Educator.
Born at Minnedosa on 24 January 1897, daughter of Ellen Maria Moffatt (1876-?) and William Fletcher (1869-?), she grew up on the family farm at 21-21-15W and became a teacher around the time of the First World War. She taught at Bower School (?-?), Edington School (1917), Rosamond School (1918-1920; Principal 1918-1919), and Bracken School (1922). On 24 October 1923, she married James Archibald Dodd (1888-1971) at McCreary. She died at Buffalo, New York in March 1996 and was buried in the Woodlawn Cemetery at Orchard Park.
Birth registration [Clara Ellen Fletcher], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
1901 and 1911 Canada censuses, Automated Genealogy.
1921 Canada census, Library and Archives Canada.
Marriage registration [Clara Ellen Fletcher, James Archibald Dodd], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Obituary [James Archibald Dodd], Buffalo News, 3 April 1971, page 3.
Obituary, Buffalo News, 7 March 1996, page 11.
We thank Darryl Toews for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Nathan Kramer.
Page revised: 15 August 2024
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