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Charles Arnold Ursel
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Educator, municipal official.
Born at Winnipeg on 13 December 1906, youngest son of Charles “Karl” Ursel (1879-1961) and Anna “Annie” Fiks (1885-1957), he grew up at Marquette and attended Prairie School. After earning his teacher certification, he returned to the area, teaching at Belcourt School and Prairie School (1928-1930). There, he met and later married fellow teacher Mary Angela Gillerlain (1912-2000) on 12 August 1940 at St. Mary’s Rectory. He was the Principal of Woodlands School (1937-1938), and following their marriage, the couple had two children and settled at 489 Eveline Street in Selkirk, where he taught at Devonshire Collegiate (1939-1942). From there, he moved to Winnipeg to join the staff of the Winnipeg School Division, where he taught at Lord Selkirk School (1944-1954), David Thompson Junior High School (1955-1968), and Elmwood High School (1968-1971), until retirement in 1971. He also served as a Councillor (1954-1958) of St. Boniface, a trustee for Norwood School District No. 2113, and was a member of the Optomists and the St. Boniface Wildlife Association. He died at the St. Boniface Hospital on 7 April 1997 and is buried with his wife at Assumption Cemetery.
Birth registrations, Manitoba Vital Statistics.
1911 Canada census, Automated Genealogy.
“Reads pink paper,” Winnipeg Tribune Junior Edition, 11 March 1916, page 3.
Engagements, Winnipeg Free Press, 6 July 1940, page 10.
“Ursel - Gillerlain is event of Saturday afternoon,” Winnipeg Free Press, 12 August 1940, page 8.
“St. Boniface,” Winnipeg Tribune, 22 October 1949, page 1.
Ville Cathedral de Saint Boniface: The Cathedral City, promotional pamphlet, c1958.
Anniversaries, Winnipeg Free Press, 11 August 1990, page 34.
Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 10 April 1997, page D8.
Obituary [Angela Ursel], Winnipeg Free Press, 5 August 2000, page C11.
Valley View Memorial Gardens (British Columbia), Ursel, FindAGrave.
We thank Anthony Wlock for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Nathan Kramer and Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 30 October 2022
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