Album: Family of Pat Gillis and Elmer Wiens
Friends 1 | Friends 2 | Friends 3 | Friends 4 | Friends 5
Holidays 1 | Holidays 2 | Holidays 3 | Holidays 4
Family 1 | Family 2 | Family 3
| Family 4 | Family 5 | Family 6 | Family 7 | Family 8 | Family 9
Yarrow Days | Yarrow Scenes | Yarrow Pioneers: Vedder River Flats & Majuba Hill
| Vancouver Views | Victoria Times
Yarrow Elementary Junior High | Yarrow Junior High 1953-57 | Junior High Student Council
| Yarrow Friends
1994 School Reunion 1 | 1994 School Reunion 2
| 1994 School Reunion 3 | 1994 School Reunion 4
Vedder River | Vedder Mountain
UBC Reunion | Critical Paths | Mug Shots
Family 3
Family - Time slips away
Wiens - Derksen Family
Derksen Genealogy | Martens Genealogy | Wiens Genealogy | Peters Genealogy
Yarrow Cemetery - Mom's Funeral - Katharina (Tienche) Derksen
Elmer Wiens, Pat Gillis, Alvin Siemens, Betty Rempel, Alfred Wiens, Hilda Van Bergen, George Siemens, Victor Siemens
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Raymond Wiens | Elmer Wiens |
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Luetta Wiens | Alfred Wiens |
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"1012 Yarrow Central Road Biker Gang"
Luetta Wiens, Raymond Wiens, Alfred Wiens, Elmer Wiens
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"Derksen Sisters (New Years 1980)"
Sally Siemens, Elise (Boyle) Derksen, Kay Simpson (Mother)
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Julius Derksen - Uncle Julius
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Christmas - 1959 Katie Wiens, Julius and Elise Derksen, Grandmother, Grandfather, George and Sally Siemens
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| Children: Eddy Siemens, Elmer and Luetta Wiens Also Present: Phillip and Wendy Derksen; Betty, Alvin, Hilda, Victor, and Dennis Siemens; Raymond and Alfred Wiens |
George Siemens - Uncle George
Elmer, Uncle George, Gerhard (Dad)
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Wiens and Siemens Children
Raymond and Elmer Wiens, Betty, Hilda, and Alvin Siemens
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Wiens and Derksen Children - Cultus Lake 1958
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Wendy Derksen, Luetta Wiens, Phillip Derksen, Elmer Wiens, Alfred Wiens, Raymond Wiens |
Wendy and Elmer, May 28, 2005
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Ed Siemens, Elmer Wiens, Dennis Siemens (Winnipeg, June 10, 2007)
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Grandfather Julius Derksen's Funeral, 1961
Katie, Katharina, Julius, Sara
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Grandmother Katharina Derksen's Funeral, 1965
Katie, Julius, Sara
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Katharina and Julius Derksen (Grandmother and Grandfather)
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Aunt Sally's Funeral - Eddy Siemens, Betty Rempel, Betty Wiens, Alfred Wiens
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New Years Party 1979/80 - Phillip Derksen and Alvin Siemens
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Elise and Julius Derksen
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Wendy and Phillip Derksen
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Sarita Vogels - February, 2006
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Sarita and Wendy Vogels - March, 2005
Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
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Going to Church in the Winter by Horse Team and Sleigh
Blumenhof, Saskatchewan
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Going to Church in the Spring by Horse Team and Buggy
Blumenhof, Saskatchewan
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Grandfather Derksen's Church Choir
Blumenort, Saskatchewan
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Grandfather Derksen Cutting Wheat (1931)
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Pig Butchering Time - Blumenhof, Saskatchewan
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Derksen Farm - Blumenhof, Saskatchewan
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Yarrow Pioneers - Four Derksen Brothers, 1929
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Julius and Katharina Derksen Family (1935)
