Louise Wilhelmina Hilda Rumpel

1891 - 1967  (76 years)

• Photos

  Hilda Rumpel Rumpel presented the ceremonial button, on a tray, to Premier James Whitney and Minister of Power, Adam Beck, at the Queen Street Auditorium ceremony celebrating the switching on of Niagara hydroelectricity power in Berlin, Ontario, on 11 October 1910. From KPL

  
  

• Name	Louise Wilhelmina Hilda Rumpel
  Residence	1891	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Lutheran
  Born	20 Feb 1891	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Female
  Recipes	1906	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	MUFFINS Hilda Rumpel 1 1/2 cups flour, 3 teaspoons baking powder, 1/2 teaspoon salt, 2 tablespoons sugar, 2/3 cup milk, 1 egg, 2 tablespoons melted fat. Sift the dry ingredients into a bowl, stir in the milk and beat well, add the melted fat and egg well beaten and again beat thoroughly. Bake in buttered gem pans in a hot oven for 15 minutes. Level measurements are used.1a 1aThe Ladies of Berlin, Waterloo and Friends Elsewhere, The Berlin Cook Book (Berlin, Ontario: The New Record Print Shop, 1906), pg 11
  Recipes	1906	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	FRICASSEE OF BEEF Hilda Rumpel. 1 pound beef, 1 cup cold water, 2 tablespoons flour, 3/4 teaspoons salt, 1 small onion, 1/3 teaspoon pepper, cut the fat of the meat and put in a stew pan to try out. Cut the meat into pieces about 2 inches square and roll in the flour. Put it in the hot fat and stir it over the fire until nicely browned Add the water, cover closely and simmer. Peel the onion and cut into the slices. Add it with the salt and pepper to the stew and simmer 2 1/2 hours. Serve on a hot platter.1a 1aThe Ladies of Berlin, Waterloo and Friends Elsewhere, The Berlin Cook Book (Berlin, Ontario: The New Record Print Shop, 1906), pg 49
  Recipes	1906
  	BANANA PUDDING 1 cup milk, 4 tablespoons sugar, 3 tablespoons cornstarch, 1/2 teaspoon vanilla, 1 banana sliced thinly; heat the milk in the top part of a double boiler, mix sugar and cornstarch thoroughly in a bowl, stir into them the heated milk and return to the heat, and stir until it thickens; add the flavoring, slice the banana thinly into a pudding dish, then pour the mixture over them and set away to cool. Serve cool with milk or cream. NOTE \emdash Level measurements are used. Banana Pudding. (2019). 366dayswiththeberlincookbook. Retrieved 10 March 2019, from https://366dayswiththeberlincookbook.wordpress.com/2019/03/09/banana-pudding/
  Name	Hilda Louise Rumpel
  Name	Louise Wilhelmina Hilda Reade
  Residence	1911	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Lutheran
  Residence	1916	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-36965
  Died	16 Nov 1967	Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada
  Buried	Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I36965	Generations
  Last Modified	9 Sep 2024

  
  

  Father	Mayor Johann George "George" Rumpel,   b. 10 May 1850, Mühlhausen, , Thüringen, Germany ,   d. 5 Jun 1916, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 66 years)
  Mother	Wilhelmine "Minnie" Hartman,   b. 26 Mar 1853, Oppurg, , Thüringen, Germany ,   d. 29 Apr 1919, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 66 years)
  Married	2 Jul 1872	Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada
  Family ID	F9726	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Stanley Landor Reade,   b. 17 Apr 1888, Amherstburg, Essex Co., Ontario ,   d. 22 Jan 1936, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 47 years)
  Married	11 Jul 1916	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Children	1. William George Reade,   b. 12 Apr 1917, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 3 Nov 1918, Marmora, Hastings Co., Ontario  (Age 1 years)
  Last Modified	11 Sep 2024
  Family ID	F59481	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  KITCHENER \emdash Charles Sheppard waited for the little light to come on before he pulled the big switch that brought electricity from Niagara Falls into town for the first time. It was Oct. 11, 1910. On that day, Berlin (now Kitchener) became the first Ontario municipality to get hydroelectric power in long-distance transmission lines from the falls. Sheppard was the manager at the Factory Road (now West Avenue) transformer station. Several blocks away, about 8,000 people gathered in and around the old Queen Street Arena where the official ceremony was held. "Back then this was one of the biggest events ever held in Berlin," Rych Mills, a local historian, said."They had newspaper coverage from all over Canada," Mills, who wrote about the event in his book Kitchener (Berlin) 1880-1960, said. Inside the dark and crowded arena a young woman named Hilda Rumpel carried a small cushion. On the cushion was a switch. Ontario premier James Whitney and Adam Beck - the founder of Ontario Hydro \emdash pushed the switch. That turned on the light in the transformer station and was the signal for Sheppard to throw the big switch. Hundreds of light bulbs sparked to life in the arena and the crowd cheered. The Record 8 Oct 2010

  
  

• Sources

  [S1592] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1891, Section 3 Page 49. [S137] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1901, Berlin (Town/Ville) A-9 Page 8. [S340] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1911, Div. 30, Pg 2. [S721] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, marriage certificate 22053 (1916), Reade-Rumpel. Hilda Louise Rumpel, residence Berlin, Birth Place: Berlin Age: 25 Estimated birth year: abt 1891 Father Name: George Rumpel Mother Name: Hartman Rumpel Spouse Name: Stanley Landor Reade, bank clerk of Toronto, Spouse's Age: 28 Spouse Birth Place: Amherstburg Spouse Father Name: William Reade Spouse Mother Name: Ash Reade Marriage Date: 11 Jul 1916 Marriage Location: Waterloo, [S1720] Book - The Berlin Cook Book.

  
  

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  Residence - Lutheran - 1891 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Born - 20 Feb 1891 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Recipes - 1906 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Recipes - 1906 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Lutheran - 1911 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1916 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 11 Jul 1916 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 16 Nov 1967 - Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada Buried - - Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth