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This photo is of the farewell gathering in the village of Tiegenhagen in July 1924. Almost the whole village left for Canada.
First row, sitting on ground (l-r): Agnes Braun (Rempel), Justina Enns (Rempel), Maria Doerksen (Schulz), Maria Willms (Kornelsen), Margareta Wiebe, Lydia Enns (Jordan), Emma Kronrad (Grimm), Olga Loewen (Grimm), Sara Schulz.
Second row (l-r): Anna Braun (Friesen), Mrs. Woelk (Braun), Anna Poetker, Lena Warkentin (Wiebe), Aganetha ?, Aganetha Dahl, Maria Kornelsen (Konrad), Helena Loewen (Friesen), Katharina Astakhoff (Enns), Anna Boese, Kornelius Braun, Gerhard Schellenberg.
Third row (l-r): Maria Wiens (Braun), Sara Schellenberg (Kornelsen), Anna Dueck (Braun), Sara Braun (Friesen), Sara Poetker, ? Warkentin, Liese Schulz (Wiebe), Margareta Loewen, Anna Epp (Loewen), Lena Dahl (Boese), Katharina Thiessen (Kornelsen).
Fourth row (l-r): Sara Penner (Enns), Maria Wiebe, Greta Loewen (Fast), Anna Wiebe, Anna Rempel (Reimer), Lena Warkentin, Maria Friesen, Liese Tiessen (Woelk), Agnes Warkentin, Maria Schulz (Wiebe), Sara Rempel (Wiebe), Lena Dahl (Rempel), Aganeta Pauls (Enns), Liese Poetker (Braun), Margaret Loepp (Nickel).
Fifth row (l-r): Heinirch Enns, Jacob Penner, Johann Konrad, Peter Konrad, Jacob Braun, Gerhard Dick, Wilhelm Rempel, Wilhelm Schulz, Jacob Willms, Johann Wiebe, Abram Dahl, Peter Dahl, Johann Poetker, Peter Kornelsen, Wilhelm Loewen.
Sixth row (l-r): Heinirch Rempel, Jacob Braun, Peter Willms, Heinirch Schulz, Abram Loepp, Jacob Fast, Jacob Loepp, Heinrich Willms, Jacob Dahl, Gerhard Braun, Wilhelm Loewen.
Seventh row (l-r): Jacob Braun, Kornelius Woelk, Kornelius Loepp, Johann Loewen, Peter Reimer, Nicolai Enns, Abram Dahl, ? Warkentin, Jacob Schulz, Jacob Wiebe, Heinrich Poetker, Heinrich Loewen.

This photo shows Conference of Mennonites in Canada annual sessions at Greendale, B.C. 1949. Prominent leaders toward the front include in the front row (left to right): Johann G. Rempel, Peter J. Dyck, Tina Thiessen, J.J. Thiessen (Chair), Jacob Gerbrandt (Vice Chair), Anna Gerbranct, H.T. Klaassen (secretary), [? ], Benjamin Ewert; second row (left to right): [?], Johann H. Enns, [?], [?], [?], Johann Wichert, etc.

This photo shows Conference of Mennonites in Canada annual sessions at Greendale, B.C. 1949.

This is a photo of a small gathering of people including the J. J. Thiessens (2nd from left) and Mr. David Abrahams and Mrs. David Abrahams (front row, centre). On the far left are C.J. and Agnes Wall.

This photo shows Mrs. J.J. Thiessen alighting from a buggy. The delegates attedning the Conference of Mennonites in Canada sessions joined the citizens of Steinbach in a district celebration. Mr. J.J. Thiessen is seen in the foreground

Rev. and Mrs. J. J. Thiessen standing on sidewalk beside First Mennonite Church, Saskatoon.

Mennonite Maedchenheim in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Group photo with the residents with their family and the houseparents J.J. Thiessen and his wife Katherine (Kornelsen). The Thiessens were the founder of the home and were the houseparents from 1931-1956.

This photo shows Katharina? Thiessen (wife of J.J.).