Educator.
Born at Winnipeg on 31 July 1904, son of William Wilkie and Mary Macgregor, he taught school at various places in rural Manitoba, including Carman School (1925-1926), Holmfield School (1926-1928), Elphinstone School (1931-1934), Napinka School (1934-1936), Selkirk South Ward School (1936-1937), Devonshire Collegiate (1937-1940), Melita School (1962-1963), Gimli Collegiate (1964), and Teulon Collegiate (1964-1965).
On 21 December 1935, he married Jeannette Martha Turnbull (?-1999) in the RM of Arthur and they had a daughter, Dale Wilkie. He was a member of the St. Andrew’s Society and Canadian Club. He died at Winnipeg on 17 July 1991 and was buried in the Chapel Lawn Memorial Gardens.
Birth registration, Manitoba Vital Statistics.
1911 Canada census, Automated Genealogy.
Annual Reports of the Manitoba Department of Education, Manitoba Legislative Library.
Marriage registration [John Macgregor Wilkie, Jeannetta Martha Turnbull], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 20 July 1991, page 39.
Obituary [Jeannette Wilkie], Winnipeg Free Press, 15 October 1999, page 43.
We thank Nathan Kramer for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 30 June 2024
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