Educator.
Born at Winnipeg on 8 October 1875, daughter of William Michael Burke and Mary A. Marshall, she was the Principal of Pinkham School (1900-1901). On 4 September 1901, she married Winnipeg resident William Edward Masey Gordon (1868-1947) in Vancouver, British Columbia. The couple returned to Winnipeg, and following her tenure as Principal, her whereabouts are unknown. She died in September 1956 and was buried in the Queen's Park Cemetery and Mausoleum in Calgary, Alberta.
1901 Canada census, Automated Genealogy.
Marriage registration, British Columbia Vital Statistics.
“Gordon - Burke,” Manitoba Morning Free Press, 5 September 1901, page 3.
Henderson’s Winnipeg and Brandon Directories, Henderson Directories Limited, Peel’s Prairie Provinces, University of Alberta Libraries.
Obituary [William Masey Gordon], Winnipeg Tribune, 23 January 1947, page 4.
Obituary, The Albertan, 21 September 1956, page 22.
We thank Darryl Toews for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Nathan Kramer.
Page revised: 23 April 2024
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