Memorable Manitobans: John Bonner Williams (1903-1974)

Educator.

He was born in the RM of Sifton on 2 February 1903, son of John Samuel Williams (1872-1953) and Maggie Amelia Bonner (1876-1947), he was a teacher (1937-1962) and Principal (1959-1962) at Elkhorn School. On 27 September 1928, he married Helen Cannon (1903-1998) at Virden. They had no children. He managed the Elkhorn Agricultural Fair. He died at Brandon on 9 February 1974 and was buried in the Elkhorn Cemetery.

Sources:

Birth registration [John Bonner Williams], Manitoba Vital Statistics.

Marriage registration [John Bonner Williams, Helen Cannon], Manitoba Vital Statistics.

Steel and Grass Roots: 1882-1982 by Elkhorn and District Historical Society, 1982, page 51.

John Bonner Williams, FindAGrave.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 7 September 2023

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