Educator.
Born in the Rural Municipality of Hanover on 16 July 1893, daughter of David Unger (1865-1938) and Lauretta Anne Fenton (1852-1938), she grew up near Clear Springs and attended teacher training in 1911. She taught in rural Manitoba at Steinbach School (1915-1916, Principal), Birds Hill School (1920-1926), and Sturgeon Creek School (1928-1929, 1930-1931, 1932-1933). On 11 June 1932, she married John Freear (1894-1972) at St. Matthew’s Church in Winnipeg. They moved to Jasper, Alberta had a daughter, Betty. In 1959, they retired to Vancouver, British Columbia. She died at Vancouver on 19 January 1979 and donated her body to medical science.
Birth, marriage, and death registrations, Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Death registrations, British Columbia Vital Statistics.
1901 Canada census, Ancestry.
1916 & 1926 Canada censes, Library and Archives Canada.
“Those successful at teachers exams,” Manitoba Free Press, 27 July 1911, page 13.
“Freear - Unger,” Winnipeg Tribune, 15 June 1932, page 7.
“Freear - Unger,” Winnipeg Free Press, 16 June 1932, page 9.
Obituary, Steinbach Carillon News, 7 February 1979, page 22.
This page was prepared by Nathan Kramer.
Page revised: 4 June 2019
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