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Barney Thordarson
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Educator.
Born at Langruth on 5 April 1904, the son of Icelandic immigrants ? Thordardson (?-?) and Guafinna Tomasson (?-?), he began a teaching career in 1922, at Mary Hill School. He later held Principalships at Thornhill School (?-?), Elgin School (1931-1934), Carberry School (1934-1938), and Virden School (1938-1943). During the Second World War, he served for 18 months as an education officer and instructor at the No. 19 Elementary Flying Training School.
In 1945, he joined the teaching staff of Brandon College where he taught arts, science, and education until retirement in 1972.
On 17 June 1931, he married Kathleen Bertha McNaught (1905-1987) in the RM of Cameron and they had a daughter and a son. Active in the community, he was the founding President of the Icelandic Canadian Club of Western Manitoba and President of the Brandon Curling Club. He was a Mason (Tweed Lodge).
He died at Brandon 28 April 1974 and was buried in the Rosewood Memorial Gardens.
Birth registrations [Barney Thordarson, Kathleen Bertha McNaught], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Marriage registration [Barney Thordarson, Kathleen Bertha McNaught], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Annual Reports of the Manitoba Department of Education, Manitoba Legislative Library.
“Long-time BU professor Barney Thordarson dead,” Brandon Sun, 29 April 1974, page 1.
Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 29 April 1974, page 37.
Obituary [Kathleen Bertha Thordarson], Winnipeg Free Press, 16 June 1987, page 39.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 11 September 2024
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