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Stringer, Isaac O.
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Isaac O. Stringer, 1866-1934, was born near Kincardine, Ontario and was educated at the University of Toronto. He was ordained an Anglican priest in 1893 and then served as a missionary at Peel River and Herschel Island, Yukon Territory. In 1905 he was elected Bishop of Selkirk (later Yukon) and in 1931 Archbishop of Rupertsland. He married Sadie Alexander in 1896 and they had five children, Rowena (Wilkinson), 1896- , Frederick Hershel, 1900-1945, Alexander John, 1903- , Wilfred Isaac Bompas, 1908-1947, William Randall, 1909- .
For further information see The Bishop Who Ate his Boots : A Biography of Isaac O. Stringer / F.A. Peake. - Toronto, Anglican Church of Canada, 1966.