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The St. Francois Xavier School District was formally established by the Roman Catholic School Board at some point between 1870 and December 1875. In 1898, the name was updated to St. Francois Xavier Centre School, to better differentiate from the nearby St. Francois Xavier East School and St. Francois Xavier West School. Its mid-range district number was representative of the later integration of the French schools into a single Department of Education district numbering system, with this district gaining its District No. 1027 designation around 1900. Classroom education was previously held at the St. Francois Xavier Gren Nuns Convent (built 1850, burned December 1915, replaced with St. Francois Xavier Convent) prior to the construction of any dedicated local school facilities.
To replace said destroyed quarters, the first school was erected in 1916 on Lot 183 in the Rural Municipality of St. Francois Xavier and served the community until destroyed by fire in 1937. A two-room school was next built on Lot 182. Although both St. Francois Xavier East School renamed as Todd School and St. Francois Xavier West School renamed as Pigeon Lake School, this district retained its Centre School name until consolidation. Classes were held in the school and also in the Parish Hall until 1960 when consolidation of this, along with Todd School, Pigeon Lake School, and Morgan School took place as the St. Francois Xavier School District No. 2387. A new four-room school, St. Francois Xavier School, was based upon designs of the Watchler Manufacturing Company and opened on this site in 1961.
The White Horse Plain School Division No. 20 erected the larger St. Francois Xavier School here in 1992. A monument was erected in 1992 by the St. Francois Xavier Historical Society.
Period
Principal
1905-1909
Eugenie Desautels
1909-1911
?
1911-1914
Sister Anna Bourin
1914-1915
?
1915-1921
Sister Clara Nadeau
1921-1923
Sister Marie-Antoinette Boulet
1923-1924
Sister Sadie Neumann
1924-1925
Sister Eugenie Marion
1925-1927
Sister Lucie Boulet
1927-1928
Sister Maria A. Benoit
1928-1932
Sister Georgianna Marie Bisson
1932-1933
Sister Anna Maria Lussier
1933-1934
Sister Georgianna Marie Bisson
1934-1935
Sister Lucie Beaudry
1935-1936
Sister Lizzie Kristoff
1936-1937
Sister Antoinette Normandeau
1937-1938
Sister Anna Maria Lussier
1938-1939
Sister Cecile U. Tougas
1939-1944
Sister Marie Antoinette Boulet
1944-1947
Sister Sadie Neumann
1947
Alice Marie Rousseau Perras (1918-1983)
1948
Vivian Clarkson “Clark” Hardy (1897-1982)
1948-1953
Sister Gaecelia Agnes Dunlavey
1953-1960
Jeanne Alice Monchamp
1960-1961
Sister Anna Maria Lussier
1961-1965
Marie Rose Reine Trottier “Irene” Dauphinais (1906-1983)
1965-1966
Keith Martin Wyenberg
1966-1967
Louise Elizabeth MacDougall Andrieshyn
1967-1968
?
1968-1971
Jake Giesbrecht
1971-1973
Marguerite Marilyn Janz
1974-1979
David John Campbell (1942-2023)
Period
Teachers
1894
Rosalie Genthon (Fall)
1895
?
1895
?
1896
?
1897
J. L. C. Jacolet? (Fall), ? (Spring)
1898
Sister Samson, Sister [Vinet] Vinnet
1899
Sister Samson, Sister [Vinet] Vinnet
1900
Eugenie Desautels (Fall), Sister Louise Samson (Spring), Sister Hermine Vinet
1901
Eugenie Desautels (Spring), Sister M. Lauzier (Fall), Sister Hermine Vinet
1902
?
1903
?
1904
?
