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Mennonite Historical Society of British Columbia (repository) Immigrants
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Atlantic Park Hostel near Eastleigh, England

En route the emigrants stayed in Atlantic Park Hostel which was operated by Canadian Pacific-Cunard White Star Steamship lines near Eastleigh, England. The hostel consisted of barracks and offices.

Unknown

Emigration to Canada, 1924, 1925

This file consists of the following
1) Franz Friesen " Die Erste Immigranten-Gruppe von Sibirien, Slawgorod Kreis, nach Kanada", 1925, 4 pages; Report of Emigration from Rosental, 1923.
2) E. Janzen , " Unsere Auswanderung nach Canada", 1924. 16 pages
3) Bernhard B. Wiens, " Unsere Auswanderung nach Canada" 1924. 11 pages
4) Janz, B.B., Soldaten und Kassenpaaengiere, 1923, 5 Pages, B.B. Janz. "Die Soldaten, 1923,
5) H. Bartel, Auf! Nach Canada! 1923, 18 pages, via Minnedosa
6) P.F. Froese , "Usere Bauren in Moskau " 1928, 7 pages. (Taken from Der Bote June 19, 1962
7) Eine Mai-Ferien im Sovietalnde 1924. 9 pages. A group of 5,000 Mennonites was travel-ready to emigrate to Canada. B.B. Janz and B.H. Unruh assisted in making arrangements with CPR.
Terror im Molotschna-Gebiet, 5 pages; B.B. Janz hesitatingly agrees to classify that Mennonite ancestry is Dutch (not German).

Franz Friesen

Emigration to Russia 1802-1803

This file contains the following correspondence:
1) Eight letters from Consul General de Trefurt to His excellency the Chancellor of the Empire of Prussia requesting permission of Mennonites of Danzig to emigrate to Russia in 1802-1893. 8 pages. See notes.
2) Peter Hildebrand papers - Erste Auswanderung der Mennoniten aud dem Danziger Gebiet nach Russland, 1876, 20 pages - (1 file) Box 256

Council-General de Trefurt

Fehderau, Nicholas J, Estate Life

This file consists of the following:
1) Nicholas Fehderau, Aus der Hoehe in die Tiefen: Erinnerungen aus meiner Kindheit und Jugendjahren in Sued Russlaand"; 866 pages. Book 1: 1904-1924 Meine Lebensgeschichte ;
Book 2: 1908-1914, Neu Halbstadt- Mein Heimort;
Book 3: 1914-1917, Der erste Weltkrieg;
Book 4: 1917,1918, Revolution und Beurgerkrieg;
Book 5 & 6: Im Schatten des Todes 1919-1920; Es geht immer tiefer hinab,1921-1922;
Book 7 & 8: Ein schwerer Kampf um's Dasein; 1922-1923;
Book 8: Im Zeichen der Auswanderung, mein letztes Jahr in der alten Heimet, 1923-1924. - (6 files) Box 241

Fehderau, Nicholas J., 1904-1989

Germanism Among M.B. Immigrants in Canada, 1930-1960

This file consists of the following item:

1) "Germanism Among Mennonite Brethren Immigrants in Canada, 1930-1960: A Struggle for Ethno-Religious Integrity" written by an anonymous author. 35 pages. It has 8 pages of notes and bibliography. - (1 file) Box 241

Unknown

Germany Maps

File consists of the following maps:

1) Karte von Hessen mit den Orten aus denen die Wolgadeutschen ausgewandert sind (1763-69), by K. Stumpp. 67x49 cm. (Map of Hessen with the areas from which the Germans originated who resettled to the Volga region.)
2) Sonderkarte aus der Auswanderungskarte Wuerttemberg und Kreisen: Stuttgart, Ludwigsburg, Heilbronn, Vaihingen, Leonberg, Boeblingen, Esslingen, Waiblingen, Backnang, Oehringen, Nuertingen, Tuebingen u. Reutlingen. Auswanderung in den Jahren 1804-1842 nach Suedrussland, by K. Stumpp. 56x38 cm. (Detail map of the emigration of Wuerttemberg and area. Emigration 1804-1842 to south Russia.)
3) Karte von Wuerttemberg, Baden, Pflaz und Elsass mit den Orten,aus denen die Schwarzmeerdeutschen ausgewandert sind, (1804-1842), by K. Stumpp. 48x45 cm. (Map of Wuerttemberg, Baden, Pflaz and Elsass with the areas from which the Germans originated who emigrated to the Black Sea region.)
4) Orte in Elsass-Lothringen, aus denen Auswanderungen nach Russland stattgefunden haben. (1803-1817), by K. Stumpp, 1969. 66x50 cm. (Areas in Elsass-Lothringen from which emigrants originated who relocated to Russia.)
5) Karte der Orte in Rheinland Pfalz aus denen Auswanderungen nach Suedrussland in den Jahren 1808/1810 stattgefunden haben, by K. Stumpp, 48x66 cm. (Areas of Rhineland from which emigrants originated who relocated to south Russia in 1808/1810.)
6) Orte aus denen im Jahre 1814 Auswanderungen nach Russland, insbesondere nach Bessarabien stattgefunden haben, by K. Stumpp, 1972. 50x88 cm. (Areas from which emigrants who relocated to Russia originated, specifically Bessarabia, in 1814.)

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

Immigration Documents

This series contains the following:
1) Correspondence and documents, February to December 1921
2) Correspondence and documents, January to March 1922
3) Correspondence and documents, April to May 1922
4) Correspondence and documents, June to July 1922
5) Correspondence and documents, August to September, 1922
6) Correspondence and documents, October, November, December, 1922
7) Correspondence and documents, January, February, 1923
8) Correspondence and documents, March, April, May, 1923
9) Correspondence and documents, June, July, August, 1923
10) Correspondence and documents, September to December, 1923
11) Correspondence and documents, January, February, 1924
12) Correspondence and documents, March, April, May, 1924
13) Correspondence and documents, June, July, August, 1924
14) Correspondence and documents, September, October, 1924
15) Correspondence and documents, November, December, 1924
16) Correspondence and documents, January to May, 1925
17) Correspondence and documents, June to December, 1925 - (17 files) Box 257

Unknown

Janz, B.B. correspondence

This file consists of the following items:
1) Letters received by B.B. Janz in Coaldale Alberta 1915-1929
2) Correspondence and reports re: Paraguay, 1947
3) Correspondence and reports 1953-1959
4) Correspondence, personal, 1928-1960.
Jakob H. Janzen, requesting special assistance from B.B. Janz regarding emigration for 10 teachers their families (60 persons) , in 1923. 5 pages
5) German Deportation Documents, 1941-1944. TRUD Army, NKVD Classified material. Russian with translation.
6) Russian Mennonite Documents, War Reparations, Emigration Movement 1921-1925
7) N. Rempel and A. Bauer "Report to B.B. Janz on the Condition of the Refugees in the Gnadenfeld District", 1924.7) (7 files) Box 256)
8) Peter Riediger," Mission der Mennoniten in Russland unter den Russen",Letter to B.B. Janz 1956, 12 pages. (2 files. one handwritten and one typed)
J.G Dyck " Letter to B.B. Janz about Selbstschutz protection of a family in Blumenort, written in 1956, 2 pages.
9) B.B. Janz, "Das Statut" 1924, 5 pages. (Statute giving permission to immigrate to Canada). German.

Janz, Benjamin B., 1877-1964

Stumpp Maps fonds

  • CA MHSBC 170
  • Fonds
  • 1763-1972

Collections consists of the following series:
1) Ukraine/Russia Maps
2) Europe Maps
3) USA/Mexico Maps
4) Charts of Statistsics

Stumpp, Karl, 1896-1982

USA/Mexico Maps

Series consists of the following maps:

1) Karte der Russlanddeutschen Siedlungen in den USA und Mexiko. 36x54 cm

Stumpp, Karl, 1896-1982