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Memorable Manitobans: Mary Catherine Unger Freear (1893-1979)Educator. Born in the Rural Municipality of Hanover on 16 July 1893, daughter of David Unger (1865-1938) and Lauretta Anne Fenton (1852-1938), she grew up near Clear Springs and attended teacher training in 1911. She taught in rural Manitoba at Steinbach School (1915-1916, Principal), Birds Hill School (1920-1926), and Sturgeon Creek School (1928-1929, 1930-1931, 1932-1933). On 11 June 1932, she married John Freear (1894-1972) at St. Matthew’s Church in Winnipeg. They moved to Jasper, Alberta had a daughter, Betty. In 1959, they retired to Vancouver, British Columbia. She died at Vancouver on 19 January 1979 and donated her body to medical science. Sources:Birth, marriage, and death registrations, Manitoba Vital Statistics. Death registrations, British Columbia Vital Statistics. 1901 Canada census, Ancestry. 1916 & 1926 Canada censes, Library and Archives Canada. “Those successful at teachers exams,” Manitoba Free Press, 27 July 1911, page 13. “Freear - Unger,” Winnipeg Tribune, 15 June 1932, page 7. “Freear - Unger,” Winnipeg Free Press, 16 June 1932, page 9. Obituary, Steinbach Carillon News, 7 February 1979, page 22. This page was prepared by Nathan Kramer. Page revised: 4 June 2019
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