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Designed for the Winnipeg School Division by local architect John Nelson Semmens, and built at the intersection of Wolseley Avenue and Clifton Street in 1921, the one-storey nine-classroom Wolseley School commemorates British general Garnet J. Wolseley (1833-1913). It was intended to relieve overcrowding at Isaac Brock School and Laura Secord School. Construction was managed by the Sutherland Construction Company and completed at a cost of about $75,000. Classes began around November 1921 and the school was officially opened on Empire Day, 23 May 1922. In contrast to many official school openings, the event was lead by the school staff without the presence of school trustees or municipal dignitaries. During 1940-1947, the school also hosted day school classes for the Manitoba School for the Deaf (also known as the Winnipeg Day School for the Deaf).
The building is a municipally-designated historic site.
Period
Principal
1921-1945
Olive Maud McLean (1883-1952)
1945-1953
Elizabeth Agnes “Betty” Nicks (1910-1999)
1953-1968
Dorothy Eleanor Lane (1902-1991)
1968-1977
Frances Louise Martin (1924-2002)
1977-1980
A. Phillips
1980-1982
J. T. Nunn
1982-1984
R. Neil McAlpine
1984-1986
Robert James “Bob” Hibbert (1938-2019)
1986-1988
Gene Joseph Lloyd (1942-2008)
1988-1996
Ron Enns
1996-2005
Ira Udow
2005-2007
Erika Kreis
2008-2010
Heather Stanus
2010-2015
Anne Pereira
2015-2019
Suzanne Mole
2019-?
Brian Rogowsky
School Year
Teachers
1921-1922
Gladys V. Anderson (grade 3), M. Armstrong (grade 4), Marion Atwood Buckley (grade 1), Lucille Elder (grades 4-5), E. M. Lovell (grades 5-6), Mildred A. McCalpin (grade 3), Olive Maud McLean (grade 2), Margaret Ethel Munn (grade 1)
1922-1923
Marion Atwood Buckley (grades 1-2; September-December; grade 2, January-June), Lucille Elder (grade 5), Mildred A. McCalpin (grade 4), Olive Maud McLean (grades 5-6, September-December; grade 6, January-June), Reta Ellen Matheson (grades 2-3), J. A. Moffatt (grades 1-2, January-June), I. Morrison (grade 1, September-December), Margaret Ethel Munn (grade 1), Vera D. Sanders (grade 4)
1923-1924
Marion Atwood Buckley (grade 1), Lucille Elder (grade 5), Reta Ellen Matheson (grades 2-3), Mildred A. McCalpin (grade 4), Olive Maud McLean (grade 6), J. A. Moffatt (grades 2), Margaret Ethel Munn (grade 1), Vera D. Sanders (grade 4)
1924-1925
Marion Atwood Buckley (grade 1), Lucille Elder (grade 5), G. A. Julius (grades 3-4, December), Esma A. McAllister (grades 3-4, April-June), Mildred A. McCalpin (grades 4-5), Olive Maud McLean (grade 6), Reta Ellen Matheson (grade 3, September-December; grades 2-3, January-June), J. A. Moffatt (grades 2, September-March), Margaret Ethel Munn (grade 1), Muriel Oliver (grade 2, April-June), Fay Philip (grade 4, January-June), M. Robertson (grades 3-4, January-March), Vera D. Sanders (grades 3-4, September-November)
1925-1926
Marion Atwood Buckley (grades 1-2), Lucille Elder (grade 6), Reta Ellen Matheson (grade 3), Mildred A. McCalpin (grade 5), Olive Maud McLean (grade 6), Margaret Ethel Munn (grade 1), Verna Marguerite Paulin (grade 2), Fay Philip (grade 4), Alexandra Charlotte Tod (grades 3-4)
1926-1927
