Margaret Florence Trueman
First woman to graduate from Dalhousie
1857 to 1935
Cornwallis Reformed Presbyterian Covenanter Church Cemetery in Grafton
A Dalhousie University library article devoted to Margaret Trueman (nee Newcombe) lists the Grafton native as the first female graduate of the Halifax-based post-secondary institution..
Then in her late 20s, Trueman obtained her first degree in April 1885. She held a provincial teaching license prior to enrolling in the Bachelor of Arts program, and won prizes in English literature, history, German and political economy while studying at Dalhousie.
She would go on to earn a Masters of Art History from Dalhousie in 1911, and later became the principal of the Halifax Ladies College. She retired at 61 and moved back to the Annapolis Valley, where she died of pneumonia in 1935.
Next to stone is one with Auntie, what is birth year XXXX
Final is N 45 05.AAA W 064 41.BBB
AAA = XXXX - 1399
BBB = XXXX - 1221