Prussian-Russian Mennonites - Family History & Genealogy Message Board

Photo ID wanted. Nikkel, Baerg ,Martens

AlexM42 — 27 Sep 2003 12:17:32 GMT

I'm not sure how this will work. Please check my web pages and see if any of your family is pictured
http://users.adelphia.net/~eng42/images/pic1.jpg
These are the children of Peter F Nikkel taken in Yates Center KS.
Top row Benjamin, Helena, Ida Second row, Agnes, either Katherina or Maria.
front row, either Katherina or Maria, Cornelius. Who knows for sure which girl is which?

http://users.adelphia.net/~eng42/images/pic2.jpg

Issac Baerg is the third man to the right, back row. This was part of a larger picture of some kind of gathering. Anyone know where it was taken?

http://users.adelphia.net/~eng42/images/grp1.jpg
Picture 6 looks like the same man a picture 3. It looks like a Russian army uniform.
Some of the Nikkel or Martens family did serve.
The woman in #5 is the same person as the girl next to Isaac Baerg in grp1.jpg photo 12.

http://users.adelphia.net/~eng42/images/grp2.jpg
Photo #7, the man looks like a Baerg
#8, the man on the far right looks like a Nikkel
The young man in #12 is Isaac Baerg born 1866. The girl does not seem to fit the age of any of his sisters. She is shown in a wedding photo in #5

Tracing the Zimmermann name

limegreen175 — 19 Jan 2008 10:27:01 GMT

Hi I would like to make contact with any one with the Zimmermann name who has family that were part of the Mennonites in West Prussia during the 1700s and 1800s.

Johann Neufeldt (Peter & Isaac Neufeldt's father)

voddenpop — 11 Jan 2006 1:30:17 GMT

Hi there,
I'm searching for information on Johann Neufeldt (father to Peter and Isaac & several others) who emigrated through Prussia and Russia before coming to the US (Mt Lake, MN). I have heard that they are well documented in Mennonite history,but what I am really trying to figure out is WHERE they are originally from. My grandpa says we are dutch, but I find no record of any Neufeldt (or Neufeld alternate spelling) anywhere in the Netherlands. Can anyone help??

stefanie Neufeldt hughes

SUMMY /Hershberger /Fulkerth decendant wanted

Monalisa — 10 Aug 2005 4:44:05 GMT

Peter Johann Vogt

judyc177 — 8 Oct 2007 12:05:48 GMT

Searching information on his parents. PETER Johann Vogt
b12 Feb.1851
Nie.South Russia
died Siberia
marr; Margaretha Dyck
3 Dec.1873
b13 Mar.1847
Schoenhorst,S.R.
died 27 Feb.1907
remarried; Helena Bergan
18 May 1907
Can someone help me? Judy

Mennonites from Russia

Susy Flaming — 31 Jan 2002 9:32:48 GMT

I am researching Mennonites who immigrated from Russia to Marion County Kansas between 1873 and 1893. The surnames are Flaming, Wohlgemuth, Kroeker,Funk, Reimer and Wiebe.

Want information on decendants of Peter B. Nikkel 1875

AlexM42 — 27 Sep 2003 12:22:28 GMT

Would like to exchange information and pictures with decendants of Peter who was born in Kansas and died in Colorado. He had 10 children.
Thanks

In The Fullness of Time Dr. Walter Quiring

lyledueck — 3 Mar 2006 9:20:02 GMT

I am interested in purchasing this book. Does anyone know where one can be obtained?

Fonferek - Is it Dutch (Mennonite) that settled in Poland

Bill Fonferek — 28 Aug 2006 1:38:45 GMT

My family ancestry comes from Poland in the 1870 to Wisconsin. The name can be found as Faferek in Poland and Fonferek in Germany. Neither of these names sounds German or Polish. However there is a Dutch name that looks and sounds the same; Van Varick. Could my Fonferek be a Mennonite emmigrant to Poland?

