Educator.
Born in England on 8 May 1870, he held a BA degree from Durham University and was the Principal of Prudhoe Street School at Newcastle-on-Tyne before emigrating to Canada around 1911. He worked for a time at Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan as an accountant for the meat-packing firm of Gordon, Ironside and Fares.
He later re-entered the teaching profession, at Willowview School (1922-1923), and serving successively as the Principal of Cossette School (1923-1925), Brant School (1926-1929), and Gunton School (1929-1934). He was an active member of the Manitoba Teachers’ Federation. In 1917, he married Caroline Daisy Distin (1883-1950) at Regina, Saskatchewan and they had a son, Thomas Frederick “Fred” Morgan (1918-1974). In 1934, the family moved to Winnipeg where they operated a grocery store at 555 Ellice Avenue.
He died at the Winnipeg General Hospital on 16 February 1936 and was buried in the Brookside Cemetery. At the time of his death, he lived in Suite 18, Cheltenham Court.
Ontario birth registration [Caroline Distin], Ancestry.
Saskatchewan birth registration [Thomas Frederick Morgan], Saskatchewan Vital Statistics.
Annual Reports of the Manitoba Department of Education, Manitoba Legislative Library.
Death registration [Fred Morgan], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
“Fred Morgan, former schoolmaster, dies in hospital Sunday,” Winnipeg Free Press, 17 February 1936, page 5.
“Fred Morgan, retired school principal, dies,” Winnipeg Tribune, 17 February 1936, page 6.
“Funeral Monday for accident victim,” Winnipeg Tribune, 22 July 1950, page 33.
Obituary [Thomas Frederick Morgan], Winnipeg Free Press, 6 May 1974, page 35.
Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.
We thank Cathie Morgan Matula for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 16 May 2023
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