Educator.
Born at Madrid Springs, New York on 18 December 1876, son of Wilbur Fisk French (1844-1897) and Carolyn “Carrie” Seger (1850-?), he came to Canada in the early 20th century and worked as a schoolteacher in rural Manitoba. He was the Principal of West Treherne School (1914-1916) before enlisting in the Canadian Expeditionary Force in January 1916. Wounded in battle in August 1918, he was invalided to Canada and convalesced at a military hospital in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. He later returned to Manitoba where he was the Principal at Dand School (1923-1924) and West Treherne School (1924-1925), after which he taught for a year at Melita School (1926-1927). He later taught school in northern Alberta (circa 1935-1945) and Steelhead, British Columbia (circa 1953) before retiring to Vivian. He died unmarried at the Winnipeg General Hospital on 5 April 1958.
Attestation papers, Canadian Expeditionary Force, Library and Archives Canada.
Annual Reports of the Manitoba Department of Education, Manitoba Legislative Library.
School division half-yearly attendance reports (E 0757), Archives of Manitoba.
Obituary [Jesse Carlyle French], Winnipeg Free Press, 7 April 1958, page 26.
Canada Voter Lists, 1935-1980, Ancestry.
Ninth Generation, French Family Association.
This page was prepared by Nathan Kramer and Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 19 December 2023
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