File 11 - Gerhard D. Doerksen

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CA MHC EMC-V-6033-11

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Gerhard D. Doerksen

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  • 1875 (Creation)

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(1865-1949)

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Gerhard Doerksen (1865-1949) emigrated to Canada with his parents Gerhard and Helena (Dick) Doerksen from Fischau, Molotschna, South Russia. They joined the Kleine Gemeinde church and settled in the Manitoba Mennonite East Reserve in the village of Blumenhof, in 1875. Gerhard married Sara E. Plett and continued to live in Blumenhof. In 1915 the family moved to Satanta, Kansas. The family returned to Manitoba 1940 and settled in Mennonite East Reserve, in the village of Blumenort.

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Loewen, Royden

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Gerhard D. Doerksen, "Die Auswanderungs Reise von Russland nach Amerika im Jahre 1875."

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Archivist's note

Missing: removed for research - D.K. Schellenberg - March 21, 1994

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