Educator.
Born at Orillia, Ontario on 12 July 1879, one of six children of Charles Ellis and Isabella MacNab (c1856-1944), sister of Isabel Ellis, she came to Winnipeg with her family at the age of two. After teaching at Dominion City School (1898-1900), in 1902 she joined the teaching staff of the Winnipeg School Board, spending nine years at Argyle School. She taught at Greenway School (1911-1914) then was appointed the first Principal of Earl Grey School (1915-1919). She transferred to Gladstone School in 1919 where she remained until retirement in 1944. She died at Winnipeg on 5 November 1972 and was buried in the Elmwood Cemetery.
1901 Canada census, Automated Genealogy.
Winnipeg School Days, 1871-1950 by W. G. Pearce, Winnipeg School Division, Education Resource Centre.
Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 7 November 1972, page 39.
We thank Nathan Kramer for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 3 October 2026
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