Educator.
Born in Quebec City in 1877, daughter of Frances Frazer (1851-1907) and Charles Henry Newton, she came with her family to Winnipeg in 1882 and was educated at public schools and Manitoba College. She taught at Victoria School (1901-1903) and Fort Rouge School (1903-1904), from 1926 into the 1930s, was the Principal of a private school, St. Faith's, in her home.
On 9 March 1909, she married Walter Sydney Gowan (1876-1961) at Winnipeg and they moved to British Columbia, returning to Winnipeg in 1915. They had three children: Charles Walter Gowan (1910-1995), Frances Evelyn Gowan (?-1982, wife of Cyril James Whiteway), and Walter Newton Gowan (1916-1987). The family lived at 109 Kingsway.
She died at Winnipeg on 19 September 1962 and was buried in the St. John's Cathedral Cemetery.
Marriage registration [Mabel Lugo Newton, Walker Sydney Gowan], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
“St. Faith's School,” Winnipeg Tribune, 18 August 1934, page 10.
Obituary [Walter Sydney Gowan], Winnipeg Tribune, 10 April 1961, page 75.
Obituary, Winnipeg Tribune, 21 September 1962.
Obituary [Frances Evelyn Whiteway], Winnipeg Free Press, 29 January 1982, page 58.
Obituary [Walter Newton Gowan], Winnipeg Free Press, 8 December 1987, page 42.
Obituary [Charles Walter Gowan], Winnipeg Free Press, 25 July 1995, page 21.
Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 11 December 2022
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