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The Marlborough School District was formally established in April 1899 and a schoolhouse built at 12-13-18 west of the Principal Meridian, in what is now the Rural Municipality of Minto-Odanah.
As part of the consolidation movement of the early 20th century, Marlborough School merged with part of Aikenside School No. 147 in 1911 to create Moore Park Consolidated School No. 1008. That same year, a new two-room brick building was erected at this site within Moore Park in the southeast quarter of 13-13-18 west, based on a design by Winnipeg architect William Wallace Blair.
In January 1959, the school became part of the Elton Municipal School District No. 2360 in January 1959. The school closed during the summer of 1967, its catchment area becoming part of the Rolling River School Division No. 39 and the building eventually demolished.
Located at the former Moore Park School site, this commemorative monument was unveiled, along with the cornerstone shard, on 25 June 1995.
Period
Principal
1915-1916
Mabel Cooper
1917
Hilma Esterberg
1917-1918
Maude E. Macgregor
1918-1919
Elsie Katherine Gardner (1883-1936)
1919-1921
Isobel F. Cumming
1921-1924
Henry Lambert Williams (1890-1976)
1924-1950
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1950-1951
M. Rogers
1951-1954
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1954-1955
T. Prysiazniuk
1955-1957
Josephine Kathleen “Jo” Stonehouse (1929-2010)
1957-1959
?
1959-1960
Marion Elsie Badgley
1960-1962
Marjorie Jean Witter
Among the early teachers at Marlborough School (1898-1911) were Annie Moar (Fall 1899 - Fall 1900), Carrie Short (Spring 1901), Florence Armstrong (pt Fall 1901), C. J. Dalziel (pt Fall 1901), records not available (Spring 1902 - Fall 1904), Mildred Black (Spring 1905 - Spring 1906), Annie/Anna Macdonald (Fall 1906 - Spring 1908), May Bissett (Fall 1908 - Spring 1909), Lily D. Rutledge (Fall 1909), and Ella Noble (Spring 1910 - Fall 1911).
Among the later teachers of Moore Park School were Vernon Albert Shewfelt (1920s), John Sinclair “Clair” Nelin (?-?), and David John “Dave” McDowell (1950s, ?-?).
Period
Teachers
1912
(January-June only): Samuel Stewart Bryan (all grades)
1912-1913
Samuel Stewart Bryan (all grades)
1913-1914
Samuel Stewart Bryan (all grades, Fall), Mabel Cooper (all grades, Spring)
1914-1915
Irene L. Armstrong (junior grades, Spring), Mabel Cooper (all grades, Fall; senior grades, Spring)
1915-1916
Irene L. Armstrong (grades 1-4, Fall), Mabel Cooper (grades 4-9, Fall; grades 4-10, Spring), Hilma Esterberg (grades 1-4, Spring)
1916-1917
Mabel Cooper (grades 4-10, Fall), Hilma Esterberg (grades 1-3, Fall; grades 4-10, Spring), J. E. Thompson (grades 1-3, Spring)
1917-1918
Rossie Marie Colquhoun (grades 1-4), Maude E. Macgregor (grades 5-10)
1918-1919
Anna Galbraith (grades 1-4), Elsie Katherine Gardner (grades 5-10)
1919-1920
Isobel F. Cumming (grades 5-9), Anna Galbraith (grades 1-4)
1920-1921
Isobel F. Cumming (grades 5-10), Mildred Love? [Lowe?] (grades 1-4)
1921-1922
Vilma Simpson (grades 1-4), Henry Lambert Williams (grades 5-10)
1922-1923
Clara Maude Coates (grades 1-5), Henry Lambert Williams (grades 5-10)
1923-1924
Edna Stewart (grades 1-4), Henry Lambert Williams (grades 5-10)
1924-1925
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1925-1926
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1926-1927
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1927-1928
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1928-1929
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1929-1930
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1930-1931
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1931-1932
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1932-1933
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1933-1934
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1934-1935
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1935-1936
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1936-1937
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1937-1938
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1938-1939
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1939-1940
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1940-1941
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1941-1942
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1942-1943
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1943-1944
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1944-1945
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1945-1946
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1946-1947
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1947-1948
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1948-1949
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1949-1950
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1950-1951
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1951-1952
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1952-1953
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1953-1954
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1954-1955
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1955-1956
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1956-1957
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1957-1958
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1958-1959
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1959-1960
Marion Elsie Badgley (grades 6-8), Dorothy Lace? (grades 1-45)
1960-1961
Helen Louise McFarlane (grades 1-4), Marjorie Jean Witter (grades 5-8)
1961-1962
Helen Louise McFarlane (grades 1-4), Marjorie Jean Witter (grades 5-8)
1962-1963
Helen Louise McFarlane (grades 1-5)
1963-1964
Helen Louise McFarlane (grades 1-5)
1964-1965
Margaret Diane Bonnor (grades 1-5)
1965-1966
Vonda Gail Cranswick (grades 1-5)
1966-1967
Vonda Gail Cranswick (grades 1-5)
Moore Park School (circa 1911)
Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photos, GR2664 C65.
Moore Park School (May 1967)
Source: Archives of Manitoba, Architectural Survey - Moore Park 1.
Moore Park School (May 1967)
Source: Archives of Manitoba, Architectural Survey - Moore Park 2.
Moore Park School commemorative monument (June 2011)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough
Moore Park School commemorative monument (November 2024)
Source: Rose KuzinaSite Coordinates (lat/long): N50.06635, W99.78298
denoted by symbol on the map above
Annual Reports of the Manitoba Department of Education, Manitoba Legislative Library.
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.
Manitoba Heritage Council Commemorative Plaques and Manitoba Community Commemorative Plaques, Fiscal Year 1994-1995, Historic Resources Branch, Manitoba Culture, Heritage and Citizenship, page 35.
Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Canada, 1800-1950 by Robert G. Hill, Toronto.
Summative half-yearly returns for school districts (A 0051), GR0571, Archives of Manitoba.
School division half-yearly attendance reports (E 0757), Archives of Manitoba.
Manitoba School Records Collection, Elton Municipal School District No. 2360 (Moore Park) - Daily Registers, GR2063, Archives of Manitoba.
We thank Rose Kuzina for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Nathan Kramer.
Page revised: 3 March 2026
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