Educator.
Born at Ontario on 12 December 1875 to Scottish parents, she taught within Manitoba schools at Ravenswood School (1900-1901), Elva School (1905), Walkley School (1906), Soudan School (1907), Miami School (1910), Little Mountain School (1911), and Lyleton School (1912-1913). She was Principal of Minto School (1907-1909), Goose Lake School (1911), Minitonas School (1916), Austin School (1917), and Tyndall School (1917-1918). In 1911, she boarded at Winnipeg at 1 University Place, within the Broadway Campus of the University of Manitoba. Her whereabouts after 1918 are not yet known.
1901 and 1911 Canada censuses, Automated Genealogy.
Summative half-yearly returns for school districts (A 0051), GR0571, Archives of Manitoba.
School division half-yearly attendance reports (E 0757), Archives of Manitoba.
Annual Reports of the Manitoba Department of Education, Manitoba Legislative Library.
We thank Gordon Goldsborough for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Nathan Kramer.
Page revised: 15 November 2025
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