Ernst Rebelski

1907 - 1954  (~ 46 years)

• Name	Ernst Rebelski
  Born	Dec 1907	New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Interesting	accident, drowning, story
  Misfortune	Jun 1954	Labyrinth Lake, , Ontario
  	drowned with spouse
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-181002
  Died	13 Jun 1954	Labyrinth Lake, , Ontario
  Person ID	I181002	Generations
  Last Modified	9 Sep 2024

  
  

  Father	Gottfried Rebelski,   b. 1 Apr 1871, , Prussia, Germany ,   d. 22 Jan 1920, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 48 years)
  Mother	Agnes Ernst,   b. 9 Apr 1871, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 6 Feb 1957, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 85 years)
  Married	17 Jul 1901	Bridgeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Family ID	F5391	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Nellie Storrier,   d. 13 Jun 1954, Labyrinth Lake, , Ontario
  Children	1. Joan Ernst Rebelski
  Last Modified	11 Sep 2024
  Family ID	F52763	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Former Resident and Wife Drowned in Northern Ontario A former New Hamburg resident and his wife were drowned Sunday evening in a boating accident near their home in Northern Ontario. The victims of the accident were Ernst Rebelski and his wife, Nelly, residents of Virginiatown, Ontario, 26 miles east of Kirkland Lake. The accident occurred when the couple were on a fishing trip with their 19-year-old daughter, Joan, and her husband, 23-year-old Tom Rowe, on Labyrinth Lake, eight miles northeast of Virginiatown on the Ontario-Quebec border. Mrs. Rowe, who rescued her husband from the lake reported that they were ready to return home and her father was in the act of starting the outboard motor on the boat when he fell into the water. When they attempted to pull him back into the boat, it capsized, throwing all four into the lake. Mrs. Rowe swam 60 feet to shore towing her unconscious husband, but was not able to rescue her mother and father. She applied artificial respiration for over an hour before Mr. Rowe regained consciousness. When the group did not return, a friend went to search for them, and they were found at about three a.m., some seven hours after the mishap. The bodies of Mr. and Mrs. Rebelski were later recovered. Mrs. Rowe had served as a lifeguard at Kirkland Lake for several years and had twice previously saved persons from drowning. She visited her grandmother here last summer. Mr. Rebelski was born in New Hamburg 47 years ago, a son of Agnes Rebelski and the late Gottfried Rebelski, a former teacher at the local public school. He attended school here and played hockey and baseball with local teams. Before leaving town about 25 years ago he had been employed at the Bank of Commerce here. His mother has been a patient in hospital in Kitchener since last summer. Funeral services for Mr. and Mrs. Rebelski were held at Kirkland Lake on Wednesday. New Hamburg Independent, June 18, 1954

  
  

• Sources

  [S1054] Census - ON, Waterloo, New Hamburg - 1911, p. 21;. [S721] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, marriage certificate 17175 (1901), Gottfried Rebelski-Agnes Ernst. Gottfried Rebelski, teacher of New Hamburg, Birth Place: Germany Age: 31 Estimated birth year: abt 1870 Father Name: John Rebelski Mother Name: Carrie Haberland Spouse Name: Agnes Ernst, residence Baden, Spouse's Age: 30 Spouse Estimated Birth Year: abt 1871 Spouse Birth Place: Baden Spouse Father Name: John Ernst Spouse Mother Name: Sophie Reichert Marriage Date: 17 Jul 1901 Marriage Place: Waterloo, Bridgeport

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - Dec 1907 - New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Misfortune - drowned with spouse - Jun 1954 - Labyrinth Lake, , Ontario Died - 13 Jun 1954 - Labyrinth Lake, , Ontario  = Link to Google Earth