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Back row (left to right): Jacob Enns, Jacob Tiessen. Second row (left to right): Peter Enns, Margaret (Tiessen) Gossen, Elizabeth Rogolsky, Susanna (Enns) Tiessen, Elizabeth Enns, Paul Rogolsky. Third row (left to right): Frank Tiessen, Neta (Tiessen) Neufeld, Mary (Rogolsky) Neufeld, Margaret (Enns) Neufeld, Neta Roglosky, Lena Enns, Jacob Enns. Front row (left to right): John Enns, Anna (Toews) Tiessen, Nick Tiessen, Betty Tiessen.

Peter J. Tiessen and his children stand behind the open coffin of their wife and mother Anna (Enns) Tiessen. Left to right: Liese (being held by a maid), Anna, Margaret, Peter J., Peter, Jacob. Caption written on photograph frame reads "Fathers first wife. Liese, Made, Anna, Margaret, Father P.J. Tiessen, Peter, Jacob in 1904."

Siblings of Anna (Enns) Tiessen and her husband Peter Jacob Tiessen gather for a formal portrait around the open coffin at Anna's funeral. Peter Tiessen was Franz Tiessen's father. Standing at left: Peter Tiessen. Couples (left to right): Margaret (Tiessen) and Peter Rempel, Elizabeth (Enns) and Nicholas Tiessen, Aganetha (Enns) and Paul Rogalsky, ? (Tiessen) and ? Enns, Sara (Janzen) and Jacob Tiessen, ? and Jacob Rempel, Elizabeth and Jacob Enns.

Anna Fast in an open coffin with her children behind. Left to right: Anna (Fast) Duerksen, Tina (Fast) Penner, Margaret (Fast) Ratzlaff, Jacob Fast, Elizabeth (Fast) Tiessen, Peter Tiessen, Tina (Fast) Penner, Heinrich Penner, Mary (Fast) Penner, Gerhard Penner.

Formal photograph of children and of Jacob Fast. Some of the children's spouses are present. They are standing behind an open coffin at his funeral. Left to right: Anna (Fast) Duerksen, Justina (Fast) Loewen, Wilhelm Loewen, Mary (Fast) Penner, Elizabeth (Fast) Tiessen, Margaret (Fast) Ratzlaff, Peter Tiessen, Anna (Krueger) Fast (widow of Jacob Fast), Jacob Fast

Siblings and in-laws of Johann Enns pose for a formal photograph behind his open coffin. Left to right: Susanna (Dueck) Enns (widow of Johann Enns), Jacob and Elizabeth Enns, Nicholas and Elizabeth (Enns) Tiessen, Paul and Aganetha (Enns) Rogalsky, Peter and Elizabeth (Fast) Tiessen, unknown couple.

This photograph pictures Elizabeth Fast, mother to Franz Tiessen, with her parents, siblings and one brother-in-law. Back row (left to right): Tina (Fast) Penner, Wilhelm Loewen, Jacob Fast, Elizabeth (Fast) Tiessen, Anna (Fast) Duerksen. Front row (left to right): Justina (Loewen) Fast, Anna (Krueger) Fast, Margaret (Fast) Ratzlaff, Jacob Fast, Mary (Penner) Fast.

A formal portrait of Jacob Tiessen and Agatha (Wiens) Tiessen. Agatha Tiessen died in 1887. Handwritten note on photograph frame reads," Unsere Groseltern Jacob Tiessen [?] gesorben ehe [?] geboren war."

Jacob Tiessen, who died about 1919. He was the son of Peter Tiessen.

Note on back of photograph: "In Lichtenau auf dem Banhof U.S.S.R. 23 June 1924 als wir nach Canada fuhren. 47 Wagen 1400 Menschen." Train station at Lichtenau on June 23, 1924 when the Peter J. and Elizabeth Tiessen family left for Canada. The train had 47 cars and held 1,400 people. David Kruger has been identified as the older man in a cap standing on the far left of the photograph, partly out of frame.

A formal wedding portrait of Peter J. Tiessen and Elizabeth Fast, 1905. They are the parents of Franz Tiessen.

The train station and railway tracks at Brunner, Ontario about 1925. When they immigrated from Russia, Anna Toews and her family were billeted in Brunner with Jacob Albrecht from September 1924-March 1925.

Left to right: John Loewen, Jacob Tiessen (son of Peter Tiessen), Jacob Tiessen (nephew of Peter Tiessen), Peter Tiessen (son of Peter J. Tiessen)