Genealogy - Dave Loewen

1. Henry Kornelius Klassen, b. 8 Sep 1930 in Dunrea, Manitoba.
He married Margaret H. Neumann, 22 Aug 1954 in Greendale, British Columbia, b. 15 Jul 1931 in Bredenbury, Saskatchewan.
Parents
2. Cornelius H. Klassen, b. 20 Feb 1892 in Romanovka, Ignatyevo, South Russia, d. 20 Nov 1964 in Abbotsford, British Columbia, buried 25 Nov
1964 in Abbotsford, British Columbia. He married Helena Ratzlaff, 22 Jun 1917 in Gnadenheim, Barnaul, Asiatic Russia.
3. Helena Ratzlaff, b. 25 Nov 1892 in Elisabeththal, Molotschna, South Russia, d. 19 Jan 1989 in Abbotsford, British Columbia. Kornelius and
Helene left Russia on Oct. 18, 1926 with 5 children. Arrived in Canada on Nov 20, 1926 at Winkler, Man., for 2 years. Then to Dunrea, Man., for
8 years., 1936 to Abbotsford, B.C. They had 5 sons and 6 daughters.
Grandparents
4. Hermann K. Klassen, b. 6 Sep 1861 in Kronsweide, Chortitza, South Russia, d. 31 Mar 1941 in Abbotsford, British Columbia, buried 3 Apr 1941
in Abbotsford, British Columbia. He moved to Gnadenheim in the Barnaul Colony in 1909. He also lived in the Naumenko Colony and in
Schavrova. See Eleanor Schartner for extended notes. BC Vitals say he died in Vancouver, BC. He married (1) Susanna Fast, 14 Dec 1885 in
Kuban Colony, South Russia. He married (2) Katharina Braun, 26 Feb 1906 in Friesenov, Omsk, Asiatic Russia, b. 15 Aug 1875 in
Alexanderwohl, Molotschna, South Russia, d. 5 Aug 1932 in North Kildonan, Winnipeg, Manitoba, buried 6 Aug 1932 in La Salle, Manitoba,
Their Story pg 221, immigartion to Canada 1929. Her n.s. birth date was 28 Aug 1875. CMBoC says she was born at Alexandrovka.
5. Susanna Fast, b. 11 Nov 1866 in Russia, d. 5 Oct 1905 in Siberia. Source from the typed family tree sent by Abram Neufeld nov 1990. Is
Susanna Fast the sister of Anna Fast who married Kornelius Klassen?
Hermann and Susanna moved to Barnaul, Siberia.
6. Peter P. Ratzlaff, b. 22 Aug 1863 in Friedensdorf, Molotschna, South Russia, d. 6 Jul 1942 in Yarrow, British Columbia. See Mennonite
Historian Sep 1993 p3 for review of "Ratzlaff: Our Family Heritage." He married Anna Schroeder, 17 Nov 1887 in Elisabeththal, Molotschna,
South Russia.
7. Anna Schroeder, b. 29 Mar 1867 in Elisabeththal, Molotschna, South Russia, d. 15 Apr 1950 in Abbotsford, British Columbia. Peter & Anna
moved to Kaltan, Neu Samara about in 1898. To a Russian village Tokuschi, in Omsk, Siberia in 1906. To Gnadenheim, Barnaul about in 1910.
They had 6 children.
Great-Grandparents
8. Kornelius Klaassen, b. 29 Mar 1828 in Kronsweide, Chortitza, South Russia, d. 1 Jan 1892 in Romanovka, Ignatyevo, South Russia, buried in
Ignatyevo Colony, South Russia. Another source has birth as 17 Mar 1827 and death as 4 Jan 1892. He was living in Kronsweide, Chortitza
Colony, S. Russia in 1862 per the 1862 Einlage M. B. Baptism List. He continued to live in Kronsweide until 1866 when he moved to
Alexanderfeld in the Ivannenkovo area, which located about 6 miles from Andreasfeld near the Chortitza Colony. From Alexanderfeld he moved
in 1874 to Sergeyevka in the Fuerstenland Colony where he was part owner of the Klaassen-Janzen implement factory and a foundry. In 1882 he
moved to the Kuban Colony where he purchased a farm in Alexanderfeld. In 1889 he sold his farm in Alexanderfeld and moved to Romanovka,
Ignatyevo Colony. (see Ketler, A., 1996). See Herman and Katharina, Their Story, p. 7, 8, and 220, for additional details. He married Anna
Neufeld, 7 Oct 1851 in Kronsweide, Chortitza, South Russia.
