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La Verendrye School, one of Winnipeg’s grandest old schools from the boomtown era, is set perfectly between Jessie Avenue and Warsaw Avenue on Lilac Street. Though residential and business areas quickly grew up around it, when it opened in 1909 La Verendrye School was on the outskirts of the developing city. Reporting on the school’s cornerstone laying on 8 July 1909 by Ward 1 Trustee F. C. Hubbard, the Manitoba Free Press wrote, “Yesterday visitors journeyed to the ground or within 100 yards of it by electric car and found there was still something of Winnipeg beyond them, though the streets lose some of their garb of traffic and dwellings are hidden in areas of native bush.”
Based on a design by School Division Architect and Commissioner of School Buildings J. B. Mitchell and constructed of local brick and limestone, La Verendrye School is a commingling of Queen Anne, Romanesque Revival and Classical Revival architectural styles. Among La Verendrye School’s near-century of alumni, you will find Terry Fox’s father, Rolly and artist Nathan Carlson. The centenary of La Verendrye School, now a French immersion elementary school, occurred in 2009.
A school has an Honour Roll of students and staff killed during the First World War, commissioned in 1916 by school principal William Henry Clipperton who later enlisted and was killed in action.
Period
Principal
1909-1911
David Merritt Duncan (1870-1951)
1911-1912
William Ewart Gladstone Grant (1884-1935)
1912-1916
William Henry Clipperton (1886-1917)
1916-1943
Alfred Dickson (1876-1957)
1943-1950
Marion Elizabeth MacAulay (1890-1974)
1950-1954
George Edward Whitlaw (1904-1996)
1954-1964
Myrtle Rietta Conway (1908-2005)
1964-1970
Hilda Kinney Ellis (1905-1987)
1970-1973
Irmgard Epp (c1929-1983)
1973-1977
Herbert Lawrence Walter “Herb” Nemish (1923-2012)
1977-1983
Vernon “Vern” Peters (c1927-1998)
1983-1991
Aurel Richard
1991-1998
Delores Hebert
1998-2001
Josephine Audino
2001-2005
Marie-France Giasson
2005-2014
Vince Audino
2014-2016
Claudette Warnke
2016-?
Ruth Schappert
School Year
Teachers
1909-1910
?
1910-1911
Miss M. H. Acheson, Miss Olive Bishop, Miss A. L. Brunsterman, Miss C. A. Brydon, Sydney Ashton Campbell, Miss B. M. Clark, Clara Louise Groff, Miss J. Leckie, William Fletcher Loucks, Miss E. Mary McDougall, Elsie Elizabeth Moore, Miss E. J. Robertson
1911-1912
Elementary Department: Miss M. H. Acheson, Miss O. Bishop, Clara Louise Groff, Miss J. Leckie, Miss E. J. Robertson, Miss M. Sittlington, Miss Effie Thompson. Collegiate Department: Miss A. L. Brunsterman, Miss B. Clark, Miss G. Edwards, James Stockdale Little, William Fletcher Loucks, Miss E. M. MacDougall, Miss E. Moore
1912-1913
Miss M. Acheson, Miss E. Annis, Miss O. Bishop, Miss A. Groff, Clara Louise Groff, Miss E. Holiday, Miss Ethel Morrison, Miss E. J. Robertson, Miss Effie Thompson, Miss Nellie Young
1913-1914
Miss M. H. Acheson, Miss Edith Duddles, Miss M. Gall, Miss A. Groff, Clara Louise Groff, Miss E. Holiday, Miss B. Leitch, Miss M. Madill, Miss E. Robertson, Miss Effie Thompson, Miss Nellie Young
1914-1915
Miss M. H. Acheson, Miss M. Drummond, Miss E. Duddles, Marguerite Maley Elliott, Miss Gladys Featherstone, Miss A. Groff, Miss Nora Lane, Miss B. Leitch, Miss M. Madill, Miss A. Roberts, Miss E. Robertson, Miss M. Staples, Miss Effie Thompson
1915-1916
Miss M. H. Acheson, E. Duddles, G. Featherstone, K. Gowanlock, Clara Louise Groff, A. Groff, N. Lane, B. Leach, M. Madill, A. Roberts, E. Robertson, M. Staples, Miss Effie Thompson
1916-1917
Miss M. H. Acheson, E. Duddles, A. H. Groff, N. Lane, B. A. Lietch, M. Madill, A. E. Roberts, E. Robertson, M. G. Staples, Miss Effie Thompson, Elizabeth Thompson
1917-1918
Miss M. H. Acheson, W. Andrews, E. Duddles, H. M. Ewing, A. Groff, E. M. Hickie, N. Lane, B. A. Leitch, L. Main, A. E. Roberts, B. Stevens, Miss Effie Thompson
1918-1919
Miss M. H. Acheson, D. Brady, E. Brady, D. Cuthbert, E. M. Duddles, A. Gibson, A. Groff, J. Haxley, E. M. Hickie, N. Lane, A. E. Roberts, B. Stevens, Miss Effie Thompson
1919-1920
D. Brady, E. Brady, I. Burke, E. M. Coke, D. Cuthbert, L. Crawford, A. Gossett-Jackson, J. Haxley, E. M. Hickie, A. E. Roberts, B. Stevens
1920-1921
?
