1884 - 1929 (44 years)
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Name |
Gordon Churchill |
Born |
19 Jul 1884 |
Havelock Township, Québec, Canada |
Gender |
Male |
Died |
2 May 1929 |
Moosomin, Saskatchewan, Canada |
Buried |
South Side Cemetery, Moosomin, Rural Municipality of Moosomin, Saskatchewan, Canada |
Person ID |
I11833 |
Family Tree |
Last Modified |
3 Jul 2016 |
Father |
James Oliver Churchill, b. 15 Nov 1842, Covey Hill, Québec, Canada , d. 14 Jul 1920 (Age 77 years) |
Mother |
Ellen Matilda Kearns, b. 14 Nov 1849, Hemmingford, Québec, Canada , d. 25 Sep 1933 (Age 83 years) |
Married |
15 Mar 1871 |
Havelock Township, Québec, Canada |
Family ID |
F4038 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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Notes |
- CHURCHILL: Gordon, B.A., principal Moosomin Collegiate Institute. Born at Covey Hill, Huntington Co., Quebec, 1884, a son of James and Ellen M. (Cairns) Churchill. Educated at Hemmingford Model School; McGill Normal; Albert College, Belleville; Kingston Collegiate. Is a bachelor of arts of Queen's University, and graduated with final honours in philosophy. Taught school at Covey Hill and Quyon, Quebec. Entered Queen's University, 1910; graduated, 1914. Came to Saskatchewan and taught at Plain view. Came to Moosomin, 1915; principal Public School, and was appointed principal collegiate, where he continues as head master. Under his careful direction a greater number of students are turning their attention to higher education. The Moosomin Collegiate is now represented by students in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta Universities. It was under Mr. Churchill's organization that the first rural Y.M.C.A. in Saskatchewan was organized, linking up the towns of Welwyn, Rocanville, Wapella and Broadview, a splendid work terminated by financial conditions of the crop failure, which Mr. Churchill hopes to resume at an early date. Mr. Churchill takes a keen interest in boys' work and efficiency training. A Methodist. In politics, an Independent. Address, Moosomin.
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