John Reble and group of men at Geraldton, Ontario

Description

Media Type

Image

Item Type

Photographs

Description

Black and white photograph of Rev. John H. Reble, president of the Canada Synod, and eleven men standing outdoors in Geraldton, Ontario. The men are World War II refugees from Estonia who were working in the Little Long Lac Mine.

Front row, left to right: Unknown; Unknown; Rudolf Kehklal; Unknown; Unknown

Back row, left to right: Unknown; Elmar Lepik; John H. Reble; Unknown; Unknown; Unknown; Edgar Tiilen

Notes

The photograph is damaged.

John H. Reble (1887-1975) was a Lutheran pastor who served as President of the Canada Synod from 1945 to 1953.

John Reble was born in Kropp, Germany on December 14, 1887. He was educated at Kropp Seminary. He moved to Canada and was ordained in Hamilton, Ontario in 1909.

Reble served as pastor of Denbigh-Raglan from 1909 to 1912; Linwood-Hessen from 1912-1925; and St. Paul in Hamilton from 1925-1945. He became the president of the Canadian Synod in 1925, and was elected as full-time president in 1945. Reble maintained this position until 1953 when he retired. Following retirement he continued to lead supply services in Walkerton, Arnprior, Kitchener, and Germany.

He married Gertrud Butze on May 26, 1909 at Arnpoir, Ontario. The couple had four children: Elsie, Kurt, Otto, Eric and John.

Reble passed away on April 7, 1975 at 87 years old in his home in Kitchener. A funeral service was held at St. Peter’s Lutheran Church in Kitchener.

Inscriptions

Handwritten, reverse: Estonians at Long Lac Gold Mines, Geraldton, Sept. 1948

Date of Original

Sept. 1948

Image Dimensions

Image Width: 12cm
Image Height: 7.5cm

Subject(s)

Men
Reble, John H.

Local identifier

S2078_4.13

Collection

John H. Reble collection

Geographic Coverage

Geraldton

Ontario, Canada

Latitude: 49.72667 Longitude: -86.94842

Copyright Statement

Public domain: Copyright has expired according to Canadian law. No restrictions on use.

Recommended Citation

John Reble and group of men at Geraldton, Ontario, S2078, File 4.13, John H. Reble fonds, Wilfrid Laurier University Archives & Special Collections, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.

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