Cleric.
Born at Kildonan in 1826 and baptized at St. John’s Anglican Church on 17 June 1827, the son of John Pritchard and Catherine MacLean Pritchard, he taught in the school founded by his father and in 1866 moved it from Middlechurch to make it an integral part of St. John’s College when that institution was revived. He served as an English master. He was ordained by Bishop Machray in 1866. On 25 May 1864, he married Johanna Bannerman (?-?) at Middlechurch. He died at his home in Hibbing, Minnesota in 1913.
“Death of Rev. Dr. Samuel Pritchard,” Manitoba Free Press, 7 June 1913, page 36.
“Aged pastor dies,” Winnipeg Tribune, 9 June 1913, page 3.
Pioneers and Early Citizens of Manitoba, Winnipeg: Manitoba Library Association, 1971.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
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