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This series consists of documents relating to Peter’s childhood such as his birth certificate, several brief autobiographies, and correspondence with his colleagues and immediate family. Some of the family’s diaries and PJB’s translations of their journals are included. The series was generated mostly by Peter J.B. Reimer, but also by some of his colleagues and family members. It includes documents relating to family history, correspondence with friends and colleagues, several of the many articles he wrote, and newspaper clippings regarding himself and his interests; it ends with his collection of obituaries, including his own.
Location: volume 6670, files 1-21.

A birth certificate; letters from her mother, 1948-1949; PJB Reimer’s post-card notes to his second wife Marie in 1945; a notebook with a list of names, notes about her 83rd birthday, gardening, and Christmas-card lists; two beautiful Christmas cards in German: Anna W. Brandt’s (1897-1898) and Tina W. Brandt’s (1918); an undated letter Marie wrote to Peter; Marie’s obituary

several items in this file relate to her family genealogy, starting with a very fragile page, perhaps written by her husband, that lists the names and births of their children; a notebook listing older, family genealogy records (starting with Johann Koop, and a list of Johann G. Barkman’s children, with a focus on “Onkel Martin Barkman”, and the “Lebensverzeichnis von die alte Tante Johann Koopsche” [Johann’s widow]), 1831-1918; a small envelop containing a photo of Aganetha Reimer, a copy of that photo; a letter to son Peter; a paper titled “Ein Testament an die Kinder, Mein letzer Wille von die Mutter” dated 20 November, 1936; the original copy of Aganetha R. Reimer’s “A Testament and Last Will to my children from me the mother dated the 20th day of November, 1936” and affirmed on March 14, 1938; the first paragraph of an account titled “Aganetha Barkman—her life”; a newspaper clipping about Aganetha Barkman Reimer, from the Carillon, 1986; a copy of a tribute to Aganetha Barkman Reimer written by Harvey Kroeker (the title of the periodical is not identified)

his birth-certificate; 6 articles he wrote about his childhood and early teaching years; a photograph of him, 1951; his autobiography (partial); part of an article about PJB and his first wife Elizabeth Reimer (1903-1946) written by Al Reimer for a family-history book; more articles he wrote, including “Miene Mutta”; a list of cars he owned; article “The Peter JB Reimer family”; photocopy of a hand-written article about himself and one about a book he wrote; a hand-written invitation to celebrate the 25th wedding anniversary of PJB and Marie Reimer; two pages stapled together—one noting the program PJB jotted down and the other the brief address Marie gave at their silver-wedding anniversary in 1971; a small paper with the prayer from Al Reimer; copy of an article about their 40th wedding anniversary; a tribute by son Al; “P.J.B. Reimer ist heimgegangen” and “Obituary of Our Father, Peter J.B. Reimer”—two obituaries written by his son Al; and a tribute to PJB Reimer by Roy Vogt

brochure for the Reimer Family Reunion held in July in Blumenort, MB, with his 2 name-tags tucked inside from 1954 and 1958; an article from Time magazine about the reunion of the “prospering Reimers”; the entire 14 July 1954 issue of the Steinbach Post that features a huge photo of the 1500-person assembly; “A Record Family Reunion,” a newspaper clipping from the The Star Weekly, Toronto, 1954; a newspaper clipping about the Kehler family reunion, “The (Berliner) Jacob Kehler family reunion” written by PJB Reimer, nd; an article about Aron Schulz written in 1924 by daughter Maria and son-in-law David Friesen, in German and in English, 1924, 1954; an undated hand-written article wherein PJB traces the lineage of Klaas Reimer back to Abraham Reimer, Danzig

some 10 articles (some are duplicates) written by PJB Reimer about some members of his family: Maria Barkman Reimer, Klaas Reimer, Jakob Barkman (Jacob Barkman), Brandts, Warkentins, and a poem PJB wrote about his family