9. Anna Neufeld, b. 18 Oct 1830 in Kronsweide, Chortitza, South Russia, d. 8 Nov 1911 in Nikolayevka, Ignatyevo, South Russia. Another source
has birth as 8 Oct 1830. She sold her farm in Romanovka, Ignatyevo Colony in 1904. In 1907 she lived with her daughter Katharina's family in
Nikolayevka, Ignatyevo Colony. She later went with her son Kornelius' family to the Barnaul Colony. In 1911 she returned to Nikolayevka to
live her with her daughter Katharina. One record says she died 18 Nov 1911.
10. Isaac Fast, b. Abt 1827 in Halbstadt, Molotschna, South Russia, d. Bef 1905, buried in Ignatyevo Colony, South Russia. He married _____
_____.
11. _____ _____.
12. Peter P. Ratzlaff, d. Abt 1901. He was a widower and had 7 children at the time of his marriage to Maria Fredin. A review of "Ratzlaff: Our
family heritage" in Mennonite Historian Sep 1993 p3 says he died ca 1901. He married (1) Anna Lohrenz. He married (2) Maria Fregin, b. 4
Mar 1835 in Neuhorstabusch, Prussia, d. 20 Mar 1925 in Bingham Lake, Minnesota, She had 12 children with Woyke.
13. Anna Lohrenz, d. Abt 1910. A review of "Ratzlaff: Our family heritage" in Mennonite Historian Sep 1993 p3 says she died ca 1910.
14. Wilhelm Schroeder, b. Abt 1812 in Klein Lunau, Culm, Prussia, d. Abt 1893 in Elisabeththal, Molotschna, South Russia. He married (1) _____
_____. He married (2) Helena Kasper.
15. Helena Kasper, b. Abt 1832 in Alexanderthal, Molotschna, South Russia, d. 1897 in Elisabeththal, Molotschna, South Russia. Could she be the
Mrs. Wilhelm Schroeder whose death is in Mennonitische Rundschau 20 Nov 1907, p12?
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Great-Great-Grandparents
16. Abraham Klaassen, b. 23 Sep 1790, d. 7 Dec 1851 in Kronsweide, Chortitza, South Russia. In the 1801 Chortitza Colony census he is listed
with his stepfather Jacob Enns at Rosenthal #25. In the 1808 Chortitza census he is listed as a worker with the family of David Loewen #146851
at Burwalde #21 (B. H. Unruh, p. 276). In the 1814 census he is listed at Kronsweide #14 with his brother-in-law Johann Neufeld (B. H. Unruh,
p. 279). Abraham lived in Kronsweide in 1814 (Schapansky, 1992, p. 30). Eleanor Schartner does not include sons Jacob and Abram. He married
(1) _____ _____, Abt 1810, d. 1813. He married (2) Sara Kesler, 13 Aug 1813 in Kronsweide, Chortitza, South Russia.
17. Sara Kesler, b. 28 Jun 1793 in Kronsweide, Chortitza, South Russia, d. 18 Sep 1876 in Kronsweide, Chortitza, South Russia. After her first
husband's death, she married four more times. One record calls her Susanna. Source listed birthplace as Alt-Kronswiede, Russia.
18. Abraham Neufeld, b. 15 May 1792 in Ellerwald, Elbing, Prussia, d. 14 Nov 1834 in Neu Kronsweide, Chortitza, South Russia, buried in South
Russia. In the 1808 Chortitza Colony Census he is listed as a foster child with the family of Jacob Neufeld (b. Abt 1770) #159455 at Rosenthal
#15 (B. H. Unruh, p. 263). In the 1814 Census he is listed in Kronsthal among the landless (B. H. Unruh, p. 280). In the Oct 1816 Census he is
listed in Kronsweide among the landless. In the family Bible of his grandson Herman Klaassen (b. 6 Sep 1861) #77225 his birth date appears to
have originally been written as 28 May 1792 and this was overwritten as 15 May 1792. It is possible that 28 May 1792 was his n. s. birth date
in Prussia and that 15 May 1792 was his o. s. birth date. Herman and Katharina, Their Story, p. 6 and p. 220, states that he immigrated to
Russia in 1810 with his older brother Herman from East Prussia. However, it seems probable that he actually immigrated prior to 1810. This
source also gives his parents as Johann Neufeld (b. 1772) and Anna of Ellerwald, Prussia, who reported immigrated to Russia in 1790. One
source says he was born in Ellerwald, Prussia, but the Journal of Herman Neufeld (b. 24 Jun 1860), V. 1, p. 3, says he was born in Kreutzen,
Prussia. Using the volumes of journals kept in the Archives in Winnipeg Herman Neufeld and Agatha Schwartz are not (as previously listed)
the parent of Abraham, but Johann Neufeld born 1772 and also listed in the autobiography Herman & Katharina Their Story, page 216.
