Educator, school inspector.
Born in the Bear Creek district on 4 January 1906, son of John Muirhead and Jenny Lobb, he taught in schools around rural Manitoba, including at Virden School (1942-1947) and a Principalship of Hartney School (1948-1950). He was Assistant Principal of Miles MacDonell Collegiate (1950-1954). In late 1955, he was appointed a Manitoba School Inspector, based at Steinbach, later transferring to Charleswood.
On 29 June 1931, he married teacher Isabel Georgina Hoyes (1905-1997) at Winnipeg. They had one son, John Richard Keith Muirhead (1934-2009). He retired in 1972 and moved to Richmond, British Columbia where he died on 30 July 1996. He was buried in the Gladstone Cemetery.
Birth registration [John Wesley Alexander Muirhead], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
1911 Canada census, Automated Genealogy.
Marriage registration [John Wesley Alexander Muirhead, Georgina Isabel Hoyes], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Death registration [John Wesley Alexander Muirhead], British Columbia Vital Statistics.
Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 23 October 1996, page 31.
Obituary [Isabel Georgina Muirhead], Winnipeg Free Press, 23 August 1997, page 59.
Obituary [Keith Muirhead], Winnipeg Free Press, 15 August 2009.
We thank Nathan Kramer for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 16 March 2025
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