1921-1922
E. M. Anthony, I. Burke, D. Brady, E. Coke, D. Cuthbert, J. Connoghan, A. H. Groff, J. Haxley, E. Hickie, C. Hodkinson, G. Silcock, M. Scott, J. A. Small, H. Willson
1922-1923
E. Anthony, D. Brady, I. Burke, E. Coke, A. Groff, J. Connoghan, C. Hodkinson, E. M. Hickie, M. Scott, E. Spencer, J. A. Small, H. Willson, H. Wahn, I. Young
1923-1924
E. Anthony, D. Brady, E. Coke, I. Burke, A. Groff, E. Hickie, O. Hodkinson, M. Liston, M. Scott, E. Spencer, J. A. Small, J. B. Duncan
1924-1925
E. Anthony, D. Brady, E. Coke, A. Groff, E. Hickie, C. Hodkinson, M. Liston, J. McCrea, J. A. Small, M. Scott, E. Spencer, E. V. Treger
1925-1926
E. Anthony, D. Brady, E. Coke, J. B. Duncan, A. Groff, E. Hickie, M. Liston, J. McCrea, E. O’Donnell, J. A. Small, E. Spencer, M. Scott
1926-1927
E. Anthony, D. Brady, E. Coke, R. Carrothers, J. B. Duncan, A. Groff, E. M. Hickie, M. Liston, J. McCrea, E. O’Donnell, J. B. Small, E. Spencer, M. Tait
1927-1928
R. Broder, G. Coates, E. M. Coke, J. B. Duncan, A. Groff, E. M. Hickie, M. Liston, J. McCrea, Gladys Isabel McIntyre (daughter of Alexander McIntyre), E. Spencer, M. Tait
1928-1929
R. Broder, E. Coke, G. Coates, J. B. Duncan, A. Groff, E. Hickie, C. Hodkinson, B. Langevin, Jean McCrea, Gladys Isabel McIntyre (daughter of Alexander McIntyre), E. Spencer, M. Tait
1929-1930
G. Coates, E. Cooke, M. Davidson, J. B. Duncan, A. Groff, E. Hickie, J. Hodkinson, J. McCrea, Gladys Isabel McIntyre (daughter of Alexander McIntyre), E. Spencer, M. Tait
1930-1931
G. Coates, E. Coke, M. Davidson, J. B. Duncan, A. Groff, C. H. Hodkinson, B. Jackson, J. McCrea, E. Spencer, M. Tait, L. Warwick
1931-1932
E. Coke, G. Coates, M. Davidson, J. B. Duncan, A. Groff, C. H. Hodkinson, J. McCrea, M. B. Philips (half-day), L. Warwick
1932-1933
C. Barbour, E. Coke, G. Coates, M. Davidson, J. B. Duncan, A. Groff, C. Hodgkinson, J. McCreak, L. Warwick
1933-1934
E. Coke, G. Coates, M. Davidson, A. Groff, C. H. Hodgkinson, G. Howes, L. M. Mason, J. McCrea, J. W. Simpson, L. Warwick
1934-1935
E. Coke, G. Coates, M. Davidson, A. Groff, C. Hodkinson, L. Mason, M. McCrea, L. Warwick
1935-1936
G. Coates, E. Coke, A. Groff, C. H. Hodkinson, J. McCrea, J. Rettie, L. Warwick
