Educator, merchant.
Born at Wellington, Ontario on 8 May 1870, son of William Henry Heasman (1827-1914) and Catherine McKenzie (1835-1903), he graduated from the local collegiate in 1889 and attended teacher training. By 1891, he moved with his family to Manitoba and worked as a school teacher.
In 1901, he received a first-class teaching certificate and taught at Holmfield School (1902-1903) and was Principal of Miami School (1903-1905), Wawanesa School (1905-1907), and Birds Hill School (1924-1933). By 1911, he had moved to Saskatchewan, eventually taking up residence at Wawota. There, he worked as a hardware merchant and, for a brief time, was a partner of William Edward King.
He married twice, first on 24 June 1903 to Edith Mabel Mackay (1879-1905) at Hamiota. They had a daughter, Edith Armstrong Heasman (1905-1905). On 24 December 1906, he re-married to Elizabeth “Bessie” Cummings (1876-?) of Hamilton, Ontario at the St. John’s Methodist Church parsonage, 51 Cathedral Avenue, in Winnipeg. They had one son, Jack McKenzie Heasman (1918-2010), and an adopted son (nephew), Howard Reid Heasman (1907-1972).
He died at Wawota, Saskatchewan on 19 May 1955.
1891, 1916, 1921, and 1926 Canada censuses, Library and Archives Canada.
1901 and 1911 Canada censuses, Automated Genealogy.
Birth [Jack McKenzie Heasman] and marriage registrations, Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Birth registration [Howard Reid Heasman], Saskatchewan Vital Statistics.
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“Hamiota,” Shoal Lake Star, 3 September 1903, page 1.
“Oak River budget,” Rapid City Reporter, 21 July 1904, page 5.
“Oak River budget,” Rapid City Reporter, 4 August 1904, page 4.
“Hamiota gold medal contest,” Manitoba Free Press 5 September 1905, page 11.
“Heasman - Cummings,” Manitoba Free Press 28 December 1906, page 3.
“Heasman - Cummings,” Winnipeg Tribune, 28 December 1906, page 3.
“Birds Hill standard club has big fair,” Winnipeg Free Press, 24 September 1927, page 37.
“Ottawa announces,” Winnipeg Free Press, 24 August 1942, page 6.
Henderson’s Winnipeg and Brandon Directories, Peel’s Prairie Provinces, University of Alberta Libraries.
Lumsden Cemetery burial transcriptions [Howard R. Heasman], FindAGrave.
Hamiota Cemetery burial transcriptions [E. Mabel Heasman], FindAGrave.
Nickerson family tree, Ancestry.
Harding/Graham family tree, Ancestry.
This page was prepared by Nathan Kramer.
Page revised: 10 March 2024
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