Memorable Manitobans: Albert Lee Herron (1895-1970)

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Albert Lee Herron
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Educator.

Born at Deloraine on 12 December 1895, son of Albert Herron and Annie Hamilton, he was educated at Deloraine School and the University of Manitoba (BA). He taught in rural schools then was Principal of Ninette School (1929-1931) and West Kildonan School (1940-1948). He taught science at the Manitoba Technical Institute and the Manitoba Normal School (1949-?) and was a School Inspector in the Turtle River School Division (c1962). On 12 February 1925, he married Marie Holm at Winnipeg. They had no children. He died at Winnipeg on 2 January 1970.

Sources:

Birth and marriage registrations, Manitoba Vital Statistics.

1901 Canada census, Automated Genealogy.

Normal Lights, 1950 Manitoba Normal School, page 9. [Copy in possession of Gordon Goldsborough]

Annual Reports of the Manitoba Department of Education, Manitoba Legislative Library.

Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 3 January 1970, page 33.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 28 March 2016

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