Educator.
He was the first graduate from the Master of Education program at the University of Manitoba. After teaching in rural Manitoba schools for some time, including at Kenilworth School (1927-1930), he served as Principal of Eden Consolidated School (1930-1941). In 1941, he was appointed Superintendent of the Flin Flon School District, a position that he held until retirement in 1965. He then spent the next six years instructing nature classes at the Manitoba Forestry Association Conservation Camp at Hadashville.
On 21 December 1939, he married Helen Ada Scott Ram (1913-2015) at Brandon and they had two children: Margaret Scott Hamilton (c1944-1966) and Bill Hamilton. A life member of the Manitoba Educational Association, Manitoba Teachers’ Society, and Manitoba Association of School Superintendents, and a committee member of the Manitoba Centennial Corporation, he was given the Canadian Centennial Medal in recognition of his work as an educator.
He died at the Grace Hospital on 17 January 1985 and was buried in the St. Mary’s La Prairie Anglican Cemetery.
Marriage registration [Ivan Lorne Hamilton, Helen Ada Scott Ram], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Obituary [Margaret Scott Hamilton], Winnipeg Free Press, 29 June 1966, page 29.
Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 19 January 1985, page 52.
Obituary [Ada Scott Hamilton], Winnipeg Free Press, 16 May 2015.
Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.
We thank Nathan Kramer for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 7 November 2024
Memorable Manitobans
This is a collection of noteworthy Manitobans from the past, compiled by the Manitoba Historical Society. We acknowledge that the collection contains both reputable and disreputable people. All are worth remembering as a lesson to future generations.
Search the collection by word or phrase, name, place, occupation or other text:
Custom SearchBrowse surnames beginning with:
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | Y | ZBrowse deaths occurring in:
1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024
Send corrections and additions to this page
to the Memorable Manitobans Administrator at biographies@mhs.mb.caCriteria for Memorable Manitobans | Suggest a Memorable Manitoban | Firsts | Acknowledgements
Help us keep
history alive!
