- Had a very generous nature - Remembered as a relaxed and humble man who worked hard - Worked well with other doctors and had a great skill for delivering babies - Could sleep any where at anytime - Grand children; Jeffery Hamill, Jo-Anna Medve, and Christy Hamill - Great grand-children; Emma Hamill, Jordan and Miranda Medve The Biography of Frank Hamill - Large baby when born -Youngest child in the family of 6 - Full name; Frank Cyril Hamill - Sisters; Lulu, Alice, and Edna - Not fond of school as a young child - Suffered from croup as a child - Started thinking about entering the medical field at age 14 - Didn't have many friends - Found book learning difficult - Found lab work fascinating - Brother Harry graduated from Medical school almost 10 years earlier and had gone to Manitoba to practice; victim of diabetes; died at age 32 - Graduated University in 1922 - Arrived in Blind River in 1923 - Went to work for Dr Robb; McFadden-Malloy contract †- Possessed patience and cool resistance - Returned to Toronto in 1924 for further training - Internship at the hospital for Sick Children in Toronto 1924-25 - In 1928 moved to his new room on the 3rd floor of the hospital - Received $50/month salary from Dr. Robb - Worked in the hospital or went to the patients homes - Went to work in Ottawa at a clinic for diabetics and arthritics but returned to Blind River in 1935 - Never left again to work - Small in size 5 foot 4