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.

File consists of the following:
Autobiography of Gerhard J Derksen, "Lebensgeschichte von Gerhard J. Derksen, Yarrow, B.C." written in 1961. - (1 file) Box 235

Subseries 1 contains the following 2 files:
1) Introduction:Origin of the Reports by Adam Giesinger 4 pages and List of Mennonite Settlements in Russia, 36 pages
2) Molotschna Village Questionnaires (1942), A Summary of Data in the Surviving ""Stumpp Commando" Molotschna Village Questionnaires. These statistics enumerate the Volksdeutche who were exiled,forcibly evacuated, recruited in the Red Army, Separated families and Complete families. The DorfKarte , (Village Reports) include the following:
Alexanderkrone, Alexandertal, Altonau, Blumenort, Fischau, Friedensdorf, Friedensruh, Gnadenheim, Gandental, Halbstadt, Hamberg, Hirschnau, Kleefeld, Konteniusfeld, Ladekopp, Landskrone, Lichtenau, Lebenau, Lindenau, Margenau, Mariawohl, Muensterberg, Neukirch, Orlow, Paulheim,Petershagen, Pragenau, Rosenort, Schoenau, Schoensee, Sparrau, Steinfeld, Gross-Tokmak, Tiege, Tiegenhagen, Waldheim
3) List of German Settlements with present Russian names
4) Dr. Karl Stumpp reports: Zusammenfassender Bericht Ueber die duetschen Siedlungen im ehemaligen Wolyynien, d.h. den heutigen Generalbezirken Uman, das zu Kiew zaehlt; 9 pages; Piatichatki, Dnjepropetrowsk, 11 pages; 10 Deutschen Siedlungen des Gebietes Pjatichatki Generalbezirk Dnjepropetrowsk, 11 pages; Bericht ueber Siedlungen in den Gebieten Dnjepropetrowsk;Petrikoewka und Werchnje-Dnjeprowsk,, 9 pages.
5) Correspondence, extensive official correspondence of Karl Stumpp, 20 cm of text including telegrams, reports, requests with officials, P. Busse, Gerhard Fast, in 1943. Box 254
6) Statistics material regarding the Chortiza Colony with graphs and tables compiled by K. Stumpp. 4cm

File consist of the following:
1) Memoir, "Notes from the last years of Revolution and the years immediately after the Revolution, as we experienced them in Russia" by Jacob John Bartels. Wife Katharina (nee Wiens), 1889-1961.
This memoir is 68 pages.
2) Includes a family register of the Jacob Bartels family
3) Included is a letter to John B Toews from Ross Bartels from Minneapolis, Minnesota. - (1 file) Box 235

Parents of the Schoensee Mennonite Brethren Church choir members. In second row from top the man at the far left is Johann Bartels, leader of the choir and lay minister. In front of him is his wife Anna (Martens) Bartels. Beside him (to the right) are Anna Wall’s parents, Abraham Abram and Helena Wall. Anna is the only young child in the photo. She is sitting on her mother’s knee.