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Anna Benke

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#28926 ♀

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Birth:

Born:

27 March 1870, Don River Colony, Russia

2

Baptism:

Baptized:

9 June 1889, Henderson, Nebraska

2

Death:

Died:

1 June 1948, Reedley, California

3,4,5

(78 years, 2 months, 6 days)


Buried:

5 June 1948, Reedley, California

6

52091445


Facts &
events:

Immigrated:

S. S. Switzerland; arrived

24 June 1879, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

7  View Ship List 


Parents:


Family #8593

Father:

Benke, Jakob

5 March 1833, South Russia


Mother:

Neumann, Katharina

28 January 1836

#20228

Spouse:

Goertzen, Jacob B.

30 September 1868, Hierschau, Molotschna, South Russia


Married:

23 February 1890

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Children:


   1 --

+

Goertzen, Jacob L.

3 December 1890, Nebraska


   2 --

+

Goertzen, John J.

22 June 1893, Henderson, Nebraska


   3 --

+

Goertzen, Anna

7 August 1895, Enid, Oklahoma


   4 --

+

Goertzen, Bernhard J. "Ben"

3 September 1897, Enid, Oklahoma


   5 --

+

Goertzen, Susanna

19 May 1900, Enid, Oklahoma


   6 --

+

Goertzen, Katharina "Tina"

20 February 1905, Madrid, Nebraska


   7 --

+

Goertzen, Heinrich

8 October 1907

#17519

Spouse:

Litke, Wilhelm P.

10 January 1860, South Russia


Married:

25 July 1939

Notes:

  • Note: One Henderson record says she was born 27 Mar 1871 and baptized 25 May 1889. Her first name is given as Christine on the ship passenger list in 1879, which is apparently incorrect. Her Zionsbote obituary gives birthdate of 27 March 1871 and baptism on 25 May 1889.

  • Note: Henderson MB 1 p. 244 gives a birth date of 27 Mar 1871, and a baptism date of 25 May 1889.

  • Note: Gravestone gives her death date as 1 Jun 1948,

Citations:




1 

[271]

Wilson, Janice; Gedcom, Mar 2001 (9458 E. Ellery Clovis, CA 93611)

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[64]

Henderson, Nebraska, Mennonite Brethren Church, Gemeinde-Buch zum Einschreiben der Gemeinde-Glieder und deren Familien in York u Hamilton Co. Nebraska [84]

3 

[29]

Zionsbote (German language organ of the Conference of the Mennonite Brethren Church in North America.), Hillsboro, Kansas: Mennonite Brethren Church of North America [28 Jul 1948, p. 13]

4 

[130]

The Reedley Exponent [California], Newspaper obituary, Reedley, California [3 Jun 1948]

5 

[144]

Reedley Cemetery Book: 1892-1958 (Contains burials for Reedley Cemetery.) [page 141 line 5686]

6 

[14]

Find a Grave, Memorial 52091445.

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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 [361]

https://grandmaOnline.org/bookPages/BID2BIN/BroIndeed2BroInNeedB - 0380.png


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[64]

Henderson, Nebraska, Mennonite Brethren Church, Henderson, Nebraska. Henderson Mennonite Brethren Church 1879 [244]

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