Anna Rempel

In a letter from Ruth Kintze Peters to Helen Stoesz Menken to forward it to Kathy Hunt, dated Sept 10, 1983:

I have in my possession a German Gesangbuch printed in Odessa (Russia) in 1859. On the cover is printed the name Peter Rempel, Bergthal. This would have belonged to my great grandfather and your great grandfather (Helen Stoesz Menken), too, if I have it figured right.

After Peter Rempel died (born Nov 14, 1817; died Dec 20, 1869), his wife Anna Penner Rempel remarried to a Cornelius Enns (Feb 15, 1835-July 1, 1892). On the inside of the Gesangbuch it says in German script "Dieses Buch gehort Cornelius Enns." (This book belongs to Cornelius Enns). He was regarded as a good stepfather.

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Peter was born on Nov 2, 1817, and married Anna Penner on Aug 12, 1845. They had eleven children. Peter died on Dec 20, 1869. After losing Peter, Anna remarried. She married Kornelius Ens on Oct 20, 1870, formerly from the Molotschna colony, shortly before the Bergthalers moved as an entire community, to Canada. 

Anna & Kornelius moved to Mountain Lake, MN, where they are listed as members of the First Mennonite Church of that city in the earliest records. Anna's sons Peter and Jacob stayed in Manitoba. Son Peter moved to Mexico in 1926, as part of the large migration that established colonies in the northern state of Chihuahua, Mexico.

Anna was not an ordinary person. She was a great soul. No one had to tell you she was a Christian. Her everyday life demonstrated it. She was always so thankful and after she was confined to bed as an invalid in the nursing home, the people that took care of her

came to see her faith in evidence too. In latter years her hearing and her eyesight failed but she was sure there would be a better tomorrow ahead for her

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Anna Penner

1. 69966 Birth: 1 APR 1827, South Russia Baptism: 3 JUN 1845, South Russia Death: 3 MAR 1901, Butterfield Township, Watonwan County, Minnesota Burial: MAR 1901, Butterfield, Minnesota Migration: 22 AUG 1876, S. S. Nederland; arrived Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Father: Penner, Peter, #68517, 31 OCT 1792, Prussia Mother: Derksen, Maria, #68596, 21 APR 1799, Chortitza, Chortitza, South Russia Family 1: Family 44789 Spouse: Dueck, Bernhard, #68452, 17 NOV 1830, Schoenfeld, Russia Family 2: Family 45467 Spouse: Rempel, Peter, #69965, 2 NOV 1817, Tiege, Molotschna, South Russia Married: 12 aug 1845, South Russia 1 -- + Rempel, Maria, #70474, 6 APR 1846, Bergthal Colony, South Russia 2 -- + Rempel, Peter, #158128, 16 SEP 1847, Chortitza Colony, South Russia 3 -- Rempel, William, #158129, 25 NOV 1849, South Russia 4 -- + Rempel, Jacob P., #158131, 14 APR 1852, Chortitza Colony, South Russia 5 -- Rempel, William P., #158130, 15 JUN 1853, South Russia 6 -- + Rempel, Anna P., #69608, 5 MAR 1854, Chortitza Colony, South Russia 7 -- + Rempel, Wilhelm P., #158133, 25 AUG 1856, Chortitza Colony, South Russia 8 -- Rempel, Bernhard P., #158134, 27 FEB 1858, Chortitza Colony, South Russia 9 -- Rempel, Susanna, #184663, Abt 1858 10 -- + Rempel, Johann P., #186608, 16 JAN 1860, Chortitza Colony, South Russia 11 -- + Rempel, Katharina P., #158135, 1 FEB 1863, Chortitza Colony, South Russia 12 -- + Rempel, David P., #158136, 13 DEC 1864, Chortitza Colony, South Russia Family 3: Family 45692 Spouse: Enns, Cornelius, #158132, 15 FEB 1835, Rueckenau, Molotschna, South Russia Married: 20 aug 1870, South Russia Notes: Note: Mountain Lake 1878 p. 3: baptized by Jacob Braun. Mountain Lake Bergthaler p. 33 gives a birth date of 13 Apr 1827. Birth Source: Kirchen Buch der Mennoniten Gemeinde zu Mountain Lake, Cottonwood Co., Minnesota, 1878.; Friesen, Adeline; translator; 1996. Photocopy., page 3 Birth Source: Derksen, Mildred H. (n.d.). American Historial Society of Germans from Russia file card., page D93-30 Birth Source: Harder, Dan Birth Source: Bergthal Gemeinde Buch; Dyck, John, 1922; editor; Hanover-Steinbach Historical Society, Box 1960, Steinbach MB, 1993., page A16 Baptism Source: Mountain Lake, Minnesota. First Mennonite Church, 1878-1978, page 93 Baptism Source: Bergthal Gemeinde Buch; Dyck, John, 1922; editor; Hanover-Steinbach Historical Society, Box 1960, Steinbach MB, 1993., page B45 Baptism Source: Bergthal Gemeinde Buch; Dyck, John, 1922; editor; Hanover-Steinbach Historical Society, Box 1960, Steinbach MB, 1993., page A16 Death Source: Derksen, Mildred H. (n.d.). American Historial Society of Germans from Russia file card., page D93-30 Migration Source: Migration From the Russian Empire, Vol 1; Glazier, Ira A., editor; Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. 1995., page 75 Source: Harder, Stanley; Gedcom File, Aug 2001 Source: Bergthal Gemeinde Buch; Dyck, John, 1922; editor; Hanover-Steinbach Historical Society, Box 1960, Steinbach MB, 1993., page 99 Family 2: Note: August 1 Also Listed Family 2: Marriage Source: Bergthal Gemeinde Buch; Dyck, John, 1922; editor; Hanover-Steinbach Historical Society, Box 1960, Steinbach MB, 1993., page B45 Family 2: Marriage Source: Derksen, Mildred H. (n.d.). American Historial Society of Germans from Russia file card. Family 3: Marriage Source: Bergthal Gemeinde Buch; Dyck, John, 1922; editor; Hanover-Steinbach Historical Society, Box 1960, Steinbach MB, 1993., page 81,100.