List of Mennonites in Prangenau, 1924

Transcribed and edited by Richard D. Thiessen

List of Mennonites from Kol. Prangenau, Halbstadt Geb. (Molotschna Colony), Kr. Berdjansk, Gouv. Ekaterinoslav, who with full or partial help from the Mennonite Colonization Committee [Mennonite Colonization Board] of Newton, Kansas wish to immigrate to land purchased in Mexico by the above committee.*
List I
Fam.
No.		 Ind.
No.		 Given Names Surname Year
of
Birth		 Date
of
Birth		 Age
in
1924		 Notes Regarding
Material Situation		 Additional
Comments		 GM4
1 1 Johann Joh. Peters 1873 15-Jul 51 Can pay 25% of the travel expenses    
2 wife Margareta 1877 31-Mar 47    
3 son Heinrich 1904 30-Jan 20    
4 son Jakob 1911 21-May 13    
5 son Kornelius 1917 13-Jan 7    
6 daughter Margareta 1912 28-Aug 12    
7 daughter Maria 1915 7-Apr 9    
2 8 Abraham Joh. Peters 1900 11-Oct 24 Can pay 25% of the travel expenses Son of #1?  
9 wife Alwine 1901 1-Oct 23    
3 10 Joh. Joh. Peters 1897 26-Dec 27 Can pay 25% of the travel expenses Son of #1  
11 wife Helena 1898 18-Dec 26    
12 son Hans 1922 15-Oct 2    
13 son Viktor 1924 20-Feb 1    
4 14 Peter Jak. Ediger 1872 5-Mar 52 Can pay 10% of the travel expenses    
15 wife Helena 1878 24-Jun 46    
16 brother Heinrich 1893 5-Mar 31    
17 son Peter 1910 28-Jan 14    
18 son Franz 1911 24-Oct 13    
19 son Hans 1912 12-May 12    
20 daughter Justina 1903 8-Oct 21    
21 daughter Sara 1908 21-Jun 16    
5 22 Aron Ar. Dueck 1891 11-Nov 33 Can pay 10% of the travel expenses Son of #75?  
23 wife Anna 1891 20-Dec 33    
24 son Aron 1913 28-Mar 11    
25 son David 1915 30-Jan 9    
26 son Abraham 1917 13-Jan 7    
27 son Heinrich 1919 13-Oct 5    
28 daughter Helena 1922 6-May 2    
29 nephew Jakob Dueck 1903 30-Sep 21 Without means    
6 30 Jakob Harder 1886 11-Jul 38    
31 wife Anna 1886 5-Jul 38    
32 daughter Liese 1913 2-Jun 11    
33 Franz Isaak 1853 21-Oct 71    
34 wife Sara 1857 1-Jul 67    
7 35 Johann Joh. Neufeld 1876 28-Nov 48 Can pay 10% of the travel expenses    
36 wife Maria 1881 3-Apr 43    
37 son Johann 1908 5-Nov 16    
38 son Peter 1913 22-Sep 11    
39 daughter Maria 1904 20-Oct 20    
40 daughter Helena 1907 20-Jul 17    
41 daughter Anna 1912 12-Jan 12    
42 daughter Katarina 1917 30-Jul 7    
8 43 Johann Korn. Becker 1885 8-Jul 39 Without means   667515
44 wife Justina 1889 1-Jun 35    
45 son Hans 1910 20-Oct 14    
46 son Heinrich 1914 21-Mar 10    
47 son Kornelius 1916 20-Feb 8    
48 son Rudolf 1917 26-Dec 7    
49 son Ernst 1921 5-Mar 3    
50 daughter Helena 1912 28-Aug 12    
9 51 Aron Pet. Wiebe 1889 16-Dec 35 Without means   210408
52 wife Elisabeth 1894 4-Apr 30 Daughter of #56 210403
53 daughter Katja 1919 17-Nov 5   210409
54 daughter Liese 1921 11-Apr 3   210410
55 daughter Martha 1923 6-Dec 1   210411
10 56 Widow Katar. Delesky 1869 26-Oct 55 Can pay 5% of the travel expenses   210401
57 daughter Maria 1902 8-Jul 22   210314
58 daughter Gertruda 1907 17-Jul 17   210407
11 59 Jakob Kl. Heide 1889 3-Dec 35 Can pay 25% of the travel expenses   523565
60 wife Katarina nee Dueck 1893 12-Dec 31   523305
61 son Jakob 1918 31-Oct 6   421863
62 son Peter 1921 6-Apr 3   421760
63 son Heinrich 1924 10-Mar 1   417961
64 daughter Erna 1919 30-Oct 5   523304
65 brother Peter Dueck 1903 20-Aug 21   210313
12 66 Heinrich Gerh. Ewert 1873 19-Jan 51 Can pay 25% of the travel expenses    
67 wife Anna 1873 17-Feb 51    
68 son Jakob 1899 17-Apr 25    
69 son David 1908 24-Apr 16    
70 son Johann 1909 23-Apr 15    
71 daughter Anna 1910 2-Sep 14    
