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- 1846-1999 (Creation)
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5cm of textual records
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Erwin Cornelsen
Erwin Cornelsen was born on May, 28, 1919 in Schweingrube, Stuhm, Prussia. His parents were Franz Benno Cornelsen and Marie Wiehler. Erwin married Hildur Elisabeth Deckert on August 19, 1944 and they had 5 children. They came to Canada in 1956. He is considered the founding leader of the Sherbrooke Mennonite Church in Vancouver. He was pastor of First United Mennonite Church in Vancouver from 1961-1967 He was interim pastor of the Langley Fellowship in1978.
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Erwin Cornelsen via David Giesbrecht
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Fonds is arranged in the following series:
1) Personal Writings - 1945-1999 (3 files) - Box 201
2) Sermons - 1846-1863 (Peter Andres) (1 file) - Boxx 201
3) Memoirs - 1944-1946 (Mgadalena Heidebrecht Andres) (1 file) - Box 201
4) Travel Diary - 1945 (Hanna Bartel) (1 file) - Box 201
5) Letters - 1773 (Ulrich Schowalter) (1 file) - Box 201
6) Autobiography - 1909 (Jacob Abram Klassen) (1 file) - Box 201
7) Poland Travel - 1976 (Helmut Wiens) (1 file) - Box 201
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Most of the documents are in German and some are in English.
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Erwin Cornelsen's personal writings are an account of his experiences in prison, reflections of Psalm 151on his 80th birthday and an account of his 40 years in Canada
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Sermons preached by Peter Andres on Easter Monday and one at a wedding
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Memoirs by Mgadalena Heidebrecht Andres detailing her flight from Poland to Germany during WWII
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Travel Diary Hanna Bartel covering the author's flight from Poland in January 1945 to Germany;
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Letters by Ulrich Schowalter from Geissberg written to his friend Peter Weber on 9 Jan 1773
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- Cornelsen (Deckert), Hildur Elisabeth, 1917-2001 (Subject)
- Cornelsen, Franz Benno, 1894-1972 (Subject)
- Cornelsen, Marie (Wiehler), 1895-1985 (Subject)
- Bartel, Hanna (Subject)
- Andres, Magadalena Irmgard (Heidebrecht), 1930- (Subject)
- Schowalter, Ulrich (Subject)
- Klassen, Jacob Abram, 1847-1919 (Subject)
- Andres, Peter, 1921-2004 (Subject)
- Weber, Peter (Subject)
- Wiens, Hellmut C., 1903-1981 (Subject)
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Record created January 15, 2009
Record modified January 15, 2009