Wolfe Island SchoolsPlease email me if you have any information on any Wolfe Island schools, or if you have any school or class photos.Special Thank you's to Anne Marie Benson, Theresa Broeders and the Wolfe Island Womens Institute. General Information:Because the boundaries of Wards and School Sections underwent many changes throughout the years, and also that because of disputes over where schools should be located in a section they were often moved or rebuilt up, down or across concessions to appease the rate payers. This makes it, in some cases, difficult to make positive identifications.Also confusing is that in those days the public schools were titled S.S.# (number here) which stood for School Section # and the Catholic schools were titled S.S.S.# (number here) which stood for Separate School Section #. 1846- 7 school districts- from Smiths gazetteer In 1850 there were 286 students attending school in this township. Teachers were boarded around the area and expected to teach with only a few books. The teachers were to follow strict rules regarding their own behavior. �-in 1845, a Mr. McLean broke the temperance pledge and quickly left SS2 rather than face the trustees� wrath�(County of a 1000 Lakes) ��There are now fifteen schools in this township, including the separate school. The people in all the sections are anxious to support them, but they do not seem aware of the necessity for providing proper libraries, maps and apparatus. Edward Murray 1859� (County of 1000 Lakes) South of Baseline: Con V, Lot 7E land owned by Thos Abbott-RIDGE SCHOOL Con VI Lot 5 E (N) , land owned by Pat Moran,--Separate School --SS1 Con IX Lot 4 E, George Keyes-SS6 Con XVIII Lot 7W, Jno Dee �BREAKEYS SCHOOL-S.S.8 Con XIX Lot 9W, Ebin Joslin �ST. LAWRENCE SCHOOL-S.S.13 Con XVII, Lot 9, John Niles- ME school-S.S.14 Con XV Lot 5, George Woodman -FOOT North of Baseline: Con III Lot 24 OS, Wm Staley,-S.S.S.#2 Flynn's School Con X Lot 3 or 4, Pat Dawson- SS15 Con VI lot 4 pt, H Hitchcock- Separate school-S.S.S#4 Con IV Lot1, Patrick Lyon-SS9 Con XII, Lot 2, Patrick Murphy 1860 School map-seperate and public (Large File)1920 Rural School Fair financial statement The first school... Built: early 1820�s Con 8, Lot 10 or 11, By the cemetery at Hinckley�s Point Destroyed by fire- date?. One room log cabin. SS5 built across the road from its ruins.
Seperate School Section(SSS) schools
School LinksPhoto/article on Wellingston St. Kingston building first used as a Wolfe Island secondary school in 1873Teachers If you have any information on Island teachers please email me. Class Photos S.S.S.1, S.S.2, S.S.4x2, S.S.S.4x2, S.S.15, Colins Bay school Class Photos 2 S.S.S.1, S.S.15x2, S.S.4x4,S.S.S.4x2 Class Photos 3 S.S.S.1, S.S.8, S.S.S. 4, S.S. 4, S.S.2 NEW!Class Photos 4 as yet unidentified classes-info coming soon! If you have info pleae email me! NEW!Class Photos 5 as yet unidentified classes-info coming soon! If you have info pleae email me! NEW!Class Photos 6 Public School # 4 Marysville If you have info pleae email me! If you have any information on the people in these photos, corrections to names or school, or the schools they attended on the island please email me. School Photos Photos of unidentified wolfe schools, or public schools which don't have their own page yet. See schools page for its photos (if any) Obituary of Evelyn Hellen Mulholland who taught on Wolfe for abt 10 years. Date:Nov 21 1987 Other ContactsFrom Theresa Broeders: Acording to a publication by Rev. Anne MacDermaid called Ontario's Heritage -A Guide to Archival Resources. Volume Four Kingston and Frontenac County under Wolfe Island Township she has listed S.S.#4[ Marysville Public School]- general registers 1934-50; daily registers, 1934-69 which she notes are held at Marysville Public School as well as these township schools: S.S.#3[Ridge 1918,30-67,1934-49] ,S.S.#6[Stone's School 1928,1934-64, S.S.#8[Breakey's Bay 1934-66, S.S.#13 [St.Lawrence], S.S.#14 [Allen P. S.], S.S.#15 TSA Bd. minutes 1947-62. Again in another place she has these schools with cash books and minutes originally at the Township office now at the Frontenac County School Museum. She also lists Frontenac Distic Women's Institue est. 1923 , St. Lawrence Women's Institute est. 1927 and Wolfe Island Women's Institute est. 1927 as well. She states: All women's institutes have Tweedsmuir History Books[ cotaining histories, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, photos, crrespondence]; minutes, financial records and correspodence.FRONTENAC COUNTY SCHOOL MUSEUM "Explore the history of early education in Frontenac County through our displays of school artifacts and memorabilia, photographs and textbooks. The Museum has an extensive archives and research collection on the history of the schools in Frontenac County. Visitors can sit in a wooden desk, write on a slate with a slate pencil or browse through an old Ontario reader." I am happy to announce that the Museum is now up and running once more. The museum is now located in Barriefield just east of Kingston, north of Highway 2 (on the opposite side of Highway 2 is Old Fort Henry) at 414 Regent Street. There are also new hours. July and August: Tuesday to Friday 9am � 4pm, and Saturday 11am � 3pm. During the rest or the year September � June: Monday and Wednesday 9am -12pm. or by appointment. Phone Number: 613-544-9113. There is also information on the new web site which is www.fcsmuseum.com. Sources for ALL Wolfe Island school info:-Newspaper articles-Wolfe Island Womens Institute records -Ontario Archives: Education Records: Annual Reports of Local Superintendents and Local Boards of Trustees 1850-1870; Series RG 2-17. This microfilm consists of the annual reports of local superintendents and boards of trustees. The School Act of 1850 required County Councils to appoint a Local Superintendent, usually a clergyman or physician, to supervise the local Common (Public) Schools as a part time position. By March 1 of each year, every Superintendent was required to submit an annual inspection report using a form from the Education Office. In the case of cities and incorporated towns and villages, the report was submitted by the Board of Trustees. Included: A financial report on each of the area's schools; A status report on each school including: teacher's names, salary, religion, experience and qualifications; the enrolment in each subject; the text books used; and each school's construction, age, condition, and state of the school grounds. Wolfe Island Township 1850-1853, 1855-1870 Film/Reel: MS 3548 Order the reel from the Inter-Library Loan Department of your public library. Quote the appropriate MS reel #. These reels can not leave the borrowing library, so make sure to order them from a library that has a microfilm reader. Info above submitted by Chris. Should anyone order this reel, would appreciate any transcriptions to add to the page. |