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CA MHC PP-4-044-231.0
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Kroeger clock owned by Mrs. Maria Siemens
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1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 10.5 cm
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This is a photo of a picture of Menno Simons and the famous Kroeger clock hung side by side in Mrs. Siemens' room. Mrs Maria Siemens was formerly Mrs. Peters and was born a Siemens. The clock has the inscription "P.S. 1887" P(eter) S(iemens) was the grandfather of Maria Siemens and he lived in Nieder Chortitza. Kroeger, as well as his descendants among our people, were referred to as the "Klockenmoakakrejasch". [HR 175]
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- Siemens, Maria (Siemens, Peters), 1888-1977 (Subject)
- Menno Simons, 1496-1561 (Subject)
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Archivist's note
A portion of the description in Lohrenz's book, and reproduced above, regarding the P.S. 1887 Peter Siemens clock appears to refer to the clock pictured in Arthur Kroeger's "Kroeger Clocks" (Steinbach, Man.: Mennonite Heritage Village, 2012), p. 149.
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January 19, 2017 1:12 PM