Marvin's Mennonite Research

  Photo credit: Gwen Blough - Rogers Family Tree Letter to the Mennonitische Rundschau Written 29 Apr 1914 by Franz S. Görzen #22448 Published 13 May 1914

Mennonitische Rundschau Published 8 Aug 1917 GERMAN TRANSCRIPTION Dorf Krasnoje, Wolost Orlowsk, Kreis Barnaul, Gouvernement Tomsk, Sibirien, hat einen Brief an “Schwager und Nichte” geschrieben, aber denselben an die Mennonitische Rundschau geschickt. Auf dem Briefumschlag steht neben der Adresse noch auf russisch: “Herrn Johann Reimer.” In dem Brief werden erwähnt Jakob Töwsen, Rosenwald; Adrians und Klaas Koopen. Die Frau des Schreibers ist Eva Koop von Fürstenwerder. Wer hieran seine Verwandten wiedererkennt, möchte des Briefes wegen an die Rundſchau schreiben.

 

 

SUN 21 MAR 2021 PRINTABLE VERSIONS This post Genealogical Proof Statement Is Peter Kornelius GÖRZEN the brother of Kornelius GÖRZEN #988803? There is no direct evidence that explicitly states that Peter Kornelius Görzen, the author of a Mennonitische Rundschau letter dated 19 Aug 1925 is the brother of Kornelius Görzen #988803 of Krassikow, Neu Samara. 1 However, the Mennonitische Rundschau contains a number of letters written by members of the Görzen family. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SUN 24 NOV 2019 SOURCE REFERENCE MANITOBA MENNONITE HISTORICAL SOCIETY. English translation of the Russian 1835 Census of the Molotschna Villages. (Winnipeg, November 1995) - Translation of Peter J. Braun Russian Mennonite Archive 1803-1920, File 357. Digital copy. Fürstenwerder census taken 20 Feb 1835. Census record #35 - Peter Peter Görz p. 479R/480. FAST, Steve. Corrections to the English Translation of 1835 Molotschna Colony Census - Revision 20140115. Last update 10 Dec 2013.  Link Transcription corrections to Fürstenwerder census record 35 taken 20 Feb 1835. BACKGROUND From the introduction to the English translation, “This document is a translation of the census taken in 1835 of the villages in the Molotschna Colony in South Russia. It includes the year that each Mennonite settler arrived in the colony, the names and relationships within households, and the age of each resident in the colony in 1835. It also indicates changes from the previous censu...

 

 

 

 

  Genealogy Research Map created by Mark Tucker

 

OCT 1915 - The Funeral of Kornelius GÖRZEN #988803 Left to Right:  1. Justina  #950819  - age 15 2. Maria #1308145  - age 19 3. Elisabeth #842714  - age 20 4. Anna #1308144  - age 26  5. Katharina (PENNER) GÖRZEN #1308143 - age 23, wife of Kornelius #1308142 6. Kornelius  #1308142  - age 27 7. Anna (KOOP) GÖRZEN  #988804   - age 59, wife of the deceased 8. Kornelius KOOP #10386 - age 83, father-in-law Missing from photo:  Peter  #687350  - age 22 in the Forestei at the time of his father's death PHOTO - Marvin Rempel - Family photo collection (Identifications based on information from Mennonitische Rundschau letters and family documents)

 

 

Photo Credit: Willi Vogt website Willi may never appreciate the extent of the contribution that he has made to the world of Russian Mennonite Genealogy.  For myself, I know that significant portions of my family history would not have been uncovered without the contribution of Willi and his Soviet born collaborators: Viktor Petkau , Margarete Pasytsch, Elena Klassen, and Lydia Friesen.   For more information, see: https://chortitza.org/Impress.htm What started out as a very personal project has expanded into a global enterprise with contributions from individuals in North America, South America, Germany, and the former Soviet Union.   So who is this Willi?   He is Willi Vogt.  Unfortunately, for the genealogy community, Willi passed away suddenly in June 2021.  Fortunately, the team he had assembled around him has been able to continue his work. From the profile on his website translated into English directly: Willi Vogt ✝ 2021, born in 1958 in K...

 

Kornelius Görzen #988803 , Anna Koop #988804 and family in Neu Samara prior to 1915