According to Peter Neudorf, who has translated over 60 letters written by Cornelius A. Neufeld beginning in 1890, the brothers Neufeld, sons of
Johann migrated to Russia from East Prussia. He married Katharina Wiebe, 7 Dec 1813 in Einlage, Chortitza, South Russia.
19. Katharina Wiebe, b. 2 Sep 1792 in Einlage, Chortitza, South Russia, d. 21 Aug 1872 in Alexanderfeld, Ivannenkova, Ekaterinoslav, South
Russia. She was an excellent seamstress. Herman and Katharina, Their Story, p. 220, incorrectly says her parents were Franz Wiebe
(1779-1819) and Mrs. Wiebe (1779- 1818) of Krebsfelde, Prussia. However, she is listed as a daughter of Peter Wiebe in the 1795 and 1801
Censuses. One record says she married in Kronsweide. In the family Bible of her grandson Herman Klaassen (b. 6 Sep 1861) #77225 her birth
date is given as 1 Sep 1792.
20. Heinrich Isaac Fast, b. 2 Jun 1800 in Neuteicherstadtfeld, Prussia. In the 1835 Molotschna Colony Census he is listed at Halbstadt #26. The
census states that he transferred to the Chortitza Colony in 1836. He transferred to Kronsweide, Chortitza Colony in 1836 per Odessa Archive,
Fonds 6, Inventory 1, File 4127. In the 1847 Chortitza Colony Heads of Households List he is listed in Kronsweide. He married Maria _____.
21. Maria _____, b. Abt 1806.
26. Wilhelm Lohrentz, b. 13 Jul 1813 in Insel Kueche, Marienwerder, Prussia. He is listed only in the 1835 census, as a son aged 21, from the first
marriage. He married _____ _____.
27. _____ _____.
28. Wilhelm Peter Schroeder, b. 6 Apr 1783 in Podwitz, Culm, Prussia, d. 22 Jun 1849 in Elisabeththal, Molotschna, South Russia. Hoffnungsau I
p. 88 says he was born in the village of "Potwetz" in the Kulmer Gegend. The 1835 Molotschna Census lists him at Elisabethal #14 and says that
he came to Russia in 1822. The passport record says he came from Klein Lunau, Prussia. He married (1) Sara Gaede, 4 Mar 1810 in Klein
Lunau, Culm, Prussia. He married (2) Elisabeth Ediger, 6 Jan 1836 in Elisabeththal, Molotschna, South Russia, Hoffnungsau I p. 88: she is
called Wittwe Elisabeth Ediger, so I don't know if Ediger is her maiden name or her first husband's surname.
29. Sara Gaede, b. 4 Mar 1781 in Klein Lunau, Culm, Prussia, d. 14 Nov 1835 in South Russia. Hoffnungsau I p. 88 actually gives 1731 for her
birth year but that's obviously wrong.
30. Abraham Heinrich Kasper, b. 6 Mar 1796 in Rehhof, Stuhm, Prussia. At the time of his baptism he resided at Montauerweide, Prussia. In the
1835 census, he is listed at Alexanderthal #18. The entry states that he transferred to Alexanderthal from Rudnerweide in 1822, which is
confirmed by the entry for him at Rudnerweide #23. The entry states he migrated to Russia after the 1816 census. He married Helena _____.
31. Helena _____, b. Abt 1799.
3rd Great-Grandparents
32. Jacob Klassen, d. 1795 1797. He had been residing at Rosenthal #26 prior to his death (B. H. Unruh, p. 252). He married Aganetha _____.
