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Mary Derksen and Hildegard Klassen outside in the snow.

Hildegard Klassen with a cat on her lap sitting on the cart. Two horses are nearby and two children at the front of the photo in Yarrow at Kinderfest.

Men and women gathered in an orchard.

The first group of Mennonite settlers came to Yarrow, British Columbia in February 1928. In July they met at Yarrow Park on Eckert Road on the other side of Stewart Creek, which is now called Ratzlaff Road. Individuals on the picture are identified by number on the accompanying photo - 2011.016.026a. 1. George Epp, 2. Peter Giesbrecht, Jr, 3. Gerhard Hooge, 4. Gerhard Hooge, Sr, 5. Abraham “Joe” Klassen, 6. Johann Janzen, 7. Waldo Bahnman, 8. Aron Janzen, Sr, 9. Isaac Epp, 10. Johann Braun, 11. David Rempel, 12. Gerhard Derksen, 13. Wilmar Jantzen, 14. Aron Jantzen, Jr, 15. Jacob C. Krause, 16. Jacob Dyck, 17. Nickolai Reimer, Jr, 18. Daniel Thiessen, 19. Susanna (Giesbrecht) Thiessen, 20. Elizabeth (Wittenberg) Giesbrecht, 21. Maria (Rempel) Krause, 22. Sara (Peters) Reimer, 23. Jacob Epp, 24. John Bargen, 25. Elizabeth (Janzen) Epp, 26. Elisabeth Reimer, 27. Sarah Reimer, 28. Gertrude Reimer, 29. Katherine Derksen, 30. Tina Derksen, 31. Meta (Regier) Bahnman, 32. Benno Bahnman, 33. David Friesen, 34. Maria Hooge, 35. Isaak Sawatzky, 36. Elizabeth (Derksen) Thiessen, 37. Mary (Huebner) Bargen, 38. Helena (Klippenstein) Janzen, 39. Aganetha Sawatsky, 40. Nickolai Reimer, Sr, 41. Johann Braun, Jr., 42. John Rempel, 43. Cornelius Giesbrecht, 44. Peter Sawatzky, 45. Isaac Sawatsky, 46. Lena Epp, 47. George Doerksen, 48. Carl Krause, 49. Daniel Thiessen, Jr, 50. Louise Rempel, 51. Hannah Rempel, 52. Jacob Epp, Jr, 53. Henry Doerksen, 54. David Giesbrecht, 55. Gertude (Giesbrecht) Abrahams, 56. Lena Bargen, 57. Melita (Krause) Peters, 58. Susana (Siemens) Braun, 59. Menno Brown, 60. Elizabeth Thiessen, 61. Elizabeth (Giesbrecht) Dahl, 62. Mary Thiessen, 63. Maria (Dahl) Hooge, 64. Hilda (Bahnmann) Dyck, 65. Katharina (Epp) Dahl, 66. Mary (Giesbrecht) Friesen, 67. Agnes Thiessen, 68. Lena Wiens, 69. Mary (Epp) Neufeld, 70. Anne (Sawatsky) Thiessen, 71. Mary Thiessen, 72. Susan Epp, 73. Mary (Krause) Hamm, 74. Peter Epp, 75. Mary Reimer, 76. Naomi (Krause) Giesbrecht, 77. Elisabeth (Epp) Schmidt, 78. David Rempel, Jr., 79. Margaret (Thiessen) Derksen, 80. John Giesbrecht, 81. John Bargen, Jr, 82. Hertha (Bahnmann) Cramer, 83. unknown, 84. Wilfred Bahnman, 85. John Derksen, 86. Olga Bahnman

Portrait of Chancey Eckert, founder of Yarrow settlement

The Krause family on Eckert street in Yarrow, BC.

The first wedding in Yarrow BC was the marriage of George Hooge and Maria (Dahl) with bridesmaid Helena (Lena Wiens) Reimer and best man John Dahl (Maria's brother) as attendants.

Thirty adult Yarrow Mennonite Brethren Sunday School students and two teachers, Mr. J. Klassen and Mr. J. Neufeld are under a tree in 1929.

The Peters one storey family home is pictured behind a dark picket fence in Yarrow, British Columbia.

Girls' club at Yarrow MB Church with Margaret Peters standing on the far right.

Wedding of Henry and Margaret Neufeldt with young people surrounding them outside in a field in Yarrow, British Columbia.

A Sunday School class in 1929. Sarah (Enns) Martens is in first row, extreme left, marked with an x.

Nine baptismal candidates, 4 men and 5 women standing in front of a building.

Wedding of Dan and Agatha (Derksen) Goertz in Yarrow, British Columbia who were pioneers in Yarrow.

Yarrow Mennonite Brethren church built in 1930-1931.