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Centre for Mennonite Brethren Studies, Winnipeg Thiessen, Anna J., 1892-1977
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First Choir - (church at the corner of Manitoba and McKenzie)

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.

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Group of Adult Men and Women

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.

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Group of women

This photo is of a group of women standing on the front steps of 437 Mountain Ave., at one time the Mary Martha home. Anna Thiessen is in front row in black.

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