The Jordon School District was established formally in April 1896 and a schoolhouse operated at NE4-3-4 east of the Principal Meridian in what is now the Municipality of Emerson-Franklin. The district was renamed to Newbridge almost immediately after its formation. Tenders for a school building were issued in October 1896 and the finished structure, measuring 18 feet by 26 feet, was completed at a cost of around $450. In October 1913, the district was reorganized into the Greenridge School District, though this school operated for the remainder of the school year before closing.
Among the teachers of Newbridge School were Gertrude Coulter (Fall 1896, Fall 1897 - Fall 1898), Sarah J. McLennan (Spring 1897, Spring 1899 - Fall 1900), George William Burrell (Spring 1901 - pt Spring 1906), Eleanor Casson (pt Spring 1906 - Spring 1908, pt Spring 1910), Annie Wright (Fall 1908 - pt Spring 1909), Austin McFarlane (pt Spring 1909 - pt Spring 1910), John William Lawbe Doubleday (Fall 1910 - Spring 1912), Jean Steele (Fall 1912 - Spring 1913), and Alta Shearer (Fall 1913 - Spring 1914).
Newbridge School (c1911)
Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors’ Photographs, A0233, GR2664, C65.Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.18947, W96.98526
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.
Summative half-yearly returns for school districts (A 0051), Archives of Manitoba.
School division and school district formation files (E 0027), Jordon [Jordan] School District #877, GR1688, Archives of Manitoba.
Manitoba School Records Collection, Newbridge School No. 877 - Daily Registers, GR2088, Archives of Manitoba.
Manitoba School Records Collection, Newbridge School No. 877 - Minute Book, GR2088, Archives of Manitoba.
This page was prepared by Nathan Kramer.
Page revised: 19 July 2024
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