Educator.
Born at Dominion City on 19 December 1881, daughter of Isabella MacKercher (1854-1938) and Alexander “Sandy” Waddell (1843-1937), and sibling of James McKercher Waddell, she taught at or near Hamiota School (1901) and at Dominion City School (1902) and Russell School (1908), and was Principal of Dominion City School (1908-1909, 1910) and Solsgirth School (1914-1915).
On 24 April 1917, she married James Gordon Kippan (1884-1963) in the Rural Municipality of Franklin and had two children: Margaret Isabelle Kippan (1918-?, wife of Mr. Mousseau) and James Alexander Kippan (1919-?). She resided at Russell until after her husband's death in 1963 when, around January 1964, she moved to British Columbia to be closer to her son.
She died at the Altamont Private Hospital at West Vancouver on 15 March 1964 and her body was returned to Manitoba for burial in the Russell Memorial Gardens.
1901 Canada census, Automated Genealogy.
Birth registrations [Margaret Isabelle Kippan, James Alexander Kippan], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Marriage registrations [Lena Alexandra Waddell & James Gordon Kippan], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Death registrations [Alexander Waddell, Isabella Waddell], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Death registrations [Lena Alexandra Kippan], British Columbia Vital Statistics.
“Local news [Miss Waddell],” Russell Banner, 13 August 1908, page 1.
Brandon estate files (ATG 0064A), #15979 James Gordon Kippan, GR3117, Archives of Manitoba.
Brandon estate files (ATG 0064A), #6588/64 James Gordon Kippan, GR3117, Archives of Manitoba.
Brandon estate files (ATG 0064A), #16171 Lena Alexandra Kippan, GR3117, Archives of Manitoba.
Dominion City Cemetery burial transcriptions, FindAGrave.
Russell Memorial Gardens burial transcriptions, FindAGrave.
This page was prepared by Nathan Kramer.
Page revised: 1 December 2024
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