Historic Sites of Manitoba: Edrans Union School No. 1142 (Edrans, Municipality of North Cypress-Langford)

Link to:
Principals | Vice-Principals | Teachers | Photos & Coordinates | Sources

The Edrans School District was formally established in August 1901 and a school building was erected in Edrans, in what is now the Municipality of North Cypress-Langford. The first two schools at the site burned down, the latter one on 7 January 1943, and the present building, a two-classroom wood frame and stucco structure, dates from early 1944. It closed in June 1967. The building is now used as a church.

School attendance registers from 1942 to 1968, and school board minute books from 1955 to 1966 are held at the Carberry Plains Archives.

Principals

Period	Principal
1934-1936	Kenneth Donald Bruce (1892-1968)
1936-1944	Clarence Earl Cole (1895-1970)
1944-1949	?
1949-1950	Margaret Eleanor Murray
1950-1951	Calvin Robert Somerville
1951	Marjorie Carritt Seamen
1951-1952	Russel Henry Hayter (1905-1962)
1952-1953	Robert William Whitfield
1953-1956	Marjorie Carritt Seamen
1956-1959	?
1959-1960	A. W. Paul
1960-1964	Mrs. Mary J. Perrett

Teachers

Other teachers at Edrans School included Miss Maud Napper (1901), Miss M. Carritt (1937), Gertrude Blenkhorn, George P. MacLeod, and Mrs. Jenny Graham (1966-1967).

Period	Teachers
1949-1950	Abe J. Friesen (grades 1-6), Margaret Eleanor Murray (grades 7-11)
1950-1951	Shirley Doreen Boles (grades 1-6), Calvin Robert Somerville (grades 7-11)
1951-1952	Russel Henry Hayter (grades 7-11, pt Fall - Spring), Mildred Jones (grades 1-6), Marjorie E? Carritt Seamen (grades 7-11, pt Fall)
1952-1953	Ivy May Isabel Fisher (grades 3-6), Robert William Whitfield (grades 7-11), ? (grades 1-3)
1953-1954	Helen Marguerite Moore (grades 1-6), Marjorie E? Carritt Seamen (grades 7-10)

Photos & Coordinates

Edrans Union School (no date) by A. B. Fallis Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs, GR8461, A0233, C131-2, page 65. Edrans School under construction (circa 1944) Source: Jacquie Seaman Jones Edrans School (1948) Source: Jacquie Seaman Jones The former Edrans School building (circa 1986) Source: Historic Resources Branch, Public School Buildings Inventory, slide 877. The former Edrans School, now being used as a church (December 2011) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Site Coordinates (lat/long): N50.05310, W99.13641 denoted by symbol on the map above

Sources:

Annual Reports of the Manitoba Department of Education, Manitoba Legislative Library.

The Carberry Plains: 75 Years of Progress, page 79. [Manitoba Legislative Library, F5648.C36 Car]

One Hundred Years in the History of the Rural Schools of Manitoba: Their Formation, Reorganization and Dissolution (1871-1971) by Mary B. Perfect, MEd thesis, University of Manitoba, April 1978.

A Study of Public School Buildings in Manitoba by David Butterfield, Historic Resources Branch, Manitoba Department of Culture, Heritage and Tourism, 1994, 230 pages.

School division half-yearly attendance reports (E 0757), Archives of Manitoba.

We thank Jacquie Seaman Jones, Ralph and Mildred Schneider for providing photographs and other information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Nathan Kramer.

Page revised: 26 September 2023

Historic Sites of Manitoba This is a collection of historic sites in Manitoba compiled by the Manitoba Historical Society. The information is offered for historical interest only. SEARCH the collection Browse lists of: Museums/Archives | Buildings | Monuments | Cemeteries | Locations | Other Inclusion in this collection does not confer special status or protection. Official heritage designation may only come from municipal, provincial, or federal governments. Some sites are on private property and permission to visit must be secured from the owner. Site information is provided by the Manitoba Historical Society as a free public service only for non-commercial purposes. Send corrections and additions to this page to the MHS Webmaster at webmaster@mhs.mb.ca. Search Tips | Suggest an Historic Site | FAQ Help us keep history alive!