Educator.
Born in Scotland in 1899, he emigrated to Canada in 1915. He taught school at Hnausa School (1923) and was Principal of Cloverdale School (1929-1938), Starbuck School (1938-1942), and Pilot Mound School (1942-1944). He moved to St. Vital in 1944 where he continued to teach. On 30 July 1932, he married Marjorie Creak (1909-2001) at the RM of Assiniboia and they had four children. He was a member of the Manitoba Teachers Society and St. Vital United Church. He died at Winnipeg on 16 June 1953 and was buried in the St. Vital Cemetery.
Marriage registration, Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Annual Reports of the Manitoba Department of Education, Manitoba Legislative Library.
“St. Vital teacher for nine years R. A. Laurie dies,” Winnipeg Free Press, 18 June 1953, page 16.
Obituary [Marjorie Laurie], Winnipeg Free Press, 5 December 2001.
Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 8 February 2022
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