Marion Atwood Buckley (grades 1-2), Lucille Elder (grades 5-6), Mildred A. McCalpin (grades 4-5), Olive Maud McLean (grade 6), Reta Ellen Matheson (grades 2-3, September-December; grade 3, January-June), Margaret Ethel Munn (grade 1), Verna Marguerite Paulin (grade 2), Alexandra Charlotte Tod (grades 3-4)
1927-1928
Marion Atwood Buckley (grades 1-2, September-December; grade 2, January-June), Crissy Gibb Ewen (grades 4-5), Julia Genevieve Johnson (grades 1-2, January-June), Olive Maud McLean (grade 6), Reta Ellen Matheson (grade 3), Margaret Ethel Munn (grade 1), Verna Marguerite Paulin (grades 2-3, September-December; grade 3, January-June), Jessie Margaret Riddell (grades 5-6), Alexandra Charlotte Tod (grade 4)
1928-1929
Marion Atwood Buckley (grades 1-2), Crissy Gibb Ewen (grades 4-5), Mary Isabel Hodgson (grades 2-3), Olive Maud McLean (grade 6), Reta Ellen Matheson (grade 3), Margaret Ethel Munn (grade 1), Edna L. Randolph (grade 1), Jessie Margaret Riddell (grades 5-6), Alexandra Charlotte Tod (grades 3-4, October-December; grade 4, January-June)
1929-1930
Gladys Alexandra Alsaker (grade 4), Marion Atwood Buckley (grade 2), Ivy Hinchliffe (grades 2-3, September-February; grade 3, March-June), Crissy Gibb Ewen (grade 5), Olive Maud McLean (grade 6), Reta Ellen Matheson (grades 3-4), Margaret Ethel Munn (grade 1), Edna L. Randolph (grades 1-2), Jessie Margaret Riddell (grades 5-6)
1930-1931
Elizabeth Gertrude “Betty” Brown (grades 5-6, September-December), Marion Atwood Buckley (grades 2-3, September-December; grade 3, January-June), Margaret Moffat Douglas (grade 2), Madge Duncan (grades 3-4), Crissy Gibb Ewen (grades 4-5, September-December; grade 5, January-June), Olive Maud McLean (grade 6), Reta Ellen Matheson (grade 4), Margaret Ethel Munn (grade 1), Margaret Olafson (grades 5-6, January-June), Edna L. Randolph (grades 1-2)
1931-1932
Marjory Catharine Brown (grades 2-3, February-June), Margaret Moffat Douglas (grades 2-3, September-December; grade 3, January-June), Crissy Gibb Ewen (grades 4-5, September-December; grade 5, January-June), Olive Maud McLean (grade 6), H. Grace Matheson (grades 5-6), Reta Ellen Matheson (grade 4), Margaret Ethel Munn (grade 1), Mabel Louise Newton (grade 3), Edna L. Randolph (grade 2, September-January; grades 1-2, February-June)
1932-1933
Marjory Catharine Brown (grades 2-3, September-December; grade 3, January-June), Ethel Alelia Buckley (grades 5-6), Margaret Moffat Douglas (grades 3-4), Crissy Gibb Ewen (grades 4-5, September-December; grade 5, January-June), Olive Maud McLean (grade 6), Reta Ellen Matheson (grade 4, September-December; grades 4-5, January-June), Margaret Ethel Munn (grade 1), Edna L. Randolph (grades 1-2, September-December; grades 2-3, January-June)
1933-1934
Olive Eleanor Anderson (grade 4), Ethel Alelia Buckley (grades 5-6), Margaret Moffat Douglas (grades 3-4), Olive Maud McLean (grade 6), Reta Ellen Matheson (grade 5), Margaret Ethel Munn (grade 1), Margaret Olafson (grades 2-3), Edna L. Randolph (grades 1-2)
1934-1935
Mary Marion Crawford (grades 2-3), Margaret Moffat Douglas (grades 3-4), Mary Alice Jackson (grade 6), Olive Maud McLean (grade 6), Reta Ellen Matheson (grade 5), Margaret Ethel Munn (grade 1), Eileen Josephine Plunket Oswald (grades 4-5), Edna L. Randolph (grades 1-2)
1935-1936