Julius, Grandmother, Grandfather, Katie, George Siemens, Sara, Jacob
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Julius and Katharina (Martens) Derksen Family (1925)
Arrival in Gnadentahl, Manitoba
Johann Derksen's Farm
Sara, Katie, Katharina, Julius, Julius Jr., Jacob
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The Derksen (Dirksen) family became landed immigrants in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada on November 25, 1925, having sailed on the Empress of France (passage paid by themselves) from Southampton, England on October 31, 1925. Of Russian Nationality, they were classified as German speaking people of the German Race, from Sarabash, Crimea. They left Russia traveling on the train from Moscow, crossed the border into Latvia through the Red Gate, and sailed to England from Rigal after they were processed by Canadian Immigration Officials. Grandfather (Julius) was 40, Grandmother (Katharina) 37, Jacob 13, Sarah 12, Katharina 9, and Julius 3. They proceeded to Canada under the auspices of the Mennonite Board, Rosthorn, Saskatchewan with the intention of farming in Canada, traveling with Russian Passports (43298 and 43288) issued in Pjatizarsk, Russia. They listed Grandfather's brother, Martin Dirksen, of Rekeman, Tauriou as next of kin in Russia. Immigration records indicate Grandfather had $500 dollars when he landed in Quebec.
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Gerhard and Katarina (Goossen) Derksen Family (1929)
Agnes (cousin), Jake, Annie
Mr. and Mrs. Derksen
Gerhard is Grandfather's brother
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Susan Derksen, Aunt Lena, Caroline Derksen, Luetta Wiens
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Susie Derksen and Family (Yarrow, September 17, 2005)
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Caroline Derksen and Elmer Wiens (Yarrow, September 17, 2005)
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Grandfather Julius Derksen's Military Service |
Three Derksen Brothers (1907)
Johann, Heinrich, Julius (Grandfather)
| Derksen Brothers (1915)
Gerhard, Julius, Cornëlius Boschman |
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Grandfather Julius Derksen's Military Choir (1909)
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After Catherine the Great acquired the Crimea and lands contiguous to the Black Sea, she invited foreign nationalists to settle in regions that now are part of the Ukraine. On January 19, 1788, the Prussian Mennonites in the Dantzig area "received directly from the most benevolent Russian Monarch herself the assurance of the highest imperial protection and grace" along with "65 dessiatins of the finest lands for each family" (Hildebrand 16). They also received "such gracious rights and privileges" as the freedom to worship as Mennonites, including exemption from military service. Mennonite families founded the Choritza Colony (the "old" colony) in July 1788, numbering 228 families by 1789. After Tsar Paul (in 1800) extended similar privileges, 342 Prussian Mennonite families established the Molotschna Colony (the "new" colony) in 1804. By 1840, 6,000 persons had settled in South Russia (Lohrenz 1). Seventy years after Tsar Paul's Charter of Privleges, Russian authorities challenged the Mennonites' pacifism, by legislating universal military service for all Russians (1874). When about one-third of the Mennonite population of 60,000 emigrated to Canada and the U.S.A. (by 1880), young Mennonite men were offered the alternative of state service in forestry camps. During the war with Japan in 1904-05 and during W.W.1., many young Mennonite men and women found service in the medical corps, often on the front lines, more meaningful (Klippenstein and Dick 3-36).
- Hildebrand, Peter. From Danzig to Russia. Trans. Walter E. Toews with Adolf Ens. Winnipeg: CMBC Publications, 2000.
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Klippenstein, Lawrence and Jacob Dick. Mennonite Alternative Service in Russia. Kitchener, Ontario: Pandora Press, 2002.
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Lohrenz, Gerhard. Zagradovka. Trans. Victor G. Doerksen. Winnipeg: CMBC Publications, 2000.
