Educator.
Born in England in 1882, he came to Canada in 1912 with his wife Catherine Hill (c1881-?) and daughter Catherine Esdale Hill (c1909-?). He was the Principal of St. Andrews School (1913-1916), Binscarth School (1916-1919), Pilot Mound School (1919-1921), Pipestone School (1921-1922, 1927-1933), Elkhorn School (1922-1924), Shoal Lake School (1924-1926), and Carman School (1926-1927). In July 1933, he left Canada and returned to England where he took up a Principalship of a private school at Brighton. During the Second World War, he served as a night / air raid warden, during the course of which he developed influenza and pneumonia. He died of these conditions at Cheshire, England around April 1941.
1916 and 1926 Canada censuses, Library and Archives Canada.
Annual Reports of the Manitoba Department of Education, Manitoba Legislative Library.
“Local and general [Albert Hill, a former Principal of Lake School ...],” Shoal Lake Star, 29 June 1933, page 5.
“Former Shoal Lake School Principal dies,” Shoal Lake Star, 1 May 1941, page 1.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Nathan Kramer.
Page revised: 25 June 2023
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