Historic Sites of Manitoba: San Antonio School No. 2234 (Bissett, Northern Manitoba)

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The San Antonio School District was established formally in September 1932, named for the local mining company, and a schoolhouse was constructed in Bissett. In 1968, the district became part of the Frontier School Division.

Principals

Period	Principal
1941-1944	Audrah Eileen Grant Caughell (1915-2022)
1944-1950	?
1950-1952	John Gilbank Anderson (1912-2003)
1952-1958	Maurice Wesley “Moe” Cryderman (1909-1991)
1958-1959	Soren Bernhard Jorgensen (1905-1988)
1959-1965	Dennis Lee Hennessey
1965-1966	Winston Stavus Barton (1941-2010)

Teachers

School Year	Teachers
1932-1933	Margaret Cadwell
1933-1934	Violet Bell
1934-1935	Louise Bewick, Florence Wilkinson
1935-1936	Louise Bewick, Florence Wilkinson
1936-1937	Charles Johnson, Bernice Wright
1937-1938	Charles Johnson, Bernice Wright
1938-1939	Ethel Burnside, Mary Cook, Christine Thom
1939-1940	Ethel Burnside, Ann James, Christine Thom
1940-1941	Elizabeth Mitchell, Christine Thom, Edna Wheatland
1941-1942	Audrah Eileen Grant Caughell, Elizabeth Mitchell, Emilie Sumi
1942-1943	Audrah Eileen Grant Caughell, David MacDonald, Vera Matheson, Elizabeth Mitchell
1943-1944	Doris Bryant, Dorothy Clendenning, Audrah Eileen Grant Caughell, Jean Leckie, Molly Morrice
1944-1945	Doris Bryant, Dorothy Clendenning, Jean Leckie, Olga Long, Molly Morrice
1945-1946	Rowena Birkett, Edythe Chanin, Ruth Fairlie, Pearl Jaworski, Mabel Taylor
1946-1947	Norah Angus, Rowena Birkett, Edythe Chanin, Ruth Fairlie, Pearl Jaworski, Mabel Sveinson
1947-1948	Edythe Chanin, Marie Derksen, Ruth Fairlie, Olga Husack, Pearl Jaworski, Jeanette Toupin
1948-1949	Marie Derksen, Ruth Fairlie, Naida Hosie, Olga Husack, Greta Thorpe, Jeanette Toupin
1949-1950	John Anderson, Marie Derksen, Deirdre Gilhuly, Naida Hosie, Olga Husack, Greta Thorpe
1950-1951	John Anderson, Katie Bergen, Marie Derksen, Naida Hosie, Audrey McIntyre, Winona Ross, Elizabeth Wiseman
1951-1952	John Anderson, Paul Alexiuk, Naida Hosie, Mary Irwin, Norma Jack, Winona Ross, Bernard Zakaluk
1952-1953	Paul Alexiuk, Marguerite Clark, Maurice Cryderman, Beverley Graham, Patricia Johnson, Donna Solinsky, Margaret Williamson, Bernard Zakaluk
1953-1954	Paul Alexiuk, Marguerite Clark, Harry Craig, Maurice Cryderman, Patricia Johnson, Donna Solinsky, Marianne Sykes, Katherine Wisby
1954-1955	Priscilla Bolton, Harry Craig, Mae Cryderman, Maurice Cryderman, Marquita Riley, Donna Solinsky, Katherine Wisby
1955-1956	Priscilla Bolton, Lena Combe, Harry Craig, Mae Cryderman, Maurice Cryderman, Ethel Finnbogason, Margaret Hay, Marquita Riley
1956-1957	Priscilla Bolton, Lena Combe, Harry Craig, Mae Cryderman, Maurice Cryderman, Ethel Finnbogason, Margaret Hay, Marquita Riley
1957-1958	Lena Combe, Harry Craig, Mae Cryderman, Maurice Cryderman, Ethel Finnbogason, Priscilla Gray, Marquita McIvor
1958-1959	Lena Combe, Harry Craig, Ethel Finnbogason, S. B. Jorgenson, Olga Long, Marquita McIvor, Gus Nahachewsky
1959-1960	Doreen Breland, Lena Combe, Ethel Finnbogason, Margaret Griffith, Margaret Hay, Dennis Lee Hennessey, Bruce Keddie
1960-1961	Lena Combe, Jean Cyr, Ethel Finnbogason, Sharon Graham, Margaret Hay, Dennis Lee Hennessey, Ronald Sawiak
1961-1962	Winston S. Barton, Lena Combe, John DeCruyenaire, Ethel Finnbogason, Sharon Graham, Margaret Hay, Dennis Lee Hennessey
1962-1963	Winston S. Barton, C. Cloutier, Lena Combe, Margaret Hay, Dennis Lee Hennessey, Mary Keith, B. McTaggart
1963-1964	Sandra Barton, Winston S. Barton, Lena Combe, Gerald Gebler, Margaret Hay, Dennis Lee Hennessey, Paul Payette
1964-1965	Winston S. Barton, Lena Combe, Gerald Gebler, Margaret Hay, Florence Romanetz, Tom Senior, Karen Shandruk
1965-1966	Winston S. Barton, Lena Combe, Gerald Gebler, Karen Gebler, Margaret Hay, Jeanette Morgan, Tom Senior
1966-1967	Gerald Bernocki, Sandra Kosowan, Joyce Kotyuk, Raymond Morley, Irene Quesnel
1967-1968	?
1968-1969	Mr. and Mrs. Cheropoulds
1969-1970	John Jack, Dan Regan
1970-1971	John Jack, Candy Spence
1971-1972	John Jack, Candy Spence
1972-1973	John Jack, Cheryl Sante
1973-1974	John Jack, Cheryl Sante
1974-1975	John Jack, Cheryl Sante
1975-1976	John Klein, Cheryl Sante
1976-1977	Graham Harrison, Cheryl Sante
1977-1978	Graham Harrison, Cheryl Sante
1978-1979	Cheryl Sante
1979-1980	Cheryl Sante
1980-1981	Cheryl Sante
1981-1982	Graham Harrison, Cheryl Sante

Photos & Coordinates

San Antonio School (no date) by G. H. Marcoux Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs, GR8461, A0233, C131-3, page 120. San Antonio School (no date) by G. H. Marcoux Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs, GR8461, A0233, C131-3, page 120. Postcard view of San Antonio School (no date) Source: Gordon Goldsborough, 2015-0079 San Antonio School (1990) Source: George Penner San Antonio School (July 2017) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Site Coordinates (lat/long): N51.02453, W95.68220 denoted by symbol on the map above

Sources:

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

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.

Golden Memories of Bissett by R. J. Minton, 1982.

We thank Heather Aldwyn, Nathan Kramer, and George Penner for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 13 January 2023

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