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Home Town or Home Community:
Regina, Bulyea, Assiniboia, Shaunavon, Sturgis, Yorkton, Sutherland, Saskatoon
Our Story:
Saskatchewan Educational Pioneers
This story of the Martin family is dedicated to teachers, study supervisors, school inspectors, school superintendents, school trustees and parents, especially those who kept schools operating during the Great Depression and the Second World War. They were “Saskatchewan’s Educational Pioneers”.
Arrivals
John Russell and Janet Mabel Martin came to Saskatchewan in 1917. Russell, as he was called, was a teacher in Ontario. He arrived first, in July, to find employment. He accepted a position in Regina as a clerk at the Canadian National Telegraph office.
Russell returned to Ontario to marry Janet Mabel Wilson. They were ...more Story
Related Links:
Western Development Museum
Contact:
Mary Jean Martin
202 - 505 12th Street East
Saskatoon SK S7N 4H3
mj.martin@sasktel.net
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