Link to:
Principals | Vice-Principals | Teachers | Photos & Coordinates | Sources
The Lisburn School District was formally established in July 1881, on First Avenue in the Town of Carberry. Around 1895, it was renamed the Carberry School District. A two-storey brick structure was erected here in 1895, on a design by Brandon architect Walter Henderson Shillinglaw, using brick from a brickyard at Sidney.
In January 1962, it became Carberry Consolidated School when it consolidated with several surrounding rural schools, including Linwood School No. 641, Melbourne School No. 234, Pleasant Point School No. 267, Prosser School No. 2040, and Stinson School No. 325. The building was demolished in 1964 and replaced on the same site by the present R. J. Waugh School.
A monument on the school grounds was erected in 1974 by Willard Switzer, the last surviving student of the original school. It preserves the cornerstone and roof-top bell from the school building.
Period
Principal
1888-1889
George F. Erskine
1890
Isabel Olliner
1890
Fletcher S. Andrews (1869-1949)
1891
Mr. R. G. Fairman
1892
John Cameron Saul (1869-1939)
1892
Robert Boyes
1893-1894
John Williams
1895-1899
Thomas Laidlaw (1865-1926)
1899-1900
George Young (1865-?)
1900-1904
Ezra Hamilton (1864-1931)
1904-1906
James Houston (1871-1936)
1906-1910
James M. McQueen
1911-1913
William R. Robeson (c1870-?)
1913-1914
Archibald McDonald
1914-1915
Merodach Green
1915-1925
John Cunningham Anderson (1862-1929)
1925-1928
Leslie A. Glinz
1928-1930
Robert Hugh Wellwood (1901-1983)
1930-1931
George Boyer Poole (1880-1958)
1931-1934
George Edward Whitlaw (1904-1996)
1934-1938
Barney Thordarson (1904-1974)
1938-1939
Bethel Harold Stinson (1903-1960)
1939-1941
Robert Stanley “Stan” McGill (1909-1994)
1941-1944
George Scott Belton (1904-1967)
1944-1945
Bertha E. Nelson
1945-1957
Richard Buck (1907-1994)
1957-1959
Mrs. M. Macdonald
1959-1960
A. V. Gabriel
1960-1967
John Pottinger Minions
1967-1973
B. Anderson
Among the early teachers of Lisburn School were Annie Williamson (1883), George Collins (1884), Thomas? W. Hughes (Spring 1885), and William Dickie (Fall 1885 - Fall 1887).
School Year
Teachers
1888
George F. Erskine (senior grades, Fall), Minnie McCreight (junior grades, Fall), E. W. Montgomery (all grades, Spring)
1889
George F. Erskine (senior grades), Minnie McCreight (junior grades, Spring; ? grades, Fall), Marion M. Spence (? grades, Fall)
1890
Fletcher S. Andrews (senior grades, Fall), Minnie McCreight, Isabel Olliner (senior grades, Spring), Marion M. Spence
1891
R. G. Fairman, Minnie McCreight, J. E. Pennett (Fall), John Cameron Saul (Fall), Marion M. Spence
1892
Robert Boyes (senior grades, Fall), Blanche Camerson (Fall), Nellie Hay (Fall), Minnie McCreight (Spring), Mary McKinnon, John Cameron Saul (senior grades, Spring), Marion M. Spence (Spring)
1893
Charlotte Brooks, Nellie Hay (Spring), Annie Kerr (Fall), Mary McKinnon, John Williams (senior grades)
1894
Charlotte Brooks, Lena Galloway (Fall), Edith M. McKinnon (Spring), Edith Robinson (Fall), Sara M. Smith, John Williams (senior grades, Spring)
1895
Lena Galloway (Spring), Robert A. Garland (Fall), Thomas Laidlaw (senior grades), Edith Robinson (Spring), Blanche St. John, Nellie Wake, Helen Younghusband
1896
Robert A. Garland, Margaret Harper (Fall), Thomas Laidlaw (senior grades), Blanche St. John (Spring), Nellie Wake, Helen Younghusband
1897
