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Frederick Edward Tinkler
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Educator.
Born at Ipswich, England on 22 March 1887, he was educated at British public schools and Edward VI grammar schools. He immigrated to Canada in 1910 and worked for a time as a railway accountant at Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. He then became a schoolteacher, serving as Vice-Principal or Principal at several Saskatchewan towns until returning to Saskatoon. By 1916, he married Ida Katherine Ratz (1884-1975) and they had at least one child, Barbara Elaine Tinkley (1916-2005, wife of Albert Tuningley) at Winnipeg.
About 1924, he moved to Manitoba and was a teacher and Assistant Principal at Russell School (1924), after which he was Principal of Woodhaven School (1924-1926) and Assiniboine School (1926-1928) in St. James. In 1928, he was appointed School Supervisor in the Norwood School District No. 2113. He taught at King George V School (circa 1929) and Norwood Collegiate (1939-1957) prior to retirement in 1957. He also served as a district representative (1926-1927) of the Manitoba Teachers’ Federation. While at Winnipeg, he resided at Albermarle Apartments (c1931).
In retirement, he and his wife moved to British Columbia where they resided at Arranglen Lodge in Qualicum Beach. He died there on 8 May 1977 and was buried in the Cedar Valley Memorial Gardens at Cedar, British Columbia.
Birth registration [Barbara Elaine Tinkler], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
1931 Canada census, Library and Archives Canada.
“Russell mason laid to rest,” Winnipeg Tribune, 2 September 1924, page 11.
“Teachers Assn. puts President back in office,” Winnipeg Evening Tribune, 10 April 1926, page 2.
“South eastern teachers open annual meeting,” Winnipeg Free Press, 10 November 1932, page 13.
“Modern trends to be theme at teacher meet,” Winnipeg Free Press, 15 October 1951, page 6.
Norwood Collegiate Purple & Gold, 1955, page 2.
Henderson’s Winnipeg and Brandon Directories, Henderson Directories Limited, Peel’s Prairie Provinces, University of Alberta Libraries.
Death registrations [Ida Katherine Tinkler, Frederick Edward Tinkler], British Columbia Vital Statistics.
Obituary [Barbara Elaine Tuningley], Parksville Qualicum Beach News, 7 May 2005.
We thank Margaret Oakes and Gordon Goldsborough for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Nathan Kramer.
Page revised: 8 November 2026
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