Historic Sites of Manitoba: Steinreich School / Horndean School No. 820 (Horndean, Municipality of Rhineland)

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Known originally as the Steinreich School District when it was established by Rhineland Municipality By-Law No. 32 in January 1894, a one-room schoolhouse operated at Horndean (SW10-3-2W) in what is now the Municipality of Rhineland. The district was renamed Horndean before or, depending on sources, during the Second World War. It offered instruction in grades 1 to 11 by 1940 and the original school building was replaced by a new structure around 1965.

Horndean School became part of the Rhineland School Division on 18 August 1971. After the school closed in 1979, the building and property were used for a time as a community centre, and most of the building’s windows were covered by metal sheeting. A Mennonite church in Horndean later bought it for use as a private school but this plan did not come to fruition. In October 1994, the property was purchased by a sculptor for use as a studio and residence.

Principals

Period

Principal

1936-1939

Gerhard R. Wiebe

1939-1943

Henry Martin Friesen

1943-1947

Henry D. Dyck

1947-1954

Victor Peters

1954-1956

Julius George Toews (1893-1981)

1956-1957

Abram Friesen

1957-1962

Hardy Kehler

1962-1964

Elmer Henry Penner

1964-1966

Ben Penner

1966-1979

?

Teachers

Period

Teachers

1936-1937

Hilda Penner (grades 1-4), Gerhard R. Wiebe (grades 5-8)

1937-1938

Hilda Penner (grades 1-4), Gerhard R. Wiebe (grades 5-10)

1938-1939

Hilda Penner (grades 1-4), Gerhard R. Wiebe (grades 5-9)

1939-1940

Henry Martin Friesen (grades 5-10), Hilda Penner (grades 1-4)

1940-1941

Henry Martin Friesen (grades 9-11), Susann [Susan] Klassen (grades 1-4), Emma Ida Schiebe (grades 5-8)

1941-1942

Henry Martin Friesen (grades 9-11), Emma Ida Schiebe (grades 5-8), Agnes Wiebe (grades 1-4)

1942-1943

Henry Martin Friesen (grades 9-11), Kate Klassen (grades 5-8, 1943), Vernon K. Toews (grades 5-8), Agnes Wiebe (grades 1-4)

1943-1944

John I. Brown (grades 5-8), Henry D. Dyck (grade 9-11), Agnes Wiebe (grades 1-4)

1944-1945

John I. Brown (grades 5-8), Henry D. Dyck (grade 9-11), Agnes Wiebe (grades 1-4)

1945-1946

Henry D. Dyck (grade 9-11), Victor Peters (grades 5-8), Agnes Wiebe (grades 1-4)

1946-1947

Henry D. Dyck (grade 9-11), Victor J. Peters (grades 5-8), Agnes Wiebe (grades 1-4)

1947-1948

Elizabeth Peters (grades 5-8), Victor Peters (grades 9-11), Agnes Wiebe (grades 1-4)

1948-1949

Elizabeth Peters (grades 5-8), Victor Peters (grades 9-11), Agnes Wiebe (grades 1-4)

1949-1950

Elizabeth Peters (grades 5-8), Victor Peters (grades 9-11), Agnes Wiebe (grades 1-4)

1950-1951

Elizabeth Peters (grades 5-8), Victor Peters (grades 9-11), Agnes Wiebe (grades 1-4)

1951-1952

Elizabeth Peters (grades 5-8), Victor Peters (grades 9-11), Agnes Wiebe (grades 1-4)

1952-1953

Mabel Patricia Enns (grades 1-4), Elizabeth Peters (grades 5-8), Victor Peters (grades 9-11)

1953-1954

Mabel Patricia Enns (grades 1-4), Elizabeth Peters (grades 5-8), Victor Peters (grades 9-11)

1954-1955

Bertha L. Lewis (grades 4-8), Laura M. Porte (grades 1-3), Julius George Toews (grades 9-11)

1955-1956

Gerhard D. Kehler (grades 4-8), Laura M. Porte (grades 1-3), Julius George Toews (grades 9-11)

