Walter Rolling

Walter Rolling was born on May 31st, 1873 in Laskay, Ontario which is in King Township. He was the second oldest child of Benjamin Harris Rolling Jr. and Sarah Elizabeth Britton. He had five siblings.

Walter was a well educated man. He attended the Strange School as a boy, the closest school to Laskay approximately a one and a quarter mile walk away. It has been noted that Walter was an outstanding student. His public school teacher was Elizabeth Tinline. 
For high school, he attended the Aurora High School, which he started in 1892. At that time, fewer than 10% of public school students enrolled in high school, for which they had to pay $4.00 per term. In 1892, the high school had just moved to a new building on Wells Street in Aurora. Over 100 students had registered that year. The single most common profession chosen by Aurora High School graduates at that time was teaching. After high school, Walter earned his Third Class Teaching Certificate from the Newmarket Model School. Notices were posted in the Aurora Banner about the students' graduation.  ... READ MORE ABOUT WALTER ROLLING.

 

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