Fonds PP - Anna Sawatzky family fonds

Anna Sawatsky (1892-1966) (born as Anna Funk) was the first born child to Heinrich P. Funk (1868-) and Maria Friesen (1869-) who lived near Gretna, Manitoba. She was baptized on May 12, 1913 in the Sommerfeld Mennonite Church and was married to John Sawatzky (1886- ) of Schoenhorst, Manitoba near Gretna in 1916. (John was born in Fargo, North Dakota.) John and Anna Sawatzky lived and and farmed near Rosenfeld, Manitoba in the Weidenfeld school district. Together they had five children -- Henry, Dora, David, John, and Anna. Anna Funk was a collector of poetry which she often used on special occasions such as weddings, birthdays, funerals and anniversaries. (After her death, John Sawatzky married Helen Friesen, nee Helen Hildebrandt.)

Anna and John Sawatzky's daughter, Dora Sawatzky (1918-) was baptized on June 1, 1936 and became a member of the Sommerfeld Mennonite Church. She married Abram Friesen (1913-1963) in 1939 and they farmed in the Rosenfeld area. In his growing up years Abram Friesen attended school at the Zion public school northwest of Winkler, Manitoba. Abram and Dora Friesen had six children -- John, Henry, Dorothy, Mary, Amie, and David. At some point during their marriage they joined the Bergthaler Mennonite Church, centered in Altona, Manitoba. After Abram's death Dora married Abram Driedger (1898-1986) in 1969. Abram Driedger attended the private school in the Blumenhof northwest of Gretna in his younger years, 1905-1914.