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The Bristol School District was established in June 1919 and a one-room schoolhouse operated at NE8-6-6E in the Rural Municipality of Hanover. In 1938, the original building was enlarged by the addition of a second classroom, and a second teacher was hired. In 1968, the district was dissolved and its area became part of the Hanover School Division. The school continued operating until 1971, after which students were bused to Steinbach. The two-room school and its teacherage, a barn, and the land were sold for $5,000. In 2013, a commemorative sign was erected at the site by the EastMenn Historical Society.
Principals
Period |
Principal |
1938-1941 |
Gerhard Johann Peter “John” Kliewer (1898-1944) |
1941-1947 |
Peter Thomas Wiebe |
1947-1948 |
Angelina Wiebe Kroeker |
1948-1953 |
Peter Thomas Wiebe |
1953-1958 |
Lawrence Wilbert Guenther |
1958-1960 |
Peter Sawatsky |
1960-1961 |
Gerhard Solomon Rempel (c1896-1969) |
1961-1964 |
Joseph Goertzen Plett |
1964-1965 |
Walter A. Foth |
1965-1968 |
Theodore Wilbur “Ted” Wiens |
Teachers
School Year |
Teachers |
1938-1939 |
Gerhard J. P. Kliewer (grades 5-9), Elfrieda Vogt (grades 1-4) |
1939-1940 |
Gerhard J. P. Kliewer (grades 5-9), Elfrieda Vogt (grades 1-4) |
1940-1941 |
Gerhard J. P. Kliewer (grades 5-8), Elfrieda Vogt (grades 1-4) |
1941-1942 |
Elfrieda Vogt (grades 1-4), Peter Thomas Wiebe (grades 5-10) |
1942-1943 |
Gertrude Fast (grades 1-4), Peter Thomas Wiebe (grades 5-8) |
1943-1944 |
Irene Loewen (grades 1-4), Peter Thomas Wiebe (grades 5-9) |
1944-1945 |
Ellen Schellenberg (grades 1-4), Peter Thomas Wiebe (grades 5-10) |
1945-1946 |
Peter Thomas Wiebe (grades 5-8), Evangeline Willms (grades kindergarten-4) |
1946-1947 |
Peter Thomas Wiebe (grades 5-9), Helen Willms (grades kindergarten-4) |
1947-1948 |
Angelina Wiebe Kroeker (grades 5-8), Ellen Schellenberg (grades kindergarten-4) |
1948-1949 |
Mary Elizabeth Warkentin (grades kindergarten-3), Peter Thomas Wiebe (grades 5-8) |
1949-1950 |
Violet S. Friesen (grades kindergarten-4), Peter Thomas Wiebe (grades 5-8) |
1950-1951 |
Violet S. Friesen (grades 1-3), Peter Thomas Wiebe (grades 4-8) |
1951-1952 |
Gerhard T. “George” Reimer (grades 1-4), Peter Thomas Wiebe (grades 5-9) |
1952-1953 |
Gerhard T. “George” Reimer (grades 1-4), Peter Thomas Wiebe (grades 5-10) |
1953-1954 |
Lawrence Wilbert Guenther (grades 5-9), Gerhard T. “George” Reimer (grades 1-4) |
1954-1955 |
Lawrence Wilbert Guenther (grades 5-9), Melvin Clifford Toews (grades 1-4) |
1955-1956 |
Lawrence Wilbert Guenther (grades 5-9), Melvin Clifford Toews (grades 1-4) |
1956-1957 |
Lawrence Wilbert Guenther (grades 5-9), Lillian Unger (grades 1-4) |
1957-1958 |
Lawrence Wilbert Guenther (grades 5-9), Lillian Unger (grades 1-4) |
1958-1959 |
Susan Krahn (grades 1-4), Peter Sawatsky (grades 5-9) |
1959-1960 |
Elva S. Born (grades 1-6), Peter Sawatsky (grades 7-10) |
1960-1961 |
Elsie Margaret Krahn (grades 1-4), Gerhard Solomon Rempel (grades 5-8) |
1961-1962 |
Elsie Margaret Krahn (grades 1-4), Joseph Goertzen “Joe” Plett (grades 5-8) |
1962-1963 |
Elsie Margaret Krahn (grades 1-4), Joseph Goertzen “Joe” Plett (grades 5-8) |
1963-1964 |
Elsie Margaret Krahn (grades 1-4), Joseph Goertzen “Joe” Plett (grades 5-8) |
1964-1965 |
Walter A. Foth (grades 5-8), Elsie Margaret Krahn Harms (grades 1-4), Hilda Janzen (grades 1-4, 1965) |
1965-1966 |
Dorothy Arlene Fender (grades 1-4), Theodore Wilbur “Ted” Wiens (grades 5-8) |
1966-1967 |
Lena St. Vincent (grades 1-4), Theodore Wilbur “Ted” Wiens (grades 5-8) |
1967-1968 |
Mrs. Emma Wiens (grades 1-4), Theodore Wilbur “Ted” Wiens (grades 5-8) |
Among the other teachers were Ben S. Rempel (1919-1920), George K. Reimer (1920-1922), Gerhard J. P. Kliewer (1922-1938), and Henry Rosner (1941).
Photos & Coordinates
Sources:
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.
Schools - Our Heritage: From 46 School Districts to Hanover Unitary School Division (1878-1968) by John K. Schellenberg, The Board of The Hanover School Division No. 15, May 1985, ISBN 0-919673-93-7.
Manitoba School Records Collection, GR2656, Bristol School District No. 1977 Daily Registers, Archives of Manitoba.
We thank Glen Klassen and Ernest Braun (EastMenn Historical Society), Fred Dalkeith, and Rose Kuzina for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Nathan Kramer.
Page revised: 22 November 2020
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