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Lucien Alphonse Schickele
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Chef.
Born in Alsace-Lorraine, France on 12 July 1873, son of Louis and Madeleine Schickele, he apprenticed as a chef at hotels in Strasbourg, Paris, and London. During the Yukon Gold Rush in 1898, he moved to Dawson City and operated a restaurant and hotel. Two years later, he returned to Paris and was chef in the Pavilion Bleu at the Paris Exposition of 1900. He then went to New York City where he was assistant chef at the Knickerbocker Hotel.
In 1906, he moved to Winnipeg to join the culinary staff of the newly opened Royal Alexandra Hotel, assuming the position of head chef. He held the position for 33 years, retiring on 30 September 1939, having trained many chefs for the Canadian Pacific Railway.
He and wife Kate Cecilia Bland (1874-1932) had two children: Madeleine Florence Schickele [Sister Cecilia] (1910-?) and Gordon Louis Schickele (1913-?, husband of Helen Gytha Anderson, son-in-law of Peter Anderson). On 8 May 1935, he married Elfreda Josephine Weber (1885-1957, widow of Lieutenant H. N. Baxter), manager of the coffee shop at the Royal Alexandra Hotel, at the St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church.
He died at Kelowna, British Columbia on 9 June 1960 and was buried in St. Mary's Roman Catholic Cemetery.
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Schickele House (280 Scotia Street, Winnipeg)
Birth registrations [Magdeleine Florence Schickele, Gordon Schickele], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
1926 and 1931 Canada censuses, Ancestry.
Death registration [Kate Cecelia Shickele], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Obituary [Kate Cecilia Schickele], Winnipeg Tribune, 14 July 1932, page 18.
“Rails and railroaders,” Winnipeg Tribune, 4 February 1933, page 16.
Marriage registration [Lucien Alphonse Shickele, Alfriede Josephine Baxter], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
“Mrs. Alfreda J. Baxter weds Mr. L. A. Schickele,” Winnipeg Tribune, 8 May 1935, page 8.
“Engagements [Gordon L. Shickele],” Winnipeg Tribune, 26 November 1938, page 8.
Marriage registration [Gordon Louis Shickele, Helen Gytha Anderson], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
“Schickele retires as hotel chef after long service,” Winnipeg Free Press, 30 September 1939, page 3.
“Presentation made,” Winnipeg Tribune, 2 October 1939, page 3.
“Engagement notices,” Winnipeg Tribune, 9 January 1943, page 11.
“In the matter of the estate of Kate Cecilia Schickele,” Winnipeg Tribune, 6 February 1943, page 20.
Death registrations [Elfrieda Josephine Shickele, Lucien Schickele], British Columbia Vital Statistics.
History of St. Anthony of Padua Parish
We thank Jordan Makichuk for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 20 November 2025
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