72 daughter Helena 1912 10-Jul 12    
73 daughter Maria 1914 19-May 10    
74 daughter Sara 1919 24-Feb 5    
13 75 Aron Heinr. Dueck 1859 29-Dec 65 Can pay 10% of the travel expenses    
76 wife Katarina 1864 22-Mar 60    
77 daughter Anna 1888 23-Apr 36    
14 78 Jakob Klassen 1898 28-Feb 26 Can pay 10% of the travel expenses    
79 wife Katarina 1902 9-Feb 22    
80 son Jakob 1924 13-Sep 1    
15 81 Bernhard Sawadsky 1876 26-Mar 48 Without means    
82 wife Maria 1876 11-Jan 48    
83 son Bernhard 1905 19-Feb 19    
84 son Peter 1908 21-Feb 16    
85 son Heinrich 1913 14-Sep 11    
16 86 Heinrich Goertz 1889 23-Jan 35 Without means    
87 wife Aganeta 1891 3-Aug 33    
88 son Jakob 1913 9-Mar 11    
89 son Heinrich 1915 8-Nov 9    
90 son Nikolai 1920 22-Sep 4    
91 daughter Helena 1924 13-Jul -    
92 Agata Janzen 1896 12-Dec 28    
17 93 Heinrich Nickel 1897 5-Jul 27 Can pay 10% of the travel expenses   210311
94 wife Katarina 1899 27-Mar 25 Daughter of #56 210312
18 95 Heinr. Ar. Dueck 1886 10-Feb 38 Can pay 10% of the travel expenses Son of #75?  
96 wife Katarina 1885 13-Aug 39    
97 son Aron 1913 5-Mar 11    
98 son Heinrich 1924 24-Mar 1    
99 daughter Katarina 1914 15-Oct 10    
19 100 Ger. Joh. Nickel 1883 10-Sep 41 Can pay 25% of the travel expenses    
List II
Fam.
No.		 Ind.
No.		 Given Names Surname Year
of
Birth		 Date
of
Birth		 Age
in
1924		 Notes Regarding
Material Situation		 Additional
Comments		 GM4
1 1 Jakob Ar. Reimer 1879 22-Nov 45 Can pay 10% of the travel expenses   13113
2 wife Anna 1884 20-Aug 40   426423
3 son Aron 1914 6-Feb 10   352507
4 son Nikolai 1916 26-Feb 8    
5 son Abraham 1922 10-Jul 2    
6 daughter Helena 1908 24-May 16    
7 daughter Katarina 1910 28-Apr 14    
8 daughter Anna 1912 13-Jun 12    
9 daughter Agata 1920 10-Mar 4    
2 10 Dietrich Thiessen 1880 17-Oct 44 Without means   134109
11 wife Anna 1882 16-Jan 42   134145
12 son Johann 1909 22-Feb 15   134146
13 son Dietrich 1912 17-Mar 12   217783
14 daughter Katarina 1904 4-Sep 20   217782
3 15 Gerhard Reimer 1879 12-Feb 45 Without means    
16 wife Maria 1889 23-Dec 35    
17 son Peter 1918 24-Sep 6    
18 daughter Margareta 1915 2-Jan 9    
19 daughter Maria 1921 18-Apr 3    
4 20 Widow Maria Reimer 1856 11-May 68 Without means    
21 daughter Katarina 1897 20-Apr 27    
5 22 Franz Janzen 1891 11-Nov 33 Without means    
23 wife Anna 1893 15-May 31    
24 son Franz 1921 16-Oct 3    
25 daughter Maria 1924 27-Mar -    
6 26 Jakob Boldt 1883 25-Nov 41 Without means    
27 wife Agata 1888 12-Dec 36    
28 son Peter 1913 12-Apr 11    
29 son Jakob 1917 17-May 7    
30 daughter Helena 1914 27-Dec 10    
31 daughter Anna 1921 14-Sep 3    
7 32 Widow Maria Janzen 1864 10-Apr 60 Without means    
33 son Peter 1888 25-May 36    
34 daughter Justina 1906 13-Aug 18    
8 35 Abraham Delesky 1872 14-Nov 52 Without means   134106
36 son Abraham 1905 20-Mar 19   210441
37 son Peter 1912 21-Jul 12   210443
38 son Gerhard 1916 7-Mar 8   210445
39 daughter Maria 1906 6-Aug 18 Married #12 134142
40 daughter Ida 1909 23-Sep 15   210442
41 daughter Anna 1914 21-Jul 10   210444
9 42 Gerhard Krueger 1874 16-Jan 50 Without means   497261
43 wife Maria 1874 28-Apr 50   497260
44 son Peter 1905 30-Dec 19   451743
45 daughter Maria 1904 16-Feb 20    
46 daughter Katarina 1916 30-Jan 8    
10 47 Gerh. Gerh. Krueger 1902 4-Jan 22 Without means Son of #42 63360
48 wife Margareta 1900 2-Jan 24   63361
49 son Heinrich 1924 1-Nov -   63362
11 50 Joh. Gerh. Krueger 1900 17-Dec 24 Without means Son of #42?  
