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Peter P. Giesbrecht

  • CA MHSBC 302
  • Fonds
  • 1954-2021

The fonds consists of the following files:
1) Letter from Peter P. Giesbrecht to Rev. David Wiebe of Hillsboro, KS in 1954 describing the Giesbrecht family's three-year journey from Russia to Yarrow BC in 1924-1927. German with English translation. Grandma and Canadian Mennonite Board of Colonization information included. - (1 file) Box 442

Giesbrecht, Peter P., 1883-1963

Yarrow Mennonite Brethren Church fonds

  • CA MHSBC 59
  • Fonds
  • 1928-2005

Fonds is arranged in the following series:
1) Constitution - 1980 (2 files) - Box 145
2) History - 1928-1999 - (1 file) - Box 145
3) Minutes - 1929-1993 - (29 files) - Boxes 145-146
4) Correspondence - 1929-1989 - (48 files) - Boxes 146-147
5) Financial records - 1929-1965 - (5 files) - Box 147
6) Reports - 1952-2005 - (18 files) - Box 147
7) Lists - 1929-2005 (12 files) - Box 148
8) Vital Statistics - 1929-1990 - (18 files) - Box 148
9) Certificates - 1963-1973 - (11 files) - Box 149
10) Publications - 1928-2005 - (32 files) - Boxes 149-150
11) Clippings - 1930-1985, 1989 - (1 file) - Box 150
12) Ephemera - 1968-1992 - (1 file) - Box 150
13) Maps - (1 file) - Box 150
14) Photographs - 55 photographs
15) Microfilms - (Roll # 65 pages 1-239) (Roll # 66 1-285 includes Vital Statistics)
16) Renewal in the History of the Yarrow MB Church - David Nightingale (1 file) Box 150

Yarrow Mennonite Brethren Church (British Columbia)

Agatha Klassen fonds

  • CA MHSBC 133
  • Fonds
  • 1855-2005

Fonds consists of the following series:
1) Constitution - 1980 (Yarrow MB Church) - (1 file) Box 288
2) History - 1928-2002 (MB Churches) (2 files) Box 288
3) Minutes - 1942-1946 - (1 file) Box 288
4) Correspondence - 1977-1990 - (1 file) Box 288
5) Reports - 1972 - (1 file) Box 288
6) Financial Records - 1948 - (1 file) Box 288
7) Lists - 1928,1930,1933,1948 - (1 file) Box 288
8) Obituaries - - (1 file) Box 288
9) Interview - (A.A Rempel) - 1976 - (1 file) Box 288
10) Publications - (1 file) Box 288
11) Clippings - Earlier Settlers - Yarrow - 1920, 1973-1978,1987 Flood - 1948 - (2 files) Box 288
12) Maps - 3 Maps of the Township of Chilliwack (Greendale Area) - 2 of the maps are hand drawn. - (1 file) Box 288
13) Photographs - Scrapbook of 16 pages of photos of Agatha and Annie Klassen from childhood to adulthood. - (1 file) Box 288
14) Yarrow Churches (including a list of Yarrow MB pastors) and Related Institutes - Research Paper 1929-1993 - (1 file) Box 288
15) Stories - 1970, 1992,1993 - (1 file) Box 288
16) Portrait in Mosaic - (Yarrow) - (1 file) Box 2
17) Abbotsford Florence Nightingale Award - (1 file) Box 288
18) Yarrow Cemetery Tour - May 14 2005 - (1 file) Box 288
19) Vital Statistics - 1939-1968 - (1 file) Box 288
20) Genealogy - (1 file) Box 288

