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- 2008
Part of Agnes Pauls trip to Ukraine regarding the Jacob Reimer tombstone
This photo is of the famous Chortitza Oak tree, now dead. There is no bark on the tree, the limbs are supported by white posts and wire.
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Part of Agnes Pauls trip to Ukraine regarding the Jacob Reimer tombstone
This photo is of the famous Chortitza Oak tree, now dead. There is no bark on the tree, the limbs are supported by white posts and wire.
Commemorative stone at Waldheim
Part of Agnes Pauls trip to Ukraine regarding the Jacob Reimer tombstone
This photo is of a stone monument with the Russian and English inscription "It is placed to commemorate the 170th anniversary of the founding of the colony of Waldheim by a group of Mennonites from Volhynia, originally from Prussia, headed by K. Wedel in 1836. Surrounding the monument is a stone pad and trees, walk way, flowers, and fence. [Editors Note: the location is likley Waldheim village in the Molotschna colony (CS)]
Part of Agnes Pauls trip to Ukraine regarding the Jacob Reimer tombstone
This photo is of 7 descendants of Jacob D. Reimer, posing with his tombstone after it was relocated from a farmer's fence to the Molochansk Mennonite Centre, Ukraine. Left - right is: Katie Janzen, Russ Froese, Jay Reimer, Reg Reimer, Ed Pauls, Agnes Pauls, Bob Froese.
Former Kroeger Clock factory in Chortitza
Part of Agnes Pauls trip to Ukraine regarding the Jacob Reimer tombstone
This photo is of the former clock factory owned by the Kroeger family. The one and a half story building is surrounded with a metal fence. a white car is parked in the drive on the right.
Pauls, Agnes (authorized)
Jay Reimer placing mud on tombstone
Part of Agnes Pauls trip to Ukraine regarding the Jacob Reimer tombstone
This photo is of Jay Reimer kneeling beside a tombstone, placing mud on the faded inscription to improve its readability. A cedar bush is in the background. The tombstone is for Geertuda Reimer born September 3, 1828 and died July 7, 1915.
Pauls, Agnes (authorized)
Loading the Jacob Reimer tombstone
Part of Agnes Pauls trip to Ukraine regarding the Jacob Reimer tombstone
This photo is of seven men lifting and loading the Jacob Reimer tombstone into the back of a white van.
Pauls, Agnes (authorized)
Moving tombstone from van to new location
Part of Agnes Pauls trip to Ukraine regarding the Jacob Reimer tombstone
This photo is of Reg Reimer (left) watching as three younger men from the area work at unloading the Jacob Reimer tombstone from a van to its new location on the grounds of the Molochansk Mennonite Centre.
Pauls, Agnes (authorized)
Plaque on the Neufeld factory in Chortitza
Part of Agnes Pauls trip to Ukraine regarding the Jacob Reimer tombstone
This photo is of 2 granite plaques on a wall between a wooden door and window. The top is in Russian and the bottom in German. "Mennonitische Fabrik. Als Fabrikanten und Müller spielten die Mennoniten eine stastegische Rolle Inder Industrialisierung der Sudukraine. Die I. J. Neufeld Landwirtschaftliche Geratschaftsfabrik wurde an diesem Ort im Jahr 1890 gegrundet und wurde Grosslieferant modernen landwirtschaftlicher Geratschaften im ganzen Zaristischen Russland. Diese Tafel wurde 2004 von sem Dorfsrat, der Neufeld Familie, und dem Mennonitischen Gedachtniskomitee angebracht." The I.J. Neufeld and Company, was located in Waldheim, Molotschna colony, founded by Isaak Johann Neufeld and one of the biggest agricultural manufacturers in Russia.
Pauls, Agnes (authorized)
Pond and crops at Wiesenfeld, Ukraine
Part of Agnes Pauls trip to Ukraine regarding the Jacob Reimer tombstone
This photo is of a field in the foreground, a wooden fence, and a pond with a field surrounding it in the background. This pond was used by the Mennonite Brethren Church for baptisms in the past. Wiesenfeld was founded in 1880 and abandoned in 1925. It is 50 km east of Dnepropetrovsk and 15 km west of Pavlograd.
Pond at Wiensenfeld, Ukraine where Mennonite Brethren baptised people in the past
Part of Agnes Pauls trip to Ukraine regarding the Jacob Reimer tombstone
This photo is of a pond in Wiesenfeld, Ukraine. In the foreground are thistles and bull rushes. When the Mennonite Brethren church was active here, this pond was used for baptisms.
Pauls, Agnes (authorized)
Reg Reimer (seated) and Russ Froese at location of Jacob Reimer tombstone, used as part of a fence.
Part of Agnes Pauls trip to Ukraine regarding the Jacob Reimer tombstone
This photo is of Reg Reimer (left) seated pointing at the Jacob Reimer tombstone that was found in the Ukraine and used as part of a fence. Russ Froese (right) holds a camera, watching Reimer.
Pauls, Agnes (authorized)
Ruins of the fomer Alexanderthal Mennonite Brethren church
Part of Agnes Pauls trip to Ukraine regarding the Jacob Reimer tombstone
This photo is of a abandoned brick building in a field with tall grasses and weeds. The building is the former Mennonite Brethren church in Alexanderthal.
Pauls, Agnes (authorized)
Part of Agnes Pauls trip to Ukraine regarding the Jacob Reimer tombstone
this photo is of a tombstone with the inscription "Hier ruhet Geetruda Reimer 3 Sept., 1828 - 7 Juli 1915."
Pauls, Agnes (authorized)
Part of Agnes Pauls trip to Ukraine regarding the Jacob Reimer tombstone
This photo is of 9 people standing around the relocated Jacob Reimer tombstone. Left to right is Katie Janzen, Russ Froese, ?, Reg Reimer, ?, Ed Pauls, Agnes Pauls, ?, Bob Froese.