33. Aganetha _____, b. Abt 1759. She married (1) Jacob Klassen. She married (2) Jacob Enns, 1795 1797 in Chortitza Colony, South Russia, b.
Abt 1764, He appears to have migrated from Prussia to Russia between 1795 and 1797 as he is listed in the 1797 Chortitza Colony Census but
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not in the 1795 Census. In In the 1801 Chortitza Census he is listed at Rosenthal #25 and in the 1802 census at Rosenthal #26. He moved to
Burwalde #7 in 1803 (B. H. Unruh, p. 213). He is not listed in Rosenthal or in Burwalde in the 1808 Census.
34. Peter Kesler, b. Abt 1762, d. 1803 1806. He migrated from Lithuania to Kronsweide, Chortitza, S. Russia in 1789 (P. Rempel, p. 23; B. H.
Unruh, p. 211). In the 1795 Chortitza Colony Census he is listed at Kronsweide #17 (B. H. Unruh, p. 243). In the 1801 Census he is listed at
Kronsweide #16. In the 1803 Chortitiza Colony Heads of Households List he is listed in Kronsweide (B. H. Unruh, p. 214). He appears to
have died between 1803 and 1806 since his widow is listed in Kronsweide in the 1806 Census (P. Rempel, p. 23). Agnes Ketler incorrectly
states that he died on the trek to Russia (1995). He married Sara Janzen.
35. Sara Janzen, b. Abt 1758. In the Oct 1816 Census she is listed at Kronsweide #14 in the household of her son-in-law Johann Neufeld. Her age
is given as 40 in the 1801 Chortitza Colony Census, which is apparently incorrect. Her first name is incorrectly given as Katharina in the 1806
Census (P. Rempel, p. 23), but her name is given as Sara in the 1795, 1801, 1814, and Oct 1816 Censuses.
36. Johann Neufeld, b. Abt 1768, d. Bef 1801. In the 1795 Chortitza Colony Census he is listed at Rosenthal #20 with Diedrich Wiebe (B. H.
Unruh, p. 238). He exchanged his homestead in Rosenthal for Wilhelm Rempel's (b. 1760) #155957 homestead in Einlage sometime between
1797 and 1801 (B. H. Unruh, p. 251). He is not listed in either Rosenthal or Einlage in the 1797 Census. He had died by Sep 1801 as his
widow is shown as being married to Peter Klassen in the 1801 Census.
Previously Johann's sons Herman and Abraham were connected to a Herman Neufeld, however, diaries and correspondance bears out the facts
that these sons belong to Johann Neufeld. He married Anna Hempel, 28 May 1787 in Danzig-Stadtgebiet, Poland.
37. Anna Hempel, b. 9 Sep 1761 in Emaus, Danzig, Prussia, d. 11 Apr 1810 in Chortitza, Chortitza, South Russia. She married Johann Neufeld on
28 May 1787 and migrated with him to Russia (see Unruh, p. 296). One record says she was born in Schidlitz, Danzig, Prussia. Emaus was also
the name of the church congregation. This could be an explanation of the seemingly contradictory info in BH Unruh's book. She married (1)
Johann Neufeld, 28 May 1787 in Danzig-Stadtgebiet, Poland. She married (2) Peter Klassen, b. Abt 1770, d. 1803 1808, In the 1801 Chortitza
Colony Census he is listed at Einlage #35. He had died by 1808 as his widow is listed in the 1808 Chortitza Colony Census among the landless
in Einlage (B. H. Unruh, p. 261).
38. Peter Wiebe, b. Abt 1750 in Prussia, d. Abt 1796 in Einlage, Chortitza, South Russia. He migrated from Prussia to Einlage, Chortitza, S. Russia
in 1789 (P. Rempel, p. 15). In the 1795 Chortitza Colony Census he is listed at Einlage #37 (B. H. Unruh, p. 240). He had died by 1797 since
his wife is listed as a widow in Einlage in the 1797 Census (P. Rempel, p. 15). He married Maria Siemens, in Ladekopp, Gross Werder, Prussia.
39. Maria Siemens, b. Abt 1750. She married (1) Peter Wiebe, in Ladekopp, Gross Werder, Prussia. She married (2) Peter Tilitzky, Bef 1801, b.
