg8/YnXG8h3jPGg5gdHf3RsvnKOVKx75nh6O54ZE= ''The Secret Life of Houdini'' pg 513] calls Dr Lefevre "...a post-operative specialist..." and also states that he "...was a homeopathist who had devised an experimental serum to combat the poisons circulating through Houdini's G.I. tract."</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>His brief interaction with Houdini was in Oct 1926, just after Houdini<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, </ins>on what would become his death-bed, had been operated on for appendicitis. [http://www.amazon.com/gp/sitbv3/reader/103-5281471-8072635?asin=0743272072&pageID=S0ER&checkSum=k4otg8/YnXG8h3jPGg5gdHf3RsvnKOVKx75nh6O54ZE= ''The Secret Life of Houdini'' pg 513] calls Dr Lefevre "...a post-operative specialist..." and also states that he "...was a homeopathist who had devised an experimental serum to combat the poisons circulating through Houdini's G.I. tract."</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>*[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=bgmi&so=2&rank=0&tips=0&gsfn=George&gsln=Lefevre&sx=&gs1co=1%2cAll+Countries&gs1pl=1%2c+&year=&yearend=&sbo=0&ufr=0&srchb=r&prox=1&db=&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-b&o_iid=21416&o_lid=21416&o_it=21416 BGMI entry] "Encyclopedia of American Biography", "LeFevre, George L" 1865-1944. New series, Volume 23, American Historical Society.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>*[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=bgmi&so=2&rank=0&tips=0&gsfn=George&gsln=Lefevre&sx=&gs1co=1%2cAll+Countries&gs1pl=1%2c+&year=&yearend=&sbo=0&ufr=0&srchb=r&prox=1&db=&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-b&o_iid=21416&o_lid=21416&o_it=21416 BGMI entry] "Encyclopedia of American Biography", "LeFevre, George L" 1865-1944. New series, Volume 23, American Historical Society.</div></td></tr>
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</table>Wjhonsonhttp://countyhistorian.com/cecilweb/index.php?title=George_L_Lefevre&diff=5076&oldid=prevWjhonson: /* Further reading */2007-04-13T23:45:33Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Further reading</span></span></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>*[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=bgmi&so=2&rank=0&tips=0&gsfn=George&gsln=Lefevre&sx=&gs1co=1%2cAll+Countries&gs1pl=1%2c+&year=&yearend=&sbo=0&ufr=0&srchb=r&prox=1&db=&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-b&o_iid=21416&o_lid=21416&o_it=21416 BGMI entry] "Encyclopedia of American Biography", "LeFevre, George L" 1865-1944. New series, Volume 23, American Historical Society.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>*[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=bgmi&so=2&rank=0&tips=0&gsfn=George&gsln=Lefevre&sx=&gs1co=1%2cAll+Countries&gs1pl=1%2c+&year=&yearend=&sbo=0&ufr=0&srchb=r&prox=1&db=&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-b&o_iid=21416&o_lid=21416&o_it=21416 BGMI entry] "Encyclopedia of American Biography", "LeFevre, George L" 1865-1944. New series, Volume 23, American Historical Society.</div></td></tr>
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</table>Wjhonsonhttp://countyhistorian.com/cecilweb/index.php?title=George_L_Lefevre&diff=5075&oldid=prevWjhonson: /* Biography */2007-04-13T23:35:31Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Biography</span></span></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Tonight (Apr 13, 2007) I was listening to George Noory on [http://www.coasttocoastam.com Coast to Coast AM] and his guest was talking about the death of Harry Houdini the magician.  Some of the things the guest was saying I'd never heard before, so I started reading the New York Times archives about Harry Houdini.  As I was reading dozens of articles about him, I came across the [http://scplweb.santacruzpl.org:2249/pqdweb?index=591&did=98401616&SrchMode=1&sid=3&Fmt=10&VInst=PROD&VType=PQD&RQT=309&VName=HNP&TS=1176453103&clientId=54310 one] which mentions this doctor Lefevre.  </div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Tonight (Apr 13, 2007) I was listening to George Noory on [http://www.coasttocoastam.com Coast to Coast AM] and his guest was talking about the death of Harry Houdini the magician.  Some of the things the guest was saying I'd never heard before, so I started reading the New York Times archives about Harry Houdini.  As I was reading dozens of articles about him, I came across the [http://scplweb.santacruzpl.org:2249/pqdweb?index=591&did=98401616&SrchMode=1&sid=3&Fmt=10&VInst=PROD&VType=PQD&RQT=309&VName=HNP&TS=1176453103&clientId=54310 one] <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">(NYT, Oct 27, 1926, pg 27) </ins>which mentions this doctor Lefevre.  </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>George Lefevre was born in Grand Island, Vermont, October 22, 1865, son of Mathias and Eleanor (LaBreck) LeFevre.  His family moved to Muskegon in 1881 while he was young where he attended school.  He trained to be a doctor there, in Chicago and finally in New York.  He married firstly on November 14, 1894, Alice T. Ducey, and their children were George Louis, William Mathias and Alice Louise LeFevre.  Alice died in 1928 and he married secondly</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>George Lefevre was born in Grand Island, Vermont, October 22, 1865, son of Mathias and Eleanor (LaBreck) LeFevre.  His family moved to Muskegon in 1881 while he was young where he attended school.  He trained to be a doctor there, in Chicago and finally in New York.  He married firstly on November 14, 1894, Alice T. Ducey, and their children were George Louis, William Mathias and Alice Louise LeFevre.  Alice died in 1928 and he married secondly <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">in 1931 in New York to Eunice R. Sexton of Kansas City, Missouri.</ins></div></td></tr>
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