Person

Augustine, Albert Benjamin

1859-1909

Albert Benjamin Augustine was a teacher and school principal born on March 6, 1859 in Racine, Wisconsin to Samuel C. Augustine (1831-1897) and Barbara Lahr (1825-1904). He graduated from the Racine high school in 1876 and from Northwestern College in Naperville, Illinois in 1879. He taught in Montana, Wisconsin and New Berlin, Pennsylvania before returning to Racine where he was eventually named principal of the Third Ward School (later Winslow School) in 1884. He remained in the position until his death. He married Caroline Margaret Barbara Breithaupt on August 3, 1887 in Berlin (now Kitchener), Ontario and together they had three children: Albert William Augustine, Laurine Catherine Augustine, and Grace Melvina Louise Augustine. Albert died on April 10, 1909 in Racine and was buried in Mound Cemetery, Racine. Caroline and the children moved to Berlin after his death; Grace returning to the US to live and work until after 1954 when she returned to live in Kitchener.

Augustine, Caroline Margaret Barbara (1861-1951)

Ham, Mary (1931-)

Augustine, Grace Melvina Louise (1895-1981)

Augustine, Laurine Catherine (1894-1954)

Augustine, Albert William (1890-1972)

Created July 2019.
Revised September 2021 by DR.

• Albert B. Augustine - Find a Grave
• Albert Benjamin Augustine - Waterloo Region Generations
• "Death Removes Prof. Augustine" (April 12, 1909). The Journal Times (Racine, Wisconsin). p. 1