Bio of WEUM, Dr. Thurston William (b.1882), Hennepin Co., MN
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EXTRACTED FROM: History of Minneapolis, Gateway to the Northwest; 
Chicago-Minneapolis, The S J Clarke Publishing Co, 1923; Edited by: Rev. 
Marion Daniel Shutter, D.D., LL.D.; Volume I - Shutter (Historical); 
volume II - Biographical; volume III - Biographical

Vol III, pg 760-763
THURSTON WILLIAM WEUM, M. D.
Dr. Thurston W. Weum, one of Minnesota's native sons, has made the medical
profession his choice as a life work and as the years have passed he has
steadily progressed as his experience and ability have increased, until he now
occupies a position among the leading gynecologists and obstetricians of
Minneapolis. He was born in Norcross, Grant county, on the 7th of May, 1882, of
the marriage of Mons T. and Gertrude (Hoidale) Weum, the former a native of
Norway and the latter of Minnesota. The father came to Minneapolis in 1902 and
engaged in the manu­facture of men's furnishing goods as a member of the firm of
Weum, Watt & Company, successfully conducting his interests in this city until
1909. In 1904 Mrs. Gertrude Weum died. In 1906 Mons T. Weum returned to
Moorhead, Minne­sota, where he had previously located, and is now president of
the First State Bank of that place, while he also has large mercantile
interests, being numbered among the most substantial business men of the town.
He is likewise prominent in civic affairs and is a member of the school board
and also of the charter commission.
In 1900 Thurston William Weum was graduated from the Moorhead high school and
then became a student at the University of Minnesota, later attending the
University of Chicago, from which he received the degree of S. B. in 1906. He
next entered the Northwestern Medical College at Chicago, from which he was
grad­uated in 1908, following which he served an interneship at St. Luke's
Hospital of Denver, Colorado. In 1909 he opened an office in Duluth, Minnesota,
where he followed his profession for three years, and in 1912 he moved to South
Haven, this state, and there built the Weum Hospital. He operated that
institution until 1917 and then returned to Chicago, where he took a special
course of study in obstetrics and gynecology. In August, 1918, he came to
Minneapolis, which has since been his home, and in the summer of that year he
was appointed assistant instructor of obstetrics and gynecology at the
University of Minnesota, while two years later he was made instructor, in which
capacity he is now serving. He is associate in obstetrics and gynecology at the
University Hospital and lecturer on obstetrics at the Training School for
Nurses, maintained in connection with St. Mary's Hospital, in addition to which
he is caring for a large private practice.
Dr. Weum was married December 15, 1909, to Miss Evelyn Zoe Schaffnit of Denver,
Colorado, and they have two children: Marjorie Gertrude, whose birth occurred on
the 27th of February, 1911; and Audrey, born October 7, 1920. The family
residence is at No. 300 West Fiftieth street. Dr. Weum is a member of Knox
Presbyterian church, and in politics he is an independent republican. He is
identified with the Masonic order, was a charter member of Joppa Lodge and is
now a charter member of University Lodge. He is also connected with the Aero,
Minneapolis Athletic, Superior Golf and Automobile clubs and the Civic &
Com­merce Association. His professional relations are with the Hennepin County
and Minnesota State Medical societies, the Minnesota Obstetrical and
Gynecological So­ciety, the American Medical Association and the Minneapolis
Clinical Association, and he is also a member of Phi Gamma Delta and Alpha Kappa
Kappa, Greek letter fraternities. Studious by nature, he utilizes every possible
opportunity to perfect himself in his profession, and his skill and ability have
won for him the admiration and respect of his fellow practitioners and of those
to whom he has ministered.