Memorable Manitobans: Emma Embree (1884-1972)

Educator.

Born at Amherst, Nova Scotia on 14 October 1884, daughter of Louisa Coates and Hazen Embree, she became an educator by the early 1900s and went on to a teach for 35 years. Within Manitoba, she was Principal of Sturgeon Creek School (1923) and Eriksdale School (1923-1924). She went on to teach for the Edmonton School Board before retiring in 1944. She died at Vancouver on 16 November 1972 and her body returned to Nova Scotia for burial at her native Amherst.

Sources:

Birth registrations, Nova Scotia Vital Statistics.

Death registrations, British Columbia Vital Statistics.

This page was prepared by Nathan Kramer.

Page revised: 1 March 2022

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