51 wife Katarina 1901 5-Oct 23    
52 son Gerhard 1923 18-Dec 1    
12 53 Johann B. Wiens 1864 19-May 69 Without means   351727
54 wife Elisabet 1871 5-Aug 53   351737
55 son Johann 1894 3-Mar 30    
56 son Jakob 1907 30-Jan 17    
57 son Peter 1911 16-Mar 13    
58 daughter Katarina 1901 30-Dec 23    
59 daughter Elisabet 1909 30-Apr 15    
60 daughter Helena 1914 2-Jan 10    
13 61 Heinrich Flamming 1881 7-Oct 43 Without means    
62 wife Helena 1881 30-Nov 43    
63 son Franz 1909 1-Oct 15    
64 son Gerhard 1915 22-Apr 9    
65 son Kornelius 1919 3-Jun 5    
66 daughter Maria 1910 19-Nov 14    
14 67 Heinrich Krueger 1869 28-Dec 55 Without means    
68 wife Sara 1876 28-Dec 48    
69 son Johann 1907 12-Apr 17    
70 son Heinrich 1916 3-Oct 8    
71 daughter Katarina 1908 27-Nov 16    
72 daughter Sara 1910 8-Sep 14    
73 daughter Maria 1914 25-Sep 10    
15 74 Johann Martens 1871 9-Jul 53 Without means    
75 wife Maria 1876 20-Nov 48    
76 son Johann 1906 12-Apr 18    
77 son Dietrich 1913 6-Nov 11    
78 son Gerhard 1915 14-Sep 9    
79 daughter Maria 1912 24-Jul 12    
80 daughter Margareta 1918 21-Jun 6    
16 81 Wilhelm Nickel 1878 19-Dec 46 Without means   419260
82 wife Anna 1879 18-Sep 45   419263
83 son Wilhelm 1907 31-Jul 17   417762
84 son Johann 1909 7-Feb 15   419265
85 son Heinrich 1910 20-Dec 14   419266
86 daughter Anna 1912 10-Jul 12   419267
87 daughter Emma 1914 6-Feb 10   156099
17 88 Jakob Janzen 1894 19-Jun 30 Without means    
89 wife Elisabet 1900 30-Apr 24    
90 son Hans 1924 15-May -    
18 91 Artur Janzen 1879 14-Mar 45 Can pay 5% of the travel expenses    
92 wife Elisabet 1882 20-May 42    
93 son Heinrich 1906 8-Sep 18    
94 son Jakob 1908 28-Feb 16    
95 son Bernhard 1911 00-Nov 13    
96 son Peter 1913 9-Sep 11    
97 son Hans 1914 23-Apr 10    
98 son Abraham 1924 6-May -    
99 daughter Susanna 1909 22-Jul 15    
100 daughter Elisabet 1918 5-Sep 6    
19 101 Heinrich Funk 1878 12-Apr 46 Can pay 10% of the travel expenses    
102 wife Helena 1892 25-Jun 32    
103 daughter Helena 1920 30-Nov 4    
104 nephew David Penner 1906 20-Oct 18    
105 Helena Janzen 1856 21-Feb 68    

*Source of this document has not yet been confirmed. The document was obtained by Dr. John B. Toews, most likely from the Mennonite Library and Archives, North Newton, Kansas, and a copy is located at the Mennonite Historical Society of B.C. Archives, Abbotsford, B.C.

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