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Eight young men relaxing on the grass in Rueckenau, South Russia.

Twenty-eight young women in Yarrow, BC. Standing (left to right) : unknown, unknown, unknown, unknown, unknown, Susie (Giesbrecht) Derksen, unknown, unknown, unknown, unknown. Sitting on chairs (left to right) : Lena (Nickel) Klassen, Louise (Friesen) Peters, Annie (Derksen) Dyck, Sarah Neufeld, Mary Friesen, Margaret (Peters) Toews, Lena Kroeker, Gertie (Giesbrecht) Abrahams, Mary Epp, Anne (Ewert), Froese, Mary Thiessen. Sitting on the grass : Erna (Martens) Neumann, Mary Goosen, Mary Wedel, Margaret (Reimer) Henry, Agnes (Isaak) Spenst, Lena Bargen, Mary (Derksen) Enns.

In the coffin is Heinrich Martens, son of Johann Martens of Liebenau, Russia.

Family and friends celebrating the silver wedding anniversary of Abraham Franz Martens and wife Sarah (Penner) Martens. They were married in 1872 so this picture was likely taken in the year 1897.

A group of 14 people after a wedding in 1901 in Russia. Standing (left to right): Johann Wieler, Margaretha Wieler, unknown, unknown, unknown, unknown, unknown, Margaretha (Wieler) Thiessen, unknown, Franz C. Thiessen. Sitting (left to right): Helena (Wieler) Martens, Lydia (Wieler) Thiessen, Anna (Funk) Wieler, Susanna Thiessen.

Peter P. Martens family sitting on either side of a large tree. Top row (left to right) : John P. Martens, Peter P. Martens, John J. Martens, Gerhard Martens, Heinrich Martens, Franz Martens. Third row (left to right) : Peter Franz Martens, Heinrich F. Martens, Jacob Koop, Johan Martens, ? Klassen, ? Dickman, Abram Martens. Second row (left to right) : unknown, Anna Martens, unknown, Helena (Wieler) Martens, Susanna (Martens) Enns, ? Koop, ? Klassen, ? Klassen, Henry J. Sukkau. First row (left to right) : Aganetha Martens, Susanna Martens, Franz F. Martens, Mrs. J. Koop, Mrs. Klassen, Susanna (Friesen) Martens, Mrs. Sukkau. Sitting on the two stools in front. Left to right: Abram Martens, ? Martens.

Eight men in forestry service in Rueckenau, Russia. Standing (left to right): Kornelius Thiessen, Peter P. Martens, Abram Wiens, Heinrich Epp. Sitting (left to right): John Barkman, Jacob Johan Regehr, Peter Sukkau and Abram Wiebe.

Portrait of Peter Loewen taken in Russia. He is dressed in a very formal suit.

Portrait of Jacob J. Wiens who came to Canada in 1924, Plaitsville, Ontario.

Portrait of Abraham Friesen taken in Russsia.

1 photograph : sepia ; 9 x 6.5 cm

Funeral of Lydia (Wieler) Thiessen who died 23 Feb 1908 in Rueckenau, Molotschna, at the age of 29 years old.

Sarah Thielmann in the coffin who died at the age of 45 in Barwenkova, Russia. The lid of the coffin is covered with black and white tulle which is directly behind the coffin.