George L. McBride, M. D., with his office and residence at No. 141 East Bridge street, Grand Rapids, Mich., was born in Port Dover, province of Ontario, dominion of Canada, March 4, 1864, a son of William and Ann Maria (Williams) McBride, the former a native of north of Ireland and the latter of the New Dominion.

The father left his native land when a lad of thirteen years, and has passed his life in agricultural pursuits. To his marriage with Miss Williams were born nine children, viz: Mary Lodema, Abigail, John Wesley, Richard Alonzo, Ida A., George L., Lydia Charlotte, Annie Laura and William James. Two of the sons are farmers, one a mechanic, and all the children, with the exception of the youngest, are married; with the exception, also of Dr. George L., they all reside in Canada, but were bereft of their mother about 1881.

Dr. George L. McBride was educated in literature in the Port Dover high school, the

Toronto normal school, and the Toronto Collegiate institute. For four years he was principal of the Merriton public school, and in 1887 entered the Toronto university as a student of medicine, completed his studies in the spring of 1892, and received the degree of M. B. Tor.(bachelor of medicine of Toronto), and from the Victoria university he also received the degree of M. D. S. M. (doctor of medicine and master of surgery). He began practice in the fall of the same year, locating on East Bridge street, Grand Rapids, and here he has since met with a continuous series of professional success.

In 1895 Dr. McBride married Miss May C. Flint, a native of Grand Rapids, and a daughter of Capt. C. C. Flint, an old resident of the city. Mrs. McBride, although born in Grand Rapids, was reared and educated in New York City, and returned to her native city about 1894. She is a lady of superior musical attainments, is a composer of marked merit, and is especially gifted as a performer on the piano. Among her more popular compositions are the Song of Liberty and Free Cuba, and a two-step, entitled, Dewey’s Advance—but many other of her sentimental productions have been rewarded with the approbation of the public.

Dr. McBride is a member of the Grand Rapids Academy of Medicine, the Michigan State Medical society, and the Union Benevolent Association hospital staff, and is professor of surgical pathology in the reorganized Grand Rapids Medical college; he is also a member of the A. O. U. W., the I. O. O. F., the National Union, and the M. W. of A., being medical examiner for the four orders last named. In politic he is a republican, and in religion a Presbyterian.

The doctor has been very successful as a physician and surgeon and stands very high in the esteem of the profession as well as that of the public. He owns a beautiful home at the address already mentioned. Here he and wife enjoy the visits of a large circle of unfeigned friends, who are ever welcome and are entertained in a most intellectual manner, while their bodily comforts are not uncared for, Mrs. McBride being especially noted for her unstinted hospitality.