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Genealogy and family history
by Alf Redekopp
Queries
Rempel and Isaak – In the course of compiling information on the family history of Heirich Peters (1857-1930), I acquired many old letters written between 1924 and 1931. Some were written by the sister of Elizabeth Peters (nee Warkentin), a Mrs. Peter Rempel, whose husband taught at Gretna, Manitoba. There are also letters from a David Isaak, who lived near the Rempels at Gretna. Information about the descendants of these relatives would be greatly appreciated. Please contact Kathy Peters at RR2, Didsbury, AB T0M 0W0.
Letkemann-Mantler – I am looking for information on the ancestors and descendants of Jakob Letkemann (1857) and Maria Mantler (1866) who came to Gretna, Manitoba in 1892. The descendants are believed to have migrated to Mexico. Please contact: Theresia Mantler, 778 Country Rd 37, RR 3, Wheatley, ON N0P 2P0.
Thiessen and Dick – I am looking for information on Peter P. Thiessen and W.R. Dick. Both worked with the resettlement of Russlaender (Mennonite immigrants of the twenties) from their first situation on the prairies to the Fraser Valley of BC.
W.R. Dick was working for the Mennonite Land Settlement Board (MLSB), a subsidiary of the CM Board of Colonization, and stationed in Calgary in 1928 and 1929. He related to various agents of the Canada Colonization Association (CCA) in BC. Quite a few of his letters are in these papers which form part of the CPR fonds held in the Glenbow Museum, Calgary. He suffered a car accident at Kingston, Ontario in August 1928 while on a holiday.
Peter P. Thiessen, a Russlaender from Chortitza, probably Mennonite Brethren, started out in Saskatoon as an agent of the MLSB, but in 1930 he was stationed in Vancouver as an agent of the CCA in order to assist in the settlement of Mennonite families in Yarrow. He and his wife helped in the early formation of the Maedchenheim in Vancouver. He proved to be an effective inspector for the CCA and was helpful to many Mennonite families in the early 1930s.
Anyone knowing anything about these individuals, or having records that might be helpful for research into the early Mennonite settlement of the Fraser Valley, please contact Peter Penner, 20 Rundlelawn Close, NE, Calgary, AB, T1Y 4A5, (403) 280-2177, or Email: justpen@cadvision.com.
Enns – I am looking for descendants of Johan Enns (b. ca.1890), son of Johann and Katharina Enns of Fuerstenland, Russia. He came to Canada in the 1920s. Katharina died in 1965 and the children of this family are presumed to live in B.C. Contact: Paul Thiessen, R.R.#3, 62 Hunter Road, Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON or phone (905) 468-7392.
Wiens – I am looking for information on the descendants of Peter and Agatha Wiens from Kleefeld, Molotschna. They had 5 children – Peter (d. in WWI), Abram, Jacob (b. June 4, 1904 d. 1947 in Canada and married to Anna Giesbrect), Helena and Agatha (married to a Harder). Contact: Paul Thiessen, R.R.#3, 62 Hunter Road, Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON or phone (905) 468-7392.
Enns-Reimer – I am searching for the ancestry of Peter Enns (b. 1832 in Tiege, Molotschna). He lived in Berdjansk and had 11 children with his first wife Elisabeth Reimer (b. 1835). They were Abraham b. 1855, Peter b. 1857, Jakob b. 1858, Isaak b. 1860, Johan b. 1861, Heinrich b. 1862, David b. 1863, Johann II b. 1866, Johan III b. 1868, Elisabeth b. 1869 and Gerhard b. 1870. His second marriage to Eva Berg in 1882 resulted in the following additional children: Anna b. 1882, Katharina b. 1884 Margaretha b. 1886, Cornelius b. 1887, Agnetha b. 1889, Sara b. 1893 and Maria Louise b. 1910. This family emigrated from Russia in 1885 and settled at Newton, Kansas. Contact: Audrey Hawk, 2035 Old Portland Road, St. Helens OR 97051-3122, USA or email: audrey10@crpud.net.
Enns – I am searching for family history information on Peter Enns who came out of Russia via China and settled in the Los Angeles, California area around 1930. He had a cousin also named Peter Enns who lived in Portland, Oregon. Contact: Audrey Hawk, 2035 Old Portland Road, St. Helens OR 97051-3122, USA or email: audrey10@crpud.net.
Recent Book
Isaac Bergen. The George Krahn Family 1839-1999. (Abbotsford, BC: Private publication, 1999) 390 pp.
This book focuses on the family history of George Krahn (1839-1919) and Justina Thiessen (1853-1834). Both of these had a first marriage – George Krahn first married to Maria Vehr (1844-1879) and Justina Thiessen first married to Jacob Klassen (1852-1890). Each of these first marriages produced a number of children, so that they brought a family of 13 children together in their second marriage. Together they had another 3 children. This family lived in Kronsweide, Chortitza, Russia. This book contains many stories, photographs and genealogical data on these families. Contact: Isaak Bergen, 1675 Gladwin Road, Winnipeg, MB V2T 5Y5.
Upcoming Publicaton
Kathy Peters, Didsbury, Alberta has just completed the compilation of a family history on the descendants of Heinrich Peters (1857-1930) and Elizabeth Warkentin (1860-1936). The compilation is in manuscript form and consists of many family stories and pictures, copies of some old letters and documents, and some genealogy. Heinrich Peters was the grandson of another Heinrich Peters whose brother Jacob Peters was a leader in the emigration of Mennonites from Bergthal, Russia to Canada in the 1870s. Contact: Kathy Peters, R.R.#2, Didsbury, AB. T0M 0W0.
Send inquiries to Alf Redekopp, 600 Shaftesbury Blvd., Winnipeg, MB R3P 0M4.
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