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This appears to be a studio picture and a Christmas greeting of the Thielmann family.

Sisters Ruth and Rebecca Balzer enjoying each other.

John and Agnes Esau with daughters, Katherine Grace and Mary Lois. Their first two children and the last were born in Canada. Their second daughter was born in Chilliwack, British Columbia.

Elfrieda and Cornelius Balzer with their children, Ruth, Rebecca, David and Daniel

Prayer card (left to right): Peter Isaac and wife Lena (Giebrecht) Isaac.

Prayer card (left to right): Kenneth, Reta with baby Shirley, Fern, Henry and Wayne Guenther

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

Four Coaldale Bible School teachers, seated (left to right): Henry P. Neufeldt, G.A. Dirks, Allen R. Guenther, J.P. Dueck.

Peter Dyck, an instructor at the school.

Dietrich Friesen was a music instructor.

Henry P. Schroeder, one of the instuctors at MBBI.

Henry P. Neufeldt, music instructor.

Conductors workshop with Ben Horch as the lecturer. First row sixth person from the left if Ben Horch.

Henry P. Neufeldt teaching music theory at Columbia Bible Institute.