Educator.
Born at Winnipeg on 7 March 1907, daughter of Lydia Varney (1873-1971) and Gilbert Henry Smith (1874-1944), she grew up at 446 Wallasey Street in St. James and attended Bannatyne School where her father was Chairman of the School Board. She, along with her two sisters, Kathleen Vera “Kitty” Smith (1901-1981) and Winnifred Hazel “Freddie” Smith (1909-1988, wife of B. Saunderson), all became teachers. Amy graduated by the late 1920s from the University of Manitoba with a BA degree, taught at Baldur School (1929-1930), and was Principal of Minto School (1930-1931) and Dominion City School (1931-1933). She later married Maurice Irvine [Irvin] Simpson (1906-1967) and moved to British Columbia. She died at the Castlegar District Hospital on 6 January 1979 and was buried locally in the Park Memorial Cemetery.
1911 Canada census, Automated Genealogy.
1926 and 1931 Canada censuses, Library and Archives Canada.
Birth registrations [Amy Smith, Winnifred Hazel Smith], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Death registrations [Maurice Irvin Simpson, Amy Simpson], British Columbia Vital Statistics.
Death notice [Gilbert H. Smith], Winnipeg Free Press, 24 April 1944, page 15.
Obituary [Gilbert Henry Smith], Winnipeg Free Press, 24 April 1944, page 2.
Obituary [Mrs. Lydia Varney Smith], Winnipeg Free Press, 11 November 1971, page 18.
Obituary [Kathleen Smith], Winnipeg Free Press, 11 September 1984, page 36.
Winnipeg estate files (ATG 0025A), 84-01-00559 Kathleen Smith, GR7996, Archives of Manitoba.
Obituary [Winnifred Saunderson], Winnipeg Free Press, 11 August 1988, page 50.
Winnipeg estate files (ATG 0025A), PR88-01-12988 Winnifred Hazel Saunderson, GR9655, Archives of Manitoba.
Saint James Cemetery burial transcriptions, FindAGrave.
This page was prepared by Nathan Kramer.
Page revised: 3 August 2024
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