Historic Sites of Manitoba: Wells School No. 1998 / Gnadenthal School No. 1998 (Gnadenthal, Municipality of Rhineland)

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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

Gnadenthal School (no date) by G. G. Neufeld Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs, GR8461, A0233, C131-3, page 74. Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.09620, W97.79695 denoted by symbol on the map above

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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