The first Tarbolton School was erected in 1883 at NE20-11-22 west of the Principal Meridian, in the Municipality of Riverdale. Classroom operations began in Spring 1885 and, by 1895, it had 43 students. The original building was replaced in 1907 by a new one-classrom structure and the first school was moved to 9-11-22W. It was used as a horse shed and later as a workshop.
The teachers who worked at Tarbolton School through the years included E. G. Harris (?-?), Florence Dadson (?-?), Cassie Barnes (Spring-Fall 1885), Florence Currie (Spring 1886 - Fall 1888), Mary Polson (Spring - pt Fall 1889), John H. Griggs (pt Fall 1889 - pt Fall 1890), Miss M. C. Gillanders (pt Fall 1890 - Fall 1891), Annie Wurthington (Spring 1892), Sermina? Cameron (Fall 1892 - Spring 1893), Miss J. W. Whittington (?-?), Miss Cawyan (?-?), Cyrus Boyd (Fall 1893 - Fall 1894), Arthur Edward Hearn (Spring 1895 - Fall 1896), Neil McConnell (Spring 1897 - Fall 1899), Maggie Tully (pt Spring 1900), David S. Tod (pt Spring 1900), Evangeline Bailey (Fall 1900 - Fall 1901), records not availablle (Spring 1902 - Fall 1904), Miss M. Haigh (?-?), A. Cameron Smith (?-?), Fred S. Johnston (?-?), Miss Ada Carscaden [Cascader?] (Spring-Fall 1905), Fanny B. Hitchcock (pt Spring 1906), Edith A. Stinson (pt Spring 1906, Fall 1906), Mabel H. Napper (Spring 1907 - Spring 1908), Miss Jean M. MacLaren (Fall 1908), Miss Janet L Ludbrook (Spring 1909), Miss Anges E. Hatcher (Fall 1909 - Spring 1910), Owen Eler? Thomas (Fall 1910 - Spring 1911), Miss Elizabeth M. Hardy (Fall 1911 - Spring 1912), Kate “Katie” Boyce [Boyes/Boys?] (Fall 1912 - Spring 1913), Bertha McBean [McBain?] (Fall 1913 - Spring 1914), Miss Phyllis Lang [Long?] (Fall 1914), Miss Nesbitt (?-?), Miss Thomas (?-?), Miss H. Lindsay (?-?), Miss Nancy B. Smith (Spring 1915), C. B. McKay (Fall 1915), Ada M McLean (Spring-Fall 1916), Ida McLean, Miss I. Lindsay, Miss M. Doak, Miss M. Nesbitt, Miss M. Johnston, Miss A. Medlecott, Miss Delsie Cridge, Miss Bessie Ransom, Miss Dorothy Laing, Miss K. McTavish, Miss E. Nesbitt, Mr. McNeill, Miss Jessie McNeill, Miss R. McLennan, Miss V. Lundy, Miss E. Hogg, Mr. J. Anderson, Miss I. Gray, Miss M. Poerch, Miss M. Houston, Mrs. E. Page, Miss D. Baxter, Miss Donalda Margaret Tucker (Fall 1946 - Spring 1947), Miss Edythe M. Stevens (August-November 1947), Mabel Ramsay (November-December 1947), Gladys Graham (December 1947, wife of Mr. W. Graham), and Alex G. Ross (January-June 1948).
The school closed due to declining enrollment in 1948 and the remaining students went to Bradwardine Consolidated School No. 1307. The district was formally dissolved in 1953. The school building was sold and dismantled in 1956. A commemorative monument was erected at the site in 2007.
Tarbolton School (no date) by A. J. Hatcher
Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs,
GR8461, A0233, C131-1, page 16.
Tarbolton School (no date)
Source: Bradwardine and District: A Century and More, 1880-2003.
Tarbolton School commemorative monument (June 2012)
Source: Gordon GoldsboroughSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.94563, W100.43951
denoted by symbol on the map above
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.
Bradwardine and District: A Century and More, 1880-2003 by Bradwardine History Book Committee, 2003.
Board of Education registers (A 0050), GR7643, Archives of Manitoba.
Summative half-yearly returns for school districts (A 0051), GR0571, Archives of Manitoba.
School division half-yearly attendance reports (E 0757), Archives of Manitoba.
Manitoba School Records Collection, Tarbolton School District No. 297 - Daily Registers, GR2063, Archives of Manitoba.
Manitoba School Records Collection, Tarbolton School District No. 297 - Daily Registers, GR11888, Archives of Manitoba.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Nathan Kramer.
Page revised: 11 June 2025
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