Educator
Born at Central Onslow, Colchester County, Nova Scotia, on 21 November 1889, son of Caleb Elisha Lewis (1831-1906) and Susan Anna Cutten (1850-1933), he became an educator and took his career to western Canada.
He taught at Stockton School (1911-1912, Principal), Hamiota School (1912-1916), and Hartney School (1917, Principal) before departing for Theodore, Saskatchewan by 1920. By 1931, he had swapped careers from education to finance and worked as a bank manager at Birsay, Saskatchewan. On 5 August 1920, he married Eva May Blackburn (1894-1984) at St Luke’s Church at Strathclair and the couple honeymooned at Minnedosa.
He retired to British Columbia around 1949 where he lived at 5077 Cordova Bay Road in Saanich. He died there on 18 October 1957 and his cremains interred in the Royal Oak Burial Park at Victoria.
Marriage registrations [Kenneth Morton Lewis to Eva Mary Blackburn], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Marriage registrations [Caleb E. Lewis to Susan A. Cutten], Nova Scotia Vital Statistics.
Death registrations [Kenneth Morton Lewis, Eva Mary Lewis], British Columbia Vital Statistics.
1901 and 1911 Canada censuses, Automated Genealogy.
1916 and 1931 Canada censuses, Library and Archives Canada.
“[Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Blackburn nnounced the engagement of their eldest daughter ...],” Hamiota Echo, 29 July 1920, page 1.
“Lewis - Blackburn,” Hamiota Echo, 12 August 1920, page 4.
Royal Oak Burial Park Cemetery [Victoria] burial transcriptions, FindAGrave.
Onslow Cemetery [Upper Onslow] burial transcriptions, FindAGrave.
This page was prepared by Nathan Kramer.
Page revised: 30 December 2025
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