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Centre for Mennonite Brethren Studies, Winnipeg Thiessen, Anna J., 1892-1977 With digital objects
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Sunday School - (church at the corner of Manitoba and McKenzie)

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.

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Group of young women at the Mary Martha Home

This photo is of the women of the Mary Martha Home. Anna Thiessen is at the centre of the fourth row from front, wearing glasses. -- Note: there are 2 copies of this photo, copy 2 is accession number 2002-007 from the Nicholai Fehderau collection. On the back of this photo the date is given as March 1927 whereas the on copy 2 the date, written in pencil, is 1932. The date March 1927 seams to be more authentic.

Dubchak, M.

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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Sewing Class

This photo is a portrait of Anna Thiessen and a large group of 27 girls in a sewing class, posing for a photo with some of their sewing. This was part of Anna Thiessen's community mission work in Winnipeg.

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Group of young women

This photo is of a large group of young women at the Mary Martha Home. Anna Thiessen sits in the center of the fourth row, wearing glasses. Note: This photo has an inset on the top of 8 young women. Note: A duplicate of this photo can be found in NP66-2-22, and a negative in NP25-7-64.

Young women

This photo is a portrait of a group of young women. Seated in the second row from the front is Anna Thiessen wearing glasses. Note: This photo is a part of three other similar photos on the same page.

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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