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Sara and Jacob Martens
Great Grandparents
Grandmother Derksen's Parents
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Katharina (Dekker) and Wilhelm Martens
Great, Great Grandparents
Grandmother Derksen's Grandparents
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Whilhelm Martens, son of Whilhelm and Maria (Nikkel) Martens, was born on January 5, 1819 in the village of Tiegenhagen of Marienburg, Prussia, about six miles from Dantzig. At the age of sixteen, he apprenticed as a tailor with Kornelius Loepp. In 1837 he emigrated (walked) to Halbstadt, Russia where he met and, in 1844, married Katharina Dekker, daughter of the Hutterite couple, Benjamin and Susanne Dekker. While living in the Hutterite Colony of Huttertal with Katharina's parents, Whilhelm and Katharina had ten children. In 1872, the family moved to Zagradovka in the province of Kherson, a new Mennonite settlement purchased by the mother colony of Molotschna. Katharina died at the age of 89 years. When Whilhelm died in 1919 at the age of one hundred years, the extended family numbered 211 persons (Lohrenz 8-13).
Lohrenz, Gerhard. Zagradovka. Trans. Victor G. Doerksen. Winnipeg: CMBC Publications, 2000.
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Family of Sara (Krôker) and Jacob Martens
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Back Row:
Sarah Martens, Julius Derksen, Abraham Friesen, Franz Martens, Wilhelm Martens, Jacob Martens, Elizabeth Martens
Front Row:
Katharina (Martens) Derksen, Maria (Martens) Friesen, Sarah (Kröker) Martens, Jacob Martens, Anna (Ott) Martens, Katharina (Wiens) Martens
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Great Grandmother Anna (Janzen) Derksen and Great Grandfather Jacob Derksen (1886) Grandfather Julius Derksen is two years old
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Back Row: Katharina (Reimer) and Peter
Front Row: Anna (Janzen) Derksen, Jacob Derksen, Julius Derksen
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Derksen Family (1910)
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Anna, Maria, Julius, Johann, Matilda, child
Gerhard, ___ Goossen, Adolf Reimer, Martin, child, child, child
Annchen,Tina, child,
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M.B. Gemeindechor von Tiege, Sagradowka, 1911
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Derksen Genealogy - Compiled by Grandfather Julius Derksen
Click for Complete Derksen Genealogy going back to 1605!
The Derksen name was spelled many ways: Dürksen, Doerksen, Duerksen, Deurksen, Dirksen, Dirkson, Dircksen. Dürksen or Doerksen was the usual spelling in Prussia and Russia, while Derksen is the most common spelling in Canada.
Russian birth and death dates use the Julian Calendar.
Generation #1
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Great, Great, Great Grandfather Julius Gerhard Dircksen, (b. May 5, 1746, son of Gerhard Dirksen and Sara Claassen; d. 1828)
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Great, Great, Great Grandmother Margaretha Claassen, (b. 1774, daughter of Abraham Claassen)
Married April 17, 1798
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Children:
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Johann Julius |
May 1, 1800 |
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Jacob Julius |
March 9, 1803 |
March 10, 1858
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Great, Great, Great Grandfather Martin Regehr (Regier), (b. 1778, son of Johann Regier; d. May 27, 1854)
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Great, Great, Great Grandmother Maria _____ (b. 1784)
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Children: |
Born |
Died |
Maria M. |
July 7, 1807 |
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Generation #2
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Great, Great Grandfather Jacob Julius K. Derksen, (b. March 9, 1803; d. March 10, 1858)
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Great, Great Grandmother Maria M. (Regehr) Derksen, (b. July 7, 1807; )
Married January 3, 1828
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Born |
Died |
Maria
| September 23, 1828
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Margareta
| March 13, 1830
| 1837 |
Jacob
| February 11, 1832
| January 23, 1910 |
Martin
| July 9, 1834
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Johann
| July 9, 1837
| 1848 |
Gerhard
| October 19, 1839
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Anna
| October 23, 1841 Schoensee, Molotschna, South Russia
| December 31, 1901 Samara, Asiatic Russia |
Julius
| July 10, 1844
| 18 weeks after birth |
Margareta
| October 10, 1845
| 19 weeks after birth |
Julius
| March 4, 1847
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Margareta
| January 5, 1849
| 1879
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Generation #2
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Great, Great Grandfather's Brother Johann Julius Derksen, (b. May 1, 1800; d. )
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Great, Great Grandfather's Sister-in-Law Margaretha Hamm, (b. 1804; d. )
