Educator.
Born at Molega, Nova Scotia on 22 May 1859, son of Donald McInnis and Sarah McInnis, he became a teacher prior to the early 1890s and taught at Halifax by 1893, Clarks Harbour (1901), and Round Hill (1909) and was a School Principal at Digby (1911) before moving to Manitoba after 1916. He taught at Morweena School (1924) and was Principal of Fisher Branch School (1919-1923, 1924-1926), the latter where his daughter Freda also taught. By October 1931, he had moved to Regina, Saskatchewan where he continued to work as a Principal.
On 19 July 1893, he married Mary Lois Catherine Aldred (1876-1951) at Halifax, Nova Scotia and they had eight children: Jessie MacInnis (1894-?), Emma MacInnis (1897-?), Alfreda “Freda” MacInnis (1899-?), Dora MacInnis (1901-?), Donald Archibald MacInnis (1903-?), Laurie MacInnis (1906-?), Marion MacInnis (1909-?), and Keneth Aldred MacInnis (1915-?).
He died in 1943 and was buried in the Fairview Cemetery at Digby, Nova Scotia.
Birth and marriage registrations, Nova Scotia Vital Statistics.
1901 and 1911 Canada census, Automated Genealogy.
1891, 1916, 1921, and 1926 Canada censuses, Library and Archives Canada.
Archibald D. MacInnis, FindAGrave.
We thank Darryl Toews for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Nathan Kramer.
Page revised: 16 May 2024
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