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Peter P. Paetkau

#505357 ♂

/186pe

Birth:

Born:

1 October 1867, Burwalde, Chortitza, South Russia

1,2 village details

Baptism:

Baptized:

13 June 1888, Einlage, Chortitza, South Russia

1,2

Death:

Died:

2 March 1939, Chilliwack, British Columbia

(71 years, 5 months, 2 days)

Buried:

5 March 1939, Yarrow, British Columbia

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125963695

Facts &
events:

Immigrated:

S. S. Melita; arrived

4 September 1925, Quebec City, Quebec

5,6 View Ship List

Last update of Individual data:

4 September 2025

Parents:

Family #86025

Father:

Petkau, Peter

25 May 1840, Burwalde, Chortitza, South Russia

Mother:

Zacharias, Margareta

23 January 1841, Osterwick (Neu-Osterwick), Chortitza, South Russia

#113061

Spouse:

Neufeld, Maria

11 May 1867, Kronsthal, Chortitza, South Russia

Married:

1 January 1889, South Russia

Children:

1 --

Paetkau, Maria

7 November 1889, Burwalde, Chortitza, South Russia

2 --

Paetkau, Peter

18 July 1891

3 --

Paetkau, Helen

23 July 1893

4 --

Paetkau, Margaret

30 November 1895

5 --

Paetkau, Helen

7 January 1898

6 --

Petkau, Peter

13 April 1899, South Russia

7 --

Petkau, Nettie A.

27 October 1901, Schoeneberg, Chortitza, South Russia

8 --

Petkau, Gerhard

3 August 1903, South Russia

9 --

Petkau, Abram

13 June 1906, South Russia

10 --

Paetkau, John

21 April 1910, Alexeifeld, South Russia

11 --

Paetkau, Jacob "Jake"

20 February 1915, Arkadak Colony, Russia

Notes:

Burial note: Yarrow Mennonite Cemetery

Citations:

Principal

All

None

[826]

Chortitza Family Register, Zaporozhye Region State Archives, Book 2, https://www.mennonitegenealogy.com/russia/Chortitza_Family_Registers.pdf [55]

[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 [29 Mar 1939, p9] View p9

[6]

Mennonitische Rundschau [6 Jun 1951, p14] View p14

[14]

Find a Grave, Memorial 125963695.

[6]

Mennonitische Rundschau [30 Mar 1977, p12]

[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 privacy concerns, the 1947-1960 records are not online but are available at archives.), Mennonite Heritage Archives. [Record number 2756] View 2756

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