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Memorable Manitobans: William McLaws Eadie (1868-1935)
Educator.
Born at Kelvin, Norfolk County, Ontario on 25 October 1868, son of William McLaws Eadie (1837-1898) and Charlotte Hedgers (1846-1930), he worked as a public school teacher prior to marrying Harriet Jane “Hattie” Banks (1868-1960) at Edge Hill, Ontario on 2 August 1893. They had six children: Nelson Burns Eadie (1894-1917), Evelin Eadie (1899-1901), Lillian Mae Eadie (1903-1977, wife of ? Lightfoot), Charles Wilfred Eadie (1904-1950), Genevieve Eadie (1906-1976), and Delight Harriet Eadie (1909-1971, wife of ? Daniel). After teaching in Ontario, he spent time in rural Manitoba, serving as Principal of Oakwood School (1911-1913, where his wife also taught) and Melita School (1915-1916). He died at Toronto, Ontario on 25 February 1935 and was buried in the Zion Glenelg Community Cemetery in Grey County, Ontario.
Sources:
Ontario marriage registrations, Ancestry.
1901 and 1911 Canada censuses, Automated Genealogy.
Attestation papers [Nelson Burns Eadie], Canadian Expeditionary Force, Library and Archives Canada.
Ontario death registration [William McLaws Eadie], Ancestry.
William McLaws Eadie, FindAGrave.
Scotland Cemetery burial transcriptions, FindAGrave.
We thank John Eadie for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Nathan Kramer.
Page revised: 24 December 2022
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