Educator
Born in the Rural Municipality of Harrison on 12 December 1884, daughter of Mary Elizabeth McConnell (1852-1936) and James Bloomer (1852-1918), she lived at Minnedosa for a time and became a schoolteacher. She taught at Rosemount School (?-?), Minnedosa School (1912-1914), Stockton School (1914-1915, Principal), and Mount Royal College at Calgary (c1918).
On 15 July 1920, she married Reverend Arthur Edward Hayes (1885-1938) at her mother's Winnipeg residence, 585 Sherburn Street, by Rev. H. G. Crozier of Chalmers Presbyterian Church. The couple had three children: Beatrice Mary Hayes (1921-1992), Dorothy Lawrence Hayes (1924-1993), and Gordon James Hayes (1927-1975). They lived in Alberta at Vulcan and Jasper before retiring to Vancouver, British Columbia by the 1960s.
She died at North Vancouver on 16 July 1969 and was buried in the Capilano View Cemetery at West Vancouver.
Birth registrations [Edith Mary Bloomer], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Marriage registrations [Edith Mary Bloomer to Arthur Edward Hayes], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Death registrations [James Bloomer, Mary Elizabeth Bloomer], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Death registrations [Edith Mary Hayes], British Columbia Vital Statistics.
“Death of leading Minnedosa pioneer [James Bloomer],” Manitoba Free Press, 16 March 1918, page 11.
“Hayes - Bloomer,” Manitoba Free Press, 26 July 1920, page 6.
“Mrs. Mary Bloomer dies, aged 84 years,Winnipeg Free Press, 18 August 1936, page 2.
Obituary [Dr. James Bloomer], Winnipeg Free Press, 15 April 1961, page 49.
Obituary [Edward S. Bloomer], Winnipeg Free Press, 2 January 1964, page 25.
Obituary [Leonard S. Bloomer] Winnipeg Free Press, 20 September 1966, page 27.
Edith Mary Bloomer (1884-1969), FamilySearch.
Capilano View Cemetery [West Vancouver] burial transcriptions, FindAGrave.
This page was prepared by Nathan Kramer.
Page revised: 22 December 2025
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