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Cornelius Thiessen

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Sparrau, Molotschna, Ukraine
Death: March 27, 1946 (79)
Inman, McPherson County, Kansas, United States
Place of Burial: Zoar Cemetery, Inman, McPherson County, Kansas, USA
Immediate Family:

Son of Gerhard Thiessen and Helena Thiessen
Husband of Agatha Thiessen and Helena Thiessen
Father of Mary R. Hildebrand; George R. Thiessen; Private; Private; John Rempel Thiessen and 13 others
Brother of Gerhard Thiessen; Johann L. 'John' Thiessen; 108993 Jacob Thiessen; Abraham Gerhard L. Thiessen; Peter Thiessen and 10 others
Half brother of Private and Private

GM #: 23015
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About Cornelius Thiessen

Cornelius Thiessen

  1. 23015 Birth: 5 February, 1867, Sparrau, Molotschna, South Russia Baptism: 13 July, 1884, Zoar, McPherson County, Kansas Death: 27 March, 1946, Inman, Kansas Burial: Inman, Kansas Migration: 3 September, 1874, S. S. Teutonia; arrived New York, New York Father: Thiessen, Gerhard, #27640, 25 March, 1809, Ellerwald Trift 3, Elbing, Prussia Mother: Loewen, Helena, #27641, 1829, Sparrau, Molotschna, South Russia Family 1: Family 16011 Spouse: Rempel, Agatha, #23016, July, 1867 Married: 5 August, 1888 1 -- + Thiessen, John Rempel, #122001, 26 May, 1889, Buhler, Kansas 2 -- + Thiessen, Mary R., #23017, 2 July, 1890, Buhler, Kansas 3 -- + Thiessen, George R., #87896, 14 October, 1891, Inman, Kansas 4 -- Thiessen, Cornelius, #122002, 20 March, 1893 Family 2: Family 4906 Spouse: Unruh, Helena, #27639, 6 April, 1872, Hierschau, Molotschna, South Russia Married: 17 August, 1894, Hillsboro, Kansas 1 -- + Thiessen, Helena, #27643, 17 May, 1895, Buhler, Kansas 2 -- + Thiessen, Susie, #27655, 2 December, 1896, Buhler, Kansas 3 -- + Thiessen, Sara, #21628, 28 May, 1898, Buhler, Kansas 4 -- + Thiessen, Cornelius H., #27680, 14 June, 1900, Buhler, Kansas 5 -- + Thiessen, Kathryn, #27743, 27 January, 1902, Buhler, Kansas 6 -- + Thiessen, Anna, #6976, 22 December, 1903, Inman, Kansas 7 -- + Thiessen, Martha, #27748, 23 April, 1905, Inman, Kansas 8 -- + Thiessen, Elizabeth Ann, #27750, 19 April, 1907, Inman, Kansas 9 -- Thiessen, Agatha, #27751, 20 December, 1908, Inman, Kansas 10 -- Thiessen, Amanda, #313662, 27 December, 1910, Inman, Kansas 11 -- + Thiessen, Samuel, #27752, 12 October, 1912, Inman, Kansas 12 -- + Thiessen, Amanda, #313704, 9 February, 1916, Inman, Kansas Notes: Note: Harms p. 156: belonged to Zoar KMB church. Was chosen as a minister on 22 Aug 1897 and ordained 30 Mar 1902. The JoAnn & Edward Esau submission says he was born 4 Feb 1867. Immigration Source: Brothers in Deed to Brothers in Need : a Scrapbook about Mennonite Immigrants from Russia, 1870-1885; Hiebert, Clarence, ed.; Newton, Kan.: Faith & Life Press, 1974., page 176 Death Source: Zionsbote; Hillsboro, Kan.: Mennonite Brethren Church of North America., page 1 May 1946, p. 11 Death Source: Der Wahrheitsfreund, page 10 Apr 1946, p. 7 Birth Source: Record of Births, Membership, Marriages and Deaths of Bethel Mennonite Church Inman, Kansas., page 46 Record Source: Thiesen, John D.; Gedcom File, Nov 2001 Birth Source: Our Heritage through the Reformation, