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5.5. Kornelius (b.1796) moved to the Molotschna in 1818, settling in Marienthal in 1824 (1835 census); 5.6. Anna (b.1801) married Jacob Dyck. 5.1. Abraham Friesen (1773-1826) He probably spent his early years at Einlage but later moved to the southern areas of the Werder (Marienwerder). His second wife was Anna Dyck (b. 1792) whom he married in 1814. The church records seem to indicate this was a first marriage for Abraham and Anna, but this is probably a mistake. Anna Dyck was a daughter of Martin Dyck of Pastwa. After Abraham’s death, she married Aron Regier (b. 1807) of Sparrau, Molotschna. Abraham Friesen’s children include: 5.1.1. Katherina (b. 1804); 5.1.2. Sara (b. 1805) married Heinrich Funk, later of Chortitza; 5.1.3. Peter (b. 1810); 5.1.4. Martin (b. 1814); 5.1.5. Abraham (1816-71); 5.1.6. Katherina (b. 1820); 5.1.7. Jacob (b. 1822); 5.1.8. Anna (b. 1825). Abraham Friesen came to Russia in 1818, settling in Margenau, but later moving to Sparrau, Molotschna (1835 census). At least two of Abraham’s children moved to the Bergthal colony, namely Peter and Abraham. 5.1.3. Peter Friesen (b.1810). Peter Friesen married 1) Eva Kornelsen, 2) Anna Abrams. He was born at Kurzebrach, Marienwerder (Heubuden Gemeinde), on 13.8.1810 or 25.8.1810. He moved from Sparrau, Molotschna, to the Bergthal colony, BGB A207. When the Bergthalers immigrated to Canada in the 1870s, he and most of his family remained in Russia. The exceptions were: 5.1.3.1. Abraham (b. 1839) married Susanna Friesen, daughter of the Peter Friesen mentioned above, BGB A202. Abraham came to Canada and settled at Osterwick, East Reserve, Manitoba 1881 census. 5.1.3.2. Anna (b. 1851) married Jacob Falk: Kronsgard, East Reserve, Manitoba 1881 census. 5.1.4. Martin Friesen (b.1814). Martin Friesen (b.18.9.1814) married Helena (b. 1816). I am almost sure that this is the father of Peter M. Friesen, the M.B. historian. There are very few references regarding the personal life of P. M. Friesen and those that do exist are not straight forward. P. M. Friesen’s own brief incidental reference seems to refer to his maternal ancestors, although this is difficult to unravel. Nevertheless, the circumstantial evidence seems to indicate that this is the correct connection. 5.1.5. Abraham Friesen (1816-71). Abraham Friesen married Katherina Schwartz, BGB A100. He was elected Lehrer Preservings Peter M. Friesen (1849-1914), wrote the Separatist- Pietist historical work, The Mennonite Brotherhood in Russia, 1065 pages, in which he wrote mainly disparaging and untrue things about conservative Mennonites such as the Bergthaler and Kleine Gemeinde. The fact that two of his uncles were Bergthaler would establish that his family was quite conservative and in a round-a-bout way this might help to explain why he was so fanatically biased against the orthodox Mennonite church and its faith and practice. Presumably P. M. Friesen must have had some sort of a falling out with his family. Photo courtesy of The Mennonite Brotherhood in Russia, page 982. Photo Seven: Abram Friesen (1816-71) emigrated to Pastwa, Molotschna, in 1818, and later moved to the Bergthaler Colony, where he was elected as a minister. His widow, nee Katharina Schwartz (1819-97), came to Manitoba and pioneered in the Strassberg- Pastwa area together with several of her children. Five of her children are shown on this photograph taken before 1899: l. to r. Cornelius (1864-1928), Peter (1858-99), Aron (1848-1923) Abraham (1839- ? ) and Aganetha (Mrs. Peter Harder) (1851- ?) seated in front. Photo courtesy of Dr. Rhinehart Friesen, Working Papers, 114. 38 (Minister) in the Bergthal Gemeinde in 1849. His widow and children moved to Canada. Katherina Schwartz Friesen is found at Strassburg, East Reserve, Manitoba 1881 census, with her sons Peter and Kornelius. Abraham Friesen’s children include: 5.1.5.1. Abraham (b. 1839) married Maria Hiebert, BGB B265. Strassburg, East Reserve, Manitoba 1881 census; 5.1.5.2. Johann (1841-78) married Anna Klassen, BGB C11. This family came to Canada as well. Anna married Jacob Krahn (b.1841) after her husband’s death. Strassburg, East Reserve, Manitoba 1881 census. Johann Friesen’s children, Katherina, Johann and Abraham are found under Jacob Krahn’s name in 1881. 