while Emma was born in Prussia. Graefer
was a blacksmith and built a house,
blacksmith shop and telephone office on
the west side of Main Street. The
Henderson Directories after 1896 indicate
a partnership between Graefer and Gustav
Schuman, likely his brother-in—law. The
Graefers were Lutheran and Wilhelm is
listed as a founding member of the Trinity
Lutheran Church in 1901. The last name of
Emma’s parents who lived with the
Graefers is undecipherable in the Census
but was Schumann. Karl was a day
labourer. A Louise Schumann is recorded
as having died in Winkler on October 11,
1913 at the age of 76. August was
Wilhelm's brother and he arrived in
Canada a year after Wilhelm. Fred Graefer,
a son of August and Rosalie, began school
in March, 1897 indicating the family may
have arrived in Winkler at that time.
August's wife Rosalie was born in Russia
and must have been married previously to
a Jenichovsk. August's occupation is listed
as blacksmith but he also served as the
town constable and night watchman from
1907—1912 and 1918—22. 1901 Census, 6—
33; Brown, 55-56; Trinity, 2; W75, 9;
Henderson 1896, Graefer; VS.

Heinrich and Alma Graff

The Graff’s arrived from Germany in
1891. They were Lutheran and he was a
schoolteacher. He also became school
inspector in the West Reserve 1904—1905.
The Graff’s also lived in Altona for awhile
but returned to Winkler in 1906. 1901
Census, 6-30; Ens, 110; Germania, 5 May
1906.

David K. and Susanna Harder with four
children.

David Harder was a day labourer. 1901
Census, 9—10.

David A. and Lena Hiebert with six
young children.

David Hiebert, a 32 year-old implement
agent was the son of Abraham and Maria
(Falk) Hiebert of Griinthal. The senior

188

Hieberts were from Bergthal Colony and
are listed in the Reinlander church records
and designated ‘Bergthaler’. They appear
later in the Sommerfeld church records.
1901 Census, 4-1; VC, 233; Dyck, 204.

Jacob and Maria Heppner

The Heppner’s were a young couple, both
born in Manitoba and without children. He
was a teamster. Jacob may be the son of the
Bergthaler Aeltester from Waldheim and
Schanzenfeld. 1901 Census, 6—42; VC, 230.

Johann and Maria (Peters) Hooge with
three children ranging in ages from 14 to 21.

The Hooge family settled in Brainerd,
Minn. in 1875 came to Chortitz and then
Hoffnungsfeld. In 1899 they moved to a
farm north of Winkler and later that year to
Winkler. His occupation in the 1901
Census is still listed as farmer. He founded
the Winkler Home for the Aged in 1919
and Hooge Cleaners. The Hooge’s are
listed as founding members of the Winkler
Bergthaler Church. The 1893 school
register lists the Hooge children. 1901
Census, 10-36; VC, 232; W75, 139, 163,
165; WB, 238; WSDR.

Archie Kennedy
Angus Kennedy
Herbert Kennedy
Racie Pockorny
Bella Soper
Alma Ruchik
Thomas Acheson
Archie Fraser
David A. Kirkby

Archie operated the Stanley House hotel and
brother Angus was the bartender. Herbert is
listed as a boarder but was quite likely a
younger brother attending school. The others
were single boarders who stayed at the hotel.
The three single women also worked there.
Racie was listed as a Bohemian Austrian,
Bella an Ontario born Irish Methodist, and
Alma a Lutheran German. Thomas Acheson
was Irish and the railway agent from 1899 to
1905; Fraser was the section foreman and
Scottish, while Kirkby was English and a