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Memorable Manitobans: Thomas William Ebbern (1879-1970)
Educator.
Born at Sheffield, England on 5 January 1879, he emigrated to Canada in 1889 and resided near Binscarth. He taught at Silver Creek School and Dunstan School, and later served as Principal of Sinclair School (1921-1925), Alexander School (1925-1929), Cypress River School (1929-1933), Hartney School (1933-1937), Gunton School (1937-1938), East Kildonan Collegiate (1939), and Stonewall School (1939-1940). He moved to Winnipeg in 1942 and continued working as a teacher, later returning to rural Manitoba as the Principal of Carroll School (1954-1955). On 2 August 1911, he married Lucy Jane Troop (1889-1967) at Portage la Prairie. They had five children: Evelyn Ebbern (wife of J. Jonasson), Muriel Ebbern (wife of G. Collins), Gwendolyn Ebbern (who died in childhood), Mildred Ebbern (wife of R. Hatch), and Keith Ebbern (1926-2014). He died at Winnipeg on 4 April 1970 and was buried in Chapel Lawn Memorial Gardens.
Sources:
1901 and 1911 Canada censes, Automated Genealogy.
Annual Reports of the Manitoba Department of Education, Manitoba Legislative Library.
Marriage registration, Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Obituary [Lucy Jane Ebbern], Winnipeg Free Press, 30 October 1967, page 35.
Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 6 April 1970, page 25.
The Fox’s Tale: The History of Foxwarren and the Consolidated School District #525 by Foxwarren and District History Book Committee, 1989, page 51.
Obituary [Keith Raymond Ebern], Winnipeg Free Press, 24 June 2014.
We thank Nathan Kramer for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 1 January 2023
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