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

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

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Her mother, who ran the general store and hotel, probably gave lessons to Maud and her younger brother until , 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 , graduated in , and taught for three years at a sm