Educator.
Born on 20 November 1868, he earned a doctoral degree and taught in rural Manitoba as the Principal of Lundar School (1923-1924), Rathwell School (1924-1925), Clearwater School (1925-1926), and St. Andrews School No. 2 (1926-1934). He and his Illinois-born wife Mabel Glenn Campbell (1875-1946) had one daughter, Helen Campbell (?-?, wife of Mr. Gordon) and resided in the Winnipeg region around 1923, later at 209 Margaret Avenue in West Kildonan. He died at Ebor on 10 March 1936 and was buried in the Old Kildonan Cemetery.
Death registrations, Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Annual Reports of the Manitoba Department of Education, Manitoba Legislative Library.
Obituary, Winnipeg Tribune, 11 March 1936, page 5.
Death notice, Winnipeg Tribune, 12 March 1936, page 16.
“Card of thanks [Mrs. Omar E. Campbell ...],” Winnipeg Free Press, 21 March 1936, page 30.
Winnipeg estate file #24432, Omar Ernest Campbell, Archives of Manitoba.
Death notice [Mabel Glenn Campbell], Winnipeg Tribune / Winnipeg Free Press, 31 January 1946, page 23.
Obituary [Mabel Glenn Campbell], Winnipeg Tribune / Winnipeg Free Press, 2 February 1946, page 19.
Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.
This page was prepared by Nathan Kramer.
Page revised: 22 December 2017
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