Research

Phyllis Kroeker — 14 Sep 2000 2:28:12 GMT

I have researched the journey of the Mennonites from Holland in the 1500s, through Prussia, through Russia and into Canada, with some US information. Send a question, and perhaps I can help you find the answer.

New Rempel family tree on Rootsweb

Kathrine_Rempel — 21 Nov 2006 12:31:45 GMT

Hi everyone, I have recently posted my Rempel family tree on Rootsweb at this address: <http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=MyTijo&I11.x=3...; Just highlight, copy and paste, since I can't figure out how to make it an automatic link. Please check it out and email me with questions or information; I would really enjoy hearing from you. Thank you, Kae Rempel-Davis

Moritz

Jenny_Swenson — 1 Feb 2002 6:00:41 GMT

Does anyone know about a family with the last name of Moritz? I have been told they were Mennonites.

Konrad Name

Jeff Konrad — 22 Feb 2001 7:10:16 GMT

There were not very many Mennonite Konrad families
in the Ukraine. We have traced our roots back about to about 1789
but we like to more about a other Konrad families
as well as Jacob Konrad who came to the Ukraine as an orphan
with a Mantler Family.

Hoefly family

4405Barham — 23 Jun 2001 3:18:52 GMT

Peter and Barbara Nagel Hoefly (Heffley) came to America c 1719 and first settled south of Pottstown, Pa. before moving on to Ephrata in Lancaster Co. I suspect they might have been Mennonites. I am searching for their place of origin.

Mennonite Villages in Russia

mary579_1 — 24 Dec 2002 12:25:36 GMT

I am answering my own questions--I did a very brief research into the massive immigration of Russians with German (like Janke) names into Kansas and S Dakota during the 1880's.

They were part of the Mennonite colonists in southern Russia. Many of them immigrated all at once to the US.

This is very very intriguing! Look at the Mennonite Genealogical websites--you may find some ancestors there!

VonSchmittou's from Prussia

NormaThornton49 — 25 Jun 2001 3:18:15 GMT

I am looking for information of any kind regarding Francois F.Von Schmittou who came to the US supposedly from Prussia in the late 1700's to early 1800's. I have checked all of the immigrations records that I can find available on the internet...PLEASE Help!!Thanks, Norma

Leonard Mumma

ruby65807 — 29 Jul 2003 9:19:47 GMT

I'm looking for information on a distant grandfather Leonard Mumma and his family. Especially his son George Anthony Mumma. Leonard was baptized Oct.5,1694 Strolberg,Rheinland,Prussia,he might had spelled his name Lenhart Mumma.

KREHBIEL-looking for a book

Beverly Williams — 5 Apr 2004 4:23:58 GMT

I am trying to find a book titled "Emigrants, Refugees and Prisoners, Volume ll, by Richard Warren Davis. The Masthof Bookstore says it is out of print. Does anyone know where I can find a copy or have a copy they would be willing to sell? It contains information on the KRAHENBUHL/KREHBIEL/GREBIL/GRAYBILL family that I am interested in finding. Any help?
E-mail me, thanks!

Mennonites Kansas and Oklahoma

DonnaOsborn48 — 20 Apr 2005 2:11:06 GMT

Will share information with people working on these families. Need parents of Eva Ratzlaff born July 1, 1818 dies May 1, 1892 maybe Kansas her husbands name is Peter Koehn born Dec 5, 1826 died Feb 2, 1902 in McPherson County, Kansas. I come from the Benjamin Koenh Line who married Katherine Voth, her parents are David Voth and wife Marie Jantz. I have all there ancestors would share with others. Katherine Voth, David Voth and Marie Jantz died in Oklahoma. D. Osborn

prussian

sharon mann — 8 Jan 2005 8:58:43 GMT

looking for Kack/or could be Keck, traveled from Prussia 1800 to St. Thomas Jamaica then to Quebec. papers from King of Prussia allowing the family to immigrate. Heirick Keck 8 children. We go by Kack.

