Community activist.
Born at Liverpool, England in September 1874, she came to Canada in 1908 and married John Graham (1880-1948) the following year. They moved to Rapid City in 1912. She had three children: Marjorie Augustus Graham (c1906-1987, wife of John Melvin Baskier), Donald Graham (c1917-?), and Frank Graham (?-?). She was an active worker in the United Farmers of Manitoba and helped introduce the municipal doctor system, and served on the child welfare board. She died at Bagot on 23 April 1951 and was buried in the Rapid City Cemetery.
1911 Canada census, Automated Genealogy.
1921 Canada census, Ancestry.
Death registration [John Graham], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
“Mrs. John Graham dies at Bagot,” Winnipeg Free Press, 28 April 1951, page 38.
Obituary [Marjorie Augustus Baskier], Winnipeg Free Press, 2 June 1987, page 43.
This page was prepared by Kris Keen and Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 10 December 2021
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