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Katherine, daughter of Abraham B. Neufeld. Diedrich N. Penner and wife. He was the son of Susanna B. Neufeld and Diedrich Penner. His father died when he was quite young. R. Toews and farmed on his grandfather’s homestead near Steinbach. They had 6 children: Harry, Art, Bill, Loraine, Margaret and Wayne. Loraine and Wayne live in Steinbach as did Harry until his death a few years ago. Peter B. Neufeld (1866-1939). The Peter B. Neufeld lived in Ebenfeld and moved to Steinbach where they lived on Preservings Katharina B. Neufeld and her husband, Gerhard Unger, on their Golden Wedding anniversary 1940. Photo courtesy of Leo Unger, Box 696, Steinbach, Manitoba, R0A 2A0. William Street. Peter B. Neufeld was cattle buyer and operated a butcher shop on Main Street. Sarah Klassen Neufeld also kept a diary of which the years 1918 to 1926 are extant. Daughter Maria Neufeld married to Jakob F. Wiebe, was the Post Mistress in Niverville in the 1940s. Daughter Susanna Neufeld married to Cornelius Stoesz moved to Bergthal Colony, Paraguay in 1948. Son John K. Neufeld married Elisabeth Schulz. Her first husband Abram P. Hiebert was killed in a tractor mishap The John K. Neufeld family had a general store in Niverville. Son Jakob K. Neufeld married Anna Schroeder and farmed in the Reinland district northeast of Niverville. Their children include Bertha married to Ben Rempel of Steinbach. Son Henry K. Neufeld had a transfer business in New Bothwell. The family moved to Bergthal Colony, Paraguay in 1948. Maria B. Neufeld 1866-1945. Daughter Maria B. Neufeld married Dietrich “Dirk” Penner who died as a young married man age 36. Dirk Penner was a mail carrier and lived in Steinbach. In 1904 Maria married for the second time to Isaak Harder and lived in Giroux. Their daughter, Susan Penner, married Abram F. Rempel, and their daughter Maria Rempel married Henry K. Schellenberg, former Bishop of the Chortitzer church. Katarina B. Neufeld 1869-1948. Daughter Katharina B. Neufeld married 68 Gerhard Unger (1862-1942), son of Peter Unger (1812-88), founder of the “estate” Felsenton, NW23-6-6E, south of Steinbach, who received a gold watch from the Imperial Czar for his service during the Crimean War. The Gerhard Unger family lived on NE22-6- 6E. Gerhard Unger served as a councillor of the R. M. of Hanover from 1901-1909. Gerhard Unger died in 1942 and his wife Katharina died 1948. The Gerhard Unger grandchildren include: Leo Unger, farmer NE21-6-6E, Abe Unger, Niverville village employee; and Jake Unger, Tourond. Endnotes: Note One: The Bergthaler Gemeinde Buch, BGB B35, lists Peter D. Neufeld as a Minister. Note Two: Jakob Ketler Kehler, a.k.a. Berliner Kehler, was the grandfather of Professor Al Reimer, a well-known writer and novelist. Sources: John Dyck, “Kleefeld No. 1,” in John Dyck, editor, Historical Sketches, pages 149- 152. Linda Buhler, “Ebenfeld, with references to Eigenfeld and Kleefeld No. 1,” in John Dyck, ed., Historical Sketches, pages 104- 124. Stoesz Heritage, pages 6-7. Klaas J. B. Reimer, “[Peter Neufeld] boxed article, no title,” Steinbach Post, March 30, 1965.
