Teacher
Records tagged with Keywords: Teacher
Margaret Dean
Submitted by Alison McCall on 14 August 2020 - 7:06pm
Revised: 14 August 2020 - 7:38pm Alison McCall
Dates:
approx 1876 - 1972
Margaret K Dean was born in Ireland. She came to Whitburn to work as a school teacher prior to 1901.
In 1913 she was vice-president of the West Lothian branch of the Scottish Class Teachers' Association.
During the First World War she volunteered as a V A D nurse at Polkemmet House, which had been converted into an auxiliary hospital. During the Second World War she helped organise a "Soldiers Comforts Fund"
She served as a town councillor as an Independent.
Catherine Callaghan
Submitted by Alison McCall on 13 August 2020 - 6:39pm
Revised: 13 August 2020 - 7:14pm Alison McCall
Title:
Mrs
Other names:
Her maiden name was Fagan
The eldest of a family of three girls, Catherine Fagan was the daughter of communist party member Andy Fagan and his wife Margaret Skelton. She was born in Blantyre on 13 December 1912 at 7 John Street.
She qualified as a teacher in 1933.
Catherine Fagan married Joseph Callaghan in 1941 in Blantyre.
She taught in Blantyre for forty-five years at St Josephs and at St Blanes. She retired in 1978.
She died in 1989.
Morag Elizabeth Riva
Submitted by Alison McCall on 19 January 2024 - 5:51pm
Revised: 19 January 2024 - 6:21pm Alison McCall
Other names:
Her maiden name was Anderson
Dates:
1973 - 14 April 2010
Morag Riva was a teacher at Uddingston Grammar School.
Elizabeth McMath Warnock
Submitted by Alison McCall on 30 December 2020 - 6:30pm
Revised: 30 December 2020 - 7:01pm Alison McCall
Other names:
She was known as Daisy
Dates:
1 Feb 1887 - 5 May 1918
Elizabeth McMath Warnock was the daughter of William and Mary Warnock. She was educated at Whitehill School, Glasgow.
She started teacher training at Jordanhill College in 1907 and, once qualified, taught at Tureen School.
She volunteered for Red Cross work and was sent to Malta in August 1915 and then to France in October 1916.She died there on 5 May 1918, of pneumonia.
Her younger brother George died in France in March 1918. They are both buried in Saint-Sever Cemetery, France.
Annie Hutton Numbers
Submitted by Alison McCall on 23 August 2020 - 5:37pm
Revised: 23 August 2020 - 5:59pm Alison McCall
Title:
Dr.
Dates:
6 March 1897 โ 10 April 1988
Annie Hutton Numbers was born in Edinburgh, the daughter of Alexander Numbers, a cabinet maker, and his wife Maggie Cousin.
She was educated at James Gillespie's High School and Mary Erskine's College.
She graduated from Edinburgh University with an M.A. in Mathematics in 1918, a B.Sc in Mathematics and Chemistry 1920 and a PhD in Chemistry in 1926, which she completed whilst working as a lecturer.
She remained at Edinburgh until 1928, during which time she co-authored several papers.
She moved to Ipswich to teach science.She retired in 1965.
Susan Shepherd
Submitted by Alison McCall on 19 December 2017 - 11:13pm
Revised: 19 December 2017 - 11:28pm Alison McCall
Other names:
Her maiden name was Laird.
Dates:
22 Jan 1943 - 28 Feb 2014
Susan Laird was born 22 January 1943 in Culloden, by Inverness, where her father was stationed with the R.A.F. During the war, her mother and she and her older brother moved to Balmedie (Aberdeenshire) to live with her grandmother. When her father returned after the war, they moved to 248 Hilton Drive, Aberdeen.
Isobel Smith
Submitted by Alison McCall on 14 June 2017 - 9:31am
Revised: 14 June 2017 - 9:42am Alison McCall
Dates:
1921-1979
She died in Aberdeen in 1979.
Alice Forbes
Submitted by Alison McCall on 23 March 2017 - 10:47pm
Revised: 22 November 2018 - 9:25am Alison McCall
Other names:
Her maiden name was Hunter
Dates:
1883-1972
She was the youngest daughter of John R. Hunter, schoolmaster, Botriphnie, and Ann A. Farquharson. She qualified as a teacher and taught at Ferryhill School, Aberdeen. She married William C Forbes, a solicitor, in 1912, in Aberdeen. She was widowed in 1944.
Euphemia McEwan Graham Simon
Submitted by Alison McCall on 28 December 2016 - 6:31pm
Revised: 29 December 2016 - 11:31am Alison McCall
Other names:
She was known as Pearl.
Dates:
27 Feb 1867- 8 Feb 1945
Euphemia Simon was born in Leuchars, the third of four children of Thomas Simon, coalminer, and Margaret McEwan.
She trained as a teacher in Edinburgh, then returned to Fife to teach. She worked in the VAD during the First World War. She became headmistress of Crossroads School, Methil, and lived in the Schoolhouse.
Sheila J Sturrock
Submitted by Alison McCall on 27 June 2016 - 10:08pm
Revised: 27 June 2016 - 10:13pm Alison McCall
Dates:
1941-2015
