Educator.
Born in York County, Ontario on 22 April 1879, son of Frank Jordan (1848-?) and Mariah Jordan (1855-?), he attended high school at Markham, Ontario, became a teacher prior to 1901, and graduated from McMaster University prior to moving west in 1908.
On 3 September 1909, he married Alice Maude Tedd (?-1954) at Winnipeg. They settled at Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan and had two sons: Frank Jordan (c1912-?) and William Allen Tedd Jordan (1916-?). He taught at Arcola (?-?), Moose Jaw (c1916, nine years), and Swift Current (?-?), prior to returning to Manitoba during the 1920s as a teacher (1922-1926) and Principal (1922-1926) at Gladstone School. He resided briefly at 920 Windermere Avenue in Fort Garry (1926) and may have taught in the vicinity or attended the University of Manitoba. He was later the Principal of Neepawa School (1926-1927), after which he moved to Yorkton, Saskatchewan as Principal of Yorkton Collegiate (1927-1930). For many years he was a choir member and the Deacon Clerk for the First Baptist Church.
He died at Yorkton on 29 December 1958 and was buried in the Yorkton Cemetery.
Marriage registrations [Alice Maud Tedd to Ernest Cecil Jordon, sic], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Birth registration [William Allen Tedd Jordan], Saskatchewan Vital Statistics.
1901 Canada census, Automated Genealogy.
1916 and 1926 Canada censuses, Library and Archives Canada.
Obituary [Mrs. E. Cecil Jordan], Winnipeg Tribune, 9 May 1954, page 9.
“Rites Friday for Ernest C. Jordan,” Winnipeg Free Press, 1 January 1959, page 9.
Yorkton Cemetery burial transcriptions, FindAGrave.
This page was prepared by Nathan Kramer.
Page revised: 24 December 2023
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