Educator.
Born at Tulcea, Romania on 10 December 1882, son of Simon Wolkoff (1853-1922) and Mary Ann Edinger (1860-1929), brother of John Robert Walkof, he immigrated with his family to Canada in 1888, and resided in the Rural Municipality of Stanley by 1901. He became a teacher and worked in rural Manitoba, including at Winkler School (1907-1911, Principal) and Kronsfeld School (1922-1927, Principal 1923-1927), Maple Leaf School (1927-1928), and Plum Coulee School (1948-1949, Principal).
On 11 August 1907, he married Agatha Klassen (1885-1963) and they had two children: Irene Mae Wolkof (1908-1986) and Karl Simon “Charles” Wolkof (1910-1984). He died at Morden on 20 September 1953 and was buried in the Winkler Cemetery.
Marriage registrations, Manitoba Vital Statistics.
1901 and 1911 Canada censuses, Automated Genealogy.
Carl Simon Walkof, FindAGrave.
Obituary [Irene Mae Wiebe], Winnipeg Free Press, 7 July 1986, page 33.
Joseph Sydney Walkof, FindAGrave.
We thank Darryl Toews for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Nathan Kramer.
Page revised: 2 May 2024
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