Airedale School District 3813

North East Quarter of section 21 Township 41 Range 26 West of the Third Meridian
Near Senlac, Saskatchewan, 30 40 26 W3, 52.4931361, -109.7082361
1918 School Photo the school district organized c1916



Marilynn Cooper and and her husband, Brian D. Gushulak , inherited the photos of her grandmother, Eva (Neiley) Cooper.

"Eva (Neiley) Cooper completed Normal School in Regina in 1910 and taught at a couple of one room schools in Saskatchewan for two years before moving to Vancouver to attend nursing college." This is one of her photos of students in 1918 at Airedale School District 3813.

Eva Neiley was born in Kings County Nova Scotia in 1891. Her mother died three years later and her father remarried. He left Nova Scotia in 1906 and homesteaded near Saltcoats. Following graduation from Yorkton High School Eva attended Normal School in Regina in 1910 and then taught for approximately two years ( Glyndwr and Clova). Her father passed in 1912 after which she went on to fulfill a dream to become a nurse. Graduating from Vancouver General Hospital’s nursing college in 1915 she returned to Unity, Saskatchewan where she was matron of the small hospital until she married a local farmer, Samuel Ward Cooper. Eva died in 1977.

The only person I can identify from the Airedale School is the man, second from the left. He is Eva’s brother in law. Macnevin Deavitt Bradshaw (1888 -1942). He married Eva’s sister, Ruby who was also a teacher for a short time. They farmed near Senlac. There are no other names available for any of the people in the picture, however, if anyone has any ideas, please do e-mail and then the names could be added to the web page.

Brian D. Gushulak

Nearby Placenames and their legal land descriptions:

Evesham 32-39-27-W3 is a nearby Unincorporated area
Eye Hill No. 382 is a nearby Rural Municipality
Macklin 3-39-28-W3 is a nearby Town
Rutland 9-41-25-W3 is a nearby Unincorporated area
Salt Lake 9-39-25-W3 is a nearby Unincorporated area
Senlac 32-40-26-W3, Latitude, Longitude 52.4931361, -109.7082361 is a nearby Village
Senlac No. 411 is a nearby Rural Municipality
Winter 14-42-25-W3 is a nearby Unincorporated area
Yonker 27-42-26-W3 is a nearby Unincorporated area
Zumbro 7-43-26-W3 is a nearby Unincorporated area
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For more information:

BookTitle: Out of the past : Senlac, Rutland, Cotswold, Abbeywood, Longlake, Canadian, Airedale, Penile.

Publisher, Date: Senlac, Sask. : Senlac History Book Committee, 1980.