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Marshall history
Herbert Marshall McLuhan was born in Edmonton, Alberta, to
Elsie Naomi (ne Hall) and Herbert Ernest McLuhan. His
brother, Maurice, was born two years later. "Marshall" was a
family name: his maternal grandmother's surname. Both of his
parents were born in Canada. His mother was a Baptist
schoolteacher who later became an actress. His father was a
Methodist and had a real estate business in Edmonton. When
World War I broke out, the business failed, and McLuhan's
father enlisted in the Canadian army. After a year of service he
contracted influenza and remained in Canada, away from the
front. After Herbert's discharge from the army in 1915, the
McLuhan family moved to Winnipeg, Manitoba, where Marshall
grew up and went to school, attending Kelvin Technical School
before enrolling in the University of Manitoba in 1928.[