History of Alma & Lauretta: Dunbar Homestead

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Thursday, February 5, 2015

Dr. David Dunbar's visit to Alma 1946

Here's some more great photos from Donna (Barbour) MacPhee - these are of Jimmy and Hattie Dunbar and Jimmy's Dr. David Dunbar and wife visiting from British Columbia. Excellent photos from 1946 and 1949.

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Alma School Teachers List

School District No. 43

Opened 1869 - Closed 1972

Years / Teacher / No. of Pupils

1869 / John Foley

1874 / Alice Weeks, 1st Class

Superintendent note: School has long been vacant. No Map of PEI. Prospects very encouraging.

1875 Vacant, teacher expected soon

? John Beaton ?

? Miss Weeks ?

1878 / M.E. Gordon /51

1879 / Maggie E. Gordon / 42

1880 / John Beaton / 40

1881 / John Beaton / 60

1882 / Maggie E. Gordon / 48

1883 / No teacher / 44

1884 / Mary Gordon / 52

1885 / Mary Gordon / 48

1886 / Carrie W. Darley / 40

1887 / John B. Champion / 53

1888 / John B. Champion / 60

1889 / Peter Cunningham / 54

1890 / Christine Miller / 74

1891 / Christine Miller 52

1892 / Albert J. Barry / 57

1893 / Frank McCarvill / 59

1894 / J. McElmeel / 68

1895 / Mary Dunbar / ?

1896 / George A. Hardy / ?

1897 / George Hardy / ?

1898 / George Hardy / 58

1899 / Frank Mellis / 44

1901-1902 / Eddie Christopher / 42

1903-1904 / Mary A. Dunbar / 40

1905 / Mary E. O'Brien / 30

1906 / James Sinclair / 38

1907 / J.B. MacDonald / 40

1908-1909 / Annie L. McGrath / 41

1910 / no teacher / 0

1911-1921 ?

1922.Dec-1923.June / Minnie Wackey

1923 Aug.-Dec. / Wm. B. Wallace /

1939? / Mildred Barbour /

? / Blanche Rennie / ?

1954 / Edith Myrtle Arthur

1967-1968 / Barbara Rayner /

1968-1969 / Willie Handrahan /

1969-1970 / Sonya Hardy /

1970-1971 / Mildred Barbour /

1971-1972 / Mildred Barbour / 23

School closed June 1972. Students moved to Elmsdale Elementary and Alberton Jr. & High School.

**Lauretta School Teachers List*

School District No. 171

Opened 1894 - Closed 1960

Years / Teacher / No. of Pupils

1894-1895 / no teacher / no pupils

Superintendent Note: 1894 Report, the school has no teacher or pupils and the following year the same.

( Discrepancy. Geographical Place Names of PEI states Lauretta Nelligan first teacher in 1898 and the district was named after her)

1896-1898 / Adeline Arsenault / 55

1898-1899 / Katie Hennessey /

1899-1902 / Stephen Jeffery, Class 3

1902-190? / E. Christopher

190?- / ?

1925-1926 / Techla Dorgan ?

1931-1932 / Mrs. Clarence Murphy (quit Feb.'32)

1932-? / Mrs. Bernard Shrey

1956-1957 / Mildred Barbour

1957-1958 / ?

1958-1960 / Shirley Barbour

School closed June 1960. Students went to Alma School or St. Lawrence School.