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Children: |
Born |
Died |
Jacob
| June 9, 1832
| January 1921
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Generation #3
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Great Grandfather Jacob Derksen, (b. February 11, 1832; d. January 23, 1910)
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Great Grandmother Anna (Janzen) Derksen, (b. September 23, 1840; d. 1909)
Married March 1, 1861
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Children: |
Born |
Died |
Jacob
| April 11, 1862
| April 23, 1862 |
Anna
| April 1, 1863
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Jacob
| April 11, 1865
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Peter
| January 23, 1868
| November 8, 1951, Yarrow, B.C. |
Martin
| February 25, 1870
| February 4, 1947, Ipkymek, Siberia |
Maria (Strauss)
| February 25, 1872
| July 8, 1953, Oklahoma, USA |
Aron
| February 1, 1874
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Justina
| November 4, 1875
| November 22, 1875 |
Heinrich
| September 24, 1876
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Gerhard
| March 7, 1879
| December 20, 1965, Yarrow, B.C. |
Johann
| September 19, 1880
| April 26, 1955, Yarrow, B.C. |
Julius
| January 27, 1884
| March 10, 1961, Yarrow, B.C.
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Generation #3
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Great, Grandfather's Cousin Jacob Derksen, (b. June 9, 1832; d. January 1921)
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Great, Grandfather's Cousin-in-Law Helene Delesky, (b. October 5, 1835; d. February 16, 1918 )
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Children: |
Born |
Died |
Peter Doerksen
| July 25, 1877
| May 21, 1922
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Generation #4
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Grandfather Julius Derksen, (b. January 27, 1884; d. March 10, 1961, buried Yarrow Cemetery, B.C.)
| Grandmother Katharina (Martens) Derksen, (b. December 30, 1886; d. May 31, 1965, buried Yarrow Cemetery, B.C.)
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Children: |
Born |
Died |
Jacob
| January 26, 1911
| December 30, 1938, buried Yarrow Cemetry, B.C. |
Sara
| April 10, 1912
| November 21, 1997, buried Yarrow Cemetry, B.C. |
Katharina
| March 28, 1915
| January 3, 2004, buried Yarrow Cemetry, B.C. |
Julius
| March 23, 1921
| March 3, 1978 |
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Generation #4
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Grandfather's Brother Gerhard Derksen, (b. March 7, 1879; d. December 20, 1965)
| Katarina Goossen, (b. October 21, 1876, Alexandertal, Russia; d. May 2, 1945, Chilliwack, B.C., buried in Yarrow cemetery)
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Children: |
Born |
Died |
Annie Derksen
| July 8, 1909, Blumenort, Russia; | July 3 , 1990, Clearbrook, B.C. |
Jacob George
| October 20, 1911, Alexandertal, Russia | July 15, 1994, Chilliwack, B.C. |
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Generation #4
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Grandfather's Brother Johann Derksen, (b. September 19, 1880; d. April 26, 1955)
| Louise Fletcher
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Children: |
Born |
Died |
David (married Margaret)
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Mary (married Peter Enns)
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Annie (married Bill Dyck)
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Martha (married John Plett)
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Generation #4
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Grandfather's Second Cousin Peter Doerksen, (b. July 25, 1877; d. May 21, 1922)
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Grandfather's Second Cousin-in-Law Katharina Reimer, (b. September 23, 1877; d. November 3, 1959, Gnadenheim, Paraguay)
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Children: |
Born |
Died |
Peter Doerksen
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Generation #5
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George Siemens, (b. October 24, 1907, Saskatchewan; d. February 8, 2005)
| Mother's Sister Sara Siemens, (b. April 10, 1912, Russia; d. November 21, 1997)
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Children: |
Born |
Died |
Betty Lou
| October 20, 1940
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Alvin
| December 22, 1941
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Hilda
| February 7, 1945
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Victor
| May 1, 1947
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Edwin
| February 22, 1950
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Dennis
| May 23, 1953
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Generation #5
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Father Gerhard Peter Wiens, (b. November 26, 1913, Saskatchewan)
(remarried Erica Neumann (b. August 15, 1924))
| Mother Katie (Tina) Wiens (Derksen) , (b. March 28, 1915, Russia; d. January 3, 2004, Langley, B.C.) (remarried Dixon Cameron Simpson)
