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This is a photo of a wide, muddy, partially snow-covered village street lined with widely-separated homes (house/barn). The photograph (slightly faded) is taken in the Molotschna Colony, Russia. Two men are standing at the end of one of the properties.
The 18 year old Abraham Unruh, Alida’s maternal
The 18 year old Abraham Unruh, Alida’s maternal uncle, is seated with his guitar. Abraham was the brother of Anna Unruh, Alida’s mother. The photo was taken Aug. 22, 1943 and sent to Anna Unruh who was living in Leipzig, Germany at that time. Abraham changed his name to Adolf under the German occupation of the Ukraine.
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This photo is of the remnant of the historic Alexanderwohl Mennonite Church, specifically a wall with a window.
Note:photo is colored.
This photo shows the remnant of the Alexanderwohl Mennonite church from the side.
Note: photo is colored.
The front of this postcard shows separators made
The front of this postcard shows separators made or sold by a company named Alpha-Laval. A young woman in traditional dress demonstrates their use.
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The Gerhard Neufeld family. The background of
The Gerhard Neufeld family. The background of this photo is interesting with its view of the forest. See M2004E-6 for a picture of Gerhard when he was younger. On this photo he could be 7 years old. His sister Katja (Katie) stands behind him. Imprinted on the bottom right hand corner of this photo is the date 1904.
In 1924 when Olga Enns was 7 years old, her family emigrated to Canada. But she was not allowed to come to Canada in July with the rest of her family. Her parents asked a different Neufeld family to look after 7 year old Olga and Gerhard Neufeld who by this time was in his late teens and an orphan. Gerhard and Olga arrived in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada in September 1924. Gerhard later married a daughter of Bishop (Ältester) Janzen of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
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The Heinrich Unruh Family, parents and 8
The Heinrich Unruh Family, parents and 8 children, their ages given in brackets. Seated (left to right): David (20); the mother, Maria (nee Schellenberg); the father, Heinrich (59); Abraham (14). Standing (left to right): Maria (11); Peter (16); Erna Neumann (wife of David); Anna (25), Alida’s mother; Helena (26); Heinrich (23); Kaethe (10). Alida’s grandfather, Heinrich Unruh, returned home to his family on Dec. 31, 1938 after enduring 6 years of hard labour in a prison camp (Gefangenschaft). The entire family had suffered serious consequences due to his imprisonment. The four oldest siblings had to work at manual labour however received only 50% of their wages because they were considered “enemies of the people”. Ten-year-old Kaethe has the distended belly of malnutrition. She was also quite ashamed of her underpants, which were her brother’s cut-off pants and are visible under the dress. This photo was published in: Harry Loewen, ed. Road to Freedom, Mennonites Escape the Land of Suffering (Kitchener (Ontario): Pandora Press, 2000), p.66.
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This photo is of the Heinrich Willms mill in Halbstadt. It is part of the Prominent Mennonite Buildings Calendar, 1995.(Filed with oversized photos)
The Peters Store owned by Peter Peters, maternal
The Peters Store owned by Peter Peters, maternal grandfather of Marg Boldt. Jewelry was sold here and the family was well off. The Brasol Colony was just north of the Molochna Colony.
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The property of Gerhard Klassen in Rückenau
The property of Gerhard Klassen in Rückenau, a house with two gates. Mr. Klassen owned the General Store where Elvera’s father, Jakob Bergen and her uncle, Martin Duerksen worked. The Duerksen family lived there and Elvera’s family lived there as well after fleeing from Blumenort for safety. Mathilda and Martin Duerksen stand in the middle of the picture by the gate. At the other gate, to the left are two of their children Gerhard and Anna (called Njuta).
The three story, Association of J. A. Pekker pharmacy building with workers standing in front
A three story pharmacy building. The name on the building is: Association of J. A. Pekker or Pekkerl. Workers are standing in front of the building. Jakob Barkowsky, Rita's grandfather was the son of Michael
Barkowsky, who was apparently very poor and died while quite young. Of the four children, only the youngest was able to remain with the mother. Jakob was taken in by a Pekker family in Tiegenhagen for whom he then worked.
The wedding of Elisabeth Stobbe and Dietrich
The wedding of Elisabeth Stobbe and Dietrich Baerg in the 1930s at Schönau, Molotschna Colony. Dietrich’s sister Lena (Helena) Baerg stands to the left of the bride. On the far right is her sister, Agnes Baerg.
The two young women in the middle are not identified. Dietrich and Lena were Alida’s mother’s maternal cousins. The parents of Dietrich and Lena were Heinrich Baerg and Aganetha (Schellenberg) Baerg, formerly of Tiegenhagen.
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The wedding of Gerhard Enns’ sister (paternal
The wedding of Gerhard Enns’ sister (paternal aunt to Olga Enns) to Abram Baerg. The bride wears a black dress and a white veil. Earlier it was the custom to wear black for weddings. The label of the photo is “Cabinet Portrait” indicating the photographer could have been Mennonite or German.
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The words written on the back of photo #7:
The words written on the back of photo #7: “Gruss aus” meaning “Greetings from” and the place name written in Russian. Gostovskaya is the way it might be written in English. Jakob Bergen sent this photo to his family in Blumenort while on a business trip for the store worked he worked in Blumenort.
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The young Unruh family in Tiegenhagen, Molotschna
The young Unruh family in Tiegenhagen, Molotschna Colony, Ukraine. Heinrich and Maria Unruh, grandparents of Alida, are pictured with (left to right) Helene aged 3, baby Heinrich 6 months, and two year old Anna (mother of Alida). This photo was taken when grandfather had come home on leave from the medical corps during WW I.
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