Dr. Louis John Giovannetti

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Giovannetti, Dr. Joseph Louis

Physician. Born St. Jacques, Fortune Bay. Son of Louis John Giovannetti qv. Educated St. Bonaventure's College, St. John's; St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, Nova Scotia; Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia. In 1931, after graduation from Dalhousie University, Giovannetti joined the staff of the Glades Sanitorium in Saint John, New Brunswick as medical resident. From July to November 1933 he was resident physician at Dorchester, New Brunswick. He was appointed Medical Officer for Ferryland, Newfoundland in 1933 and was later appointed to Calvert. He moved to Richibucto, New Brunswick in 1936, where he began a private medical practice. In 1940 he began work as staff physician with the Miramichi General Hospital in New Castle, New Brunswick but also maintained his practice. He remained with the hospital until his retirement in 1979. In 1975 he was awarded honorary life membership in the New Brunswick branch of the Canadian Medical Association.

Louis married Beatrice Morry 7 Jun 1923. Beatrice (daughter of Thomas Graham Morry and Catherine Frances White) was born 22 Sep 1888, Ferryland, Newfoundland; died 20 Jan 1991. [Group Sheet]