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Children: |
Born |
Died |
Raymond Floyd
| December 20, 1941
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Elmer Gerald
| November 19, 1944
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Luetta Rose
| November 25, 1946
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Alfred Norman
| September 24, 1948
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Generation #5
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Mother's Brother Julius Derksen, (b. March 23, 1921, Russia; d. March 3, 1978, Abbotsford, B.C.)
| Elise Boyle, (b. October 23, 1924, Vancouver, B.C.; d. July 24, 1994, Abbotsford, B.C.) Married March 2, 1945
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Children: |
Born |
Died |
Phillip
| July 21, 1948
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Wendy
| June 27, 1952
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Generation #5
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Mother's Cousin Jacob Derksen, (b. Oct. 20, 1911, Alexandertal, South Russia; d. July 15, 1994, Chilliwack, buried in
Yarrow cemetery
| Susie Giesbrecht, (b. December 6, 1916 Wohldenfuerst, Kuban, Russia, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Peter P. Giesbrecht)
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Born |
Died |
John (Jack) Donald
| August 26, 1939
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Edward Ronald
| August 11, 1942
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Caroline Esther Doris
| October 23, 1944
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Susan Linda Loraine
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Generation #5
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Mother's Cousin David Derksen
| Margaret Thiessen
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Children: |
Born |
Died |
John
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David
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Delores
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Ronald
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Eleanor (married John Guenther)
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Marlene
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Generation #5
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Mother's Third Cousin Peter Doerksen, (b. March 14, 1905; d. )
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Mother's Third Cousin-in-Law Susanna Kliewer, (b. December 18, 1916; d. )
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Children: |
Born |
Died |
Helga Doerksen
| July 30, 1957
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Martens Genealogy - Compiled by Franz W. Martens Courtesy of the Centre for Mennonite Brethern Studies
Generation #1
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Great, Great, Great Grandfather Wilhelm Martens, (b. April, 1792; d. March 12, 1848)
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Great, Great, Great Grandmother Maria Nikkel, (b. June, 1797; d. February 26, 1835)
Married August 5, 1817
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Children:
| Born
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Wilhelm |
January 5, 1819 |
May 4, 1919
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Johann |
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Jacob |
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Heinrich |
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Maria |
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Great, Great, Great Grandfather Benjamin Dekker, (b. November 23, 1797, son of Benjamin and Katharina (Kleinsassser) Dekker; d. December 6, 1868)
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Great, Great, Great Grandmother Sussanna Wijap, (b. March 6, 1798; d. July 30, 1868)
Married November 28, 1815
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Children:
| Born
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Samuel |
August 21, 1823 |
June 11, 1891
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Katharina |
July 13 1826 |
January 30 1916
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Susanna |
October 25, 1828 |
October 16, 1889
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Generation #2
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Great, Great Grandfather Wilhelm Martens, (b. January 5, 1819; d. May 4, 1919)
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Great, Great Grandmother Katharina (Dekker) Martens, (b. July 13, 1826; d. January 30, 1916)
Married September 26, 1844
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Children: |
Born |
Died |
Wilhelm I
| December 7, 1845
| December 24, 1845 |
Wilhelm II
| November 9, 1846
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Katharina I
| February 24, 1848
| July 16, 1850 |
Johann
| October 7, 1849
| December 6, 1919 | |
Katharina II
| July 15, 1851
| 1930 |
Jakob
| November 7, 1853
| February 8, 1930 Bluemenort, Saskatchewan |
Heinrich
| June 11, 1856
| October 2, 1876 |
Maria
| June 6, 1859
| November 1, 1884 |
Peter
| August 2, 1862
| November 29, 1919 |
Susanna
| March 9, 1865
| December 8, 1881 |
Franz W.