Giesbrecht line

altacountrygirl — 16 Aug 2002 5:27:46 GMT

My main Giesbrecht line is:
Peter(my father)> Martin(b.1894)> Martin(b.1869)> Martin(b.1835)> Bernhard B(b.1804)> Bernhard A(b.1775)> Abraham(b.1739). Peter was born in Manitoba but all the others were born Russia and/or Prussia. I have some of the following names (all Giesbrecht) in my tree: Peter, Martin, Johan, Magaretha, Katharina, Helena, Anna, Tina, Bernhard, Franz, Gerhard, Jacob, Abraham, Kornelius and more. If anyone has further information and/or needs some of mine, please email me. Thanks to all who can help!

Alexandropol, Alexanderpol, Memrik near Ignatyevo Colony Ukraine

teched — 23 Dec 2004 7:03:58 GMT

Hello

I'm looking for information the Mennonite village of Alexandropol (also spelled Alexanderpol) founded in 1888 near the village of Ignatyevka of the Ignatyevo colony. It is said to be aligned with the Memrik colony church. My great grandfather Jacob Isaac (1861-1912) was a deacon in the church there and our family as among the founding families of the village. However very little information is to be found.

I have all the relevant resources like the Mennonite Encyclopedia, Mennonite Atlas, Unruh, Smith, P.M Friesen texts etc. and have searched in several archives. To no avail.

I'm also looking for a map of this village showing the names of settlers.

Does this ring a bell with anyone. Any references to this village in your family history?

Thank you

Ron

Schroeder Kliewer Poland

ripleysresidence — 14 Jan 2003 1:19:05 GMT

I am looking for my Mennonite ggrandparents Peter SCHROEDER (b. 1855) and Agneta KLIEWER (b. 1860) of Kazun Niemiecki - Nowy Dwor/Warsaw region of Poland.

My grandfather Heinryk/Henry SCHROEDER was born in Poland 28 Nov 1898 and came to Drake, Saskatchewan alone in 1924. His birth certificate says his father was 43 and his mother was 38 at the time of his birth. I know my grandfather had at least one sibling, David for sure and I think several sisters, who were born about ten years earlier.

Any info greatly appreciated, Suzanne Schroeder.

Where do I go from here...

DawnAschenbrener — 4 Sep 2006 10:38:10 GMT

I am a novice and need some help. On the "Composite Index of Heads of Household in the Mennonite Church Records", what does the reference # refer to? Is this reference # a cross reference back to the source? Or does this reference # lead to more information for the persons I am interested in?

Also, what about the "Reinlaender Gemeinde Buch"? What does the page # refer to?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Dawn

Jakob B. Becker X Aganetha Voth, Mennonites from Russia

melisadiane77 — 22 Sep 2004 7:59:57 GMT

I'm looking for the Jacob B. Becker who married Nettie (Aganetha Voth). He would have been born around 1865. They were living in Karoma, Alfalfa, OK in 1910. He was part of the German-Russian Mennonite immigration of 1874/1875.
Does anyone know anything about who his parents were?

Beiring

Debby — 11 Nov 2002 1:27:37 GMT

Does the last name Beiring ring a bell or translate into another Russian Mennonite name. Andrew, Anna, Anthony, and Johanna listed with Thielman Labor Company. My grandfather is Joseph, from Houghton, MI and don't know much past that.

Rundschau translations

Susan Pelchat — 31 May 2004 3:11:37 GMT

I am looking for anyone who would be willing to translate a couple of articles from the mennonite Rundschau. any help would be greatly appreciated. thank you

Susan Pelchat

Russian songs

wendywasko — 10 Mar 2004 12:04:10 GMT

Help! Im getting married in May and I want to play a russian song for my Father/Daughter Dance! My dad is russian and very old. It'd make him so happy to hear russian music played at my wedding. I want the song to be in the russian language but I'd like to see what it says in english. Please let me know ASAP! Im desperate!
THANKS!!!
Wendy

Russian Surnames in cemetery.

