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This photo is of Sunday School children and adults at the Mennonite Brethren church at the corner of Manitoba and MacKenzie, Winnipeg. 2 copies. This building was known as the German Baptist Mission Chapel which was rented by the Mennonite Brethren group. Second row from back, 4th from left is Anna Thiessen and 7th from left is William Bestvater.

This photo is a portrait of the first Mennonite Brethren choir in Winnipeg at the church on 652 Manitoba and McKenzie street - the German Baptist Mission Chapel, which the Mennonite Brethren group rented.
Back row: Gottlieb Wensel, Schulz, William Bestvater, Janke.
Middle row: Oehme, Lina's Mutter, Anna Thiessen, Anna (Bestvater) Redecopp.
Front row: Olga Klee, Lina Oehme, Tina Loewen, Adela Rosen, Philip Hamburger.

This photo is of a group of adult men and women in the basement of the North End Mennonite Brethren Church basement who passed the 1921 Bible course given by Rev. William Bestvater.
Back row, left to right, is Abe Sawatzky (Aberdeen, SK), John P. Siemens (Dinuba, CA), Henry von Niessen, Henry Sawatzky, David Berg (Waldheim, SK), Jacob Schroeder (Vancouver, BC).
Seated, left to right, is Miss Anna Froese (Main Centre, SK), Miss A. Unger (now Mrs. J. Wiebe of Herbert, SK), Miss Mary Schroeder, Anna Bestvater (now Mrs. B. Redekopp, Herbert, SK), Miss Helen Neufeld (Vancouver , BC), Miss Anna Thiessen (Winnipeg).
William Bestvater is standing in the back.
Photo identification based on a similar photo that was published in the Mennonite Brethren Herald March 30, 1962, p. 6.
Heavy winter coats can be seen in the background hanging on the wall.

This photo is of two men standing outside on a street during winter with houses and a horse and sleigh in the background. Left is David Dyck and on the right is William Bestvater.

This is a picture of Rev. and Mrs. Bestvater taken in 1959 on her 90th birthday.