No. 11, December, 1997 Jakob B. Peters 1869-1942 Jakob B. Peters 1869-1942, Ebenfeld - A Heritage of Community Service; by granddaughter Elma Peters Plett, Box 116, Landmark, R0A 2A0. Peter Peters 1777-1841, Kronsweide. Our forefathers have left us a great heritage. They were not reluctant to except change, for the sake of religious freedom, leaving the comfort of their homeland and immigrating to a strange land, even though it meant pioneering. There was an exceptional quality of leadership in the Peters family as well as in many people in the times Jakob Friesen Peters (1845-1922) and his wife Maria Buhr (1849-1919). Jakob F. Peters served as Reeve of the R. M. of Hanover from 1894-96. Photo courtesy of Elma Peters Plett. Jakob F. Peters was the son of the famous Oberschulz Jakob Peters (1813-84. past. When the threat of losing special privileges arose, and an offer was made by Catherine II to the people of Prussia, to immigrate to Russia, my great-great-greatgrandfather Peter Peters (1771-1843) moved from Prussia to Russia and settled in the Chortitza Colony in the village of Kronsweide. He had to assume responsibility as head of the family household at the early age of eighteen. Later he married Katharina Siemens. The Peter Peters Wirtschaft in Kronsweide was a successful operation with 8 head of cattle, 2 wagons, etc. Oberschulz Jakob Peters 1813-84, Bergthal. My great-great-grandfather Jacob Peters was born in Kronsweide in 1813. In 1834 he married Elizabeth Friesen, daughter of Jakob Friesen. Her mother later remarried to Peter Hildebrandt, Aeltester of the Kronsweide Gemeinde. When the demand for more farmland arose, Jakob Peters, together with others, moved to the Bergthal Colony founded in 1836, where they settled in the village of Heuboden. Many of these families were assisted by well-to-parents who had the vision and foresight to use this strategy to establish sons and daughters on Wirtschaften of their own, something which only 1 in 4 Russian Mennonite families could aspire to as the time. This meant change and anticipation for a new start and an opportunity to be land owners, as land in the mother colony had become scare and unattainable for all but the wealthiest families. Each move meant pioneering in a new district. The leadership abilities of Jakob Peters were quickly recognized by his brethren and by 1845 he was serving as Beisitzer or Assistant Mayor of the entire Bergthal Colony “and before the decade was over” he was elected as Oberschulz or District Mayor. This meant that he was the most senior local official and his position was also approved or acknowledged by the Russian government. In the colony he was responsible for many tasks like hiring teachers, church attendance, settling disputes, roads, bridges and many other decisions. In the 1870s the threat to religious freedoms became a concern to the Mennonites in Russia. In 1873 Oberschultz Peters was one of the delegates to go to Canada in search of this land. When the delegates came back to Russia it was decided to immigrate to Canada. This move meant selling all the land and properties in Russia. This was a great task because the Russian government 69 did not approve of this move. It was decided to move in three groups, and one reason was that there would always be a minister in each group, also good leadership. In the years 1874-75-76 these moves were made. In 1875 my great-grandfather Jacob Friesen Peters and brother Peter F. Peters came to Canada and established the village of Vollwerk/Reichenbach (now Mitchell). In 1876 after all the land of the Bergthal Colony was sold and all the disputes settled, Oberschultz Jacob Peters, by now a widower together with his foster son Johann (known as the rejected child) immigrated to Canada and settled in the Vollwerk district. One year later Oberschultz Peters applied for titles to the land, and divided the land, and gave his land to his two sons— Jacob and Peter F. Peters. Jakob F. Peters 1844-1922, Vollwerk. My great-grandfather Jacob F. Peters (1844-1922) married for the first time to Katharina Wiebe, sister to the wives of Jakob, Cornelius and David Stoesz, all of whom held positions of considerable influence, BGB A119. After her death, Jakob married Maria Buhr (1850-1919), daughter of Erdman Buhr (b. 1824). Early typical Mennonite housebarn owned by Jakob F. Peters (1845-1922) in Vollwerk (“country estate”), situated near the corner of the present-day Reichenbach Road and P.T.H. 52—75 Year Gedenkfeier, page 161. The Oberschulz’s vision of a country estate as now been fulfilled more than a hundred fold, as the modern-day hamlet of Mitchell has grown from this dream and consists of hundreds of attractive acreages treed with oak and aspen attracting people from miles around to live there, and is now one of Manitoba’s fastest growing communities. Jakob F. Peters homesteaded on the NE 1/4 Section 31-6-6E, now known as the Oakenwald Drive subdivision. His housebarn was a good example of early Mennonite building construction in Manitoba and was photographed before being
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