- CA MAO Hist.Mss. 10.28-DH-1404
- Item
- 1900
Part of David L. Hunsberger collection
The Great Oak, Chortitza. This massive tree near Rosenthal had been used for centuries as a land-mark and meeting place. When the Mennonites came from Prussia in 1789, they built their first houses nearby. Description from Forever Summer, Forever Sunday Plate 36. Hunsberger photo. Left to right: [?] Neufeld, [?] Neufeld, [?] Neufeld, [?] Neufeld, Tina Loewen, Paul Hahn (in tree), wife of Rudolph Zaft (holding their child), Arthur Zaft, Henry Hahn, Helen Hahn. The Neufelds are believed to be siblings. Henry and Helen Hahn are Paul Hahn's half-siblings.
Rempel, Peter Gerhard, 1872-1933