1905
Kate Barton (Spring), Eugenie Desautels (Fall), Sister Eugenie Valade
1906
Eugenie Desautels, Sister Eugenie Valade
1907
Eugenie Desautels, Sister Eugenie Valade
1908
Eugenie Desautels, Sister Eugenie Valade
1909
Eugenie Desautels (Spring), Sister Josephine Maurice (Fall), Sister Eugenie Valade
1910
Josephine Dupuis (Spring), Sister Josephine Maurice, Sister Eugenie Valade (Fall)
1911
Sister Kate Barton (Fall), Sister Anna Bourin (Fall), Sister Josephine Maurice (Spring), Sister Eugenie Valade (Spring)
1912
Spring only: Sister Kate Barton, Sister Anna Bourin
1912-1913
Sister Anna Bourin, Sister Eugenie Valade
1913-1914
Sister Anna Bourin, Sister Eugenie Valade
1914-1915
M. Robertine Rosselin, Sister Eugenie Valade
1915-1916
Sister Victoria Lamiche (grades 1-4), Sister Clara Nadeau (grades 5-8)
1916-1917
Sister Clara Nadeau (grades 5-8), Sister M. G? Roy (grades 1-4)
1917-1918
Sister mary Murphy (grades 1-4), Sister Clara Nadeau (grades 5-8)
1918-1919
Sister Clara Nadeau (grades 5-7), Sister Margaret Owens (grades 1-4)
1919-1920
Sister Clara Nadeau (grades 4-6), Sister Margaret Owens (grades 1-3)
1920-1921
Sister Marie-Antoinette Boulet (grades 1-3, March-June), Sister Clara Nadeau (grades 4-7), Sister Anastasie Vinet (grades 1-3, September-March)
1921-1922
Sister Marie-Antoinette Boulet (grades 4-8), Sister Anastasie Vinet (grades 1-3)
1922-1923
Sister Marie-Antoinette Boulet (grades 4-8), Sister Clara Nadeau (grades 1-3)
1923-1924
Sister Clara Nadeau (grades 1-3), Sister Sadie Neumann (grades 4-8)
1924-1925
Sister Anna Bonin (grades 1-3), Sister Eugenie Marion (grades 4-8)
1925-1926
Sister Maria A. Benoit (grades 1-4), Sister Lucie Boulet (grades 5-8)
1926-1927
Sister Maria A. Benoit (grades 1-4), Sister Lucie Boulet (grades 5-8)
1927-1928
Sister Maria A. Benoit (grades 5-8), Sister Marie Elodie Vauchon (grades 1-4)
1928-1929
Sister Georgianna Marie Bisson (grades 5-8), Sister Marie Elodie Vauchon (grades 1-4)
1929-1930
Sister Georgianna Marie Bisson (grades 5-8), Sister Marie Elodie Vauchon (grades 1-4)
1930-1931
Sister Georgianna Marie Bisson (grades 5-8), Sister Marie Elodie Vauchon (grades 1-4)
1931-1932
Sister Georgianna Marie Bisson (grades 5-8), Sister Marie Elodie Vauchon (grades 1-4)
1932-1933
Sister Anna Maria Lussier (grades 5-8), Sister Marie Elodie Vauchon (grades 1-4)
1933-1934
Sister Georgianna Marie Bisson (grades 4-9), Sister Marie Elodie Vauchon (grades 1-3)
1934-1935
Sister Lucie Beaudry (grades 4-8), Sister Marie Elodie Vauchon (grades 1-3)
1935-1936
Sister Lucie Beaudry (grades 1-3), Sister Lizzie Kristoff (grades 4-8)
1936-1937
Sister Marie Anna Bisson (grades 1-4), Sister Anna Maria Lussier (grades 5-8)
1937-1938
Sister Anna Maria Lussier (grades 5-9), Sister Antoinette Normandeau (grades 1-4)
1938-1939
Sister Antoinette Normandeau (grades 1-8), Sister Cecile U. Tougas (grades 9-10)
1939-1940
Sister Marie Antoinette Boulet (grades 9-11), Sister Antoinette Normandeau (grades 1-8)
1940-1941
Sister Marie Antoinette Boulet (grades 9-11), Sister Antoinette Normandeau (grades 1-8)
1941-1942
