Maud menten biography of alberta

MENTEN, MAUD LEONORA (named at birth Maud, she added Lenora around 1900 and later spelled it Leonora), educator, research scientist, biochemist, and pathologist; b. 20 March 1879 in Lambton County, Ont., daughter of Charles William Menten and Emma Trusler; d. unmarried 17 July 1960 in Leamington, Ont., and was buried in Chilliwack, B.C.

Maud Menten’s family moved in 1889 to the small community of Harrison River (Harrison Mills), B.C., where her father operated boats and was the postmaster.

Her mother, who ran the general store and hotel, probably gave lessons to Maud and her younger brother until 1892, when a one-room schoolhouse opened on distant Fairfield Island (Chilliwack). Maud, who had to travel by canoe and pony each day to attend class, grew up playing with white and indigenous children and learned to speak Chinook Jargon [see Jean-Marie-Raphaël Le Jeune*].

She started high school in Chilliwack in September 1894, graduated in 1897, an