About Alfred Garrioch
Lived 1848 – 1934 (aged 86). Alfred Garrioch was a writer.
Alfred Campbell Garrioch (February 14, 1848 – December 2, 1934) was an Anglican priest and author who lived in Manitoba, Canada.
He was born in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, in 1848. In 1866, he married Agnes Bertha Crabbe, and together they raised 12 children. He studied theology at St. John's College in 1869.
He was ordained as an Anglican priest serving in Peace River in Manitoba. In 1885, while working in England he translated several books into the Beaver language as well as creating an English-Beaver and Cree dictionary. He also wrote some autobiographical works, including First Furrows in 1923 and The Correction Line in 1933. He died in Winnipeg in 1934.
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Who was Alfred Garrioch?
anglican priest and author (1848–1934)
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Alfred Garrioch was born on 14 February 1848 in Portage la Prairie.
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Alfred Garrioch died on 2 December 1934 in Winnipeg.
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Alfred Garrioch was a writer.
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