Elvina — 9 Jul 2002 3:43:03 GMT

I am in the process of surveying and indexing a small private SDA Cemetery
in Tulare County, CA. It was started by the German SDA Church in Dinuba,
Tulare Co., CA. in 1916.

According to the obituaries and/or death certificates, many of the deceased
or their parents were from Russia.

The following are a few of the surnames in the cemetery:
Arnst, Baerg, Bartsch, Bloodworth, Buhler, Burnitzkie, DeFehr, Dillon,
Dirksen, Eberlein, Enns, Epp, Fallbeck, Friesen, Goertz, Golbek, Hagstotz,
Jacobsen, Kehler, Klassen, Koenig, Lemky, Lottman, Neubrand, Newfeld,
Oblander, Otto, Paulson (Poulson), Penner, Reger, Santini, Scharz, Stahl,
Taves, Toews, Tresenriter, Wazdatskey, Wiebe.

If you would like information on any of these names or possible family
names listed on death certificates you may contact me personally.

I will be out of town July 25 - August 16 so you will need to contact me before or after those dates.

You may find this site of interest:
http://www.cagenweb.com/re/fresno/cemReedleyGermans.htm

Mennonite Book

EFernandez — 24 Oct 2003 2:04:07 GMT

I'm interested in purchasing a book called: In the Fullness of Time: 150 Years of Mennonite Sojourn in Russia by Dr. Walter Quiring.

Has anyone seen or heard of the book?

prussian history

Alissa Hanshew — 7 Dec 2002 7:15:12 GMT

i'm trying to find information on a particular event in prussian history. my father remembers a number of years ago an old guy telling him that our last name (hanshew) sounded like a last name he knew from prussian history.
supposedly this an assassin (and hence his family) were kicked out of prussia by the king(?) in the early 1600's for assassinating the wrong person. i've seen various phonetic spellings of our name: handschuh, hanschuh, handshuh, hanshuh, i think you get the idea. if this rings a bell to anyone, PLEASE contact me.
Thank you!!

Abram Nikkel

golfer1944 — 4 Mar 2003 4:32:13 GMT

My great-great grandfather was Abram Nikkel. He came to Kansas from the Ukraine, Mol. Colony with first Kansas settlers. Anyone have anything on his family in Russia-Prussia?

getting to know my name...

K.Nickel — 10 Mar 2003 5:59:43 GMT

I am very interested to hear from other surname Nickel's out there. I am wanting help to locate the history behind my name and maybe even some family history. I need some help to fing myself you might say. I am without family and would really like to make some kind of conection to where we came from and who we were.

Johann Braun b. 1836 - My Dead End!

altacountrygirl — 16 Aug 2002 5:16:00 GMT

Is there anyone with any information regarding Johann Braun (1836-1911), Russia, married Anna ? (1841-1890). This is one of my dead ends. I have a fair amount of info. for his descendants but nothing about him. I appreciate any help anyone can offer.

de fehr family question

a.j. — 20 Oct 2001 3:31:26 GMT

I am looking for any information on an heinrich isaac defehr bron in niederchortitza in 1886. He immigrated to Canada with his wife maria (maiden name unknown but perhaps friesen) in 1925, to Manitoba. His father was named Issak as far as i know. This is all I know so any information would be greatly appreciated.

Bergthal Colony

Al Hildebrandt — 19 Jan 2003 8:24:40 GMT

Looking for people that have info on cemeteries in the
colony. Time period would be from the start of the colony
in 1836 until 1850.

Zacharias/Braun ancestors

sue zacharias — 26 Jul 2002 2:31:22 GMT

hi, my great grandfathers came to manitoba in the 1870's. i'd love to chat with anyone who thinks we might be related. my mother's father, grandfather and great-grandfather were all named heinrich braun. hope to hear from someone, thanks.