5.1.5.3. Katherina (1844-61); 5.1.5.4. Agatha (1846-49); 5.1.5.5. Aron (1848-1923) married Anna Löppky, BGB B325. Strassburg, East Reserve, Manitoba 1881 census: see article by John K. Friesen, “Aron Schwartz Friesen and Anna Loeppky Friesen,” elsewhere in this newsletter; 5.1.5.6. Peter (1850-51); 5.1.5.7. Agatha (1851-1932) married Peter Harder; 5.1.5.8. Jacob (1854-76); 5.1.5.9. Peter (1858-99) married Helena Klassen. Son Peter K. Friesen (1887-1946) was a cattle buyer and owned a store in Steinbach and his daughter Helen married Eugene Derksen, Printer. Son Jakob K. Friesen was the father of Cornelius L. and Peter L. Friesen, deceased, grain farmers in the Strassberg/Tourond areas; 5.1.5.10. Kornelius (1861-61); 5.1.5.11. Kornelius (1864-1928) married Maria Penner. 6. Isebrandt Friesen (1740-1803) of Heubuden 1776. Isebrandt Friesen (1740-1803) was a son of Isebrandt Friesen of Plattenhoff, Prussia, listed in the census of 1776 as having one son. He would appear to have been born before 1720, and was probably married at least twice. The son listed in 1776 was Nicholas (b. 1774) who immigrated to Russia in 1803 and stayed with his (half) brother Isebrandt (1740-1803) at Schönhorst (Old Colony): see “Lineage of my grandparents Klaas Friesens,” by Helena Janke, in Profile 1874, pages 209-12, translated by D. Plett. Nickolas or Klaas was the father of Cornelius F. Friesen (1810-92), veteran Molotschna school teacher who settled in Blumenort, Manitoba, in 1874, with a large descendancy. Isebrandt Friesen (1740-1803) was living at Heubuden in 1776 where he is listed with two sons, Isebrandt and Wilhelm. We do not know the name of his first wife, but his second wife was Agatha Dyck (b. 1745), widow of Wilhelm Bollee. Isebrandt immigrated to Russia circa 1788-89 and established a Wirtschaft at Schönhorst, Wirtschaft 9: BHU, 241. Isebrandt Friesen’s children include:
6.1. Isebrandt (b. 1767) married Katherina (b. 1766, maiden name currently unknown). Wirtschaft 15: BHU, 242. His wife could have been a daughter of Abraham Theichrob of Schönhorst. At any rate, he received Abraham Theichrob’s homestead after the latter’s death, prior to 1795. 6.2. Wilhelm (b. 1772) married Maria Albrecht. Schönhorst, Wirtschaft 30: BHU, 242. It seems he took over the homestead of Wilhelm Bollee and was sharing the homestead of his step-sisters Maria and Agatha Bollee. 6.1. Isebrandt Friesen (b. 1767). Isebrandt Friesen’s children include: 6.1.1. Isebrandt (b. 1790); 6.1.2. Katherina (b. 1791) married Isaac Braun; 6.1.3. Jacob (1794-1867) married Margaretha Epp; 6.1.4. Heinrich (1802-75) married (1) Katherina Driedger, (2) Katherina Klippenstein. This last entry is somewhat speculative as there was more than one Isebrandt Friesen at Schönhorst at the time. It is however the most probable connection. 6.1.4. Heinrich Friesen (1802-75). Heinrich Friesen moved to Bergthal, BGB A75. His widow and children came to Canada in the 1870s. Heinrich Friesen’s children include: 6.1.4.1. Heinrich (b. 1828) married Agatha Thiessen. BGB B100. Schönthal, Manitoba 1881 census; 6.1.4.2. Isebrandt (b.1830) married Helena Harder. BGB B118. Sommerfeld, West Reserve, Manitoba 1881 census; 6.1.4.3. Katherina (b.1832) married Abraham Doerksen (1827-1916), Schönthal, Manitoba. They were the parents of three prominent clergymen: Abraham Doerksen, founding Aeltester of the Sommerfelder Gemeinde, Heinrich Doerksen, minister of the Chortitzer Church for 46 years; and David Doerksen, Aeltester of the Saskatchewan Bergthal Church; 6.1.4.4. Maria (b. 1834) married Peter Sawatsky; 6.1.4.5. Justina (b. 1836) married Johann Sawatsky; 6.1.4.6. Kornelius (b. 1838) married (1) Aganetha Friesen, (2) Eliesabeth Funk. BGB B 232a, Schönthal, East Reserve, Manitoba 1881 census. Living with the Kornelius Friesen family at Schönthal in 1881 was his step-mother Katherina; 6.1.4.7. Helena (b. 1842) married Jacob Kähler; 6.1.4.8. Jacob (1842-44); 6.1.4.9. Jacob (1844) married Susanna Schröder. BGB B282. Sommerfeld, West Reserve, Manitoba 1881 census; 6.1.4.10. David (b. 1846) married (1) Barbara Klassen, (2) Anna Janzen. BGB B341. Sommerfeld, West Reserve, Manitoba 1881 census; 6.1.4.11. Anna (b.1849) married (1) No. 11, December, 1997 Kornelius Epp, (2) Dirk Harder. 