Educator.
Born at Ramsgate, England on 21 November 1872, he came to Canada in 1891 and settled on a farm at Oak Lake. He taught school at Lenore then served as Principal at Beresford School, Griswold School (1904-1907), Clear Springs School (1905), Rapid City School (1908-1916), Hamiota School (1916-1919), Elkhorn School (1919-1922), Hartney School (1922-1927), Foxwarren School (1927-1931), Tyndall School (1931-1933), and Shoal Lake School. He then worked for the Manitoba Department of Education until retirement in 1954.
On 8 Augus 1908, he married Susie May Bellman (1879-1930) at Durham County, Ontario. They had three daughters: Helen Marjorie Cresswell (1910-?, wife of Ernest Harper Barclay and H. Dugard), Edith Jean Cresswell (1915-?, wife of John Cherco), and Shirley Cresswell (?-?, wife of A. Fox). He was founding Secretary of the Mentors Club. He died at his Winnipeg home, 413 Beaverbrook Street, on 11 December 1961 and was buried in the Chapel Lawn Memorial Gardens.
1901 and 1911 Canada censuses, Automated Genealogy.
Ontario marriage registration, Ancestry.
Birth registrations [Helen Marjorie Cresswell, Edith Jean Crisswell], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Annual Reports of the Manitoba Department of Education, Manitoba Legislative Library.
1921 Canada census, Ancestry.
Death registration [Susie May Cresswell], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Marriage registration [Helen Marjorie Cresswell, Ernest Harper Barclay], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Marriage registration [Edith Jean Cresswell, John Cherko], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 13 December 1961, page 33.
Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.
We thank Nathan Kramer for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 8 September 2024
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