Annie Abbott (Fall), Robert A. Garland (Spring), Thomas Laidlaw (senior grades), Louie? McKinnon (Spring), K. Allan Neilson (Fall), Edith Robinson, Nellie Wake
1898
Annie Abbott, Thomas Laidlaw (senior grades), K. Allan Neilson, Edith Robinson, Isabel M. Stewart (Fall), Nellie Wake (Spring)
1899
Annie Abbott (Spring), K. M. A. Clements (Spring), Thomas Laidlaw (senior grades, Spring), Jennie E. McKechnie, John McMillan (Fall), K. Allan Neilson, Catherine Isabel Scoble (Fall), Isabel M. Stewart, George Young (senior grades, Fall)
1900
Annie S. Graham, Ezra Hamilton (senior grades, Fall), Charles Walter Laidlaw, Marion G. McLeod, Laura E. Martin, Jean J. Murray (Fall), K. Allan Neilson (Spring), Catherine Isabel Scoble (Spring), Isabel M. Stewart (Spring), George Young (senior grades, Spring)
1901
Annie S. Graham, Ezra Hamilton (senior grades), Charles Walter Laidlaw (Spring), Marion G. McLeod, Thomas C. Mcnabb (Fall), Laura E. Martin (Spring), Mabel B. Mitchell (Fall), Alice M. Sherrin
1902
records not available
1903
records not available
1904
records not available
1905
May Clarke, Helen D. Forrest, James Houston (senior grades), Mina H. McLaren, Mabel B. Mitchell (Spring), William Clark Sandercock (Fall), Grace E. Smale, L. Jean Stewart (Fall)
1906
Rosa N? Armstrong (Fall), Helen D. Forrest (Spring), Gertrude A. Harrover (Fall), Nellie M. Haslam (Fall), James Houston (senior grades, Spring), Katherine G. McFarlane (Fall), Mina H. McLaren (Spring), James M. McQueen (senior grades, Fall), William Clark Sandercock, Grace E. Smale (Spring), Ada B. Speer (Spring), L. Jean Stewart
1907
Rosa H? Armstrong (Spring), Gertrude A. Harrover, Nellie M. Haslam, Katherine G. McFarlane, James M. McQueen (senior grades), Marion Macdonald (Fall), L. Jean Stewart
1908
Nellie M. Haslam, Helen R. Hayden, Marion McDonald, Katherine G. McFarlane (Spring), James M. McQueen (senior grades), Katherine R. Morrison (Fall), Ethel Rea (Fall), William Clark Sandercock, Jennie Sharman (Fall), E. Jean Stewart (Spring)
1909
Gertrude E. Burland, Ethel M. Coppings (Fall), James M. McQueen (senior grades), Ruby E. Moffatt (Fall), Katherine R. Morrison, Ethel Rea, William Clark Sandercock, Jennie Sharman (Spring)
1910
Anna Balfour, Gertrude E. Burland, Ethel M. Coppings, G. Fred H. Long (Spring), Jean McFettir?, James M. McQueen (senior grades), Ruby E. Moffatt (Spring), Katherine R. Morrison, Ethel Rea (Spring), Frances B. Roy [Ray?] (Fall), Irene Weatherhead (Fall)
1911
Laura M. Aikenhead (Fall), Anna Balfour, Beatrice Beer? (Fall), Norman Ewart Brett (Fall), Gertrude E. Burland (Spring), Ethel M. Coppings (Spring), Ordelia Hornbrook (Fall), Grace McMaster (Fall), Katherine R. Morrison (Spring), William R. Robeson (senior grades), Frances B. Roy [Ray?] (Spring), Irene Weatherhead (Spring)
1912
(January-June only): Laura M. Aikenhead, Anna Balfour, Winnifred Barron, Beatrice Beer?, Ordelia Hornbrook, John MacNaught, Grace McMaster, William R. Robeson (senior grades)
1912-1913
Winnifred Barron, Ada V. Dingle, John MacNaught, Annie Roberts, William R. Robeson (senior grades), Eva L. Smith
1913-1914
Winnifred Barron (Fall), Mabel Bradley, Cora Brehart, Archibald Macdonald (Spring), George E. Macdonald (Fall), Nellie McLaughlin (Spring), Annie Roberts, Pearl H. Webster
1914-1915
Mabel Bradley (grrades 7-8), Cora Brehart (grades 9-10), Merodach Green (grade 11), Jennie Mckenzie (grades 5-6), Annie Roberts (grades 1-2), Pearl H. Webster (grades 3-4)
1915-1916
?