Sister Marie Antoinette Boulet (grades 11-12), Sister Emilienne Marie Deschambault (grades 9-10), Sister Antoinette Normandeau (grades 1-8)
1942-1943
Sister Marie Antoinette Boulet (grades 11-12), Sister Emilienne Marie Deschambault (grades 9-10), Sister Antoinette Normandeau (grades 1-8)
1943-1944
Sister Marie Antoinette Boulet (grades 11-12), Sister Emilienne Marie Deschambault (grades 9-10), Sister Antoinette Normandeau (grades 1-8)
1944-1945
Sister Jeanne Alice Monchamp (grades 9-10), Sister Sadie Neumann (grades 11-12), Sister Antoinette Normandeau (grades 1-8)
1945-1946
Sister Jeanne Alice Monchamp (grades 9-10), Sister Sadie Neumann (grades 11-12), Sister Antoinette Normandeau (grades 1-8)
1946-1947
Sister Jeanne Alice Monchamp (grades 9-10), Sister Sadie Neumann (grades 11-12), Sister Marie Irene Richard (grades 1-8)
1947-1948
Vivian Clark Hardy (grades 11-12, January-June), Sister Sadie Neumann (grades 11-12, August-October), Sister Marie Irene Richard (grades 1-8), Alice Marie Rousseau (grades 9-10, August-June & grades 11-12, October-November), (grades 11-12 closed in December, teacher ill)
1948-1949
Fleur-Ange Cormier (grades 1-8), Sister Gaecelia Agnes Dunlavey (grades 11-12), Sister Anna Maria Lussier (grades 9-10)
1949-1950
Sister Gaecelia Agnes Dunlavey (grades 11-12), Eleline Fournier (grades 1-4, August-May & June), Sister Anna Maria Lussier (grades 9-10), Sister Hermance Edmee Lussier (grades 5-8), Sister M. E. Vauchon (grades 1-4, May)
1950-1951
Sister Gaecelia Agnes Dunlavey (grades 11-12), Gerard J. Gagne (grades 1-4), Sister Anna Maria Lussier (grades 9-10), Sister Hermance Edmee Lussier (grades 5-8)
1951-1952
Laurette Alarie (grades 1-4), Sister Gaecelia Agnes Dunlavey (grades 11-12), Sister Anna Maria Lussier (grades 9-10), Sister Hermance Edmee Lussier (grades 5-8)
1952-1953
Sister Aldea Agathe Alarie (grades 1-4), Sister Gaecelia Agnes Dunlavey (grades 11-12), Sister Hermance Edmee Lussier (grades 5-8), Sister Jeanne Alice Monchamp (grades 9-10)
1953-1954
Sister Michelle Monchamp (grades 1-4), Sister Dolores Lussier (grades 9-10), Sister Jeanne Alice Monchamp (grades 11-12), Sister Louisa M. Anne Sabourin (grades 5-8)
1954-1955
Sister Irene Gagnon (grades 1-4), Sister Dolores Lussier (grades 9-10), Sister Jeanne Alice Monchamp (grades 11-12), Sister Rosanna Anna “Rose” Ritchot (grades 5-8)
1955-1956
Sister Irene Gagnon (grades 1-4), Sister Dolores Lussier (grades 9-10), Sister Jeanne Alice Monchamp (grades 11-12), Sister Rosanna Anna “Rose” Ritchot (grades 5-8)
1956-1957
Sister Irene Gagnon (grades 1-4), Sister Jeanne Alice Monchamp (grades 11-12), Sister Marie Irene Richard (grades 9-10), Sister Rosanna Anna “Rose” Ritchot (grades 5-8)
1957-1958
Sister Aldea Agathe Alarie (grades 9-10), Sister Jeanne Alice Monchamp (grades 11-12), Sister Jeannine Parent (grades 1-4), Sister Rosanna Anna “Rose” Ritchot (grades 5-8)
1958-1959
Sister Jeanne Alice Monchamp (grades 11-12), Sister Marielle Mathilda Moreau (grades 9-10), Sister Aurise Normandeau (grades 1-4), Sister Jeannine Parent (grades 5-8)
1959-1960
