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Peter Ketler

1,2

#148934 ♂

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Birth:

Born:

31 December 1900, Wasiljewka, Orenburg, Russia

3,4,5

Baptism:

Baptized:

June 1942, Elim, Saskatchewan

Death:

Died:

3 January 1986, Honolulu, Hawaii

5,6,7

(85 years, 4 days)


Buried:

10 January 1986, Abbotsford, British Columbia

5,8

75591074


Facts &
events:

Residence:

1920, Neuendorf, Chortitza, South Russia

9


Immigrated:

S. S. Melita; arrived

10 August 1923, Quebec City, Quebec

4  View Ship List 


 Last update of Individual data:

15 March 2023

Parents:


Family #88621

Father:

Ketler, Cornelius F.

2 August 1863, Nieder-Chortitza, Chortitza, South Russia


Mother:

Giesbrecht, Margaretha

31 December 1864, Kronsthal, Chortitza, South Russia

#86248

Spouse:

Unruh, Maria

14 December 1913, Annovka, Crimea, South Russia


Married:

25 March 1940, Flowing Well, Saskatchewan

Children:


   1 —

+

Ketler, Diane Margaret

Between 1945 and 1949, New Westminster, British Columbia


   2 —

+

Ketler, Mark Peter

Between 1945 and 1949, New Westminster, British Columbia

Notes:

  • Note: He is on the 1920 Chortitza Colony census but no birthdate is given.

  • Note: The Ketler's lived in Kelstern, SK for 3 years then to BC., Strawberry Hill, Surrey, BC. They had 2 children.

  • Exact birthdates are withheld for individuals whose deaths are not listed and who are under the age of 92.

Citations:

1 

[1325]

Kennedy Heights Mennonite Brethren Church, Kennedy Heights Mennonite Brethren Church Family Register [frame 2346]

2 

[1493]

Elim Mennonite Brethren Church, Hodgeville (Kelstern), Saskatchewan. Elim Mennonite Brethren Church [frame 2324]

3 

[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 [1 Jul 1981, p25]

4 

[470]

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 188] View 188

5 

[14]

Find a Grave, Memorial 75591074.

6 

[6]

Mennonitische Rundschau [May 2002, p32]

7 

[11]

Abbotsford News [British Columbia], Newspaper obituary, Abbotsford, British Columbia [8 Jan 1986]

8 

[1896]

MacLure Road Mennonite Cemetery Index [Block 107 Plot 4]

9 

[2751]

Zaporozhye Archives Fond P-121, Opis 1, Delo 79, 1920 Chortitza Colony Census, https:​/​/www​.mennonitegenealogy​.com​/russia​/1920_​Chortitza_​census​.html
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