Individual Profile

Born:

7 November 1837, Konteniusfeld, Molotschna, South Russia

Baptized:

1879

Died:

20 September 1916, Sahuarita, Arizona

(78 years, 10 months, 14 days)

Immigrated:

S. S. Cimbria; arrived

27 August 1874, New York, New York

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Father:

Block, Peter Peter

20 August 1797, Klein Lubin, Graudenz, Prussia

Mother:

Janzen, Katharina

31 December 1806, Schoenau, Molotschna, South Russia

Spouse:

Goerzen, Franz

11 December 1832, Fuerstenwerder, Molotschna, South Russia

Married:

1858

Children:

   1 —

Goerzen, Franz S.

18 June 1859, Taschenak, South Russia

   2 —

Goerzen, Peter

10 August 1862, Fuerstenwerder, Molotschna, South Russia

Spouse:

Koop, Heinrich

22 June 1827, Muntau, Molotschna, South Russia

Married:

7 November 1886, Gnadenau, Marion County, Kansas

Spouse:

Pankratz, Jacob

13 January 1828, Alexanderwohl, Molotschna, South Russia

Married:

1894

1 

[165]

Duerksen, Velda (Richert); Duerksen, Jacob A., Church Book of the Alexanderwohl Mennonite Church in the Molotschna Colony (Translation of Kirchen buch der Gemeinde zu Alexanderwohl.), Goessel, Kansas, Mennonite Immigrant Historical Foundation, 1987 [247]

2 

[10]

Hiebert, Clarence, ed., Brothers in Deed to Brothers in Need: a Scrapbook about Mennonite Immigrants from Russia, 1870-1885 (The title may be a play on words. "Brüder in Not" (Brothers in Need) was a German relief organization that sent food and money to starving Mennonites. The Soviets reinterpreted this humanitarian aid as "fascist collaboration."), Newton, Kansas / Faith & Life Press, 1974 [171]

3 

[88]

Christlicher Bundesbote (https:​/​/mla​.bethelks​.edu​/mediawiki​/index​.php​/Category:Christlicher_​Bundesbote_​obituaries) (Official German newspaper of the General Conference Mennonite Church from 1882 to 1947. Formed by the merger of Das Christliche Volksblatt, Zur Heimath, and Nachrichten aus der Heidenwelt in 1882. In 1947 it merged with Der Bote.) [1 Feb 1917, p6]