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Mennonite Genealogy Inc. Photograph Collection Gretna (Manitoba)
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A death at Mennonite Collegiate Institute

This photograph shows an outside winter scene, with buildings in the background. In the foreground are two young ladies looking down at a young lady in a coffin. They are both wearing winter coats, with big fur collars. It is indicated that this death occurred during the time when Irene Derksen from Steinbach, MB, was a student at MCI. This would probably be1944-45.

Mennonite Collegiate Institute Grade XI class of 1940-41

This photograph shows the Grade XI class of 1940-41 of the Mennonite Collegiate Institute, Gretna, MB. Front row, ladies seated on grass: l-r Louise Delesky, Justel Peters, Agatha Neufeld, Anne Klassen, Susie Peters, Maria (Mika) Dyck, Helena (Lenchen) Peters, Margaret Hildebrandt. 2nd row, men kneeling on grass: Henry Petkau, Henry Friesen, Henry Epp. Back row, men, standing: David Duerksen, Abe Neufeld, Peter Harms, Peter Bargen, Abram Wiebe, John Brown. This photo is also featured in M.C.I., 1889-1965.

Mennonite Collegiate Institute graduation class of 1945

This photograph shows an outside scene of the graduating class of Mennonite Collegiate Institute, Gretna, MB., 1945. Teachers seated in front are l-r. J.D. Siemens, Paul J. Schaefer, G.H. Peters, H. Regehr, A.W. Schellenberg. Graduates l-r. Row 1 Armin Wall, Margaret Bergen, Mary Goerz, Mary Tiessen, Tina Andres, Elfrieda Warkentin, Agnes Dick, Mary Poetker, Elizabeth Sawatzky, Bruno Epp. Row 2: John Neufeld, Margaret Sawatzky, Hilda Lohrenz, Susan Martens, Katie Sawatzky, Erna Reimer, Frieda Fast, Annie Neufeld, Abe Riediger, Martin Hamm. Row 3: William Goerzen, Frank Voth Erwin Schmidt, Arthur Falk, H.P. Thiessen, David Froese, George Wiebe, John Neufeld, Victor Adrian, Lawrence Friesen. (Names of students are copied from MCI 1889-1965, where this photo appears.) This is a smaller snapshot of the same persons as 629 M-210.

Mennonite Collegiate Institute graduation class of 1945

This photograph shows an outside scene of the graduating class of Mennonite Collegiate Institute, Gretna, Manitoba, 1945. Teachers seated in front are (l-r): J.D. Siemens, Paul J. Schaefer, G.H. Peters, H. Regehr, A.W. Schellenberg. Graduates l-r. Row 1 Armin Wall, Margaret Bergen, Mary Goerz, Mary Tiessen, Tina Andres, Elfrieda Warkentin, Agnes Dick, Mary Poetker, Elizabeth Sawatzky, Bruno Epp. Row 2: John Neufeld, Margaret Sawatzky, Hilda Lohrenz, Susan Martens, Katie Sawatzky, Erna Reimer, Frieda Fast, Annie Neufeld, Abe Riediger, Martin Hamm. Row 3: William Goerzen, Frank Voth Erwin Schmidt, Arthur Falk, H.P. Thiessen, David Froese, George Wiebe, John Neufeld, Victor Adrian, Lawrence Friesen. (Names of students are copied from MCI 1889-1965, where this photo appears.) For a smaller snapshot of this scene see 629 M-211.

Mennonite Collegiate Institute students

This photograph shows a group of students from Mennonite Collegiate Institute, Gretna. Row 1 ladies seated in grass: l - r, -- Klassen, Kaethe Fast, unknown; Row 2: men kneeling in grass: Jacob Bergen, unknown, Franz Neufeld, unknown, -- Peters. Row 3 men standing: unknown. This photograph also appears in the M.C.I., 1989-1965 yearbook - sllightly different pose.

Mennonite Collegiate Institute teachers

This photograph shows 4 teachers of the Mennonite Collegiate Institute, Gretna, MB, standing outside in a row, hands behind their backs (l-r): Gerhard H. Peters, Principal; J.H. Giesbrecht, D.P. Esau and J.D. Siemens. The copy of this picture was torn and has been glued together with Scotch tape. This photograph can also be found in "Die Schule Muss Sein, A History of the MCI 1889-1989" on page 129.

Mrs. Helen Friesen

Wedding snap of Helen and husband ? Friesen. Sept. 6, 1941, Gretna, MB. The couple is standing in front of a house attached to a barn. Bride is wearing a long, white dress, with longer veil. Groom a suit, striped tie and boutonniere

Schroeder wedding photo

A wedding snap of Anna Braun and her husband ? Schroeder at Gretna, Manitoba. Anna had been working in Winnipeg and was connected with Maedchenheim. Anna is wearing a long white dress with a longer train, puffy sleeves over fitted sleeves, a net type veil. The groom is wearing a dark suit, white shirt, white bow tie and a boutonniere with a long white ribbon. Behind them is an older model car, chevie or buick?