Oliver Clayton Bricker

1900 - 1992  (91 years)

• Name	Oliver Clayton Bricker
  Born	29 Dec 1900	Elgin, , Manitoba, Canada   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Military	WW1 - Canadian Expeditionary Force and served at Vimy Ridge.
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-75245
  Died	29 Jan 1992	Lethbridge, , Alberta, Canada
  Buried	Mountain View Cemetery, Lethbridge, , Alberta, Canada
  Person ID	I75245	Generations
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	Oliver S. Bricker,   b. 12 Apr 1857, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 5 Jun 1924, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 67 years)
  Mother	Maria H. Sherk,   b. 15 Sep 1867, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 22 Mar 1945  (Age 77 years)
  Family ID	F19701	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Memorable Manitobans: Oliver Clayton Bricker (1900-1992) Educator. Born at Elgin, Manitoba on 29 December 1900, son of Oliver Snyder Bricker and Maria Shirk, he was educated at New Dundee, Ontario and the Winnipeg Normal School. Late in the First World War, he enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force and served at Vimy Ridge. Returning from military service, he worked as a teacher, serving as the Principal of Woodnorth School (1937-1938), Altamont School (1939-1940), Ninette School (1940-1942), and Holmfield School (1942-1943). He later worked for the National Film Board of Canada. On 8 October 1927, he married Rachelle Verkinder in the RM of Lakeview. They had no children. He died at Lethbridge, Alberta on 29 January 1992 and was buried in the family plot of the Mountain View Cemetery at Lethbridge. Sources: Birth and marriage registrations, Manitoba Vital Statistics. 1901 Canada census, Automated Genealogy. Attestation papers, Canadian Expeditionary Force, Library and Archives Canada. Annual Reports of the Manitoba Department of Education, Manitoba Legislative Library. Obituary, The Lethbridge Herald, 30 January 1992, page D4. This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough. Page revised: 10 May 2013 Goldsborough, G. (2019). Memorable Manitobans: Oliver Clayton Bricker (1900-1992). Mhs.mb.ca. Retrieved 9 June 2019, from https://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/people/bricker_oc.shtml

  
  

• Sources

  [S230] Census - Manitoba - 1901, Whitehead, Brandon pg 3.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 29 Dec 1900 - Elgin, , Manitoba, Canada Died - 29 Jan 1992 - Lethbridge, , Alberta, Canada Buried - - Mountain View Cemetery, Lethbridge, , Alberta, Canada  = Link to Google Earth