This is a photo of Anna Doerksen (nee Anna Kehler) with her children--Len, Betty, and Esther--cultivating berries on their Clayburn Road farm, Abbotsford. See page 87 in Daughters in the House of Jacob.
This is a photo of the Winkler Bible School teachers standing in a formal pose in 1960. From left to right: Leonard Doerksen, Herman Lenzmann, John Goossen, Jacob Quiring, and Rudy Baerg, See page 105 in Daughters in the House of Jacob.
This is a photo of Leonard N. Doerksen standing in front of a truck. He regularly drove truck on Saturdays and during summers to supplement his income as a minister and Bible school teacher. See page 107 in Daughters in the House of Jacob. The truck is a 1948-1953 GMC. (vehicle id by Peter Adsten)
This is a photo of a harvest time lunch break, Herbert (c. 1937). Back row standing (left to right): Annie Zacharias, Sarah Doerksen, Agatha Doerksen, Anna Doerksen, and Johnny Doerksen. At the center, Jacob Franz kneels, facing little Lennie Doerksen and Isaac Doerksen. See page 247 in Daughters of the House of Jacob.
This is a photo of Leonard N. Doerksen standing next to his widowed mother, Anna Doerksen (nee Anna Kehler), with his arm around her shoulder. See page 215 in Daughters in the House of Jacob. On December 28, 1959, Anna married widower John Enns.
This is a photo of Anna and her children--Len, Betty, Esther, Ruth, and Dan--standing around the open casket of their father, Jacob J. Doerksen, who died on February 22, 1952, at the age 44. See page 205 in Daughters in the House of Jacob.
This is a photo of Lennie and a quilt with biblical inscriptions such as “Remember Lot’s wife” and “Behold I come quickly” and “The wages of sin is death” alongside “Follow Me” and “Peace Be Unto You.” See page 177 in Daughters in the House of Jacob.
This a photo of Betty beginning Grade Eight at Mennonite Educational Institute, standing with her brother Leonard N. Doerksen before going to the opening program. See page 119 Daughters in the House of Jacob.
This is a family portrait showing Betty and Len with their parents, Jacob J. Doerksen and Anna Doerksen (nee Kehler). See page 113 in Daughters in the House of Jacob.
This is a family portrait taken outside in front of a house showing Jacob J. Doerksen and Anna Doerksen (nee Anna Kehler) with all five of their children in 1949: Len, Betty, Esther, Ruth, and Dan. See page 84 in Daughters in the House of Jacob.
This is a photo of (left to right) Dave Esau, Len Doerksen, and Bill Dyck standing on the school steps of Mennonite Educational Institute (MEI). See page 85 in Daughters in the House of Jacob.