Individual Profile

Born:

1 February 1820, Marienthal, Molotschna, South Russia

Died:

29 July 1892

(72 years, 5 months, 29 days)

Buried:

1892, Mountain Lake, Minnesota

Immigrated:

S. S. State of Nevada; arrived

5 August 1875, New York, New York

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 Last update of Individual data:

6 January 2024

Father:

Tesmann, David Daniel

November 1777, Gutsch, Marienwerder, Prussia

Mother:

Dahl, Elisabeth

About 1789, Prussia

Spouse:

Wall, Maria

14 October 1820, South Russia

Married:

About 1842

Children:

   1 --

Tessmann, Johann David

About 1844, Molotschna Colony, South Russia

   2 --

Tessmann, Maria

1 August 1845, Marienthal, Molotschna, South Russia

   3 --

Tessmann, Elisabeth

About 1847, Marienthal, Molotschna, South Russia

   4 --

Tessmann, Katharina F. "Katee"

14 February 1852, Marienthal, Molotschna, South Russia

   5 --

Tessmann, David David

25 June 1855, Marienthal, Molotschna, South Russia

   6 --

Tessmann, Helena

28 April 1864

1 

[82]

Friesen, Adeline; translator, Kirchen Buch der Mennoniten Gemeinde zu Mountain Lake, Cottonwood Co., Minnesota, 1878, 1996. Photocopy [92]

2 

[455]

Gossen, Robert K.; Family Records (940 Inverness Rd., Victoria, BC V8X 2R9.)

3 

[941]

Mountain Lake, Minnesota. Mennonite Church Records [92]

4 

[281]

1835 Molotschna Colony Census (Peter J Braun archive microfilms. Odessa State archives Fond 89 Opis 1 Delo), https:​/​/www​.mennonitegenealogy​.com​/russia​/Molotschna_​Mennonite_​Settlement_​Census_​1835​.pdf [ Marienthal ]

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[10]

Hiebert, Clarence, ed., Brothers in Deed to Brothers in Need : a Scrapbook about Mennonite Immigrants from Russia, 1870-1885, Newton, Kan.: Faith & Life Press, 1974 [250]