Educator.
Born at Baldur on 25 August 1908, son of Anglican cleric William Henry Walker and Mary Elizabeth Bate (1872-1961), his childhood was spent in the Clandeboye area. His teaching career began in 1927 when he attended the Central Normal School then he taught at Shoal Lake School (?-?). He took further studies at the University of Manitoba (BA and BEd degrees) then taught at Cory School (?-?) and Clandeboye School (?-?). He was the Principal of Woodlands School (1939-1943), Souris School (1945-1946), and Pierson School (1947-1948). In 1958, he returned to Selkirk where he taught until retirement in 1971. His contributions to education in Manitoba were recognized with a Centennial Medal (1967).
On 13 July 1945, he married schoolteacher Anna Stewart Buscarlet (1909-2001) of Souris and they subsequently had two sons. He died at Souris on 20 August 1974 and was buried in the Glenwood Cemetery.
Birth registration [Walter Humphry Wilfred], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
1911 Canada census, Automated Genealogy.
Annual Reports of the Manitoba Department of Education, Manitoba Legislative Library.
Death registration [William Henry Walker], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Obituary [William Henry Walker], Winnipeg Tribune, 16 November 1938, page 7.
“Walker - Buscarlet,” Winnipeg Free Press, 18 July 1945, page 7.
Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 22 August 1974, page 19.
Obituary [Anna Walker], Winnipeg Free Press, 28 August 2001.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 2 January 2014
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