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John Adrian Ashley
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Educator.
Born at Boissevain on 7 August 1902, son of William Henry Ashley and Margaret Ann Hahn (1863-?), he was the Principal of Miami School (1934-1938) and Brooke School (1948-1956, 1958-1968). He was President of the Manitoba Teachers’ Society (1954-1955). From 1956 to 1958, he taught the children of Canadian military personnel in West Germany.
On 11 August 1934, he married Kathleen Moore Best (c1907-1985) at Winnipeg and they subsequently had a daughter and a son. He died at the Victoria Hospital on 5 October 1987.
Birth registration [John Adrian Ashley], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Marriage registration [John Adrian Ashley, Kathleen Moore Best], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
“4 Manitoba teachers arrive in Germany,” Winnipeg Free Press, 17 September 1956, page 3.
The History of the Manitoba Teachers’ Society by Haraldur Victor Vidal, MA thesis, University of Manitoba, 1958.
Obituary [Kathleen Ashley], Winnipeg Free Press, 30 October 1985, page 29.
Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 10 October 1987, page 59.
We thank Mireille Theriault (Manitoba Teachers’ Society) and Nathan Kramer for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 17 June 2025
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