Educator.
Born in the United States in September 1901, daughter of Christina McLaren (1877-1939) and William Graham (1863-1943), sister of Beatrice Graham, she accompanied her family to Canada in 1902 and grew up in East Kildonan. In the 1920s, she was enrolled in the Arts program at the University of Manitoba. She was the Principal of Rosser Village School (1922-1924) and Austin School (1924-1927), and years later returned to her career after raising a family, as Vice-Principal of Hartney School (1954-1955) and as a teacher at Baldur Collegiate (1962-1963).
On 10 September 1928, she married Francis Charles “Frank” Mills (c1901-1978) at North Kildonan and she had two daughters: Frances Christine Mills (wife of Mr. Sallows) and Isabelle Anne Mills (wife of Mr. Ashmore). They later lived at Glenboro before moving to Winnipeg.
She died at Winnipeg on 6 March 1982 and was buried in Brookside Cemetery.
Marriage [Ida Christine Graham to Francis Charles Mills] and death [Christina Graham, William Graham] registrations, Manitoba Vital Statistics.
1911 Canada census, Automated Genealogy.
1921 Canada census, Ancestry.
“University of Manitoba examinations lists published,” Winnipeg Tribune, 16 May 1923, page 6.
“College term ends; names of successful candidates,” Winnipeg Tribune, 20 May 1925, page 10.
“University of Manitoba examination results,” Winnipeg Tribune, 19 May 1926, page 6.
Obituary [Frank Mills], Winnipeg Free Press, 18 November 1978, page 47.
Winnipeg estate files (ATG 0025A), #855/82 Ida C. Mills, GR6963 Archives of Manitoba.
Burial transcription, Brookside Cemetery, City of Winnipeg.
This page was prepared by Nathan Kramer.
Page revised: 30 December 2025
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