Educator
Born at Wandsworth, Greater London, England, on 26 January 1874, son of Maurice Louis Brousson and Emil Habgood, he immigrated to Canada in 1911 and taught at Minnedosa School (1913-1914), Hamiota School (1914-1916), and Miniota School (1916-1917, Principal). He married Grace Myrtle Bacon (1897-1968) and they had three children: an unnamed infant (1919-1919), David Maurice Brousson (1920-1992), and Charles Brousson (1932-2012). They moved Brish Columbia by 1919, first at residing at Creston and later settled at Gordon Head by 1924. He died at North Saanich on 17 December 1941 and was buried in the Royal Oak Burial Park Cemetery at Victoria.
1916 Canada census, Library and Archives Canada.
Death registrations [Baby Brousson, Charles Maurice Brousson, Grace Myrtle Brousson], British Columbia Vital Statistics.
Obituary [Grace Myrtle Brousson], Vancounver Sun, 21 October 1t968, page 37.
Royal Oak Burial Park Cemetery [Victoria] burial transcriptions, FindAGrave.
This page was prepared by Nathan Kramer.
Page revised: 23 December 2025
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