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Thomas Martin Maguire
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Educator, school inspector.
Born in Ontario on 10 May 1857, he came to Manitoba in the 1880s and taught at Dominion City School (?), Morris School (1885), and Brandon (1889). In 1892, he was appointed a School Inspector at Portage la Prairie, serving until retirement in 1923, and also Principal of the Manitou Normal School (1905-1907). On retirement he was made an honorary member of the Manitoba Educational Association.
On 9 October 1883, he married Linda Honora Finn (1861-1945, daughter of Rev. F. M. Finn) in the County of North Dufferin. They had ten children: Annie E. Maguire (1884-?, wife of Glenn W. Porter), Susie Maguire (1885-1912, wife of William Hill), Thomas Finn Maguire (1891-?), John Paterson Maguire (1893-?), Frank Maguire (?-?), Robert Willoughby Maguire (1895-1973), Harvey Mix Maguire (1897-1908), Josephine Arnot “Jo” Maguire (1899-1983), Honora Winnifred “Norah” Maguire (1902-1992, wife of Raymond A. Chalmers), and Dennis Ewan Maguire (1907-1967).
He died at his Portage la Prairie residence on First Street NW on 11 June 1925 and was buried in the Portage Hillside Cemetery.
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Manitou Normal School / Manitou High School (Main Street, Manitou, Municipality of Pembina)
1901 and 1911 Canada censuses, Automated Genealogy.
Marriage registration [Thomas Maguire, Lynda Honora Finn], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Birth registrations [Susie Maguire, Thomas Finn Maguire, John Paterson Maguire, Robert Maguire, Harvey Mix Maguire, Josephine Arnot Maguire, Honora Winnifred Maguire, Dennis Ewan Maguire], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Death registration [Thomas Martin Maguire], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
“Death today of inspector Maguire,” Portage Daily Graphic, 11 June 1925, pages 1, 6.
Obituary [Josephine Arnot Maguire], Winnipeg Free Press, 12 February 1983, page 61.
Obituary [Honorah Winnifred Chalmers], Winnipeg Free Press, 19 September 1992, page 85.
Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.
We thank Tom Maguire and Nathan Kramer for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 7 December 2025
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