Sister Jeanne Alice Monchamp (grades 11-12), Sister Marielle Mathilda Moreau (grades 9-10), Sister Jeannine Parent (grades 5-8), Evelne Anne Marie Prescott (grades 1-4)
1960-1961
Sister Irene Gagnon (grades 5-8), Sister Anna Maria Lussier (grades 11-12), Marcel Louis Joseph Marchildon (grades 9-10), Sister Simonne Rene (grades 1-4)
1961-1962
Irene Marie Dauphinais (grades 7-8), Mrs. Ellen Eliza Finegan (grades 5-6), Sister Irene Gagnon (grades 3-4), Sister Simonne Rene (grades 1-2)
1962-1963
Sister Cecile Champagne (grades 1-2), Irene Marie Dauphinais (grades 7-8), Mrs. Ellen Eliza Finegan (grades 5-6), Sister Irene Gagnon (grades 3-4), William Patrick Joseph Zimmer (grades 3-8)
1963-1964
Sister Cecile Champagne (grades 1-2), Irene Marie Dauphinais (grades 7-8), Sister Helene Desrosiers (grades 3-4), Mrs. Ellen Eliza Finegan (grades 5-6)
1964-1965
Sister Marie-Rose Bouchard (grades 1-2), Irene Marie Dauphinais (grades 7-8), Sister Helene Desrosiers (grades 3-4), Mrs. Ellen Eliza Finegan (grades 5-6)
1965-1966
S. Allard (grade 1, February-March), Sister Marie-Rose Bouchard (grade 2), Sister Rosa Marie Desmarias (grades 3-4), Mrs. Ellen Eliza Finegan (grades 5-6), Muriel Hanson (grade 1, September-February & March-June), Keith Martin Wyenberg (grades 7-8)
1966-1967
Louise Elizabeth MacDougall Andrieshyn (grades 7-8), Sister Rosa Marie Desmarias (grades 5-6), Sister Annette Gauthier (grades 3-4, September-December), Leslie Alison Harburn (grade 2), Donna Elaine Jarvis (grade 1), Andrew Morrison King (grades 5?-8?, September-December; grades 3-4, January-June)
1967-1968
Eleanor Patricia Bachewich (grades 3-4), Sister Rosa Marie Desmarias (grades 5-6), Sister Annette Gauthier (grades 7-8), Shirey Dianne Hopps (grades 2-3), Donna Elaine Jarvis (grade 1)
1968-1969
Eleanor Patricia Bachewich (grade 3, September), Sister Rosa Marie Desmarias (grade 4), Johanna Irene Froese (grade 3, October-June), Jake Giesbrecht (grades 5-6), Anna Margaret Hatfield (kindergarten), Donna Elaine Jarvis (grade 1), Olive Marie Touchette (grade 2)
1969-1970
Johnanna Irene Froese (grade 3), Jake Giesbrecht (grades 5-6), Anna Margaret Hatfield (kindergarten), Sister Evelyn Anne-Marie Prescott (grade 4), Shirley Agnes Rasmussen (grade 1), Sister Celine Vermette (grade 2)
1970-1971
Odile Pauline Bourrier (kindergarten), Wilma Carol Enns (grade 2), Jake Giesbrecht (grades 5-6), Therese Marie Melnic (grade 3), Sister Evelyn Anne-Marie Prescott (grade 4), Shirley Agnes Rasmussen (grade 1)
1971-1972
Vyonne C. Belliveau (grade 4), Odile Pauline Bourrier (kindergarten), Marguerite Marilyn Janz (grade 6), Tina Pauls (grades 2-3), Sister Evelyn Anne-Marie Prescott (grade 5), Shirley Agnes Rasmussen (grades 1-2)
1972-1973
Vyonne C. Belliveau (grade 4), Odile Pauline Bourrier (kindergarten), Margaret Therese Giesbrecht (grades 2-3), Marguerite Marilyn Janz (grade 6), Sister Evelyn Anne-Marie Prescott (grade 5), Shirley Agnes Rasmussen (grades 1-2)
1973-1974
