Educator.
Born in England on 10 February 1872, daughter of Jane Walsh (1849-?), she immigrated with her family to Canada in 1892 and settled at Winnipeg. She attended the Winnipeg Collegiate Institute and Central Normal School, earned a BA degree from the University of Manitoba, and obtained her first class diploma and professional first class certificates in 1890. As a teacher in the Winnipeg School Division, she worked at Carlton School (1891-1894) and Fort Rouge School where she taught (1899-1900) and was Principal (1900-1901) before returning to the classroom at the Winnipeg Collegiate Institute (1901-1903). She taught Sunday School at the Young Methodist Church and was Treasurer for the YWCA (1903). She resigned her teaching position in July 1903 and, on 28 March 1904, she married John Gould (1870-1952) and moved to British Columbia where they had three children: Clara Walters Heavysege Gould (1904-1980), Charles Ernest Groves Gould (1908-1990), and John Groves Gould (1912-2002). She died at Vancouver, British Columbia on 4 March 1944.
1901 Canada census, Automated Genealogy.
“Collegiate school,” Manitoba Daily Free Press, 23 December 1886, page 4.
“The scroll of honor,” Manitoba Daily Free Press, 3 June 1898, page 7.
“Board of Education,” Winnipeg Daily Tribune, 21 February 1890, page 4.
“Provincial schools,” Manitoba Daily Free Press, 24 February 1890, page 5.
“Y.W.C.A. prospers,” Winnipeg Daily Tribune, 2 June 1903, page 4.
“School Board recommends sewing,” Winnipeg Daily Tribune, 15 July 1903, page 3.
Marriage registration [Clara Groves Walch, John Gould], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
“Handsome church for Methodists,” Winnipeg Tribune, 10 April 1907, page 5.
Death registration [Clara Groves Gould], British Columbia Vital Statistics.
Obituary, The Province, 6 March 1944, page 13.
Obituary [Clara Walters Heavysege Gould], Vancouver Sun, 27 November 1980, page 60.
Obituary [Charles Ernest Groves Gould]. Times Colonist, 20 May 1990, page 31.
John Groves Gould, Wikipedia.
We thank Darryl Toews for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Nathan Kramer.
Page revised: 21 March 2024
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