1956-1957

Tina Dyck (grades 1-4), Abram Friesen (grades 9-11), Hardy Kehler (grades 5-8)

1957-1958

Henry Dick (grades 5-8), Tina Dyck (grades 1-4), Hardy Kehler (grades 9-11)

1958-1959

Tina Dyck (grades 1-4), Gerhard A. Hildebrand (grades 5-8), Hardy Kehler (grades 9-11)

1959-1960

Elfrieda Enns (grades 1-5), Gerhard A. Hildebrand (grades 6-8), Hardy Kehler (grades 9-11)

1960-1961

Dave W. Bueckert (grades 5-8), Elfrieda Enns (grades 1-4), Hardy Kehler (grades 9-11)

1961-1962

Dave W. Bueckert (grades 5-8), Elfrieda Enns Friesen (grades 1-4), Hardy Kehler (grades 9-11)

1962-1963

Dave W. Bueckert (grades 5-8), Verna Ann Friesen (grades 1-4), Elmer Henry Penner (grades 9-10)

1963-1964

Dave W. Bueckert (grades 5-8), Verna Ann Friesen (grades 1-4), Elmer Henry Penner (grades 9-10)

1964-1965

Elizabeth A. E. Hoeppner (grades 1-4), Ben Penner (grades 5-8)

1965-1966

Elizabeth A. E. Hoeppner (grades 1-4), Ben Penner (grades 5-8)

1966-1967

Elizabeth A. E. Hoeppner (grades 1-4), ? (grades 5-8)

1967-1979

?

Among the other teachers of Steinreich School / Horndean School were Peter A. Loewen (1898-1900), Peter H. Giesbrecht (1900), ? (1901), Peter H. Petter (1902-1903), Felix Lauer (1904), Jacob J. Neufeld (1905-1908), P. A. Klassen (1909), Jacob. J. Loeppky (1909-1910), John J. Frank (1910), ? (1911), John J. Heinrichs (1912-1913), Jacob E. Suderman (1913-1915), Peter W. Warkentin (1915-1916), Helena H. Siemens (1916, 1917-1918), P. P. Toews (1917), A. Enns (1918), Anna Heinrichs (1918-1919), D. A. Toews (1919-1920), Anna B. Enns (1920-1921), Otto D. Dick (1921-1922), Ida Hiebert (1922), Adolphe Guse (1922-1924), Anna Enns (1924-1925), Henry Martin Friesen (1925-1934), Jacob N. Giesbrecht (1934-1935), Gerhard R. Wiebe (1935-1936).

Photos & Coordinates

Steinreich School

Steinreich School (no date) by G. G. Neufeld
Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs,
GR8461, A0233, C131-2, page 6.

Steinreich School

Steinreich School (no date)
Source: Altona and District Heritage Research Centre

The former Horndean School building

The former Horndean School building (no date)
Source: Ed Arndt

The former Horndean School building

The former Horndean School building (October 1994)
Source: Jake Goertzen

The former Horndean School building

The former Horndean School building (April 2015)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough

The former Horndean School building

The former Horndean School building (November 2021)
Source: Rose Kuzina

Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.19279, W97.65990
denoted by symbol on the map above

Sources:

Altona East topographic map, 62H/4 East, Edition 1 ASE, 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 276. [Manitoba Legislative Library, F5648.R45 Ens]

Manitoba School Records Collection, Steinreich School District No. 820 - Daily Registers, GR2656, Archives of Manitoba.

Manitoba School Records Collection, Horndean School District No. 820 - Daily Registers, GR2656, Archives of Manitoba.

School division half-yearly attendance reports (E 0757), Archives of Manitoba.

Obituary [Tina Dyck], Wiebe Funeral Homes Ltd.

We thank Al Schmidt (Altona and District Heritage Research Centre), Ed Arndt, Jake Goertzen, Rose Kuzina, and Phil & Vera Froese for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Nathan Kramer.

Page revised: 5 June 2024

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