Carol Anne Abrahams (grade 1), Bette Louise Birss (grade 4), Odile Pauline Bourrier (kindergarten), David John Campbell (grade 6, January-June), Marguerite Marilyn Janz (grade 6, September-December), Sister Evelyn Anne-Marie Prescott (grade 5), Anna Schell (grade 2)
1974-1975
David John Campbell (grade 6), Rosemarie Campbell (grade 3), Edith Mabel Hobson (kindergarten), Sharon Lynn Kent (grades 1-2, half time?), Eva Helen Kingdon (grade 5, September-December), Brenda-Gaye Darlene Paley (grades 1-2, half time?), Sister Evelyn Anne-Marie Prescott (grade 4), Henry Reimer (grade 5, January-June)
1975-1976
David John Campbell (grade 6), Edith Mabel Hobson (kindergarten), Sharon Lynn Kent (grade 1), Deborah Jean Mogk (grade 3), Brenda-Gaye Darlene Paley (grade 2), Sister Evelyn Anne-Marie Prescott (grade 4), Henry Reimer (grade 5)
1976-1977
Brenda-Gaye Darlene Paley Beer (grade 2), David John Campbell (grade 6), Edith Mabel Hobson (kindergarten), Sharon Lynn Kent (grade 1), Deborah Jean Mogk (grade 3), Sister Evelyn Anne-Marie Prescott (grade 4), Henry Reimer (grade 5)
1977-1978
David John Campbell (grade 6), Doreen Gretta Marie Emms (grade 1), Edith Mabel Hobson (kindergarten), Donna Irene Meighen (grade 2), Deborah Jean Mogk (grade 3), Sister Evelyn Anne-Marie Prescott (grade 4), Henry Reimer (grade 5)
1978-1979
David John Campbell (grade 6), Rosemarie Campbell (grade 3, pt September), Doreen Gretta Marie Emms (grade 3, pt September), Betty-Ann Heron (grade 1), Edith Mabel Hobson (kindergarten), Mohsin Bin Hussain (grade 5, September-December), Donna Irene Meighen (grade 2), Judith Lynn Porter (grade 3, pt September - June), Henry Reimer (grade 5), Lois Marlene Schoemper (grade 5, January-June)
St. Francois Xavier School (no date) by E. D. Parker
Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs,
GR8461, A0233, C131-2, page 42.St. Francois Xavier School commemorative monument (2010)
Source: Gordon GoldsboroughSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.91071, W97.53723
denoted by symbol on the map above
Board of Education registers (A 0050), GR7643, Archives of Manitoba.
Summative half-yearly returns for school districts (A 0051), GR0571, Archives of Manitoba.
Board of Education meeting minutes and office files (A 0052), GR1622, Archives of Manitoba.
School division half-yearly attendance reports (E 0757), Archives of Manitoba.
Manitoba School Records Collection, St. Francois Xavier School District #1027 - Daily Registers, GR0645, Archives of Manitoba.
Manitoba School Records Collection, St. Francois Xavier Consolidated School District #2387 - Daily Registers, GR0645, Archives of Manitoba.
Manitoba School Records Collection, White Horse Plains School Division #20 (St. Francois Xavier School) - Daily Registers, GR0645, Archives of Manitoba.
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.
Our First Hundred Years: A History of St. Francois-Xavier Municipality. St. Francois-Xavier Municipality Historical Committee, 1980. Manitoba Legislative Library, F5648.S234.
This page was prepared by Nathan Kramer and Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 21 October 2023
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