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Memorable Manitobans: Edith Ellen Button Steenson (1926-1977)
Historian.
Daughter of Edward John Button, descendant of Thomas Button, she was married to Dr. Gordon Steenson. They had five children: Robert, David, Donald, Valerie, and Janice. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, she was Honourary-Secretary of the Manitoba Historical Society. She died at Winnipeg on 2 May 1977 and was buried in the Ashern [Manitoba] United Church Cemetery.
Her articles for the Manitoba Historical Society:
Honorary Secretary’s Report, Annual Meeting
MHS Transactions, Series 3, Number 23, 1966-67 Season
Honorary Secretary’s Report, Annual Meeting
MHS Transactions, Series 3, Number 24, 1967-68 Season
Honorary Secretary’s Report, Annual Meeting
MHS Transactions, Series 3, Number 25, 1968-69 Season
Honorary Secretary’s Report, Annual Meeting
MHS Transactions, Series 3, Number 26, 1969-70 Season
Honorary Secretary’s Report, Annual Meeting
MHS Transactions, Series 3, Number 27, 1970-71 Season
Sources:
Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 3 May 1977, page 32.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 20 July 2011
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