Educator.
Born in Ontario on 16 July 1875, he came to Manitoba and taught at Swan River School (1907) and Virden School (1908) and served as Principal of Starbuck School (1906), Roland School (1909), St. James School (1910-1911), and Boissevain School (1911-1914) before heading to Saskatchewan, where he was Principal at Melfort (c1921), and taught at Rosetown (c1921) and Ceylon (c1926). By the late 1920s, he had returned to Manitoba as Principal of Kelwood School (1929-1930) and a teacher at Emerson School (1930).
On 26 December 1910, he married Laura Celina Jamieson (1876-1973) at the Brandon residence of Jacob Zink. He retired to Winnipeg where he was a member of the Royal Astronomical Society. He died at his Winnipeg residence, Suite 49 - Dunbar Apartments, on 27 August 1934 and was buried in the Elmwood Cemetery.
Marriage registration [Thomas Walter Halligan, Laura Celina Shepley], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
“Halligan - Jamieson,” Brandon Weekly Sun, 29 December 1910, page 2.
1911 Canada census, Automated Genealogy.
“Boissevain newslets,” Manitoba Free Press, 1 July 1911, page 40.
1916, 1921, and 1926 Canada censuses, Library and Archives Canada.
Death registration [Thomas Walter Halligan], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Obituary, Winnipeg Tribune, 28 August 1934, page 2.
“Thomas W. Halligan dies of heart attack while seeking help,” Winnipeg Free Press, 29 August 1934, page 7.
“T. W. Halligan dies suddenly,” Winnipeg Tribune, 29 August 1934, page 16.
“Royal Astronomical Society enjoys slides at opening,” Winnipeg Free Press, 12 October 1934, page 4.
Henderson’s Winnipeg and Brandon Directories, Henderson Directories Limited, Peel’s Prairie Provinces, University of Alberta Libraries.
Death registrations [Laura Celina Halligan], British Columbia Vital Statistics.
This page was prepared by Nathan Kramer.
Page revised: 5 November 2025
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