1916-1917
?
1917-1918
?
1918-1919
1919-1920
?
1920-1921
M. Christie, I. M. Coltart, E. Mitchell, J. R. Smyth, M. E. Switzer, M. G. Willis
Among the teachers who worked at Carberry School were Garnet M. Morrison (late 1930s), Wilfrid B. “Wilf” Book, Penny Ham (1960s), and John S. Schellenberg (1960s).
Postcard of Carberry School (no date)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough, 2011-0047
Postcard of Carberry School (1929)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough, 2011-0081
Carberry School (no date) by A. J. Hatcher
Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs,
GR8461, A0233, C131-1, page 41.
Carberry School (1940)
Source: Archives of Manitoba, George Harris Fonds, Acc. 1979-141, P7454, Album 21, Page 21.
Remains of the demolished Carberry School building (1967)
Source: Archives of Manitoba, Architectural Survey, Carberry 23.
Carberry School monument in front of R. J. Waugh School (December 2011)
Source: Gordon GoldsboroughSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.87045, W99.35792
denoted by symbol on the map above
“Carberry,” Manitoba Morning Free Press, 6 August 1888, page 2.
“Personal [Geo. Erskine, principal of the Carberry school ...],” Manitoba Morning Free Press, 2 August 1889, page 4.
“Carberry notes,” Winnipeg Daily Tribune, 2 July 1890, page 2.
“Our educational system,” Winnipeg Daily Tribune, 27 October 1891, page 3.
“People we talk about [J. C. Saul, Principal of the Carberry school ...],” Winnipeg Daily Tribune, 9 January 1892, page 5.
“Brandon budget,” Manitoba Morning Free Press, 14 June 1895, page 7.
“Western notes [Mr. Young, of Oak Lake ...],” Manitoba Morning Free Press, 4 August 1899, page 4.
“Local news paragraps [Mr. James Houston ...],” Winnipeg Daily Tribune, 22 August 1904, page 10.
“Teachers at the convention,” Brandon Sun, 15 October 1920, page 6.
Annual Reports of the Manitoba Department of Education, Manitoba Legislative Library.
“Carberry, Man,” Western Canada Fire Underwriters’ Association map, June 1912, Archives of Manitoba.
The Carberry Plains: 75 Years of Progress. [Manitoba Legislative Library, F5648.C36 Car]
“Carberry kicks off its 90th annual exhibition,” Brandon Sun, 4 July 1974, page 10.
One Hundred Years in the History of the Rural Schools of Manitoba: Their Formation, Reorganization and Dissolution (1871-1971) by Mary B. Perfect, MEd thesis, University of Manitoba, April 1978.
Carberry Plains - Century One: 1882-1982 by Carberry History Book Committee, 1982, page 224.
Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Canada, 1800-1950 by Robert G. Hill, Toronto.
Board of Education registers (A 0050), GR7643, Archives of Manitoba.
Summative half-yearly returns for school districts (A 0051), Archives of Manitoba.
School division half-yearly attendance reports (E 0757), Archives of Manitoba.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Nathan Kramer.
Page revised: 15 January 2026
Historic Sites of Manitoba
This is a collection of historic sites in Manitoba compiled by the Manitoba Historical Society. The information is offered for historical interest only.
Browse lists of:
Museums/Archives | Buildings | Monuments | Cemeteries | Locations | OtherInclusion in this collection does not confer special status or protection. Official heritage designation may only come from municipal, provincial, or federal governments. Some sites are on private property and permission to visit must be secured from the owner.
Site information is provided by the Manitoba Historical Society as a free public service only for non-commercial purposes.
Send corrections and additions to this page
to the MHS Webmaster at webmaster@mhs.mb.ca.Help us keep history alive!
