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Anna Nachtigal (Von Riesen)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Hohendorf, Am Trakt Colony, Samara, Russia
Death: August 27, 1946 (79)
Reedley, Fresno, California, USA
Place of Burial: Reedley, Fresno, California, USA
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Jakob von Riesen and Anna Von Riesen
Wife of Peter Nachtigal
Mother of Catharina Froese; Elisabeth Regier; Herman P. Nachtigal; Margaret J. Penner; Anna Nachtigal and 4 others

GM #: 728462
Managed by: Dinah Patrice Sanders
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About Anna Nachtigal

  • Note: Emmaus 1888 p. 121: "Nicht mehr Glied." p. 215 gives her last name as Riesen. Joined Emmaus 15 May 1898. "Durch Attest nach Oklahoma 1904". 1st Menn Newton Stammbuch p. 58 gives her name as Riesen. Joined 1st Menn. 14 Jan 1889. Church record incorrectly gives her surname as Priesen. Family records give it as von Riesen. Her gravestone and the Reedley church book gives her birth year as 1865. Hydro p. 21 also gives the last name as Riesen or von Riesen.
  • Birth Source: Emmaus Mennonite Church, Whitewater, Kansas. Record book 1888. Bd. Ms. 49.; Mennonite Library and Archives, Bethel College, North Newton, Kansas., page 121
  • Birth Source: Migration From the Russian Empire, Vol 3; Glazier, Ira A., editor; Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. 1997., page 316
  • Baptism Source: Newton, Kansas. First Mennonite Church, Folder 235, MS. 62, page 14
  • Death Source: Reedley Exponent [California]; Reedley, California, page 29 Aug 1946
  • Burial Source: Find a Grave, FindAGrave.com/memorial/30293106
  • Source: Reedley, California First Mennonite Church Records
  • Immigration Source: Migration From the Russian Empire, Vol 3; Glazier, Ira A., editor; Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. 1997., page 316
  • Marriage Source: Emmaus Mennonite Church, Whitewater, Kansas. Record book 1888. Bd. Ms. 49.; Mennonite Library and Archives, Bethel College, North Newton, Kansas., page 121
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Anna Nachtigal's Timeline

1866
August 31, 1866
Hohendorf, Am Trakt Colony, Samara, Russia
1881
June 1881
Age 14
Hahnsau, Am Trakt Colony, Samara, Russia
1885
December 29, 1885
Khiva, Transcaspia, Turkestan, Russia
1887
January 17, 1887
Russia
1888
January 19, 1888
Newton, Harvey, Kansas, USA
1889
April 13, 1889
Newton, Harvey, Kansas, USA
1890
July 28, 1890
Whitewater, Butler County, Kansas, United States
1891
October 31, 1891
Whitewater, Butler County, Kansas, United States