The Milton School District was established formally in April 1891 and a one-room schoolhouse operated at NE22-4-6W in the Rural Municipality of Thompson. The district was dissolved in 1951. As of 1997, the building still stood at the site and was being used as a granary. It was gone at the time of an April 2015 site visit. Since then, a commemorative sign has been installed.
Among the teachers who worked at Milton School through the years were Eleanor M. Smith (1893), Arthur Martin (1893), William Morrison (1894), J. L. Greenway (1895), John Mallise (1896), D. E. Dorrance (1897), Theodore Dennison (1898-1899), Evelyn K. Baker (1900), P. J. McDonald (1901), Nellie Duncan (1905), Florence Thomson (1906-1907), Clara Smith (1907), William Scott Collins (1908), Ethel A. Gowan (1909), Gladys Goulden (1910), Leone Stubbs (1911-1912), Myrtle McNevin (1913), Anne Watson (1913), Eva Flaherty (1913-1915), Elizabeth Oakes (1915), Evelyn Spearin (1916), A. M. Reid (1917), Nettie M. Sprott (1917), Margaret Godkin (1917), Florence McConnell (1918), Mina H. Terry (1918-1920), Mabel Russell (1920), Mary J. Stewart (1920), Dorothy Holland (1921-1923), Jean C. Allison (1923-1924), Jean A. Burnett (1924-1927), Marjorie Hunter (1927-1928), Florence G. Stewart (1929-1936), Doris E. Skinner (1936-1939), Dolce Eleanor Argue (1939-1942), Ellen Lucille Pulfer (1942-1944), Pearl Campbell (1944-1945), Miss M. Sawchuck (1945-1946), Miss A. Aerssons (1946-1947), Miss H. Thomasson (1947-1949), and Noreen Porter (1949-1950).
The former site of Milton School (April 2015)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough
Milton School commemorative sign (November 2020)
Source: Art PeersSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.32510, W98.18329
denoted by symbol on the map above
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.
Miami & R. M. of Thompson Chronicles by Thompson History Book Committee, c1998. [Manitoba Legislative Library, F5649.M50Mia]
We thank Art Peers for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 7 November 2020
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.
Browse lists of:
Museums/Archives | Buildings | Monuments | Cemeteries | Locations | OtherInclusion 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.Help us keep history alive!
