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- [ca. 1890]-1915 (Creation)
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8 leaves
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Name of creator
Biographical history
Dietrich Voth was born in Marienthal, Molotschna colony to Heinrich Voth and Sara Schierling. Dietrich was baptized in 1883 in Spat Crimea and became a member of the Busau Mennonite Church. In 1887 Dietrich married Katharina Mierau and together they had twelve children. Dietrich died in 1915 in Marinovka, Memrik colony in south Russia.
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Anna Turcott
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Scope and content
This fonds consists of a copy of an eight page family registry compiled by Dietrich Voth, in which he documents birth, death and marriage dates. Include is are the dates for his parents and wife's parents, his children, and a page for each of his Voth siblings and a page for one of his daughters and her family. Besides the date and hour of day for the children's births, he also includes the name of the midwife and how much he paid their services, and occasionally how many hours of labour occured during the birth.
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Digital copy (pdf format), transcription and translation available.
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Accession number 2023-019