Educator.
Born in England in May 1894, daughter of merchant Ebenezer Foreman (1857-1939) and Louisa Foreman (1857-1953), she came to Canada with her family in 1910. She graduated from Wesley College in 1919 where she attained the Gold Medal in Latin. She taught at Edington School (1912) and Glenboro School (1920), was the Principal of Arden School (1920-1921), Eden School (1922-1927), and Elkhorn School (1928-1933) before she came to Winnipeg and taught English and French at Glenlawn Collegiate, retiring in 1967. On 4 January 1921, she married William Murray Elliott (1893-1957) at Arden. They had no children. She died at Winnipeg on 8 August 1974 and was buried in the Arden Cemetery.
1911 Canada census, Automated Genealogy.
Marriage registration [Louise Anne Foreman, William Murray Elliott], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Annual Reports of the Manitoba Department of Education, Manitoba Legislative Library.
Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 9 August 1974, page 16.
Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.
We thank Nathan Kramer for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 15 August 2026
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