| March 5, 1869
| January 21, 1942
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David
| March 5, 1869
| January 23, 1876
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Generation #3
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Great Grandfather Jacob Martens, (b. November 8, 1853; d. February 8, 1930)
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Great Grandmother Sara (Krôker) Martens, (b. August 3, 1854, daughter of Johann J. and Maria (Sudermann) Krôker; d. February 15, 1922); Married October 7, 1875
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Children: |
Born |
Died | Spouse |
Johann
| November 3, 1876
| February 5, 1896 |
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Wilhelm
| February 25, 1879
| November 29, 1919 |
Anna Ott |
Maria
| June 22, 1881
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Abraham Friesen |
Jacob
| March 9, 1884
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Katharina Wiens |
Katharina
| December 30, 1886
| May 31, 1965 |
Julius Derksen |
Peter
| June, 1889
| June 1889 |
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Franz
| November 5, 1890
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Agatha Peters |
Sarah
| January 15, 1893
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Abraham Koop |
Elizabeth
| June 21, 1896
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Jacob Koop |
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Generation #4
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Grandfather Julius Derksen, (b. January 27, 1884; d. March 10, 1961, buried Yarrow Cemetery, B.C.)
| Grandmother Katharina (Martens) Derksen, (b. December 30, 1886; d. May 31, 1965, buried Yarrow Cemetery, B.C.)
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Children: |
Born |
Died |
Jacob
| January 26, 1911
| December 30, 1938, buried Yarrow Cemetry, B.C. |
Sara
| April 10, 1912
| November 21, 1997, buried Yarrow Cemetry, B.C. |
Katharina
| March 28, 1915
| January 3, 2004, buried Yarrow Cemetry, B.C. |
Julius
| March 23, 1921
| March 3, 1978 |
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Generation #5
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George Siemens, (b. October 24, 1907, Saskatchewan; d. February 8, 2005)
| Mother's Sister Sara Siemens, (b. April 10, 1912, Russia; d. November 21, 1997)
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Children: |
Born |
Died |
Betty Lou
| October 20, 1940
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Alvin
| December 22, 1941
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Hilda
| February 7, 1945
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Victor
| May 1, 1947
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Edwin
| February 22, 1950
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Dennis
| May 23, 1953
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Generation #5
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Father Gerhard Peter Wiens, (b. November 26, 1913, Saskatchewan)
(remarried Erica Neumann (b. August 15, 1924))
| Mother Katie (Tina) Wiens (Derksen) , (b. March 28, 1915, Russia; d. January 3, 2004, Langley, B.C.) (remarried Dixon Cameron Simpson)
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Children: |
Born |
Died |
Raymond Floyd
| December 20, 1941
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Elmer Gerald
| November 19, 1944
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Luetta Rose
| November 25, 1946
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Alfred Norman
| September 24, 1948
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Generation #5
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Mother's Brother Julius Derksen, (b. March 23, 1921, Russia; d. March 3, 1978, Abbotsford, B.C.)
| Elise Boyle, (b. October 23, 1924, Vancouver, B.C.; d. July 24, 1994, Abbotsford, B.C.) Married March 2, 1945
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Children: |
Born |
Died |
Phillip
| July 21, 1948
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Wendy
| June 27, 1952
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