EDUCATORS
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Caroline Biography: Claims: Teacher (Neelin) and Writer Caroline Cumming, who was born and grew up in the Huntly district, has written an account of it and of its earliest known inhabitants (Lights Along the Valley 1970). She was the first teacher in the settlement. Probable Significance: Medium Source: Lights Along the Valley Finnen, Grace (Scholes) Biography: M. Herman Finnen Claims: Teacher. Probable Significance: Modest Source: Trails & Crossroads to Killarney p. / Reflections p. 298, 505 Highlights from Local Histories Alex (1859-1921) and Ann (1866-1939) (Fowler) Finnen had eight children. Jessie married Ern Howard of Mather, a farmer. Their four childen are Eunice, Kenneth, Frances and Earl. Herman was a grain buyer. He married Grace Scholes, a teacher from Killarney. Herman Finnen was an agents for NM Paterson and Company) from 1920 – 26. Grace’s father Thomas Albert ('Honey') Scholes (1863-1945) was a teacher, an insurance broker, and then the attendance officer for the Killarney area schools. Havelock, Charles William  Biography: (1906 – 2000) Married to Zena. (d. 1998) Claims: Served as the Principal of Killarney School (1938-1940) While at Killarney, he founded the Havelock Museum of Natural History. Probable Significance: Source: Trails to Killarney p / Reflections p. From the Local History Sources... Mr. Havelock was born near Ginli Manitoba, the eldest of twelve children of Nykola and Anna Havelock. B.Sc from U of M. BA from U of Windsor. Brandon Teachers College. He taught himself taxidermy and his collection of specimens is on display at the J.A.V. David Museum. After leaving Killarney he continued his career in Education in Ontario.  Scholes, Thomas Albert (Honey) Biography: 1863-1945) m. Celia Paull (1871-1964) Claims: Teacher, an insurance broker, and then the attendance officer for the Killarney area schools. Principal of the new school 1904. Ardent Methodists and temperance workers. Probable Significance: Source: Trails to Killarney p / Reflections p. 505 From the Local History Sources... Thomas Albert ('Honey') Scholes (1863-1945) was a teacher, an insurance broker, and then the attendance officer for the Killarney area schools. He and his wife Celia Paull (1871-1964) were ardent Methodists and temperance workers. Williams. Ella Biography: Claims: Teacher 1883 Probable Significance: Source: Trails to Killarney p / Reflections p. Yule, William Biography: (1856 – 1899) m. Isabella Stuart McLean (1859-1941) Claims: Was a conductor on the C.P.R., who decided in 1888 to farm on the prairie. He came to Killarney. Where he met John Sydney O'Brien who sold him W 4-3-17, with forty acres broken, a story and a half house, and a half mile of lake frontage for $2,000 cash. For some years after settling his family on the farm he continued to work as a conductor. Probable Significance: Modest Source: Trails & Crossroads to Killarney p. 356 / Reflections p. |