Educator.
Born in Ireland in December 1848, he obtained a BA degree from the Royal University of Ireland and, as of 1897, was teaching in the County of Cork. He married Jane Elmes (1849-1924) and they had two children: Mary Elizabeth “May” Elmes (1882-1961) and Richard Henry Elmes (1884-1956). The family immigrated to Canada in 1904 and settled at Winnipeg, living at 585 Maryland Street (1906) and later at 608 Balmoral Street (1911), taking in boarders at both locations.
He continued in the teaching profession, offering private mathematics instruction as well as being a lecturer at Tuckwell’s School for Boys / Winnipeg Proprietary School prior to 1909. He was the Principal of Gretna School (1908-1909) and Alexander School (1909-1910).
He died at his Winnipeg residence, 608 Balmoral Street, on 14 February 1912 and was buried in the Elmwood Cemetery.
1906 and 1911 Canada censuses, Automated Genealogy.
Obituary, Manitoba Free Press, 15 February 1912, page 21.
Winnipeg estate files (ATG 0025A), #6586 Thomas F. Elmes, GR0170, Archives of Manitoba.
Manitoba School Records Collection, Gretna School District No. 336 - Daily Registers, GR2656, Archives of Manitoba.
Obituary [Jane Elmes], Winnipeg Tribune, 5 January 1925, page 2.
Obituary [Jane Elmes], Winnipeg Tribune, 7 January 1924, page 9.
Death notice [Richard Henry Elmes], Winnipeg Free Press, 15 May 1956, page 28.
Obituary [Mary Elizabeth Elmes], Winnipeg Free Press, 11 April 1961, page 24.
Elmwood Cemetery burial transcriptions, FindAGrave.
Henderson’s Winnipeg and Brandon Directories, Henderson Directories Limited, Peel’s Prairie Provinces, University of Alberta Libraries.
This page was prepared by Nathan Kramer.
Page revised: 11 February 2024
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