Christian RUMPEL

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  • Christian RUMPEL
    BIOGRAPHY: Christian RUMPEL was the second child of Andreas and Carolina RUMPEL (nee SILZER). He came to Canada with his parents May 6, 1891 and the family took up residence in the Balgonie District. In 1905, at the age of 20, Chris took up a homestead eight miles north of Tyvan, Saskatchewan. He broke 20 acres and in 1906 harvested his first crop of 455 bushels of wheat and broke another 35 acres. In 1907 the crop was badly frozen, the wheat was number 5 and sold for 55 cents a bushel. On January 13, 1909 Chris married Ida SCHLIEVERT and they lived with her parents, Karl August and Karolina Henrietta SCHLIEVERT (nee LINDEMANN), on the farm 6 miles northwest of Balgonie. In 1910 Chris bought the N.E. quarter of 29-18-17 from his father-in-law for $18 per acre. In 1912 he bought the S.E. quarter of 29-18-17 forom his brother-in-law, Fred BECKER, at $32 per acre with $1,000 cash and the balance in six years. On March 8, 1911 he sold his homestead in Tyvan to a neighbour for $2,000 with $300 cash and the balance in five years. In 1917 he bought the farm of his father-in-law for $6,000. The farm had a brick veneer house which Chris helped build in 1910. Here they raised their family of five, raising chickens and milking cows. They also had a large vegtable garden. The house was a large two storey with two bedrooms on the main floor and three on the second floor with a large kitchen and livingroom, lots of room for their five children to roam. There was also an ice house to store there vegtables. In 1948 Chris and Ida moved to the village of Edenwold and bought a neat two bedroom house with a large yard. Ida was an avid gardner and beautiful flowers were always a big part of the garden. By this time three of their children, Ella, Martha, and Ed, were also living in Edenwold. The homestead was sold to their son Herb. On February 7, 1949 Edenwold got electricity connected form Regina and in July 1953 Herb had power connected to the homestead. In 1963 the yard work became to much for Chris and Ida so they decided to sell the property in Edenwold and move to Regina and live with their daughter and son-in-law, Martha and Carl HOLLERBAUM. Carl and Martha had also just moved to Regina after selling Carl's garage business in Edenwold. Both Chris and Ida were active members in the Edenwold Baptist Church. Chris was the Sunday School Superintendent for 25 years and a Deacon of the church up until the time they moved to Regina. In June 1964, Chris suffered a stroke and passed away June 26, 1964 in the Regina General Hospital. Funeral services were held Tuesday, June 30 at Faith Baptist Church in Regina. He was buried in Edenwold. Ida lived with Carl and Martha and was still active in her garden and flowers until she suffered a slight stroke in 1979 which left her to weak to keep up the garden. In 1980 she celebrated her 90 birthday and a tea was held on May 25, 1980 with some 70 friends and relatives dropping by, she enjoyed the day immensely. Ida passed away on September 19, 1985 and is also buried in the Edenwold cemetary.
    IMMIGRATION: Passenger number 207667
    
    1Compiled by Carol Baird (nee Rumpel), Our Family, Family Source. Prepared for the Rumpel Family Reunion, held in Balgonie, SK, in July of 1981.
    2Buch und Kunstverlag by Carl Hirsch A. G. Konstanz/Printed in Germany, Christliches Gedenkbuch, Family Source, Pg # 284. "Lebensworte und geistliche Liederdichtungen für jeden Tages des Jahres." This book was given to my Grandmother from her sister, Bertha Kepl (nee Schlievert) on her 27th birthday. All birth and death dates were hand written by my Grandmother, after her death the entries were written by my Father. This book is now in my possession.
    3Immigration Records, Passenger # 207667.
    4Personal knowledge. Letter written by Christian Rumpel.

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