Educator.
Born on a farm in the Rural Municipality of Argyle on 14 July 1911, son of John Thomas Dale (1874-1936) and Adeline Ellen Dunne (1874-1981), he received a BA degree from the University of Manitoba (1942).
His 41-year teaching career was spent at several places around Manitoba, including at Otterburne. He was the Principal of Pine Creek School (1934-1937), Amaranth School (1937-1939), Connor School (1939-1941), Oakville School (1941-1945), Stony Mountain School (1945-1951), and Brickburn School (1951-1955), after which he moved to Winnipeg and taught at Aberdeen School (1957-1969).
In the late 1940s or early 1950s, he married schoolteacher Emily Sophia Ford (1908-1995) and they had a daughter, Eileen Dale (wife of Ron Metcalfe). He was a founding member of the Wesley United Church (now Immanuel United Church), serving on its board, as its Sunday School Superintendent, and a choir member. He died at Winnipeg on 23 March 2003 and was buried in the Glen Eden Memorial Gardens.
Marriage registration [John Thomas Dale, Adeline Allen Dunne], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Birth registration [Alfred Austin Dale], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
“More about graduation,” Winnipeg Free Press, 12 May 1942, page 3.
Annual Reports of the Manitoba Department of Education, Manitoba Legislative Library.
Obituary [Emily Sophia Dale], Winnipeg Free Press, 10 May 1995, page 29.
Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 27 March 2003, page C10.
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: 12 May 2024
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