Memorable Manitobans: Albert Hill (1882-1941)

Educator.

Born in England in 1882, he came to Canada in 1912 with his wife Catherine Hill (c1881-?) and daughter Catherine Esdale Hill (c1909-?). He was the Principal of St. Andrews School (1913-1916), Binscarth School (1916-1919), Pilot Mound School (1919-1921), Pipestone School (1921-1922, 1927-1933), Elkhorn School (1922-1924), Shoal Lake School (1924-1926), and Carman School (1926-1927). In July 1933, he left Canada and returned to England where he took up a Principalship of a private school at Brighton. During the Second World War, he served as a night / air raid warden, during the course of which he developed influenza and pneumonia. He died of these conditions at Cheshire, England around April 1941.

Sources:

1916 and 1926 Canada censuses, Library and Archives Canada.

Annual Reports of the Manitoba Department of Education, Manitoba Legislative Library.

“Local and general [Albert Hill, a former Principal of Lake School ...],” Shoal Lake Star, 29 June 1933, page 5.

“Former Shoal Lake School Principal dies,” Shoal Lake Star, 1 May 1941, page 1.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Nathan Kramer.

Page revised: 25 June 2023

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