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 (no date) by G. G. Neufeld Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs, GR8461, A0233, C131-2, page 6. Steinreich School (no date) Source: Altona and District Heritage Research Centre The former Horndean School building (no date) Source: Ed Arndt The former Horndean School building (October 1994) Source: Jake Goertzen The former Horndean School building (April 2015) Source: Gordon Goldsborough 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.

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

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Nathan Kramer.

Page revised: 20 December 2021

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