Educator, school inspector.
Born at Deloraine on 22 December 1910, son of William Emerson Vasey (1874-1951) and Hattie May Condie (1884-1953), his early education was at Deloraine then he attended Brandon College (BA, McMaster) and the University of Saskatchewan (MEd). He taught school and was Principal at Isabella School (1932-1938), Elkhorn School (1938-1941), and Roland School (1941-1942). He then moved to Winnipeg where he taught at Robert H. Smith School (1944-1947) and Kelvin High School (1949-1956).
In 1956, he was appointed a Manitoba School Inspector based at Neepawa, where he remained for three years until he returned to Winnipeg to work in the Department of Education. He retired in 1975. He also taught in the Faculty of Education at the University of Manitoba and, in retirement, taught English language and communication skills.
He was married twice, first on 20 July 1935 to fellow teacher Catherine Gwendolyn “Gwen” Thompson (1908-1941) at Winnipeg. They had twin daughters: Rose Gwendolyn Vasey (?-2007, wife of Digby Ferries) and Catherine May Vasey (wife of Edward George Marlin). On 30 June 1948, he married Dorothy Mary Black (1920-2008, daughter of E. G. Eckton) at Crescent Fort Rouge United Church and they had three daughters, including Jane Elizabeth Vasey.
He died at Winnipeg on 12 October 2001.
Birth registration [Emmerson Ross Vasey], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Annual Reports of the Manitoba Department of Education, Manitoba Legislative Library.
Marriage registration [Ross Emerson Vasey, Catherine Gwendolyn Thompson], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
“Vasey - Black,” Winnipeg Free Press, 10 July 1948, page 13.
Death registration [William Emerson Vasey], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
“Vasey - Marlin,” Winnipeg Free Press, 1 August 1964, page 12.
Rural Reflections, Volume 2: 1879-1982 by Isabella History Committee, 1982, page 380.
Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 16 October 2001, page 42.
Obituary [Rose Gwendolyn Ferries], Winnipeg Free Press, 24 December 2007.
Obituary [Dorothy Mary Vasey], Winnipeg Free Press, 1 February 2008.
Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.
We thank Jan McClelland for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 21 January 2024
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