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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.
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
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).
Bristol School (no date) by A. A. Herriot
Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs,
GR8461, A0233, C131-3, page 70.
Bristol School commemorative sign (November 2020)
Source: Rose KuzinaSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.47291, W96.73695
denoted by symbol on the map above
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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