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Introduction / The Island / Schooling

Teachers

The following list has been compiled of the different teachers on the island. There were many changes and it is not necessarily complete.

Period / Date Teacher
c1830 Thomas Drever(?)
1841 James Harcus, Doggerboat
1851 William Harcus, Doggerboat
1861 David Drever, Windywa
1881 & 1891 James Harcus, Hammar
Feb 1893 - Oct 1894 Jessie Marwick
Nov 1894 James Harcus (asked to officiate for a short time)
Mar 1895 Jane Paterson
Sep 1896 - Oct 1898 Cecilia Inkster
Feb 1899 - Oct 1899 James Hill(?)
Nov 1899 - May 1900 Maggie Jane Anderson
Feb 1901 - Aug 1901 William McCallum
Dec 1901 David Crombie
Apr 1902 Mary Kirkness
May 1903 Margaret G Work
Feb 1904 - Apr 1904 Mathe W Wards
May 1904 Williejohn Berlin Gilmour
Dec 1904 - Jan 1906 Annie J Logie
Apr 1906 - Dec 1906 Jane Sutherland
Jan 1907 Lilias Brims Sutherland
Feb 1907 - Nov 1907 Florence Falconer
Apr 1908 - Jul 1910 Lizzie Tulloch (former pupil of Eday South School)
Oct 1910 - Apr 1912 Miss Stickler(?)
May 1912 Adeline M J Harcus
Dec 1912 Mary Jane Harcus
Apr 1914 M I Harcus
Jan 1915 - Mar 1915 Unknown
Aug 1916 - Feb 1919 M I Seatter (being Mary Isabella Harcus, daughter of former teacher James Harcus)
Oct 1919 - Sep 1921 Grace Sinclair
Dec 1921 - 1923 Emma B Mathieson
1923 - Sep 1926 Millie J Leslie
Oct 1926 - 1928 Margaret A Sutherland
1928 - Jan 1930 Margaret J Matheson
Jan 1930 - 1931 Jessie Harper
Aug 1931 - Feb 1940 Annie J Rousay who married Jock Harcus, Doggerboat
May 1940 - Jan 1946 Mary E Tulloch who married Balfour Rendall, Windywa
Jan 1946 - Jul 1946 George Simpson

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