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Known as Wakefield School District when it was established in June 1888, it was renamed Petersfield School in 1915 for the village of Petersfield, in the Rural Municipality of St. Andrews, in which it was situated. A two-storey brick school building was erected around the same time as the name change. It closed about 1967 as jurisdiction for the area became the responsibility of the Lord Selkirk School Division. The former school building was renovated into a private residence.
Period
Principal
1939-1940
James Weir “Jim” Cowan (1910-1959)
1941-1942
Archie Davidson Raeside
1942-1947
Wilhelmine Isabelle Kearns McGregor (1899-1981)
1947-1948
Henry Hildebrand
Among the early teachers of Petersfield School were Harriett McIntosh “Hattie” Dunphy (1920s), Anna Hollins Muckle Elliot, and William Edward John Saunders.
Period
Teachers
1939-1940
Daisy Clarence Forster Bayne (grades 1-5), James Weir Cowan (grades 6-10)
1940-1941
Daisy Clarence Forster Bayne (grades 1-5), James Weir Cowan (grades 6-12)
1941-1942
Daisy Clarence Forster Bayne (grades 1-5), Archie Davidson Raeside (grades 6-10)
1942-1943
Daisy Clarence Forster Bayne (grades 1-5, August-December), Annie E. Climchak (grades 1-5, January-June), Wilhelmine Isabelle Kearns McGregor (grades 6-10)
1943-1944
Nellie Helena Mastaway? (grades 1-5), Wilhelmine Isabelle Kearns McGregor (grades 6-10)
1944-1945
Ellen Lois Crane (grades 1-5), Wilhelmine Isabelle Kearns McGregor (grades 6-10)
1945-1946
Wilhelmine Isabelle Kearns McGregor (grades 6-10), Hermina Arendina Warning (grades 1-5)
1946-1947
Wilhelmine Isabelle Kearns McGregor (grades 6-11), Hermina Arendina Warning (grades 1-5)
1947-1948
Henry Hildebrand (grades 6-10), Marjorie M. Sharpe (grades 1-5)
Among the later teachers of Petersfield School was Harold Leslie Patzer (1950s).
Petersfield School (circa 1927)
Source: Education Department Report, 1927, Manitoba Legislative Library.
Petersfield School (no date) by H. D. Cumming
Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs,
GR8461, A0233, C131-1, page 84.
The former Petersfield School building (July 2012)
Source: Gordon GoldsboroughSite Coordinates (lat/long): N50.30321, W96.96540
denoted by symbol on the map above
“Mrs. H. M. Moffatt, of Selkirk, passes away [Harriett McIntosh “Hattie” Dunphy Moffatt],” Winnipeg Tribune, 14 October 1935, page 3.
One Hundred Years in the History of the Rural Schools of Manitoba: Their Formation, Reorganization and Dissolution (1871-1971) by Mary B. Perfect, MEd thesis, University of Manitoba, April 1978.
A Study of Public School Buildings in Manitoba by David Butterfield, Historic Resources Branch, Manitoba Department of Culture, Heritage and Tourism, 1994, 230 pages.
School division half-yearly attendance reports (E 0757), Archives of Manitoba.
Obituary [Harold Leslie Patzer], Winnipeg Free Press, 19 November 1997, page 45.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Nathan Kramer.
Page revised: 11 December 2024
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