Margaretha Knelson and Aganetha Loewen

altacountrygirl — 16 Aug 2002 5:10:35 GMT

I am searching for any information on my g.grandmother Margaretha Knelson, born Oct. 25, 1870 in Russia. Died Nov. 23, 1903 in Manitoba. I'm also looking for information on my gg.grandmother Aganetha Loewen born Sep. 9, 1839 in Chortitza Colony, South Russia and died Oct. 19, 1880 in Schoenhorst, South Russia. Parents were Johann Lowen & Katharina Braun. Thanks to all who may be able to help.

RAPPUHN OR REPPHUN

vininggen — 31 Mar 2005 6:49:08 GMT

Hardbound book entitled, “Mary Neufeld and the Repphun Story, by Herman A. Neufeld. The book is about Peter Repphun and Regina Ruppel’s family history. They were Mennonites who immigrated from Molotschna Russia to Manitoba, Canada and then Saginaw Michigan. The Repphun name was changed to Rappuhn in the U.S. Names associated with this family is Zittel, Markruf and Kornelsen. If anyone is interested, please contact me.

Enns Family History Book

brimac5 — 27 Jun 2002 11:16:29 GMT

My grandfather George Enns was born in Siberia to Mennonite parents Gerhardt Enns and Agnes Flaming. The family escaped Russia during the Bolshevik revolution. At great risk to their lives they carried an old German Bible from 1700's and an Enns family history book going back to 1600's. My grandfather loaned the history book to an Enns family member in Reedley, California and it was never returned to
him. We are searching for this lost family treasure. He tried in vane to find it before he died to pass it on to his first son as was the family tradition. If anyone finds it please contact Ed Enns, the rightful heir at eenns34825@aol.com or his daughter Terry MacDevitt at brimac5@charter.net.

Hoeppner emigration to Insel Chortitz from Prussia

mhepner — 11 Nov 2002 2:30:04 GMT

Having trouble finding information on mennonite records prior to the migration to Insel Chortitz Russia (now part of the Ukraine) founded 1789

I am a descendant of Jacob Hoeppner - one of the deputies that was send to scope out new land in Russia for the movement of the mennonites out of Danzig area, West Prussia.

Does anyone have any advice or who to contact / references for records around this time period?

napier mennonites?francis viola bates and columbus napier?

platinumblonde — 9 Dec 2001 9:06:29 GMT

Mennonite beard style

SSchleichert — 28 Feb 2002 12:03:16 GMT

Can anyone tell me whether the "beard and no mustache" style was typical for Mennonites in the 18th and first half of the 19th century, or whether there might be other religious communities preferring such a style, too?

Thanks a lot
Sabine
sabine@ggrs.com

Swiss Mennonites - Haas

Beth Haas — 25 Feb 2001 10:47:26 GMT

I have documentation that my gg grandfather, Jacob Haas (b.1802), was a Mennonite of Swiss descent. He came from Buck's Co, PA and moved north to Ontario (ca. 1827) settling in a Mennonite community. Any help with how to find confirmation of his birthdate, who his parents were, when they immigrated from Switzerland...would be greatly appreciated.

Is Pettypool a Germanic name?

poolemanus — 11 Jan 2002 4:24:16 GMT

I recently came across this finding below. What do you think?
"The Pettypool names comes from Germany. During the reformation period the
Pettypool's were part of the Anabaptist movement in Germany.
When the Anabaptist announced that no Ruler was divenely inspired, the Czar of
Germany expelled them from the country. They migrated to
Northern France and contracted their name to P'Pool to have the french appearance.
Later in the mid 1700's they moved to Wales and three
brothers sailed to the US and landed in Halifax Co, VA in 1794. This research was
conducted by Dr Bruce P'Pool (deceased) from Nashville,
TN from 1930's to 1954 when he published the P'Pool history. No longer in print.

Submitter: Lanny E. P'Pool"

Photo

jennpenner — 23 Jun 2001 4:03:57 GMT

I'm trying to identify a photo from a family album. We think it could be Dycks, Wiebes or Hildebrands. Please take a look at http://www.geocities.com/jenn1327 Thanks Jenn Penner