User talk:Dr. Bobbi

Early Years: Bobbi D Lancaster was born Robert Douglas Lancaster at St. Josephs Hospital, Chatham Ontario Canada on June 23rd, 1950.He was the first born for Douglas Lorne Lancaster and Rosalie Clara Lancaster (nee Robert).Father was a high school graduate, polio survivor and World War Two veteran who initially worked as a bookkeeper. Mother was a French Canadian farm girl from Paincourt Ontario, elementary school educated, who worked at a textile factory making military uniforms. They were married in 1948 and lived in Chatham until 1956. They moved to a very small farming community called Ridgetown, Ontario. As a youngster Robert almost died from a hemorrhage related to tonsillectomy complications. He recovered quickly and excelled at school and all sports. He also studied insects, delivered the Chatham Daily News, was enrolled in the Royal Conservatory of Music program and became a shilled pianist. He was active in the Roman Catholic church as an altar boy and participated in the Catholic Youth Organization. He was later joined by three siblings (Ronald James, Sandra Ann and Kenneth James). In 1960, the Lancaster family moved to Ancaster briefly and then Hamilton, Ontario where Douglas found work with Revenue Canada as a tax auditor. Robert was now a teenager excelling at golf, still active in the church and working as a caddy. An excellent student, he was awarded a summer studentship to study microbiology at McMaster University in 1966. He also worked at a grocery store and had summer jobs with the Hamilton-Wentworth Streets and Sanitation Department. Robert also tried to enlist in the student militia but failed the medical because of proteinuria.