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Known as the Wells School District when it was established in February 1920, it was renamed Gnadenthal School in July 1938. A one-room schoolhouse operated in the village of Gnadenthal (SE4-2-3W) in the Municipality of Rhineland. After the district was dissolved, its area became part of the Rhineland School Division.
Principals
Period |
Principal |
1932-1943 |
Paul Jakob Schaefer (1892-1969) |
1943-1945 |
David P. Hildebrandt |
1945-1946 |
John M. Giesbrecht |
1946-1947 |
? |
1947-1948 |
Helene Sawatzky |
1948-1949 |
Susie Peters |
1949-1953 |
William Schroeder |
1953-1954 |
Henry Dick |
1954-1958 |
Henry George Ens |
1958-1959 |
Alfred Harry Kroeker |
1959-1960 |
Irwin H. Penner |
1960-1963 |
Gerhard A. Hildebrand |
1963-1965 |
Theodore George Klassen |
1965-1967 |
John J. Arendt |
1967-1968 |
David Kenneth Doell |
Teachers
Period |
Teachers |
1924-1925 |
David Heinrichs |
1925-1926 |
John H. Giesbrecht |
1926-1927 |
John H. Giesbrecht |
1927-1928 |
Jacob A. Dyck |
1928-1929 |
Paul Jakob Schaefer |
1929-1930 |
Paul Jakob Schaefer |
1930-1931 |
Paul Jakob Schaefer |
1931-1932 |
Paul Jakob Schaefer |
1932-1933 |
Aganetha Luella “Nettie” Kroeker (grades 1-3), Paul Jakob Schaefer (grades 4-8) |
1933-1934 |
Aganetha Luella “Nettie” Kroeker (grades 1-3), Paul Jakob Schaefer (grades 4-9) |
1934-1935 |
Armin J. Sawatzky (grades 1-4), Paul Jakob Schaefer (grades 5-10) |
1935-1936 |
Armin J. Sawatzky (grades 1-4), Paul Jakob Schaefer (grades 5-10) |
1936-1937 |
Armin J. Sawatzky (grades 1-4), Paul Jakob Schaefer (grades 5-10) |
1937-1938 |
Armin J. Sawatzky (grades 1-4), Paul Jakob Schaefer (grades 5-10) |
1938-1939 |
Paul Jakob Schaefer (grades 5-10), Jacob Toews (grades 1-4) |
1939-1940 |
Paul Jakob Schaefer (grades 5-10), Jacob Toews (grades 1-4) |
1940-1941 |
Paul Jakob Schaefer (grades 5-10), Jacob Toews (grades 1-4) |
1941-1942 |
Paul Jakob Schaefer (grades 5-10), Jacob Toews (grades 1-4) |
1942-1943 |
George Enns (grades 1-4), Nettie Selma Labun (grades 1-4, 1943), Paul Jakob Schaefer (grades 5-10) |
1943-1944 |
David P. Hildebrandt (grades 5-10), Kate Bertha Janzen (grades 1-4) |
1944-1945 |
David P. Hildebrandt (grades 5-10), Anna Wiebe (grades 1-4) |
1945-1946 |
John M. Giesbrecht (grades 5-10), Susie Peters (grades 1-4) |
1946-1947 |
Susie Peters (grades 1-4), ? (grades 5-10) |
1947-1948 |
Susie Peters (grades 5-9), Helene Sawatzky (grades 1-4) |
1948-1949 |
George William Neufeld (grades 1-5, 1948; grades 4-6, 1949), Helene Neufeld (grades 1-3, 1949), Susie Peters (grades 6-10, 1948; grades 7-10, 1949) |
1949-1950 |
George William Neufeld (grades 1-5), William Schroeder (grades 6-10) |
1950-1951 |
Anne “Annie” Dueck (grades 1-5), William Schroeder (grades 6-10) |
1951-1952 |
Anne “Annie” Dueck (grades 1-5), William Schroeder (grades 6-10) |
1952-1953 |
Elizabeth Margaret Dueck (grades 1-5), William Schroeder (grades 6-10) |
1953-1954 |
Henry Dick (grades 6-10), Elizabeth Margaret Dueck (grades 1-5) |
1954-1955 |
Elsie Agnes Dyck (grades 1-5), Henry George Ens (grades 6-10) |
1955-1956 |
Elsie Agnes Dyck (grades 1-5), Henry George Ens (grades 6-10) |
1956-1957 |
Henry George Ens (grades 5-10), Phyllis Elaine Hooge (grades 1-4) |
1957-1958 |
Henry George Ens (grades 6-10), Phyllis Elaine Hooge (grades 1-5) |
1958-1959 |
Alfred Harry Kroeker (grades 6-10), Anne Thiessen (grades 1-5) |
1959-1960 |
Irwin H. Penner (grades 5-9), Anne Thiessen (grades 1-4) |
1960-1961 |
Gerhard A. Hildebrand (grades 5-9), Anne Thiessen (grades 1-4) |
1961-1962 |
Gerhard A. Hildebrand (grades 5-9), Anna Gertrude “Ann” Schmidt (grades 1-4) |
1962-1963 |
Gerhard A. Hildebrand (grades 5-9), Anna Gertrude “Ann” Schmidt (grades 1-4) |
1963-1964 |
Theodore George Klassen (grades 5-9), Anna Gertrude “Ann” Schmidt (grades 1-4) |
1964-1965 |
Helen Irene Klassen (grades 1-3), Mary Klassen (grades 4-5), Theodore George Klassen (grades 6-8) |
1965-1966 |
John J. Arendt (grades 6-8), Helen Doreen Enns (grades 1-3), Mary Klassen (grades 4-5) |
1966-1967 |
John J. Arendt (grades 6-8), Helen Doreen Enns (grades 1-2), Mary Klassen (grades 3-5) |
1967-1968 |
David Kenneth Doell (grades 6-8), Louise Esther Meryle Janzen (grades 1-2), Mary Klassen (grades 3-5) |
Photos & Coordinates
Sources:
Altona West topographic map, 62H/4 West, Edition 1, Series A743 [UFS Reference Collection].
One Hundred Years in the History of the Rural Schools of Manitoba: Their Formation, Reorganization and Dissolution (1871-1971) by Mary B. Perfect, MEd thesis, University of Manitoba, April 1978.
The Rural Municipality of Rhineland: 1884-1984 by G. J. Ens, page 279. [Manitoba Legislative Library, F5648.R45 Ens]
Manitoba School Records Collection, Wells School No. 1998 Daily Registers, GR2656, Archives of Manitoba.
Manitoba School Records Collection, Gnadenthal School No. 1998 Daily Registers, GR2656, Archives of Manitoba.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Nathan Kramer.
Page revised: 30 April 2021
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