CATHERINE WAS D/O FREDERICK BURGAR AND DOLINA MCINTOSH, BORN IN VIENNA ONTARIO, AND NEVER MARRIED. SHE TAUGHT SCHOOL IN ONTARIO BEFORE MOVING TO ALBERTA ABOUT 1900, AND SHE TAUGHT IN WETASKIWIN AND THEN EDMONTON. CATHERINE ALSO WORKED AS AN EXCHANGE TEACHER IN LONDON, ENGLAND ABOUT 1925/6, UPON HER RETURN SHE WAS VICE PRINCIPAL OF MCKAY AVENUE SCHOOL IN EDMONTON. SHE WAS A REMARKABLE WOMAN, MUCH LOVED BY HER STUDENTS AND EVERYONE WHO KNEW HER. SHE WAS CALLED "AUNT KIT" BY ALL OF THE FAMILY MEMBERS, AND WAS EVERYONES FAVORITE AUNT. I HAVE BEEN TOLD SHE TAUGHT SEVERAL PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN KNOWN TO THE WORLD, SUCH AS WAPP MAYS/MAYES (THE PILOT WHO FLEW MUCH NEEDED MEDICAL SUPPLIES TO THE NORTH IN TERRIBLE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS, AND ALMOST PERISHED DOING SO BECAUSE HIS PLANE WAS SO COLD)AND LOTTA DEMPSEY, ONE TIME NEWSPAPER COLUMNIST, AND EDITOR OF CHATELAINE MAGAZINE, AND THE FUNNY GUY ACTOR, LESLIE NIELSEN/NIELSON.
CATHERINE WAS A SISTER TO HIRAM BURGAR (#15901658)
CATHERINE WAS A SISTER TO HIRAM BURGAR (#15901658)
CATHERINE WAS D/O FREDERICK BURGAR AND DOLINA MCINTOSH, BORN IN VIENNA ONTARIO, AND NEVER MARRIED. SHE TAUGHT SCHOOL IN ONTARIO BEFORE MOVING TO ALBERTA ABOUT 1900, AND SHE TAUGHT IN WETASKIWIN AND THEN EDMONTON. CATHERINE ALSO WORKED AS AN EXCHANGE TEACHER IN LONDON, ENGLAND ABOUT 1925/6, UPON HER RETURN SHE WAS VICE PRINCIPAL OF MCKAY AVENUE SCHOOL IN EDMONTON. SHE WAS A REMARKABLE WOMAN, MUCH LOVED BY HER STUDENTS AND EVERYONE WHO KNEW HER. SHE WAS CALLED "AUNT KIT" BY ALL OF THE FAMILY MEMBERS, AND WAS EVERYONES FAVORITE AUNT. I HAVE BEEN TOLD SHE TAUGHT SEVERAL PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN KNOWN TO THE WORLD, SUCH AS WAPP MAYS/MAYES (THE PILOT WHO FLEW MUCH NEEDED MEDICAL SUPPLIES TO THE NORTH IN TERRIBLE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS, AND ALMOST PERISHED DOING SO BECAUSE HIS PLANE WAS SO COLD)AND LOTTA DEMPSEY, ONE TIME NEWSPAPER COLUMNIST, AND EDITOR OF CHATELAINE MAGAZINE, AND THE FUNNY GUY ACTOR, LESLIE NIELSEN/NIELSON.
CATHERINE WAS A SISTER TO HIRAM BURGAR (#15901658)
CATHERINE WAS A SISTER TO HIRAM BURGAR (#15901658)
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