Schools and Gyms: William Charters and his son

We know quite little about William Charters, my great-great grandfather. However on his death certificate it says he worked as a school caretaker. The 1895 City Directory also shows that he worked at Park School.

Park School has now been demolished, but it was built in 1877 (designed by Frank Darling, who also built Convocation Hall) and it was at the junction of St Davids Street and Sackville Street (near Queen and River today).

At the time, William Charters was 57 and was living at 267 Seaton Street with his son William Chesteain Charters, age 25.

William Charters seems to have started working at Park School sometime after 1889, because in that year the City Directory listed him as an expressman. His son William C Charters, who was twenty years old, is listed as "instructr gymnasium."