Abt 1764 in Petershagenfeld, Gross Werder, Prussia, He was living in Klein Mausdorf, Prussia at the time of his baptism in 1786. He migrated
from Petershagen, Prussia to the Chortitza Colony, S. Russia by 1793 (B. H. Unruh, p. 260) and is listed in Neuenburg in the 1793 Chortitza
Colony Heads of Households List (B. H. Unruh, p. 211). In the 1795 Chortitza Colony Census he is listed at Neuenburg #15 (B. H. Unruh, p.
240) and in the 1797 Census he is listed in Neuenburg (P. Rempel, p. 28). By 1801 he moved to Einlage where he is listed in the 1801 Census at
Einlage #47 and in the 1808 Census at Einlage #31 (B. H. Unruh, p. 260). In the Oct 1816 Chortitza Colony Census he is listed at Einlage #24.
40. Isaac Daniel Fast, b. Abt 1773, d. 1834 in Halbstadt, Molotschna, South Russia. The Ladekopp Mennonite Church Records state that he was
living in Stadtfelde, Prussia at the time of his marriage to Helena Epp. He migrated from Prussia to Russia in 1803 and appears to have settled
in Halbstadt, Molotschna Colony by 21 Jun 1804 (B. H. Unruh, p. 305, 339; P. Rempel, p. 69). In the 1806 and 1808 Molotschna Colony
Censuses he is listed at Halbstadt #8 (B. H. Unruh, p. 305). The 1808 Census says that he came from Neuteicher Stadtfeld, Prussia. In the 1803
migration list he is said to have come from Neuteicherhinterfeld, Prussia (B. H. Unruh, p. 339). He was a weaver in 1803, but was a taylor in
1808 (B. H. Unruh, p. 305, 339). The 1835 Census entry for Halbstadt #26 says he came to Russia in 1803 and died in 1834. He and Helena
Epp probably had a second son Isaac who also died young. He married (1) Helena Epp, 14 Jun 1796 in Prussia. He married (2) Helena _____,
b. Abt 1785.
41. Helena Epp, b. Abt 1773, d. 1803 1806.
52. Johann Heinrich Lohrentz, b. 5 Nov 1785 in Grossweide, Marienwerder, Prussia, d. Abt 1838 in Molotschna Colony, South Russia. He resided
in Grossweide, Prussia at the time of his baptism. In the 1835 census, he is listed at Schardau #7. He was of Gutsche, Prussia at the time of his
marriage to Catharina Unrau.
Ancestry. com gives additional children as: Jean Guillaume, b.10 Aug 1811; Carl Jacob, b. 10 Aug 1815; Martini, b. 1824; Henry,
b.1826;Henrietta, b. 26 June 1829. These were born either in Bad Durkheim or Grethern, Germany. It is probable that these are not children of
this Johan Lohrentz. He married (1) Catharina Unrau, 12 Oct 1809 in Gutsch, Marienwerder, Prussia. He married (2) Maria Penner, 1827 1830
in South Russia, b. Abt 2 Feb 1810 in Prussia, d. 8 May 1886 in Henderson, Nebraska, Her death notice in the Mennonitische Rundschau gives
her age as 76 years, 3 months, 6 days, implying that her birth date was ca 2 Feb 1810. It also states that she was formerly of Franzthal, S. Russia.
53. Catharina Unrau, b. 2 May 1790 in Gutsch, Marienwerder, Prussia, d. Abt 1827 in Molotschna Colony, South Russia. She resided in Gutsch,
Marienwerder, Prussia at the time of her baptism.
56. Peter Schroeder, b. 1740 in Prussia. All of the children listed were children of a Peter Schroeder from the Podwitz area of Prussia. We are
assuming that they are all brothers and sister, but this needs to be confirmed. He married _____ _____.
57. _____ _____.
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58. Herman Gaede, b. 1737, d. 15 Oct 1801 in Klein Lunau, Culm, Prussia. In the 1776 W. Prussia Census he is listed in Klein Lunau with 2 sons
and 1 daughter (H. Penner, p. 435). He was a weaver. In 1772 he was a Amtsmann (civil servant). Died age 64. He married _____ _____.
59. _____ _____.
60. Heinrich Kasper, b. Abt 1762, d. 1 Jun 1807 in Montauerweide, Stuhm, Prussia. He was 45 at the time of his death. Tragheimerweide records,
page 257: died age 40. He married _____ _____.
