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John B Toews fonds Coaldale (Alberta)
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Abraham A. and Helena Toews family

Abraham A. and Helena (Janz) Toews with their family. Standing (left to right) : Helen Toews, Peter R. Toews, unknown, Abraham E. Toews, Victor Toews, Mary (Toews) Schmidt. Sitting (left to right) : Helena (Janz) Toews, Abraham A. Toews, John Benno Toews on the lap.

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Baerg Wiebe wedding

Wedding of unknown Berg and unknown Wiebe standing in front of the church in the winter.

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B.B. Janz ,1877-1964

This file consists of the following items:
1) "Meine Heimkehr" by B.B. Janz translated from German by daughter Martha Dueck, nee Janz. January, under the title "Follow Their Example" 1999. 13 pages.
Kurze Biographie des Bruder B.B. Janz von H.H. Kornelsen, Coaldale Alberta, 2 pages.
Abschiedsrede von Bruder B.B. Janz; 6 pages. Box 234
2) "Benjamin B. Janz (1877-1964): A Russian Mennonite Moses" by John B. Toews, 21 pages. Box 234
3) Commemorative Service program 1945, 12 pages.
4) "Profiles of Mennonite Faith Benjamin B.Janz (1877-1964), 2 pages of text and 2 photos taken in 1925 and 1950.
5) "Mother - Maria Rogalsky Janz" 5 pages. Box 234
6) Birthday greeting, Hand printed with a song from from Glaubensstimme songbook # 625.
7) Memorial Funeral Service for B.B. Janz with photo. Garden Chapel Funeral Homes, Abbotsford, B.C. Box 234
8) Margaret Martens Janz, "As I Remember Him" written by Janz's daughter-in-law. 7 handwritten pages"B.B. Janz: Notes Made by his Brother, Jacob B Janz", Coaldale, Alberta. (family history and letters) .Taken from "Journal of the American Historical Society of Germans from Russia Vol1 no.1, 50 pages; English translation
9) Janz, Jacob B "Benjamin B. Janz: Nach Aufzeichnungen seines lieblichen Bruders. Written by Janz's brother.12 pages;
Jacob B. Janz, "B.B. Janz: Notes made by his brother, Jacob B Janz", Coaldale, Alberta. (family history and letters) .Taken from "Journal of the American Historical Society of Germans from Russia Vol1 no.1, 50 pages; English translation by Jacob B. Janz;
B.B. Janz correspondence taken from the A.A. Friesen Collection in North Newton Kansas.
To Dutch Mennoninte Relief Agency 1921;
To Study Commission for Foreign Emergencies, 1922;
To Study Commission Board, 1922; to B.H. Unruh, 1922;
To Canadian Mennonite Board of Colonization, 1922 & 1923;
To Leading Brethren of the Conferences and Organizations of the Mennonites in America, 1922 , 1923; To
Mennonite Colonization Association of North America and the Mennonite Executive Committee of Colonization, 1923;
To The Representatives of the Russian Mennonites Abroad, 1923; To The Brothers Peter H. Unruh and David Toews, 1923;
To The Representatives of the American Mennonite Churches. 1923;
To Mennonite Committees in Canada and the United States; 1924;
To The executive of the Mennonite Colonization Association.of North America 1924; 1925;
To David Toews , 1925;
To my dear ones in Tiege, 1926;
To Leadership of the Colonization Authorities in Canada, 1925
10) Tribute to the Janz family by Mary Neumann (Janz), 5 pages. - (1 file) Box 235.
11) J.J. Thiessen, Begraebnisansprache, gehalten gelegentlich der Beerdigung des heimatgegangenen Bruder's B.B. Janz in Coaldale am 20 October 1964. 4 pages

Janz, Benjamin B., 1877-1964

B.B. Janz and Mr. Hertzler of CPR

B.B. Janz and Mr. Hertzler of CPR (Canadian Pacific Railway) at a Coaldale Mennonite celebration thanking the CPR for the Credit monies allowing Russian Mennonites to come to Canada.

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B.B. Janz thanking CPR

B.B. Janz expressing thanks to Sir Edward W. Beatty representing the CPR for their assistance in the settlement of Mennonites in Canada. Several men on the platform beside the two persons at the pulpit with an audience at this event.

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Building committee

Six men who were part of the building committee for the Coaldale MB church standing are standing on the steps of the church. Left to right : Isaac Berg, Peter Dueck, Franz Koop, Heinrich Koop, John Dick, Peter Epp.

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