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 1897 - 1972 (74 years)
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| Name |
Winifred Elizabeth GREGORY |
| Born |
22 Oct 1897 |
Faversham, Kent, England  |
| Christened |
28 Nov 1897 |
Faversham, Kent, England |
| Gender |
Female |
| Died |
29 Apr 1972 |
Faversham, Kent, England |
| Person ID |
I2385 |
Young Kent Ancestors |
| Last Modified |
19 May 2007 |
| Father |
Edward GREGORY, c. 5 Jun 1859, Faversham, Kent, England , d. 23 Oct 1932, 1 and 2 Abbey Fields, Faversham, Kent, England (Age ~ 73 years) |
| Mother |
Lydia Sarah SAVIN, b. Abt 1866, Faversham, Kent, England |
| Married |
1895 |
Faversham, Kent, England |
| Family ID |
F1010 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- Winifred was baptised in the Faversham parish church and attended the District School in Preston and later, the Davington school in that parish. Winifred won a scholarship to attend the William Gibbs School, a very good private school for girls run by the Church of England. There were stressed the "R's", history and the Bible. The girls were required to wear a uniform of navy blue and white. In summer they wore a straw hat and in winter, a navy blue hat with a white band. The William Gibbs School was built of red brick and was covered with Virginia creeper. It had 5 forms - 1 to 5 - which would be equivalent to our Canadian high schools, as well as a kindergarten class. The five forms eventually prepared students for college. There were 80 girls and 11 teachers.
Winifred was taught music by a Mrs. Cook and German from a Miss Frey of Switzerland. Apparently, Winifred did very, very well in school and one year was head of her form. She didn't like math much but in English and foreign languages she was exceptional. After high school, Winifred attended private baording schools in Europe - almost two years in the Harty mountains of Germany during the early 1920s. Before returning to England she toured France, Germany, Spain, Portugal, Holland and Belgium. Early in 1924 (probably February) Winifred sailed for Canada and arrived in St. John, New Brunswick. There she boarded a train for Regina. Winifred had come to Canada to teach under the auspices of the Church of England. She taught for a short time near Regina but eventually went to British Columbia and taught for a year in the Peace River district near Kelowna. She then returned to Saskatchewan and somehow got the teaching job at Lothian School (20 miles from Davidson). It was while she was teaching there that she met her future husband, George Lumb. He was either the Chairman or Secretary of the school board. Winifred married during August 1926 at Kenniston, Saskatchewan.
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