Memorable Manitobans: John Sawford Peach (1883-1968)

Educator, school inspector.

Born at Carbonear, Newfoundland in October 1883, he came to Manitoba at a young age and grew up on a farm near Balmoral. He taught at Addington School No. 443, Centre School No. 540, Good Hope School No. 539, and at Cypress River School No. 342 (1906). In 1907, he went to Swan River School as Principal, serving until August 1913 when he was appointed a School Inspector. His territory included a vast area of northern Manitoba, from Winnipegosis to Churchill, and including the Swan River Valley, Birch River country, The Pas, and Flin Flon. He retired in 1947. He died at his Winnipeg home, 351 Rosedale Avenue, on 22 January 1968 and was buried in Brookside Cemetery.

Sources:

1911 Canada census, Automated Genealogy.

Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 24 January 1968, page 37.

This profile was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Profile revised: 13 January 2013

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