Mary Marion Crawford (grades 2-3), Xisra Beth Cruikshank (grades 4-5), Margaret Moffat Douglas (grades 3-4, September-December; grade 4, January-June), Olive Maud McLean (grade 6), Reta Ellen Matheson (grades 5-6), Margaret Ethel Munn (grade 1), Edna L. Randolph (grades 1-2)
1936-1937
Mary Marion Crawford (grades 2-3), Xisra Beth Cruikshank (grades 4-5), Margaret Moffat Douglas (grades 3-4), Olive Maud McLean (grade 6), Reta Ellen Matheson (grades 5-6), Margaret Ethel Munn (grade 1), Edna L. Randolph (grades 1-2)
1937-1938
Margaret Moffat Douglas (grades 2-3), Olive Maud McLean (grade 6), Reta Ellen Matheson (grade 5), Margaret Ethel Munn (grade 1), Edna L. Randolph (grade 2), Pearl Sloan (grades 3-4)
1938-1939
Margaret Moffat Douglas (grade 3), Olive Maud McLean (grade 6), Reta Ellen Matheson (grade 5), Margaret Ethel Munn (grade 1), Edna L. Randolph (grades 1-2), Pearl Sloan (grade 4)
1939-1940
Margaret Moffat Douglas (grades 3-4), Olive Maud McLean (grade 6), Reta Ellen Matheson (grade 5), Margaret Ethel Munn (grade 1), Mary Isabelle Brewster Perfect (grade 4, November-June), Edna L. Randolph (grade 2), Pearl Sloan (grade 4, September-October)
1940-1941
Margaret Moffat Douglas (grades 3-4), Olive Maud McLean (grade 6), Reta Ellen Matheson (grades 5-6), Margaret Ethel Munn (grade 1), Mary Isabelle Brewster Perfect (grades 4-5), Edna L. Randolph (grades 1-2). For Deaf Day School staff, see Manitoba School for the Deaf
1941-1942
Margaret Moffat Douglas (grades 3-4, September-May), Edith Josephine Haig (grades 3-4, June), Olive Maud McLean (grade 6), Reta Ellen Matheson (grades 5-6), Margaret Ethel Munn (grade 1), Mary Isabelle Brewster Perfect (grades 4-5), Edna L. Randolph (grades 1-2). For Deaf Day School staff, see Manitoba School for the Deaf
1942-1943
Ruth Marion Brownbridge (grades 3-4, April-June), M. M. Fowler (grades 3-4, March), Olive Maud McLean (grade 6), Reta Ellen Matheson (grades 4-5), Marion Shaw Metcalfe (grades 3-4, September-February), Margaret Ethel Munn (grade 1), Edna L. Randolph (grades 2-3). For Deaf Day School staff, see Manitoba School for the Deaf
1943-1944
Gladys Florence Barber (grades 3-4), Frances Beatrice Wright Dickson (grades 2-3), Olive Maud McLean (grade 6), Reta Ellen Matheson (grade 5), Margaret Ethel Munn (grade 1). For Deaf Day School staff, see Manitoba School for the Deaf
1944-1945
Frances Beatrice Wright Dickson (grades 2-3), Olive Maud McLean (grade 6), Reta Ellen Matheson (grade 5), Margaret Ethel Munn (grade 1), Connie Mary Murphy (grades 3-4). For Deaf Day School staff, see Manitoba School for the Deaf
1945-1946
Frances Beatrice Wright Dickson (grades 2-3), Edith Miller (grades 2-3), Margaret Ethel Munn (grade 1), Connie Mary Murphy (grades 4-5), Elizabeth Agnes “Betty” Nicks (grade 6). For Deaf Day School staff, see Manitoba School for the Deaf
1946-1947
Marion Florence Bell (grades 3-4, January-June), Mary Adeline Corbett (grade 1), Frances Beatrice Wright Dickson (grades 2-3), Leslie Leonarda Langford (kindergarten), Edith Miller (grades 1-2), Connie Mary Murphy (grades 3-4, September-December), Elizabeth Agnes “Betty” Nicks (grade 6). For Deaf Day School staff, see Manitoba School for the Deaf
1947-1948
