Taskey, Catherine St. Just

ID
2731
Nationality
Canadian
Occupation
Deaf-blind
Summary
Apparently the first Canadian deaf-blind person to receive any formal schooling, when whe was "partly" educated at the Protestant Institution for Deaf-Mutes, in Montreal. She entered in 1871 at the age of 23, but withdrew several weeks later when her parents moved to Ontario.
References
Deaf Heritage in Canada, p.410.
Dates
1848-?