1936-1937
C. Coates, E. Coke, A. Groff, M. James, C. H. Hodkinson, J. McCrea, L. Warwick
1937-1938
G. Coates, E. Coke, A. Groff, C. Hadkinson, M. James, J. McCrea, J. W. Simpson (Manual Training)
1938-1939
G. Coates, E. Coke, A. Groff, C. H. Hodkinson, J. McCrea, J. McGrath
1939-1940
G. Coates, M. Douglas, A. Groff, M. McCrea, J. McGrath, M. McSwain
1940-1941
G. Coates, E. Ferguson, A. Groff, B. Henrickson, D. Parkhurst
1941-1942
G. Coates, E. S. Ferguson, A. Groff, B. Henrickson, J. Macmorran
1942-1943
G. Coates, M. A. Daley, Dorothy Eleanor Lane, N. Morrow, E. M. Riley
1943-1944
G. Coates, M. A. Daley, Dorothy Eleanor Lane, N. Morrow, E. M. Riley, W. Thompson
1944-1945
G. Coates, M. Daley, Dorothy Eleanor Lane, N. Morrow
1945-1946
G. Barber, G. Coates, M. Daley, G. Hill, Dorothy Eleanor Lane, J. Lennox, N. Morrow
1946-1947
G. Coates, E. Cummings, M. Daley, F. A. M. Evans, G. Hill, Dorothy Eleanor Lane, E. Peterson, M. Tyler
1947-1948
G. Barber, C. Coates, M. E. Cooper, M. Daley, M. Evans, E. Henderson, G. Hill, E. Lee, E. C. Peterson, M. Tyler
1948-1949
Miss G. Barber, Mrs. G. Coates, Miss M. Daley, Mrs. A. E. Goertzen, Miss I. Hawkins, Mrs. E. Henderson, Mrs. G. Hill, Miss E. Lee, Mrs. A. M. Lennox, Frederick Albert Merrett, Mrs. M. P. Saxton, Mrs. M. Tyler
1949-1950
Mrs. G. Coates, Mrs. R. Feinstein, Mrs. G. Hill, Miss S. McQuarrie, Miss M. E. MacSwain, Miss H. Marshall, Miss D. Nystrom, Mrs. E. Thompson, Mrs. M. Tyler, Miss M. Wright
1950-1951
Mrs. G. Coates, Mrs. G. Hill, Miss H. Marshall, Miss D. R. Matheson, Mrs. C. J. McLeod, Miss M. E. MacSwain, Miss S. McQuarrie, Miss D. Nystrom, Miss M. Wright
1951-1952
Miss M. Y. Arscott, Miss S. M. Bardal, Miss E. Elred, Mrs. W. E. Frehs, Mrs. F. A. Gibson, Miss E. Graham, Mrs. G. Hill, Miss M. E. Humphries, Miss G. Marshall, Miss R. Matheson, Miss D. Nystrom, Mrs. C. Philip, M. Woroby, Miss M. Wright
1952-1953
Miss M. Alsaker, Miss M. Y. Arscott, Miss S. M. Bardal, Miss J. Buckinkham, Miss E. Eldred, Mrs. W. E. Frehs, Miss A. Graham, Mrs. G. Hill, Miss M. E. Humphreys, Miss S. M. MacPhail, Miss R. Matheson, Mrs. A. O'Grady, Mrs. C. Philip, M. Woroby, Miss M. Wright
