Educator.
Born at Springfield, Ontario on 30 October 1873, daughter of Ada Moore, she came to Manitoba in 1892 and taught at Daly Union School (1898-1899) and Brandon Central School (circa 1906) then attended Brandon College (circa 1909). She then taught at Neepawa Central School (circa 1911) followed by service as the Principal of Glenboro School (1916-1918) and Elkhorn School (1918-1919).
On 27 March 1920, she married storekeeper John Wright Simpson (c1871-1959) at the Chalmers church in Winnipeg and lived successively at Tadmore (Saskatchewan), Glencairn and, as of 1939, Brandon. She had two daughters: Margaret Simpson (1910-?, wife of ? Wood) and Florence Simpson (1914-?, wife of ? McKenzie) and was a member of First Presbyterian Church. She died at Brandon on 28 March 1952 and was buried in the Brandon Cemetery.
Ontario birth registration, Ancestry.
Henderson’s Winnipeg and Brandon Directories, Henderson Directories Limited, Peel’s Prairie Provinces, University of Alberta Libraries.
1901 and 1911 Canada censuses, Automated Genealogy.
“Standing of students,” Winnipeg Tribune, 9 January 1909, page 10.
Annual Reports of the Manitoba Department of Education, Manitoba Legislative Library.
“Simpson - Moore,” Grandview Exponent, 8 April 1920, page 7.
1921 and 1931 Canada censuses, Ancestry.
Death registration [Etta May Simpson], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 29 March 1952, page 13.
Obituary [John Wright Simpson], Brandon Daily Sun, 29 April 1959.
Bradwardine and District: A Century and More, 1880-2003 by Bradwardine History Book Committee, 2003.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 13 March 2024
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