Memorable Manitobans: Esther Frances Stronach (1921-1980)

Music teacher.

Born at St. Boniface on 22 November 1921, daughter of Mary Caroline McIntyre (1887-1986) and John Stronach (1882-1949), she attended Queenston School, Riverbend School for Girls, and Success Business College then worked for the Canadian National Railway for two years before studying music in London (England) and Toronto.

She was a long-time music teacher in Winnipeg, a member of the Manitoba Music Teachers Association and the Professional and Business Women’s Club. She was a long-time member of St. Andrew’s River Heights United Church. She died at the Grace Hospital on 21 June 1980 and was buried in the Elmwood Cemetery.

Sources:

Marriage registration [Mary C. McIntyre, John Stronach], Manitoba Vital Statistics.

Birth registration [Esther Francis Stronack], Manitoba Vital Statistics.

Dictionary of Manitoba Biography by John M. “Jack” Bumsted, Winnipeg: University of Manitoba Press, 1999.

Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 25 December 2023

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