Mary Adeline Corbett (grade 1), Frances Beatrice Wright Dickson (grade 6), Leslie Leonarda Langford (kindergarten), Edith Miller (grades 1-2), Elizabeth Agnes “Betty” Nicks (grade 5), Winifred Muriel Templeman (grades 2-3), Marguerite Eleanor Thomas (grade 4)
1948-1949
Mary Adeline Corbett (grade 5), Leslie Leonarda Langford (kindergarten), Alida Mary Lund (grades 1-2, September), Edith Miller (grade 1), Elizabeth Agnes “Betty” Nicks (grade 6), Lena Quiring Sawatzky (grades 1-2, October-June), Winifred Muriel Templeman (grades 2-3), Marguerite Eleanor Thomas (grades 3-4)
1949-1950
Mary Adeline Corbett (grade 5), Ena Enid Eldred (grade 3), Mary Gwazd (grades 1-2), Leslie Leonarda Langford (kindergarten), Edith Miller (grade 1), Elizabeth Agnes “Betty” Nicks (grade 6), Winifred Muriel Templeman (grasde 2), Marguerite Eleanor Thomas (grade 4)
1950-1951
Mary Adeline Corbett (grade 5), Ena Enid Eldred (grade 3, September), Mary Gwazd (grades 1-2), Raeleen Agnes Kulba (grade 3, September-June), Leslie Leonarda Langford (kindergarten), Edith Miller (grade 1), Elizabeth Agnes “Betty” Nicks (grade 6), Winifred Muriel Templeman (grade 2), Marguerite Eleanor Thomas (grade 4)
1951-1952
Mary Adeline Corbett (grade 5), Mary Gwazd (grade 2), Leslie Leonarda Langford (kindergarten), Edith Miller (grade 1), Nora Mooney (grade 3), Elizabeth Agnes “Betty” Nicks (grade 6), Winifred Muriel Templeman (grades 2-3), Marguerite Eleanor Thomas (grade 4)
1952-1953
Mary Adeline Corbett (grade 5), Mary Gwazd (grades 1-2), Leslie Leonarda Langford (kindergarten), Edith Miller (grade 1), Nora Mooney (grades 3-4), Elizabeth Agnes “Betty” Nicks (grade 6), Winifred Muriel Templeman (grades 2-3), Marguerite Eleanor Thomas (grade 4)
1953-1954
Mary Adeline Corbett (grade 5), Mary Kulchysky (grades 1-2), Dorothy Eleanor Lane (grade 6), Leslie Leonarda Langford (kindergarten), Mary Dolan MacBride (grade 2), Edith Miller (grade 1), Marguerite Eleanor Thomas (grade 4), Johanna Tymchak (grade 3)
1954-1955
Mary Adeline Corbett (grades 5-6), Alice Lorene Davis (kindergarten), Mary Klippenstein (grades 2-3), Mary Kulchysky (grades 1-2), Dorothy Eleanor Lane (grade 6), Edith Miller (grade 1), Marguerite Eleanor Thomas (grade 4), Johanna Tymchak (grade 3)
1955-1956
Mary Adeline Corbett (grade 5), Eleanor Annette Cuthbert (grades 2-3, November-June), Alice Lorene Davis (kindergarten), Mary Klippenstein (grades 2-3, September-November), Mary Kulchysky (grade 2), Dorothy Eleanor Lane (grade 6), Edith Miller (grade 1), Corinne Mary Murphy (grade 2), Marguerite Eleanor Thomas (grade 4)
1956-1957
Mary Adeline Corbett (grade 5), Glenna Elaine Dandy (grades 2-3, September-March), Alice Lorene Davis (kindergarten), Faythe Elaine “Faye” Dergousaff (grades 1-2), Mary Kulchysky (grade 1), Dorothy Eleanor Lane (grade 6), Corinne Mary Murphy (grade 3), Marguerite Eleanor Thomas (grade 4), Johanna Tymchuak (grades 2-3, April-June)
1957-1958
Alice Lorene Davis (kindergarten), Faythe Elaine “Faye” Dergousaff (grade 2), Vera Maybelle Doe (grade 4), Eleanor Emma Frere [Frers?] (grades 1-2, September-December), Mary Kulchysky (grade 1), Dorothy Eleanor Lane (grade 6), Corinne Mary Murphy (grade 3), Enid Maybelle Shepherd (grades 1-2, January-June), Donalda Ruth Stanbra (grade 5)
1958-1959
