Gottfried Rebelski

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• Eby ID Number: 00006-0958.89
• Immigration: 1873
• Immigration: 1873, , Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Naturalization: 1882
• Occupation: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Student
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1901, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Teacher
• Occupation: 1908, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Secretary-Tresurer - Schierholtz Furniture Company
• Occupation: 1911, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Teacher - P School
• Residence: 1911, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

Notes:

Closely connected with education in New Hamburg is Mr. Gottfried Rebelski who for the past decade has tilled with credit to himself and satisfaction to the ratepayers the position of vice principal of the public school. Mr. Rebelski is a tried educationist and a self-made man. He was born in Germany 38 years ago and emigrated to Canada with his parents 3 years later. The family settled at Bloomingdale and here the subject of this sketch lived until lie was eighteen years of age. When a mere child his father died and he was compelled to assist his widowed mother in rearing his brothers and sisters. After 9 years of age he attended school only in the winter, and from 14 to 18 worked steadily in a factory. But his ambition to secure an education was paramount and he finally secured a Third Class Certificate and began to teach in 1892. When his certificate expired 3 years later he secured Second Class Certificate, after six-months' attendance at the Berlin High School. He immediately took a course at the Ottawa Normal School and obtained a Second Class Professional Certificate. After teaching one year at Pine Grove, be accepted the Vice Principal-ship of the New Hamburg School in 1898 where he has remained ever since with the exception of the first half of 1908, when he took charge of the office in the capacity of Secretary Treasurer, of the Schierholtz Furniture Co. On September st he returned to his old position. The New Hamburg School has always had a German department which has been most capably conducted by Mr. Rebelski. He has proved a most successful teacher and a progresssive citizen As Sec.-Treas. of the Band he did touch for that organization and was instrumental in getting a band stand erected. Ile was for many years Sec.-Treas. of the Football and Baseball Association.


Special Industrial souvenir number of New Hamburg: containing a comprehensive review of the natural advantages and resources of the village of New Hamburg, 1908, Berlin Daily News, Berlin, Ontario

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Death of Mr. G. Rebelski

The news was received here with profound regret that Mr. Gottfried Rebelski had passed away at his home in Kitchener early yesterday morning. He had been ill several weeks but the seriousness of his condition was not generally known so the news of his death came as a shock and caused deep regret among his host of friends in town. The late Mr. Rebelski was born in Germany and came to Canada with his parents when a young boy. He spent his boyhood days in Bloomingdale and later attended the Kitchener High School, after which he entered the teaching profession. He taught school for a few years at Pine Grove, New Prussia and Pine Hill, and in 1898 came to New Hamburg where he was assistant principal. He was a very successful and efficient teacher. Six years ago he resigned and became connected with the Schierholtz Furniture Co., which was then organized here. About a year ago he disposed of his interests in the furniture factory and removed to Kitchener. He reached the age of 50 years, 9 months and 22 days. He was married to Miss Agnes Ernst of this town, who and one son Ernst, are left to mourn the loss of a devoted husband and father. He is also survived by one sister and one brother. Particulars of the funeral have not yet been received here. He emigrated to Canada in 1873.

New Hamburg Independent, January 23, 1920

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Gottfried Rebelski

Death has removed a prominent former New Hamburg citizen, Mr. Godfried Rebelski, of 33 Peter street, city. His death occurred this morning and followed an affliction of dropsy.

The late Mr. Rebelski had resided in New Hamburg for many years where he was on the staff of the public school for about twenty years. He was born in Germany on April 1st, 1870, but had been in this vicinity since he was three years of age. He was a former student of the local high school. While a resident of New Hamburg he took a leading part in matters of publie interest and he was a prominent, member of this church, first of Trinity Lutheran and later of St. Peter's, New Hamburg.

He was married to Agnes Ernst in 1901 who with one son survives him. The remains will be removed at s o'clock Saturday afternoon from 33 Peter street, city to New Hamburg where the funeral will be held at 2.30 o'clock Sunday afternoon to St. Peter's Lutheran church. Interment will follow in the cemetery in New Hamburg.

Ontario Journal 28 Jan 1920, Wed Page 4

Gottfried married Agnes Ernst 17 Jul 1901, Bridgeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Agnes (daughter of John Ernst, Jr. and Sophia Reichart) was born 9 Apr 1871, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 6 Feb 1957, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Riverside Cemetery, New Hamburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Interesting: accident, drowning, story
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-181002
• Misfortune: Jun 1954, Labyrinth Lake, , Ontario; drowned with spouse

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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

Ernst — Nellie Storrier. Nellie died 13 Jun 1954, Labyrinth Lake, , Ontario. [Group Sheet]