Memorable Manitobans: Clair Edmond Dawson (?-1995)

Educator.

He was the Principal of Graysville School (1942-1945), Lenore School (1945-1948), Rathwell School (1948-1952), Plumas School (1952-1968), and Gladstone School (1968-1969). On 11 October 1941, he married Clara Isabel Buschau (1913-2001) at Winnipeg and they had two sons and a daughter. He died at Neepawa on 25 December 1995.

Sources:

Marriage registration [Clair Edmond Dawson, Clara Isabel Buschan], Manitoba Vital Statistics.

Annual Reports of the Manitoba Department of Education, Manitoba Legislative Library.

Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 27 December 1995, page C8.

Obituary [Clara Isabel Dawson], Winnipeg Free Press, 8 November 2001.

We thank Nathan Kramer for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 10 March 2024

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