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James Stockdale Little
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Educator.
Born at Canonbie, Scotland on 22 August 1881, son of John Little and Mary Elliott, he obtained an MA degree from Edinburgh University in 1906 then a BSc degree the following year. He taught for three years in Scotland then emigrated to Canada in 1910. He was a science teacher at Kelvin High School then was appointed the Principal of Earl Grey School (1919-1932), where he established Canada’s first Junior High School. He was then the Principal of Kelvin Technical High School (1932-1946). He retired in 1946.
He and wife Marion Scroggie (1885-1974) had three children: John Howie Little (1911-1972), James Watt “Jim” Little (1912-1991), and Mary Evelyn Little (1914-1994, wife of Joseph Katz). He died at Victoria, British Columbia on 30 October 1958 and was buried in the Royal Oak Burial Park.
See also:
Personal Memoirs: The Story of Earl Grey School (1952) by James Dudley McLeod
Birth registrations [John Howie Little, James Watt Little, Mary Evelyn Little], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
1911 Canada census, Automated Genealogy.
“Changes in Winnipeg school principalships announced by Milton,” Winnipeg Free Press, 5 August 1932, page 3.
Winnipeg School Days, 1871-1950 by Wilfred Gilbert Pearce, Winnipeg School Division, Education Resource Centre.
Death registration [James Stockdale Little, Marion Little], British Columbia Vital Statistics.
“J. S. Little, ex-principal here, dies,” Winnipeg Free Press, 30 October 1958, page 1.
“Canada’s first Junior High opened here 50 years ago,” Winnipeg Free Press, 1 September 1969, page 3.
Obituary [John Howie Little], Winnipeg Free Press, 14 January 1972, page 25.
Death registration [Mary Evelyn Katz], British Columbia Vital Statistics.
Obituary [Mary Evelyn Katz], Winnipeg Free Press, 18 April 1994, page 12.
Earl Grey 75th Anniversary Reunion Memory Book. [Earl Grey School]
James Stockdale Little, FindAGrave.
Marion Scroggie Little, FindAGrave.
We thank Frank Little for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 26 September 2024
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