Memorable Manitobans: Albert Wallace Craigie (1891-1964)

Educator.

Born at French River, Nova Scotia on 6 September 1891, the son of John Yorkton Craigie (1846-1929) and Elizabeth Pollock (1853-1939), on 18 July 1917 he married Keziah Roberta Thomas (1879-1968) at Hammonds Plains, Halifax County, Nova Scotia. He became a teacher and moved to Manitoba where he taught at McConnell School and was Principal of Park School (1926-1927), Langruth School (1927-1928) and Newdale School (1928-1930). He retired back to Nova Scotia where he died at New Glasgow on 27 September 1964. He is presumed to be buried in the St. Lorne Cemetery along with his wife.

Sources:

1901 and 1911 Canada censes, Automated Genealogy.

“Awards to students announced by Council,” Manitoba Free Press, 15 May 1924, page 21.

“Staffs for Brandon schools are filed,” Manitoba Free Press, 17 July 1926, page 9.

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

Canada Voter Lists, Ancestry.

Crossley Romans family tree, Ancestry.

Obituary [Keziah Roberta Thomas], Halifax Chronicle Herald, 17 July 1968.

Squier Family Tree, Albert Wallace Craigie, RootsWeb.

This page was prepared by Nathan Kramer and Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 12 February 2016

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