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Sidney Irvine Mott
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Educator.
Born at Sylvan, Ontario on 31 August 1871, son of Sears Mott (1829-1897) and Maria Antoinette Loomis (1835-1885), brother of Laura Marie Mott, he came to Manitoba in 1882 and settled at Souris. He became a schoolteacher, serving as the Principal of Oakwood School (1901-1902), Belmont School (1907-1913), Griswold School (1914-1923), Lenore School (1923-1929), Myrtle School (1929-1930), Graysville School (1930-1931), and Ochre River School (1931-1932).
On 22 March 1913, he married Effie Vooght Wilks (1876-1970) in the RM of Strathcona. They had two sons: Rowland Mott (?-?) and Chester Wilks Mott (1919-?). The family was living in Neepawa in October 1937.
He died in 1957 and was buried in the Pinecrest Cemetery at Ottawa, Ontario.
1901 Canada census [Sydney Mott], Automated Genealogy.
Marriage registration [Sears Irvine Mott, Effie Vooght Wilks], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Birth registration [Chester Wilks Mott], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Annual Reports of the Manitoba Department of Education, Manitoba Legislative Library.
Obituary [Agnes Mott Tully], Winnipeg Free Press, 26 October 1937.
Obituary, Ottawa Citizen, 23 February 1957, page 34.
Obituary [Effie Vooght Wilks Mott], Ottawa Citizen, 29 October 1970, page 48.
Sidney “Sears” Irwin Mott, FindAGrave.
We thank Geraldine Sookorukoff and Darryl Toews for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 4 May 2024
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