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The Wiens family chronicle [textual record, graphic material, cartographic material] compiled by David Wiens

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Item

Date:

1987.

Reference:

R7986-0-1-E, MG25-G432, Volume number: 1

Type of material:

Textual material, Photographs, Maps and cartographic material

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Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

97676

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The Wiens family chronicle
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Date(s):

1987.

Place of creation:

Ontario

Extent:

5.8 cm of textual records (283 p.) photocopies.

Language of material:

English

Added language of material:

English, German

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Item entitled "The Wiens Family Chronicle", compiled by David Wiens of Ottawa, combines a family history of the Wiens and a general history of the Mennonite Church. Included are a detailed account of the founding of the Mennonite Brethern Church in 1860, maps, genealogical charts and family photographs. There are also some notes on herealdry, an account of passage on an immigrant ship, and a collection of Mennonite songs and sayings in German, with English translations.

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Wiens (family)

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Wiens (family) : Abraham Wiens (1830-1900) was born in the Mennonite Settlement at Molotschna, in the Ukraine. In 1860 he became one of the founders of the secessionist Mennonite Brethern and moved with them to Kuban in the Caucasus. His grandson Abraham Wiens (1887-1965) and his wife Katherina Heinrichs (1889-1930) emigrated to Canada in 1925 with six of their children and settled in Manitoba.

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General note:

Acquired in 1987 from David Wiens of Gloucester, Ontario.

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The textual and media material have been retained as a single physical entity.
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Mennonites

Mennonite Brethren Church - History, 1987 Mennonite Brethren Church, 1860

Heraldry - Canada

Mennonite Church - History, 1987

Emigration and immigration - Mennonites

Manitoba - Genealogy

Songs, Mennonite
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Private

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1987/0203

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MG25-G432
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Volume [MG25 G 432] 1

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