7. Isebrandt Friesen of Petershagen. Isebrandt Friesen was listed in the 1776 as a resident of Petershagen, Prussia, a gardener (vegetable farmer) and was of poor economic circumstances. We know very little of this Isebrandt, and no children are listed in the 1776 entry. He did however have a son Johann (1768-1835) who was probably included in the count of one of their relatives (he may have been taken in by relatives). Isebrandt Friesen died before 1788. 7.1. Johann Friesen (1768-1835). Johann Friesen married Helena Schwartz in 1796, and in 1804 moved to the Molotschna where he is listed in 1808 as the owner of Wirtschaft 3 in Muntau: BHU, 306. Apparently, they only had one son Johann (1797-1872). In the 1835 census this family is listed as family No 23. 7.1.1. Johann Friesen (1797-1872). This Johann Friesen married (1) Anna Neufeld (2) Renatha Bartsch, (3) the widow Jakob von Riesen (1836-1909) born in Muntau, Molotschna, joined the Friends of Jerusalem or Templars, a Separatist-Pietist movement who took literally the eastward chiliastic teachings in vogue among the Russian Mennonites in the late 19th century, but adding a Zionist component to the same. In 1902 Jakob von Riesen joined a group of Templars who moved to Palestine where they established model irrigation farms in Wilhelmina, now part of Tel Aviv, Israel, and where Jakob died in 1909. The connection to the Templars is exceedingly interesting because the orthodox Mennonites who emigrated to Canada in 1874 were conservative intellectuals, sober and rational, people not given to flights of fancy and catagorically opposed to any kind of millennialist teaching as unscriptural. In this regard, of course, history has proven them 100 per cent correct. Photo courtesy of Helen E. Regier, The Friesens 1768-1983) (North Newton, Kansas, 1983), page 219. 39 Aganetha Löwen. At the time of his death, Johann Friesen was living in Blumstein, Molotschna. Some of Johann Friesen’s children later joined the Templar movement and 1908. Martha von Riesen (1891-1958) returned to Russia from Palestine after the death of her father in 1909. She married Abraham Toews and immigrated to Winnipeg, Canada, in 1925. Photo courtesy of Helen E. Regier, The Friesens 1768-1983), page 227. later moved to Palestine. Johann Friesen’s children include: 7.1.1.1. Johann (1821-25); 7.1.1.2. Abraham (1823-1903); 7.1.1.3. Peter (1824-62); 7.1.1.4. Johann (1826-88) married Agatha Harder; 7.1.1.5. Helena (1828-49); 7.1.1.6. Heinrich (1829-29); 7.1.1.7. Heinrich (1830-1903); 7.1.1.8. Jacob (1836-1909) married (1) Katherina Theichrob, (2) Susanna Berg. 7.1.1.9. Isebrandt (1839-46); 7.1.1.10. David (b.1843); 7.1.1.11. Kornelius (1846-47); 7.1.1.12. Aganetha (1849-49); 7.1.1.13. Aganetha (b. 1850). 7.1.1.2. Abraham Friesen (1823-1903). Abraham Friesen married Maria Heinrichs in 1850 and moved to the Bergthal Colony. BGB A166. In 1872 they moved to Canada with the Bergthalers where they settled in the village of Hochfeld, 2 miles west of Blumenort. By the time of the 1881 census they had moved to the West Reserve. [They are listed in the 1881 census as resident at Scratching River, Manitoba, but there must be some mistake as they were definitely not part of the settlement there which was Kleine Gemeinde.] Abraham Friesen’s children include: 7.1.1.2.1. Johann (1851-1921) married Katherina Hiebert. BGB B372, Reichenbach, East Reserve, Manitoba 1881 census; 7.1.1.2.2. Abraham (b. 1853) married Anna
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