Preservings 11 (1997) - Plett Foundation

No. 11, December, 1997
On this picture are Waisenman Cornelius T. Friesen and Gertruda Dyck Wiebe Friesen. She was the widow of
Heinrich D. Wiebe, son of Aeltester Gerhard Wiebe (1827-1900). Cornelius and Gertruda were married on
February 28, 1909. Martin C. Friesen married his step-sister Elisabeth Wiebe on July 18, 1911. From left to
right: back row, Gertruda D. Wiebe, Elisabeth D. Wiebe, Peter D. Wiebe, Martin C. Friesen and Heinrich C.
Friesen; Middle row: Johann D. Wiebe, Jakob D. Wiebe and Jakob C. Friesen (still living today in Colony
Bergthal, Paraguay); Front row: Helena D. Wiebe, Mrs. Gertrude Dyck Wiebe Friesen, Abram D. Wiebe,
Waisenman Cornelius T. Friesen and David C. Friesen. Martin C. Friesen later became the father of the Menno
Colony, Paraguay. Photo courtesy of Mrs. David C. Friesen/Katherine Wiebe.
1.4.5. Gerhard (b. 1808).
1.4.4. Bernhard Friesen (1805-53).
Bernhard Friesen married Helena Dirksen
and later Katherina Klippenstein. BGB A39.
His children include:
1.4.4.1. Peter (1835-1915) married Katherina
Thiessen and later Aganetha Peters. BGB
B194. When they came to Canada they settled
at Grünthal, East Reserve, 1881 census. He
was buried in the old village cemetery in
Schönfeld where many skeletons were recently
unearthed: see Carillon News, May 3,
1995, and May 31, 1995. Peter Friesen was
the father of the well-known chiropractor
“Doctor” Peter P. Friesen (1878-1969) whose
family history is recorded in the book by
Helene Friesen, A Genealogy of Peter P. and
Agatha Friesen (Grunthal, 1978), 85 pages;
1.4.4.2. Katherina (b. 1838) who married
Jacob Penner;
1.4.4.3. Bernhard (b. 1843) who married Helena
Dirksen and later Anna Hildebrandt,
BGB B389: Schönthal, West Reserve, 1881
census. Note that B 389 gives an incorrect
birthdate for Bernhard Friesen. His correct
birthdate is 29.11.1843 (Russian)=11.12.1843
Western;
1.4.4.4. Aganetha (b. 1845) married
Kornelius Friesen (b. 1838) (son of Heinrich
Friesen (1802-75);
1.4.4.5. Anna (b. 1847) married Kornelius
Dyck.
2. Johann Friesen, Lindenau 1776.
There were two Johann Friesens at
Lindenau, Prussia, in the 1776 census, both
“Dr.” Peter P. Friesen was also a blacksmith and was
known as “Drootbranna” Friesen. He founded a large
dynasty and many of his descendants are still prominent
in the Grunthal area, including Larry Friesen,
owner of Roadside Poultry, and Jac N. Friesen, former
Councillor of the R. M. of Hanover. Photo courtesy of
Peter P. and Agatha Friesen book, page 21.
listed with one son and one daughter. Possibly,
they are father and son. It appears that
Abraham Friesen (15.12.1759-22.10.1835)
was the son of the senior Johann Friesen. His
mother was Sara (nee Warkentin) (b. 1732).
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It appears she remarried Johann Mathies in
1793, after the senior Johann Friesen’s death.
Both Johann and Abraham Friesen were
likely members of the Rosenort Gemeinde.
We know little about Abraham’s first wife,
but he was married at the time he came to
Russia in 1795. His mother, listed as
Susanna Warkentin by BHU, followed a year
later in 1796, BHU 302.
2.1. Abraham Friesen (1759-1835).
Abraham settled at Schönhorst where he
is listed in 1802 and 1803: BHU 215 and 248.
After the death of his first wife, he married
an Eliesabeth Warkentin who had come to
Russia in 1805. She later married Bernhard
Giesbrecht (1775-1851).
Abraham Friesen’s children include:
2.1.1. Sara (1790-1854) married Peter Penner
(1787-1835);
2.1.2.Eliesabeth (1807-55);
2.1.3. Johann (1810-55);
2.1.4. Peter (1812-91);
2.1.5. Gerhard (1815-16);
2.1.6. Aganetha (1817-55) married Abraham
Zacharias (b. 1814);
2.1.7. Jacob (1819-62);
2.1.8. Gerhard (1819-1904).
2.1.3. Johann Friesen (1810-55).
This Johann Friesen was not a Bergthaler,
but his family is of interest because most of
his children came to Canada in the 1870s.
He married in 1833 to Susanna Dyck (d.
1900) who later married Johann Berg (1828-
89).
His children include:
2.1.3.1. Peter (b. 1824) married Maria Elias.
Apparently this family stayed in Russia;
2.1.3.2. Johann (1836-1902) married Helena
Bergen and came to Canada in the l870s.
Neuenberg, West Reserve, Manitoba 1881
census;
2.1.3.3. Abraham (1838-1905) married
Kornelia Rempel. Neuenberg, West Reserve,
1881 census;
2.1.3.4. Jacob (1840-1927) married Helena
Siemens, Neuenberg, West Reserve, 188l
census;
2.1.3.5. Susanna, married Nicholas Harder;
2.1.3.6. Isaac;
2.1.3.7. Eliesabeth, married Nicholas Peters;
2.1.3.8. Gerhard;
2.1.3.9. Anna, married Kornelius Harder;
2.1.3.10. Aganetha (b. 1855) married
Dietrich Bueckert.
2.1.4. Peter Friesen (1812-91)
This is the Peter Friesen mentioned above
whose birthdate is 26.2.1812 Western style,
14.2.1812 Russian style. He moved to
Bergthal, BGB A99, and later to Canada in
the 1870s, Rosenthal, East Reserve, 1881
census.
His first wife was Maria Banmann (1815-
60), apparently also a daughter of Kornelius
Banmann of Kronsweide/Kronsthal, as mentioned
above. Later he re-married Maria (nee
Wall) and Margaretha (nee Bergen).