61. _____ _____.
4th Great-Grandparents
68. Kornelius Kesler. Named by Schapansky as likely a Lithuanian Mennonite - one of 16 unnamed families living near Tilsit in 1776 (the time of
the Prussian Census; 1995b, p. 116). He also identifies this family name as "Kaedtler", "Kesler", and Besler. He married _____ _____.
69. _____ _____.
70. Martin Janzen, b. Abt 1722, d. Bef 1801. He lived in the Plauschwarren area of Lithuania from before 1774 until after 1788. He likely
migrated from Lithuania to the Chortitza Colony, S. Russia in 1789. In the 1793 Chortitza Colony List of Heads of Households he is listed in
Kronsweide (B. H. Unruh, p. 211). In the 1795 Chortitza Colony Census he is listed at Kronsweide #26 in the household of his son-in-law Isaac
Heinrichs (B. H. Unruh, p. 243). He likely died by 1801 since he is not listed in the 1801 Census. He married _____ _____.
71. _____ _____.
72. Herman "Harm" Neufeld, d. Bef 1776 in Prussia. Herman's wife remained in Tiegenhagen in 1776 with two sons at the Tiegenhagen parish
(Schapansky, 1992b, p. 116). He married _____ _____.
73. _____ _____. Henry Schapansky believes that she is the widow Neufeld listed in Tiegenhagen in the 1776 Census with 2 sons (The Old
Colony, p. 213; H. Penner, p. 446).
74. Isaac Hempel, b. Abt 1722 in Alt-Emaus, Prussia, d. 12 May 1762 in Emaus, Danzig, Prussia. From the Friesien Mennonite Church. He
married Susanna "Sancke" Kroecker, 18 May 1749.
75. Susanna "Sancke" Kroecker, b. Abt 1719, d. 18 May 1769 in Danzig-Stadtgebiet, Poland. One record says she died 20 May 1769. She married
(1) Isaac Hempel, 18 May 1749. She married (2) Dirck von Dyck, 31 Oct 1762 in Danzig-Stadtgebiet, Poland, b. 2 Feb 1726 in Schottland,
Danzig, Prussia, d. 14 Jul 1791 in Danzig-Stadtgebiet, Poland.
80. Daniel Fast.
104. Heinrich Lohrentz, b. Abt 1750. He was from Grossweide, Prussia. Tragheimerweide records, pages 63, 65 and 67: surname is Lorentz. Page
71, 77 and 271: Lorenz. Page 78: Lohrenz. He married _____ _____.
105. _____ _____.
106. Peter Unrau, b. Abt 1753, d. 31 May 1807 in Gutsch, Marienwerder, Prussia. Tragheimerweide records, page 259: died age 54.
Page 181: surname is Unruh.
Did his widow later marry Jacob Jantz of Hohenwalde, Prussia? He married _____ _____.
107. _____ _____, b. Abt 1755. Tragheimerweide records, page 205: age 53 when married 1808, at which time she is simply called "Widow Unrau
of Gutsche." She married (1) Peter Unrau. She married (2) Jacob Jantz, 18 Feb 1808 in Prussia, b. Abt 1770, Tragheimerweide records, page
38: age 38 when married 1808, at which time he is described as a widower.
5th Great-Grandparents
148. Benjamin Hempel. They were members of the Neugarten Church. He married Eva Selssen.
149. Eva Selssen. Her last name might be "Felssen."
150. Frantz Kroecker, b. Abt 1681, d. 8 Jun 1735 in Schottland, Danzig, Prussia. He married Catharina "Triencke" Kasdorff, 25 Feb 1714 in
Danzig-Stadtgebiet, Poland.
151. Catharina "Triencke" Kasdorff, b. Abt 1679, d. 12 Sep 1730 in Schottland, Danzig, Prussia. She married (1) Isaac von Behrlen, Abt 1703 in
Danzig-Stadtgebiet, Poland, d. 29 Oct 1713 in Schottland, Danzig, Prussia, Married in 1703 or 1704. In Jan 1705, the Elder (Aeltester) Isaac de
Veer recorded from memory the marriages performed during those 2 years. She married (2) Frantz Kroecker, 25 Feb 1714 in
Danzig-Stadtgebiet, Poland.
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