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Peter Jacob Esau
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Birth note: 1923 Orenburg Census (Kamenka) p40 mistakenly gives his place of birth as Kamenka. CMBoC #3834 also says he was born in Kamenka. Peter told his grandson, Richard Thiessen, that he was born in Kantserovka.
Baptism note: Baptised in the Kamenka Mennonite Brethren Church.
Immigration note: Peter and Anna left Kamenka, Orenburg on 9 July, 1926. They arrived in Southampton, England on 8 September. Anna along with children Peter and Helena left Southampton aboard the S.S. Empress of France on 18 September, arriving in Quebec on 24 September. They settled in Laird, Saskatchewan. Peter had to stay behind with Susanna because she was dealing with trachoma. Peter and Susanne left Southampton on 21 October aboard the Melita, arriving in Quebec City on 29 October 1926, and travelled to Laird, Saskatchewan to join the rest of the family. They moved in 1929 to Melita, MB; 1934 to Marquette, MB; 1943 to East Chilliwack, B.C.; 1957 to Chilliwack, B.C.
Death note: Chilliwack General Hospital
Funeral note: Broadway Mennonite Brethren Church
Burial note: Buried in the Greendale Mennonite Cemetery, Chilliwack, BC.
Note: In 1926 they immigrated to Canada and arrived in Laird, Sask. In 1929 they moved to Melita, Man., and in 1943 to Chilliwack, B.C., where they bought a farm on Annis Road. In 1957 they retired to the town of Chilliwack.
Citations:
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[1247]
East Chilliwack Mennonite Brethren Church, Gemeinde Buch der Mennoniten Bruedergemeinde zu Ost Chilliwack, B. C [frame 2122]
Thiessen, Richard D., From the Urals to the Fraser Valley: A biography and genealogy of Peter Jacob Esau and Anna (Neufeld) Esau,
Richard D. Thiessen (Abbotsford, B.C. 2004) [195]
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[1442]
1923 Orenburg Census (Kamenka) [40, 41]
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[5738]
East Chilliwack, British Columbia. Mennonite Brethren Church Register
(Gemeinde Buch der Mennoniten Bruedergemeinde zu Ost Chilliwack, B.C.) [15]
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[32]
British Columbia, Canada. Provincial Death Records [Registration Number 81-09-013200]
View https://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Genealogy/KeywordResults?as.keywords=1981-09-013200
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[709]
The Chilliwack Progress [British Columbia], Newspaper obituary
(The entire newspaper (from 1891-2007) is found online at https://theprogress.newspapers.com/
Obituaries and other news to the current date is found online at https://www.theprogress.com/),
Chilliwack, British Columbia [19 Aug 1981, p11]
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[6]
Die Mennonitische Rundschau
(Most issues are available online at archive.org)
(
https://archive.org/details/pub_die-mennonitische-rundschau),
Published in Elkhart, Indiana 1880-1908; Scottdale, Pennsylvania 1908-1923; Winnipeg, Manitoba 1923-2007 [21 Oct 1981, p23]
NF
This issue of the Mennonitische Rundschau was not found.
Canadian Mennonite Board of Colonization Records
(These records provide information about Mennonites who immigrated from Russia to Canada between 1923-1930 and between 1947-1960. The 1923-1930 records are available online at: https://www.mharchives.ca/holdings/organizations/CMBoC_Forms/
Because of*), Mennonite Heritage Archives. [Record number 3834] View 3834
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[1442]
1923 Orenburg Census (Kamenka) [41]
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[11009]
The Chilliwack Progress [British Columbia], Newspaper article
(The entire newspaper (from 1891-2007) is found online at https://theprogress.newspapers.com/
Obituaries and other news to the current date is found online at https://www.theprogress.com/),
Chilliwack, British Columbia [17 Apr 1968, p8]
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