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Klaassen, Jacob, 1867-1948
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1867-1948
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Jacob Klaassen (1867-1948) was born in Koeppenthal, Am Trakt Settlement, Russia to Martin and Maria (Hamm) Klaassen. In 1880 at age 13 he was part of the trek to Central Asia with the group of Mennonites under the leadership of Klaas Epp. In 1884 he immigrated to the USA with his widowed mother and other siblings, settling first in Beatrice, Nebraska and later homesteading in Oklahoma. In 1895 he married Katharina Toews, a sister of David Toews who later became the long-time bishop serving the Rosenorter Mennonite Church of Saskatchewan. Jacob Klaassen was ordained as a minister in 1904, serving the Herold Mennonite Church in Oklahoma until he immigrated to Canada where he served as a minister in the Rosenorter Mennonite Church at Eigenheim from 1919 till 1944. His wife died in Oklahoma in 1908. He retired from farming in 1928. He died at Eigenheim, Saskatchewan in 1948.
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Grandma ID: 4892
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Created by AHR (historical sketch by SHHB, 2002), May 2020.
Revised by BWH Mar 12, 2025 to add in Grandma ID and relationship