Educator.
Born at Appleton, Lanark County, Ontario in 1871, daughter of William Bredin (1826-1899) and Lucy Teskey (1834-1909), she moved to Manitoba with her parents prior to 1881. She became a teacher and married Robert David Wilson (c1848-1911) at Winnipeg on 1 May 1905. The couple had a son, Robert Drummond Wilson (1907-1982). Later, she moved to Alberta and married William Ralph Wilson (1869-1958) and inherited two step-children: Dr. W. R. B. Wilson and Dr. Anna Sharp. She was a mother-in-law of Norman Edgar Sharpe.
She taught at Lord Selkirk School (1916-1920) prior to serving as Principal of Anna Gibson School (1920-1937).
She died at Edmonton, Alberta on 13 March 1963 and her body was returned to Winnipeg for burial in Elmwood Cemetery, across Henderson Highway from the since-demolished school where she was Principal.
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[Wilson - Dobbs], Winnipeg Free Press, 27 June 1940, page 10.
Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 14 March 1963, page 29.
Elmwood Cemetery, FindAGrave.
Darcy Family Tree-A, Ancestry.
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This page was prepared by Nathan Kramer.
Page revised: 20 August 2026
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