Alice Lorene Davis (kindergarten), Vera Maybelle Doe (grade 4), Mary Kulchysky (grade 1), Dorothy Eleanor Lane (grade 6), Corinne Mary Murphy (grade 3), Corinne Raynes (grades 2-3), Enid Maybelle Shepherd (grade 2), Donalda Ruth Stanbra (grade 5)
1959-1960
H. Clark (grade 1, January), Alice Lorene Davis (kindergarten), Vera Maybelle Doe (grade 4), Norma M. Hoeppner (grade 1, December), Patty Kirk (non-English / English as a Second Language), Dorothy Eleanor Lane (grade 6), Olga Loewen (grades 1-2), Corinne Mary Murphy (grades 3-4), Mary Ida McGill (grade 1, September-November & February-June), Laurel Helene Ormiston (grade 3, November-June), Corinne Raynes (grade 3, September-October), Enid Maybelle Shepherd (grade 2), Donalda Ruth Stanbra (grade 5)
1960-1961
Violet Mary Cooke (grades 3-4), Alice Lorene Davis (kindergarten), Patty Kirk (non-English / English as a Second Language), Dorothy Eleanor Lane (grade 6), Olga Loewen (grades 1-2), Mary Ida McGill (grade 1), Corinne Mary Murphy (grade 3), Laurel Helene Ormiston (grade 4), Enid Maybelle Shepherd (grade 2), Donalda Ruth Stanbra (grade 5)
1961-1962
Violet Mary Cooke (grades 3-4), Alice Lorene Davis (kindergarten), Dorothy Eleanor Lane (grade 6), Mary Ida McGill (grade 1), Corinne Mary Murphy (grade 3), Laurel Helene Ormiston (grade 4), Enid Maybelle Shepherd (grade 2), Esther Caroline Sims (grades 1-2), Donalda Ruth Stanbra (grade 5)
1962-1963
Violet Mary Cooke (grades 3-4), Alice Lorene Davis (kindergarten), Dorothy Eleanor Lane (grade 6), Corinne Mary Murphy (grade 3), Laurel Helene Ormiston (grades 4-5), Enid Maybelle Shepherd (grade 2), Esther Caroline Sims (grades 1-2), Gail Christine Sorflaten (grade 1, January-June), Donalda Ruth Stanbra (grade 5), Sally Kathleen Wallner (grade 1, September-December)
1963-1964
Violet Mary Cooke (grades 3-4), Dorothy Eleanor Lane (grade 6), Corinne Mary Murphy (grade 3), Laurel Helene Ormiston (grades 4-5), Lydia Joyce Peters (kindergarten), Enid Maybelle Shepherd (grade 2), Esther Caroline Sims (grade 1), Gail Christine Sorflaten (grades 1-2), Dorothy Jean Stanley (grades 5-6)
1964-1965
Violet Mary Cooke (grades 3-4), Dorothy Eleanor Lane (grade 6), Corinne Mary Murphy (grades 2-3), Laurel Helene Ormiston (grade 4), Lydia Joyce Peters (kindergarten), Enid Maybelle Shepherd (grade 2), Esther Caroline Sims (grade 1), Gail Christine Sorflaten (grade 1), Dorothy Jean Stanley (grade 5)
1965-1966
Violet Mary Cooke (grade 4), Dorothy Eleanor Lane (grade 6), Corinne Mary Murphy (grade 3), Lydia Joyce Peters (kindergarten), Enid Maybelle Shepherd (grade 2), Esther Caroline Sims (grade 1), Sharon Arlene Slotin (grades 2-3), Gail Christine Sorflaten (grades 1-2), Dorothy Jean Stanley (grade 5), Edward Dennis Thiessen (grades 4-5)
1966-1967
Sharon Iris Brough (grade 1), Violet Mary Cooke (grade 4), Ruby Helen Curtis (grades 4-5), William Alexander Gibson (grades 5-6, September-October), Dorothy Eleanor Lane (grade 6), Corinne Mary Murphy (grade 3), Lydia Joyce Peters (kindergarten), Hazel Hope Pokrant (grade 1), Enid Maybelle Shepherd (grade 2), Sharon Arlene Slotin (grades 2-3), George Wayne Waterman (grade 5-6, November-June)
1967-1968
