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Peter Epp 1690-

File consists of the following:
An extensive family tree of the Peter Epp family and brief biographies of the first four generations is included in this file, of 34 pages. Three of the Epp's sons held ecclesiastical office in the Mennonite Brethren church. The Peter Epp (b.1690-) family was one of the prominent among the Prussian-Russian Mennonites. - (1 file) Box 235

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Joseph M. Linenberger

File consists of the following:
1) "Russland, Die Deutschen am Karman:Ein Steppebild von den Jahren 1770 bis 1780" written in 1902", autobiography of Joseph M Linenberger, 1838-1911. Translated into English by Mrs. Louise Rylko in 1954
2) "Grandfather's Story" by Helen L Hall. - (1 file) Box 233

Jacob and Peter Loewen

File consists of the following:
1) "Lebensbeschreibung", autobiography of Jacob Loewen 1772-1870 was written by hand in Goetische Schrift in German. He was born in Heubuden, West Prussia.
2) A short autobiography in English is written by grandson Peter Loewen 1845-1920.
-- Both documents contained in one file, Box 233

Loewen, Jacob Elias, [1772-?]

Abraham Klassen

File consists of the following:
1) "Lebens Erfahrung von Abraham Klassen um eine Kunde zu hinterlassen fuer seine Nachkommenschaft", autobiography of Abraham Klassen, 1880-1934. - (1 file) Box 233

Klassen, Abraham, 1880-1934

Andreas Jantz

File consists of the following items:
1) Andrew (Andreas) Jantz autobiography.
2) Andreas Jantz family record compiled by his grandson Peter C. and Olga Schmidt Jantz. Andreas was born 1820 in Karolswalde, Volhynia and died in 1904 in Dolton, South Dakota.
3) Family records of Abraham Becker, Tobias Schartner, Jacob B Dirks, Abraham Friesen, Henry Thiessen, Peter Toews.
-- Al documents contained in one file, Box 233

Jantz, Andreas, 1820-1904

Peter Wiebe

File consists of the following:
1) "Erinnerungen"; autobiography of Peter Wiebe, 85 pages - (1 file) Box 234

Wiebe, Peter, 1882-1922

Heinrich B Friesen 1836-1926

File consists of the following item:
1) Heinrich B Friesen, 1837-1926, autobiography. Translated from German by August Schmidt in 1974. - (1 file) Box 233

Friesen, Heinrich B., 1837-1926

Heinrich Unruh

File consists of the following:
1) Heinrich Unruh, 1845-1928. Autobiography of teacher and preacher Unruh. 35 pages.
2) Genealogy of the Unruh family - (1 file) Box 234

Unruh, Heinrich, 1845-1927

Jacob Hoeppner

File consists of the following item:
1) "Journeying through this World and its Stages", autobiography of Jacob Hoeppner - (1 file) Box 233

Hoeppner, Jacob, 1856-1920

Henry Kornelsen and Sara Reimer Kornelsen

File consists of the following:
1) "He Has Qualified Us: Memories of our parents Henry and Sara Kornelsen", autobiography of Henry Kornelsen, 1890-1974 and Sara Reimer Kornelsen, 1897-2003. Translated into English by daughter Elvira Dueck in 1995.
2) Kornelsen family register beginning in 1858.
3) How Small Events and Happenings Contributed to a Large Mennonite Emigration in 1923 by H.H. Kornelsen, translated by John B. Toews. 12 pages.
-- All documents contained in one file, Box 233

Kornelsen, Heinrich H.,1890-1974

Hermann Jantzen

File consists of the following item:
1) "Ihr Werdet Meine Zeugen Sein", autobiography of Hermann Jantzen,1866-1959, missionary to the Mohammedans.
Translation: "You Shall Be My Witnesses". 167pages. - (1 file) Box 233

Jantzen, Hermann, 1866-1959

Elizabeth Schultz

File consists of the following items:
1) "What a Heritage" an autobiography of Elizabeth Schulz (nee Unruh), 1866-1943.
It recounts the trek into central Asia and emigration to America. 147 pages.
2) Correspondence from Anna Keyes (Schulz) to John B Toews, 1972
3) Maps of North America and Russia - (1 file) Box 234

Schultz, Elizabeth ( Unruh) 1886-1943

Cornelius Goossen

File consists of the following item:
1) Cornelius Goossen, autobiography translated from German by son-in-law John Wesley Fast. - (1 file) Box 233

Goossen, Cornelius, 1868-1941

B B Wiens

File consists of the following:
1) "Suworowsche Spruenge des Lehrers Lange", a lighthearted biography of B B Wiens. He was born in Muensterberg, Molotchna in 1873. He was a village teacher in Ladekopp, Molotschna from 1910-1918. - (1 file) Box 234

Wiens, Bernhard B., 1868-1941

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