Educator, chiropractor.
Born at Bracebridge, Ontario on 26 June 1881, dauhter of Agnes Sharpe (c1840-1913) and Roderick Stuart (c1830-1903), her family moved to the Hunterville district five miles east of Rapid City in 1892. She took teacher training at Winnipeg then taught in classrooms around the province, including at Woodlea School (?-?), Glenburney School (1901), Minnedosa School (1905), Deloraine School (1906-1907), and North Transcona School (1915). She was Principal of Griswold School (1908-1909), Oak River School (1912-1914), Lenore School (1915-1917), and The Pas School (1921-1922). Around 1923, she changed careers and became a chiropractor, having a practise at the Scott Block in Winnipeg from 1923 through 1926. She retired in 1931 and settled at Victoria, British Columbia. She died at Manor Private Hospital in Victoria on 1 October 1951 and was buried in the Royal Oak Burial Park.
1901 Canada census, Automated Genealogy.
Death registrations [Roderick Stuart, Agnes Stuart], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Death registrations [Margaret Roderick Stuart], British Columbia Vital Statistics.
“Selden,” Marquette Reporter, 14 March 1901, page 7.
Obituary [Roderick Stuart], Marquette Reporter, 13 August 1903, page 8.
“Second class normal [Maggie R. Stuart],” Winnipeg Tribune, 3 January 1906, page 3.
“Successful candidates [Maggie R. Stuart],” Winnipeg Tribune, 30 May 1906, page 5.
“Western news' notes [Miss Maggie Stuart...],” Manitoba Free Press, 26 August 1912, page 3.
“Chiropractors [Dr Maggie R. Stuart, Canadian C.C. Graduate],” Winnipeg Tribune, 3 November 1923, page 18.
“Chiropractors [Dr. Maggie R. Stuart, D.C., S.P.C., C.C.C. Graduate ...],” Winnipeg Tribune, 27 June 1924, page 20.
“Chiropractors (Drugless) [Dr. Maggie R. Stuart D.C. S.P.C. C.C.C. graduate ...],” Winnipeg Free Press, 25 December 1926, page 28.
“Miss Mary Stuart dies at Victoria,” Winnipeg Free Press, 24 September 1948, page 13.
“Local and general [K. Stuart has received the sad news],” Rapid City Reporter, 11 October 1951, page 5.
Rapid City Cemetery burial transcriptions, FindAGrave.
This page was prepared by Nathan Kramer.
Page revised: 8 June 2025
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