Sharon Iris Brough (grade 1, September-March), Violet Mary Cooke (grade 4), Ruby Helen Curtis (grades 4-5), Shirley Ann Harkness (grades 2-3), Audrey McLeman [McLennan?] (grade 6, September), Lydia Joyce Peters (kindergarten), Hazel Hope Pokrant (grade 1), Janet Elizabeth Riddell (grade 1, May-June), Winona Field Ruccius (grades 1-2, November-June), Enid Maybelle Shepherd (grade 2), Irene Catherine Van Cauwenberghe (grade 3, September-February), George Wayne Waterman (grade 5), Hedwig Wehrle (grade 3, March-June), Margaret Rose Wright (grade 6, September-June)
1968-1969
Violet Mary Cooke (grade 4), Ruby Helen Curtis (grades 4-5), Shirley Ann Harkness (grade 2), Katherine Elizabeth Harland (grade 1), Maureen Elizabeth Haywood (grade 1), Susan Alice-May Johnson (grade 3), Anthony Curteis Kennett (grade 6, October-June), Lydia Joyce Peters (kindergarten), Janet Elizabeth Riddell (grade 5, September-October), Janet Christine Stewart (grades 2-3), Margaret Toews (grades 1-2), George Wayne Waterman (grades 5-6), Margaret Rose Wright (grade 6, September-October; grade 5, October-June)
1969-1970
Violet Mary Cooke (grade 4), Ruby Helen Curtis (grades 4-5), Shirley Ann Harkness (grade 2), Katherine Elizabeth Kennedy (grade 1), Susan Alice-May Johnson (grades 2-3), Anthony Curteis Kennett (grade 6), Maureen Elizabeth Haywood MacDonald (grade 1), Lydia Joyce Peters (kindergarten), Janet Christine Stewart (grade 3), Margaret Toews (grade 2), George Wayne Waterman (grade 6), Margaret Rose Wright (grade 5)
Wolseley School (1921)
Source: Winnipeg School Board, Annual Report 1921, Legislative Library of ManitobaWolseley School (April 2017)
Source: Nathan KramerWolseley School (October 2017)
Source: Nathan KramerSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.88115, W97.18586
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Memorable Manitobans: John Nelson Semmens (1879-1960)
Manitoba Business: Sutherland Construction Company
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Wolseley School No. 305 (RM of Argyle)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Lord Wolseley School / East Kildonan Collegiate (939 Henderson Highway, Winnipeg)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Municipally Designated Historic Sites
“Sutherland Construction Co., Ltd.,” Winnipeg Tribune, 25 September 1915, page 150.
“Board approves $75,000 school,” Winnipeg Evening Tribune, 1 June 1921, page 17.
“2 schools, with room for 875 children, to be opened on Tuesday,” Winnipeg Evening Tribune, 26 October 1921, page 2.
“Three hundred Winnipeg school children [...],” Winnipeg Evening Tribune, 1 November 1921, page 9.
“Empire Day in schools,” Manitoba Free Press, 24 May 1922, page 5.
“Winnipeg schools, No. 46—Wolseley,” Manitoba Free Press, 8 December 1922, page 14.
“14 school appointments confirmed,” Winnipeg Free Press, 25 May 1968, page 53.
Wolseley School, 511 Clifton Street South, Winnipeg Historical Buildings Committee, May 1996.
“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.
School division half-yearly attendance reports (E 0757), Archives of Manitoba.
Manitoba School Records Collection, Winnipeg School District No. 1 (Wolseley School) - Daily Registers, GR4537, Archives of Manitoba.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Nathan Kramer.
Page revised: 11 February 2024
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