1953-1954
Miss M. Alsaker, Miss J. Buckingham, Miss E. Eldred, Mrs. W. Frehsn, Miss A. Graham, Miss M. J. Hardyd, Mrs. G. Hill, Miss M. Humphries, Miss E. Macrovicz, Miss R. Matheson, Mrs. C. Philip, Mrs. M. Riddle, Miss E. Riley, M. Woroby, Miss M. Wright
1954-1955
Miss M. Alsaker, Miss G. Barber, Miss E. Eldred, Mrs. W. Frehs, Miss S. Gillies, Miss A. Graham, Mrs. G. Hill, Miss M. Humphries, Miss E. Macrovicz, Mrs. S. Marshall, Miss R. Matheson, R. Matthews, Mrs. C. Philip, Miss E. Riley, Miss A. Smigel
1955-1956
Miss M. Alsaker, Miss G. Barber, Miss E. Eldred, Miss W. Frehs, Miss S. Gillies, Miss A. Graham, Miss E. Macrovicz, Mrs. S. Marshall, R. Matthews, Mrs. C. Philip, Miss E. Riley, Mrs. J. Scutte, Miss K. Skeel, Mrs. P. Swan, Mrs. E. Thorlakson
1956-1957
Miss M. Alsaker, Miss G. Barber, Miss E. Eldred, Mrs. W. Frehs, Miss S. Gillies, Miss A. Graham, Herbert Edward Lother, Mrs. S. Marshall, Mrs. C. Philip, Miss E. Riley, Mrs. M. Schutte, Miss K. Skeel, Mrs. P. Swan, Miss E. Ward
1957-1958
Miss M. Alsaker, Miss G. Barber, Miss E. Eldred, Mrs. W. Frehs, Miss S. Gillies, Miss A. Graham, Herbert Edward Lother, Mrs. S. Marshall, Mrs. C. Phillip, Miss E. Riley, Mrs. M. Schutte, Miss K. Skeel, Miss E. Ward
1958-1959
Miss M. Alsaker, Miss G. Barber, Miss E. Eldred, Mrs. E. Ellison, Mrs. W. Frehs, Miss S. Gillies, Miss A. Graham, Mrs. R. Henderson, Herbert Edward Lother, Mrs. S. Marshall, Mrs. C. Philip, Mrs. M. Schutte, Miss E. Ward
1959-1960
Miss G. Barber, Miss E. Eldred, Mrs. L. Ellison, Mrs. W. Frehs, Miss S. Gillies, Miss A. Graham, D. Goertzen, Mrs. R. Henderson, Miss P. Lichter, Mrs. S. Marshall, Miss A. Nedotafko, Mrs. C. Phillip, Mrs. M. Schutte
1960-1961
Miss G. Barber, Miss B. Dales, Miss E. Eldred, Mrs. L. Ellison, Mrs. W. Frehs, Miss S. Gillies, D. Goertzen, Miss A. Graham, Mrs. R. Henderson, Mrs. S. Marshall, Miss A. Nedotafko, Mrs. C. Philip, Mrs. M. Schutte
1961-1962
Miss B. Dales, Miss E. Eldred, Mrs. L. Ellison, Miss W. Flatt, Miss S. Gillies, D. Goertzen, Mrs. R. Henderson, Miss S. Kominetsky, Mrs. S. Marshall, Mrs. E. Massey, Miss A. Nedotafko, Miss A. O’Kane, Mrs. M. Schutte
1962-1963
?
