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Memorable Manitobans: Lillian Ford Moffett Laing (1893-1985)
Educator.
Born at Oak River on 20 December 1893, daughter of Sophia Somer Burr (1867-1965) and David Moffett (1866-1950), she taught at North St. Andrews School (1916-1920). On 28 August 1924, she married Leslie Laing (1881-1925) at Shoal Lake. They had a daughter born four days after her husband was drowned accidentally in Quebec. She was the Principal of Sir Sam Steele School (1935-1939) and Dufferin School (1939-1954). She moved to Victoria, British Columbia in 1978 and died there on 25 May 1985.
Sources:
Birth and marriage registrations, Manitoba Vital Statistics.
“Leslie Laing buried today,” Winnipeg Tribune, 4 July 1925, page 3.
Annual Reports of the Manitoba Department of Education, Manitoba Legislative Library.
Obituary [Sophia Somer Moffett], Winnipeg Free Press, 24 June 1965, page 13.
Death registration, British Columbia Vital Statistics.
Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 14 May 2023
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