Molotschna Colony (Russia)

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8 youth posing for a photo in Ladekopp

This photo is of seven of Elfrieda (Gossen) Dyck’s school mates from her grade 8 class at the school in Halbstadt who came to visit her in Ladekopp in the summer of 1943. Their names are, left to right standing: Astra Sparwirt, Irene Euteneier, Victor Bergen and Lilie Schatschneider. Left to right sitting are: Elfrieda Gossen, Frieda Schwitay, Mariechen Regehr, Lydia Geyer. Victor was the only boy in their class of 13 students. His mother was Ukrainian and his father a Mennonite.

A group of men during their time of Alternative

  • CA MAO M2004Goe 2
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  • 1916

A group of men during their time of Alternative Service. Jakob Bergen, Elvera’s father is seated, the 3rd from the left. The man seated 1st at the left may by Martin Duerksen, brother-in-law of Jakob Bergen. This is one of four pictures which he sent home to the family while working in Alternative Service during WW I. See M2004Goe # 3, 4, and 5 which are related to Alternative Service.

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A sewing class in the home of Irma Martens

A sewing class in the home of the instructor. Alida’s mother, Anna Unruh is seated at her sewing machine on the left. The other young women in the class are: (clockwise, left to right) Alice Hiller, Froescher, Herta Dause, Lena Suderman, the instructor, Irma Martens, Kasianj. The name of the young woman seated in the front is not known.

A sewing class in Tiegenhagen

  • CA MAO M2004U 5
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  • 1937

A sewing class in the home of the instructor in Tiegenhagen, Molotschna Colony. Alida’s mother, Anna Unruh is seated at her sewing machine on the left. The other young women in the class are: (clockwise, left to right) Alice Hiller, ?Froescher, Herta Dause, Lena Suderman, the instructor, Irma Martens, ? Kasianj. The name of the young woman seated in the front is not known.

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A women's spa called Eupatoria in Maynaki (name

  • CA MAO M2004R 3
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  • 1921

A women's spa called Eupatoria in Maynaki (name of the local place). Women came here for mud baths to improve their health. This postcard was sent to "Gatchen" (Agatha Barkowsky, mother of Rita (Krahn) Reimer, in 1921 for her tenth birthday. The writer encourages "Gatchen" not to give up but continue to be a support to her parents in these difficult times.

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Alexanderkron Handelsschule

This photograph is of the Alexanderkron Handelsschule (i.e., vocational school). There is a fence in front of the building with pillar gates. A dirt road goes past the building. Trees line the background of the photo.

Anni Rosen? a German friend of Anni Unruh,

  • CA MAO M2004U 8
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  • 1930

Anni Rosen? a German friend of Anni Unruh, Alida’s mother, stands in front of the Medizinisches Tecknikum, the school for training nurses in Halbstadt. It was sent to Anni Unruh August 23, 1938 as a remembrance from Anni Rosen’s school days. Anni Unruh wanted to become a nurse but her parents couldn’t afford to pay for her education.

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Aron A Toews

File consists of the following items:
1) Reminiscences from our Lives, Memoranda by Aron A Toews, Minister of the North Abbotsford Mennonite Brethren Church, British Columbia, Canada. Translated by John B. Toews, 107 pages.
2) A Mennonite Elder's Story by Jacob Toews, Elder of Lichtennnau Mennonite Church (Molotschna). Published in Der Botschafter, Vol. 6 (1911), No. 2, pp. 2-3. Translated by John B Toews. - (1 file) Box 235

Toews, Aron A., 1884-1969

Choir of the Schoensee Mennonite Brethren Church.

  • CA MAO M2004W 2
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  • 1925

Choir of the Schoensee Mennonite Brethren Church. In second row from the bottom, 4th from the left (sitting) is Johann Bartels, leader of the choir and lay minister. To his right, 5th from the left is Jakob Brauer, a minister. Four of Anna Wall’s siblings, a brother-in-law and two cousins are on this photo. They are identified as follows:

Greta Bartels, daughter of Johann Bartels is 3rd from left in the front row.
Tina Wall, sister to Anna is 2nd from left in the 2nd row, up from the bottom of the photo. (Tina lives in St. Catharines as well and at present is 95 years of age.)
Lena Wall, sister to Anna is 1st at the left in the 3rd row, up from the bottom of the photo.
Sara Hamm, the oldest sister of Anna is the 6th from the left, in the 3rd row, up from the bottom of the photo.
Nicolas Hamm, husband of Sara is the 5th from the left in the 4th (top) row.
Abram Wall (Jr.), brother of Anna, is 7th from the left in the 4th (top) row. Kornelius Bartels, son of Johann Bartels, the choir leader is the 8th from the left in the 4th (top) row

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Choir of the Schoensee Mennonite Brethren Church

Choir of the Schoensee Mennonite Brethren Church. In second row from the bottom, 4th from the left (sitting) is Johann Bartels, leader of the choir and lay minister. To his right, 5th from the left is Jakob Brauer, a minister. Four of Anna Wall’s siblings, a brother-in-law and two cousins are on this photo. They are identified as follows:

Greta Bartels, daughter of Johann Bartels is 3rd from left in the front row.
Tina Wall, sister to Anna is 2nd from left in the 2nd row, up from the bottom of the photo. (Tina lives in St. Catharines as well and at present is 95 years of age.)
Lena Wall, sister to Anna is 1st at the left in the 3rd row, up from the bottom of the photo.
Sara Hamm, the oldest sister of Anna is the 6th from the left, in the 3rd row, up from the bottom of the photo.
Nicolas Hamm, husband of Sara is the 5th from the left in the 4th (top) row.
Abram Wall (Jr.), brother of Anna, is 7th from the left in the 4th (top) row.
Kornelius Bartels, son of Johann Bartels, the choir leader is the 8th from the left in the 4th (top) row.

Family and friends pose outside in front of a

  • CA MAO M2004Goe 1
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  • 1913

Family and friends pose outside in front of a house at Blumenort, Molotschna Colony. To the left of the center are the parents of Elvera, Lydia and Jakob Bergen. Elvera’s oldest sister Hedwig is on her mother’s lap. On the right is the Martin Duerksen family and their 5 children: Martin Duerksen is seated to the right of Jakob Bergen, his son Gerhard stands to his right. (This boy had health problems as a result of the measles and consequently the Canadian government would not let the family come to Canada.) To the right of her son Gerhard is Mathilda Duerksen, sister to Lydia and aunt of Elvera (Bergen) Goerz. To the right of Mathilda is their son Peter and seated in front of him at the small table are their daughters Anna (called Njuta) at the right and Lydia to the left. In the middle is Martha, youngest daughter of the Duerksens (she has a white bow in her hair). David Duerksen, unmarried, stands behind his brother Martin. The family at the left may be another Duerksen family with Lisa, Gerhard? and their child. Standing behind Lydia Bergen is Mariechen Duerksen with her husband.

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