1963-1964
Miss L. Brigden, Miss N. Conley, Miss E. Eldred, Mrs. L. Ellison, Miss W. Flatt, Miss S. Gillies, Mrs. M. Hardin, Mrs. R. Henderson, Miss S. Kominetsky, Mrs. S. Marshall, Miss A. Nowosad, A. Penner, Mrs. M. Schutte, Mrs. V. Thornton
1964-1965
Miss L. Brigden, Mrs. D. Clerihew, Miss N. Conley, Mrs. L. Ellison, I. Gawrachynsky, Mrs. M. Hardin, Miss C. Hilton, Miss S. Kominetsky, Miss T. Rae, Mrs. M. Schutte, Mrs. D. Smith, Mrs. V. Thornton, Miss E. Vickers
1965-1966
Miss R. Aylward, Mrs. P. Backman, Mrs. L. Begay, E. Braaten, Mrs. D. Clerihew, Miss E. Curtis, Mrs. A. Funk, I. Gawrachynsky, Miss D. Kosswan, Mrs. J. Law, Mrs. C. Lawson, Miss S. LeBlanc, Mrs. M. Pattinson, Mrs. M. Toews
1966-1967
Mrs. P. Backman, Miss L. Bender, Mrs. E. Black, Mrs. D. Clerihew, Mrs. T. Flom, I. Gawrachynsky, Miss D. Kosowan, Mrs. J. Law, Mrs. C. Lawton, Miss J. Mendrun, Mrs. M. Pattinson, Miss E. Thiek, Miss H. Williams
1967-1968
Mrs. P. Backman, Mrs. M. E. Brown, Mrs. D. Clerihew, Miss M. B. Daneault, Mrs. T. Flom, R. Foster, Mrs. A. Grant, Miss L. Hughes, Mrs. J. Law, Miss J. Mendrun, Mrs. M. Rennie, Miss E. Thick, Miss H. Williams
1968-1969
Mrs. P. Backman, Mrs. M. E. Brown, Miss M. B. Daneault, R. Foster, Mrs. C. Fung, Mrs. F. Hughes, Mrs. J. Law, Mrs. N. McKay, Miss J. Mendrun, Mrs. M. Putnam, Miss P. Sawry, Miss S. Thatcher, Miss E. Thick, Miss H. Williams, Miss E. R. Reimer
La Verendrye School (no date)
Source: Winnipeg School Division
La Verendrye School (2011)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough
La Verendrye School honour roll (September 2021)
Source: Gordon GoldsboroughSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.86833, W97.15619
denoted by symbol on the map above
Name
Occupation
Service
Rank
Birth Date
Death Date
Earl Sabinsky Alward
[Augustine United, Next of Kin]Steam fitter
9th Battalion, Canadian Railway Troops
Sapper
1 February 1896
3 November 1917
School Principal (La Verendrye School)
8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Lieutenant
10 April 1886
17 August 1917
Frank Holland Morrison
[Nassau Street Baptist]Machinist Apprentice
27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
1 March 1893
10 April 1917
Alan Skirving Richardson
[Holy Trinity, Next of Kin, Osler Hammond & Nanton]Accountant
5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Lieutenant
16 May 1895
25 July 1916
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: North Ward School Monument / La Verendrye School (500 Seventh Street NW, Portage la Prairie)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Lafortune School No. 1304 / La Verendrye School (Woodridge, RM of Piney)
“Teachers named for all schools,” Winnipeg Tribune, 3 September 1910, page 3.
“Assignment of teachers for Winnipeg Schools which open on Sept. 15,” Winnipeg Tribune, 1 September 1911, page 9.
“City schools staff assembling in Sept.,” Winnipeg Tribune, 29 August 1912, page 8.
“Opening of the Winnipeg public schools has been set for Monday next,” Winnipeg Tribune, 14 August 1913, pages 1 and 2.
“Here’s your teacher!” Winnipeg Tribune, 21 August 1914, page 6.
“School Board assigns teachers,” Winnipeg Tribune, 20 August 1915, page 9.
“Reduce staff of teachers at high schools Monday,” Winnipeg Tribune, 18 August 1916, pages 1 & 12.
“Boundaries of schools are named,” Winnipeg Evening Tribune, 24 August 1917, page 9.
“Complete plans to open schools Tuesday for 30,000 children,” Winnipeg Evening Tribune, 30 August 1918, page 14.
“Teachers are selected for various grades,” Winnipeg Tribune, 29 August 1919, page 3.
“Winnipeg schools, No. 23—La Verendrye,” Manitoba Free Press, 10 November 1922, page 5.
“School posts filled,” Winnipeg Free Press, 5 May 1973, page 74.
“New Principals named for five city schools,” Winnipeg Free Press, 21 June 2005, page B6.
Winnipeg School Division: Celebrating One Hundred Fifty Years, 1871-2021 by Winnipeg School Division, 2021.
We thank Claudette Warnke, Lelainia Lloyd, Michael Parke-Taylor, and Darryl Toews for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough, Nathan Kramer, and Reid Dickie.
Page revised: 3 September 2023
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