Carrie Gerrie

  • Born in 1854
  • Died 3 February 1954 , age at death: 100 years old
  • Founder of St.Hilda's school in Calgary

Parents

Spouses and children

Ancestry
John Gerrie 1796-1882   Ann Mitchell 1789-1867   Erastus Edwin Howard 1797-1853   Tryphena Wilcox 1801-1873
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James H. Gerrie 1821-1872   Tryphena A. Howard 1833-1887
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Carrie Gerrie 1854-1954

  Siblings

  • Belle Gerrie 1851-1921
  • Carrie Gerrie 1854-1954
  • John Gerrie
  • Jim Gerrie
  • Florence Bertha Gerrie 1860-1877


Notes

'Aunt' Carrie figures prominently in the Vaucher Saga. Widowed early (at 26) and short on funds but well connected, Carrie showed considerable initiative in making a living. According to PJV, she started as a traveling companion for her wealthy friends. Then she set up a boarding house in Paris catering to daughter of canadian families rounding out their education on the continent. It was on her trip from Canada to Europe to stay at Carrie's that Florence Burk met Jean Vaucher's Aunt Marie and then Jean waiting at the railway station.

1904-1908: founded and ran St. Hilda's College in Calgary. http://www.iro.umontreal.ca/~vaucher/Genealogy/Documents/St_Hilda_School.html