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Helena G. Neufeld
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24 June 1936, Chortitza, Chortitza Colony, South Russia
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Notes:
Birth note: EWZ records state that she was born at Osterwick, as do CMBoC records.
Birth note: One source gives the birthdate as 25 Nov 1902.
Immigration note: The CMBoC record indicates a 13 Feb 1948 arrival date. However, for many passengers on this voyage, the arrival date is recorded as 14 Feb 1948. The latter date has been used so that they will appear on the passenger list with their fellow travellers.
Death note: Chilliwack General Hospital
Funeral note: Yarrow United Mennonite Church
Burial note: Yarrow Cemetery
Note: Helena and Peter were twins.
Note: According to her 1928 Russian emigration application she was born 21 Nov 1901, and had resided 1920-1923 in Kronsthal, Chortitza and since then in Osterwick, Chortitza.
Citations:
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Berlin Document Center A3342 EWZ50
(See the website: http://www.mennonitegenealogy.com
for an index: Mennonite Extracts from the EWZ Files.
Black Sea German Research also has extracts of many EWZ records. Search by name at the website: https://www.blackseagr.org/)
Der Bote [Winnipeg, Manitoba], Bote
(First published in Rosthern, Saskatchewan. Merged with Christlicher Bundesbote in 1947. Publication ceased in 2008.),
Winnipeg, Manitoba [26 Jul 1960, p7]
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[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 6024]
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[11586]
Requests for Certification Of Dutch Lineage, 1921 - 1922 [p. 16, 107, 108]
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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 [5 Jul 1960, p5]
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British Columbia, Canada. Provincial Death Records [Registration Number 1960-09-008745]
View https://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Genealogy/KeywordResults?as.keywords=1960-09-008745
