The Kinlough Schoool District was formally establishe in September 1893 and a one-room schoolhouse located upon this site at NE21-9-2W in the Rural Municipality of Macdonald. In June 1909, the district was consolidated into the Starbuck Consolidated School No. 1150 however classes did not transfer over to the latter until the fall of 1910. In 1930, the former school building was used for a time as a residence by the Ammeter and Trachsel families.
Among the teachers at Kinlough School were Emma Dousett (Spring-Fall 1894), G. W. Farrier (Spring 1895), M. Erwin (Fall 1895 - Spring 1896), George Henry Davis (Fall 1896), Eva G. Courrell? (Spring-Fall 1897), M. A. Keroach (Spring 1898), Mary M. Molloy (Fall 1898 - Fall 1900), Maggie Pruden? (Spring-Fall 1901), records not available (Spring 1902 - Fall 1904), Harry G. Francis (Spring-Fall 1905), Estella M. Thomson (Spring 1906, later married Douglas Leader Durkin), M. C. Keith (pt Fall 1906), A. Bassalow? (pt Fall 1906 - Spring 1907), Barbara Leger (Fall 1907 - Spring 1908), Emelia Gironand? (Fall 1908 - Fall 1909), and Louisette Massicotte (Spring 1910).
Kinlough School (circa 1909)
Source: Education Department Report, 1910, Manitoba Legislative Library.
Kinlough School commemorative sign (September 2014)
Source: Gordon GoldsboroughSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.76837, W97.66920
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Kinlo School No. 1680 (RM of Macdonald)
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.
Financial support for research reported on this page was provided by the Manitoba Heritage Grants Program (grant 12F-C101, 2012-2013).
Summative half-yearly returns for school districts (A 0051), GR0571, Archives of Manitoba.
School division and school district formation files (E 0027), Kinlough School District No. 784, GR1688, Archives of Manitoba.
We thank Michele Ammeter for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Nathan Kramer.
Page revised: 22 December 2023
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