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Louise Wilhelmina Hilda Rumpel

Louise Wilhelmina Hilda Rumpel

Female 1891 - 1967  (76 years)

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  • Name Louise Wilhelmina Hilda Rumpel 
    Residence 1891  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Lutheran 
    Born 20 Feb 1891  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Gender Female 
    Recipes 1906  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [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 Find all individuals with events at this location  [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 Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Lutheran 
    Residence 1916  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-36965 
    Died 16 Nov 1967  Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I36965  Generations
    Last Modified 7 Nov 2024 

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

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

  • Photos
    Hilda Rumpel
    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

  • 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 
    1. [S1592] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1891, Section 3 Page 49.

    2. [S137] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1901, Berlin (Town/Ville) A-9 Page 8.

    3. [S340] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1911, Div. 30, Pg 2.

    4. [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,

    5. [S1720] Book - The Berlin Cook Book.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Lutheran - 1891 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 20 Feb 1891 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsRecipes - 1906 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsRecipes - 1906 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Lutheran - 1911 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1916 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 11 Jul 1916 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 16 Nov 1967 - Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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