Browsing all posts in April, 2011.

Jakob Fehr (1837-1916)

Jakob Fehr’s son Jakob Fehr was born in Osterwick, Chortitza Colony, in 1837. Jakob Jr. married Maria Wiens, from Insel-Chortitz, and the couple lived in Kronsthal, where they had a fine Wirtschaft.
They had many fine fruit trees, where son Jakob helped till the ground and planting vegetables. In the “house garden” adjacent to the street, [...]

Steinbach and Reinland First Settlers

The Steinbach immigrants travelled on the S.S. Hiberian. The group included the important Reimer clan–brothers Johann, Klaas, son in-laws Abraham Friesen and Peter Toews and parent Abraham Reimer, Klaas Brant, Peter Friesens, Gerhard Siemens, Peter Buhlers, Cornelius Fasts and Bernhard Bergens and their parents Jakob and Helena Fehr.
This was the last contingent of Mennonite immigrants [...]