Educator.
Born at Winnipeg on 1 February 1888, daughter of Anna Muson (1856-?) and ? Nicolson (?-?), she received a BA degree from Manitoba College in 1909. He joined the teaching staff of the Winnipeg School Division in December 1910, spending most of her career as a teacher at St. John’s High School (1916-1947). She served as President of the Winnipeg Teachers’ Association (1940-1941). She retired in 1947. Active in several musical and cultural organizations, she was a member of Augustine United Church. She died at the Misericordia Hospital on 12 December 1978 and was buried in the Old Kildonan Cemetery.
Birth registration [Helen Andrea Nicolson], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
1901 Canada census, Automated Genealogy.
“Helen Nicolson heads teachers of Winnipeg,” Winnipeg Tribune, 22 November 1940, page 19.
Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 14 December 1978, page 71.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 1 August 2026
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