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This photo is of Peter A. Toews standing with his wife, Maria Klassen, in a garden posing for a photo. Bishop Toews is wearing a minister's coat and Mrs. Toews is wearing a black head covering. He was elected minister in 1929, elected Bishop in 1931 and was bishop until 1951.

This photo is of the ministers and deacons meeting, Swift Current, Saskatchewan, consisting of the Saskatchewan Bergthaler Mennonite Church, Sommerfeld Mennonite Church and the Chortitzer Mennonite Church. Back row, left to right: Rev. Jacob Fehr; Rev. Franz Thiessen, Sommerfeld Vanderhoof, BC, later bishop; deacon Peter Martens, Bergthaler, SK; Rev. David Froese, Sommerfeld Swift Current, SK; Rev. Jacob K. Doerksen, Bergthaler, Carrot River, SK; Rev. Abraham Leiding, Sommerfeld Swift Current, SK; Rev. Henry A. Dyck, Bergthaler, SK; Heinrich Wiens, Bergthaler, Carrot River, SK; Peter Loeppky; Rev. Jacob Buhler, Bergthaler, SK, cousin to Bishop Abr. Buhler; Bernhard Rempel, Rev. Henrich H. Siemens Bergthaler, SK; Rev. Jacob D. Peters, Bergthaler, SK; Franz Dyck, Sommerfeld, Main Centre, SK; Johann A. Friesen, retired bishop Manitoba Sommerfeld; deacon Heinrich H. Dyck, Bergthaler, SK; Franz K. Peters, Bergthaler, SK; Rec. John M. Reddekopp, Bergthaler, SK; Rev. Peter Schlamp, Swift Current, Sommerfeld; Rev. Gerhard Klassen, Swift Current, Sommerfeld; Rev. Cornelius Nickel, Manitoba Sommerfeld. Front row: Rev. Jacob Kroeker, Swift Current, Sommerfeld, later bishop at La Crete, AB; Jacob Friesen, Swift Current, SK; Rev. Henrich D. Martens, Bergthaler, SK; Rev. Isaac Dyck, Swift Current, Sommerfeld Sommerfeld; Bishop Abram J. Buhler, Bergthaler, SK; Bishop Abram Peters, Sommerfeld, BC; Bishop David F. Wall, Swift Current, sommerfeld; Bishop Johann B. Epp, Carrot River, Bergthaler; Rev. Heinrich Schultz, Sommerfeld Main Centre, SK; Rev. Cornelius W. Friesen, Chortitzer, New Bothwell, Manitoba; Rev. Peter S. Kehler, Chortitzer, Steinbach, Manitoba; Wilhelm Friesen; ?. Note: see Preservings June 2003, p. 103. -- Note: included is a second copy and negative.

This photo is of the Manitoba Sommerfeld Mennonite Church ministers with some of their Old Colony and Saskatchewan Bergthaler colleagues who met for a consultation in Altona, MB. The men are dressed in dark shirts and black jackets. They are standing outside the Altona Sommerfeld Mennonite church building posing for a photo. For identification of the ministers see Church Family village, p. 102.

Negative only. Man standing in front of a farm house? Leader in the Sommerfelder church? This neg. was originally together with the neg. in 14.3605.

This photo is of the women at the consultation with the Manitoba Sommerfeld Mennonite Church ministers with their Old Colony and Saskatchewan Bergthaler colleagues in Altona. The women are dressed in various dresses and most have either a hat or head covering. They are standing outside the Altona Sommerfeld Mennonite church building posing for a photo. For identification of these women see Church Family village, p. 103.