Educator.
Born at Grand Valley, Ontario in September 1882, he came to Manitoba where he taught school for 50 years, including service as Principal of Benito School (1911-1914), Carroll School (1914-1917), Gunton School (1917-1929), Gimli School (1929-1935), McCreary School (1935-1955, 1956-1958), and Brookdale School (1953-1956). In 1958, he was made a Life Member of the Manitoba Teachers’ Federation.
He and wife Margaret Irene McCauley (1884-1965) had four children: Florence Annie Margaret Meldrum (1912-?, wife of John Thomas Floyde), Jessie Evaline Meldrum (1913-?, wife of John Bryer), Verna Irene Meldrum (1915-?, wife of H. Karpenic), and William Gordon Meldrum (1924-?). Active in community affairs, he was Secretary-Treasurer of the McCreary Town Council and the McCreary Hospital Board.
He died at McCreary on 14 August 1959 and was buried in the McCreary Cemetery.
1911 Canada census, Automated Genealogy.
Birth registrations [Florence Annie Margrett, Jessie Evaline Meldrum, Verna Irene Meldrum, William Gordon Meldrum], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Marriage registration [Florence Annie Margaret Meldrum, John Thomas Floyde], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Marriage registration [Jessie Evelyn Meldrum, John Bryer], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Annual Reports of the Manitoba Department of Education, Manitoba Legislative Library.
The Development of Education in Swan River Valley by J. N. R. Clark, MEd thesis, Faculty of Education, University of Manitoba, 1949, page 31.
“Teacher 50 years, William Meldrum dies at McCreary,” Winnipeg Free Press, 17 August 1959, page 33.
“William Meldrum buried at McCreary,” Winnipeg Free Press, 18 August 1959, page 31.
Obituary, Stonewall Argus, 26 August 1959, page 1.
Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 3 October 2026
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