Memorable Manitobans: William Moore (1914-1983)

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William Moore
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Educator.

Born at Winnipeg on 12 October 1914, son of Thomas Moore (?-?) and Agnes Sandilands Gray (c1881-1955), he attended St. John’s College where he received BA and BEd degrees.

His teaching career began as Principal of Dominion City School (1936-1939, Principal 1938-1939) and Emerson School (1939-1941, Principal 1940-1941) then came to Winnipeg where he taught at Luxton Junior High School (1944-1951) and Winnipeg Technical-Vocational School (?-?). He was Principal of Charleswood Collegiate (1959-1963) and Vincent Massey Collegiate (1963-1966) before returning to classroom teaching at Churchill High School (1966-1969) and a Vice-Principalship at Tec Voc High School (1974-1975) until retirement in 1979.

On 19 August 1939, he married Jean Eleanor Currie Campbell (1911-1994) at Chalmers United Church and they had two boys and a girl.

He died at Winnipeg on 4 December 1983 and was buried in the Chapel Lawn Memorial Gardens.

Sources:

Birth registration [William Moore], Manitoba Vital Statistics.

Marriage registration [William Moore, Jean Eleanor Currie Campbell], Manitoba Vital Statistics.

“Jane E. C. Campbell and William Moore wed in church bridal,” Winnipeg Tribune, 19 August 1939, page 11.

“Active community worker dies at 74,” Winnipeg Free Press, 25 May 1955, page 7.

“Know Your Principal,” Winnipeg Free Press, 1 May 1964, page 3.

Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 6 December 1983, page 53.

Jean Eleanor Currie Campbell Moore, FindAGrave.

We thank Nathan Kramer for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 7 May 2025

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