Educator.
Born on the family farm near Pettapiece on 21 June 1909, daughter of Annie Graham (1866-1948) and John Shanks, she was educated at Medina School, Rivers School, Brandon College (BA, 1930), University of Saskatchewan (1931), McGill University (MA, 1959), and at The Sorbonne and other French universities.
She taught school for 40 years, specializing in French and Mathematics, at Birtle School (?-?), Rosebank School (1932-1934), Douglas School (?-?), Steep Rock School (Principal, 1936-1938), Belmont School (?-?), Strathclair School (Principal, 1943-1949), Teulon High School (1949-1950), Brandon Collegiate (1950-1951), Nelson McIntyre High School (?-?), and Kelvin High School (1963-1969).
She died unmarried at Winnipeg on 15 July 1996 and was buried in the Pettapiece Cemetery.
Birth registration [Laura Elfreda Shanks], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
1911 Canada census, Automated Genealogy.
Annual Reports of the Manitoba Department of Education, Manitoba Legislative Library.
Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 18 July 1996, page 36.
Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.
We thank Nathan Kramer and Eileen Trott (Daly House Museum) for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 26 September 2024
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