Educator.
Born at Austin on 1 July 1899, daughter of Ella Campbell and Frank Avery, she attended Austin School and graduated from Brandon College (BA, 1918). Her career in education spanned several locations in Saskatchewan, including Maple Creek (1919-1920), Weyburn College (1923-?), and Weyburn Collegiate Institute (1925-?), in Ontario at Dryden (?-?), and in her native province, including as Principal of Green Ridge School (1920-1921) and Austin School (1921-1923), as well as teacher at Crystal City School (1932-1933), Carman School (1933-1934), in the Winnipeg School District at St. John’s High School (1936-1949), and at Thompson (?-?).
While in Winnipeg, she was Principal of the First Baptist Church Sunday School, Secretary of both John Black Memorial United Church and St. Andrew’s Elgin Avenue United Church, and Secretary-Treasurer (1942-1943) of the Winnipeg Teachers’ Association.
She died at the Health Sciences Centre in Winnipeg on 18 February 1978 and was buried in the St. John’s Anglican Cemetery.
Birth registration [Jean Marion Avery], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
“University exams at Brandon College,“ Brandon Weekly Sun, 20 May 1915, page 8.
“Brandon College convocation to be this evening,” Brandon Daily Sun, 7 May 1918, page 1.
“Austin [Miss Jean Avery],” MacGregor Herald, 4 September 1919, page 5.
“Austin [... Miss Jean Avery, of Maple Creek ...],” MacGregor Herald, 8 April 1920, page 5.
“Around town [Miss Jean Avery ...],” Brandon Daily Sun, 27 August 1923, page 5.
“Weyburn man badly hurt in car accident,” Winnipeg Tribune, 5 September 1925, page 7.
“Baptists of Manitoba name new officers,” Winnipeg Evening Tribune, 21 June 1935, page 6.
“Prof Watson Kirkconnell speaks on Old Testament,” Winnipeg Free Press, 21 November 1936, page 22.
“Teachers elect Miss F. Long as President,” Winnipeg Free Press, 27 November 1942, page 3.
Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 21 February 1978, page 30.
Winnipeg estate files (ATG 0025A), 780/78 Jean M. Avery, GR5048, Archives of Manitoba.
This page was prepared by Nathan Kramer.
Page revised: 26 September 2024
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