Memorable Manitobans: Clarence Church Stewart (1871-1950)

Educator.

Born at Ashton, Ontario on 30 November 1871, he came to Manitoba in the 1890s and taught school at Elkhorn (1895), Hartney (1899-1900) and Emerson School (1903-1906). In 1906, he moved to Winnipeg to become Principal of Pinkham School, later serving as Principal of Cecil Rhodes School (1918-1927) and Lord Selkirk School (1927-1938). He retired in 1938.

On 17 April 1895, he married Alma Harriet Alcock (1874-1956) at Winnipeg. They had four sons: Garnet Kelvin Stewart (1897-1918), John Ronald Stewart (b 1903), Alexander Kennedy Stewart (b 1905), and James Clarence Stewart (b 1913). He was a member of Westminster United Church, Schoolmasters’ Association (President), IOOF, and the Masons (Prince Rupert Lodge).

He retired to Vancouver, British Columbia where he died on 6 October 1950.

Sources:

Birth and marriage registrations, Manitoba Vital Statistics.

1901 and 1911 Canada censes, Automated Genealogy.

1916 Canada census, Ancestry.

“Former principal Clarence Stewart dies in Vancouver”, Winnipeg Free Press, 9 October 1950, page 11.

Death registration [A. H. Stewart], British Columbia Vital Statistics.

Winnipeg School Days, 1871-1950 by W. G. Pearce, Winnipeg School Division, Education Resource Centre.

Steel and Grass Roots, 1882-1982: History of Elkhorn by Elkhorn and District Historical Society, 1982, pages 73.

We thank Nathan Kramer for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 1 July 2024

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