Klassen, Agatha, 1921-2014

Yarrow Research Committee fonds

  • CA MHSBC 162
  • Fonds
  • 1907-2004

Fonds consists of the following series:
1) History of the General Conference Church in Yarrow and town of Yarrow - 1951, 1959 - (2 files) - Box 361
2) Yarrow Settlement - 1928 - (1 file) - Box 361
3) Minutes - 1999- 200 - (1 file) - Box 361
4) Correspondence - 1937-2001 - (9 files) - Box 361
5) Finances - 2000-2010 - (3 files) - Box 361
6) Draft - Johannes Harder Story by Jacob Loewen & Leonard Neufeldt - (3 files) Box 361
7) Research Material - 1933-1966 - (13 files) - Box 362
8) Tribute to Yarrow - Jacob Loewen - (1 file) - Box 362
9) Family Registers and Profiles of Yarrow Residents - (1 file) - Box 362
10) Genealogy - Epp Harder - (1 file) - Box 362
11) Aboriginal - 1999 - (1 file) - Box 362
12) Boer War - Majuba Hill - 1979, 1999 - (1 file) - Box 362
13) Education of Yarrow Community - Harvey Neufeldt - 1928-1960 - (1 file) - Box 362
14) Yarrow Co-op - 1974 - (1 file) - Box 362
15) Casualities WWI - Yarrow Connection - (1 file) - Box 362
16) Diary of Emma Mollmann Recorded by Janet Boldt -1974 - (1 file) - Box 362
17) Biographical - Vivian Siddon 2006 & C C Peters 1973 - (3 files) - Box 362
18) Chilliwack Museum - Understanding with the Historical Society - 2000 - (1 file) - Box 362
19) Yarrow Questionaire - 1999 - (1 file) - Box 362
20) Photographs & Catalogue of CD - (1 file) - Box 362
21) Clippings - (1 file) - (1 file) - Box 362
22) Ephemera - 2003 - (1 file) - Box 362
23) Teaching Materials to Accompany Birth Records - 1909-1941 - Sara Dekker Thielman - Box 2 (includes CD of 1,448 birth records) - (1 file) - Box 362
24) Maps
25) Cultural and Business Life in Yarrow - (1 file) - Box 362

Yarrow Research Committee

Cemeteries fonds

  • CA MHSBC 163
  • Fonds
  • 1999

Fonds consists of the following series:
1) Yarrow Cemetery List - Burial Data Base - (2 files) Box 363
2.1) MacLure Road Mennonite Cemetery - Minutes, 2002-2013 - (1 file) Box 363
2.2) MacLure Road Mennonite Cemetery - Correspondence - (1 file) Box 363
2.3) MacLure Road Mennonite Cemetery - Financial reports - (1 file) Box 363
2.4) MacLure Road Mennonite Cemetery - Legal documents - (1 file) Box 363
2.5) MacLure Road Mennonite Cemetery - Reports - (1 file) Box 363
2.6) MacLure Road Mennonite Cemetery - Lists - (1 file) Box 363
2.7) MacLure Road Mennonite Cemetery - Cemetery index - 2014 - (1 file) Box 363
2.8) MacLure Road Mennonite Cemetery

Mennonite Cemeteries

Jack Block family fonds

  • CA MHSBC 72
  • Fonds
  • 1969-1994

Fonds is arranged in the following series:
1) Diaries - 1981 - (3 files) Box 182
2) Personal Writings - 1971-1981, 2012 - (4 files) Box 182
3) Correspondence - 1969 - (1 file) Box 182
4) Genealogy complied by Henry J Block in 1994 entitled "The Block Family Journal". - (4 files) Box 182
5) Family Records - (2 files) Box 182
6) Publications - 1945 - (31 file) Box 182
7) Obituaries - (2 files) Box 182
8) Miscellaneous documents & map - (1 file) Box 182
9) Photographs

Block, Jacob, 1923-2016

Elim Bible School (Yarrow) fonds

  • CA MHSBC 67
  • Fonds
  • 1930-1990

Fonds arranged in the following series:
1) Correspondence - 1940, 1943, 1990 - (1 file) - Box 177
2) Records, Financial and Academic - 1946-1955 - (2 files) - Box 177
3) Lists, Faculty and Students - 1930-1955 (3 files) - Box 177
4) Publications - 1951-1953 - (1 file) - Box 177
5) Maps, N.D. - (1 file) - Box 177
6) Clippings - 1939-1952, N.D. - (1 file) - Box 177
7) Photographs - the photos are included with fonds 65 subseries 1 and are stored in Box P3 Aisle 5 Bay E

Elim Bible School (Yarrow, British Columbia)

Sharon Collegiate Institute fonds

  • CA MHSBC 71
  • Fonds
  • 1945-1975

Fonds consists of the following series:
1) History - 1945-1969 (1 file ) - Box 180
2) Constitution and Bylaws - 1947-1953, 1972, 1975 (1 file) - Box 180
3) Minutes - 1946-1969 (6 files) - Box 180
4) Correspondence - 1949-1969 (2 files) - Box 180
5) Financial Records - 1947-1968 (3 files) - Box 180
6) Reports - 1948-1975 (5 files) - Box 180
7) Lists - 1949-1966 (3 files) - Box 180
8) Student Records - 1946-1969 (26 files) - Box 180-181
9) Tests - 1946-1968 (8 files) - Box 181
10) Publications - 1945-1964 (4 files) - Box 181
11) Clippings - 1949-1963 (1 file) - Box 181
12) Photographs

Sharon Mennonite Collegiate (Yarrow, British Columbia)

Julius Duerksen and Katharina Martens fonds

  • CA MHSBC 173
  • Fonds
  • 1884-1961

Fonds consists of the following series:
1) Derksen and Martens Family Genealogy & Song book- (1 file) Box 368

Duerksen, Julius, 1884-1961