Thomas William Ebbern (1879-1970)
Thomas was born in Sheffield, England on 05 January 1879. He was the son of George Joseph Ebbern (1852-1937) and Frances Hannah Chambers (1853-1933). He emigrated to Canada with his family in 1889 and resided near Binscarth, Manitoba.
On 02 August 1911, he married Lucy Jane Troop (1889-1967) at Portage la Prairie and they had five children: Evelyn Ebbern (1913-2004, wife of J. Jonasson), Muriel Jean Ebbern (1916-2006, wife of G. Collins), Gwendolyn Ruth Ebbern (1918-1922), Mildred Bonnebel Ebbern (1922-2012, wife of R. Hatch), and Keith Raymond Ebbern (1926-2014).
Educator
Thomas taught at Silver Creek School and Dunstan School and later served as Principal of Sinclair School (1921-1925), Alexander School (1925-1929), Cypress River School (1929-1933), Hartney School (1933-1937), Gunton School (1937-1938), and Stonewall School (1939-1940). He moved to Winnipeg in 1942 and continued working as a teacher.
He died at Winnipeg on 04 April 1970 and was buried in Chapel Lawn Memorial Gardens.
Sources:
- Birth, Marriage and Death Registrations, Manitoba Vital Statistics.
- Death Registration, Ontario Vital Statistics,
- England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975,
- 1901, 1911, 1916 and 1931 Canada Census,
- Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 06 April 1970, page 25.
- Obituary [Lucy Jane Ebbern], Winnipeg Free Press, 30 October 1967, page 35.
- Obituary [Evelyn Jonasson], Winnipeg Free Press, 13 January 2004, page B4.
- Obituary [Muriel Jean Collins], Winnipeg Free Press, 07 March 2006, page C6.
- Grave Marker [Mildred B Hatch], Find a Grave, Memorial #223943912.
- Obituary, [Keith Raymond Ebbern], Winnipeg Free Press, 24 June 2014, page C9.
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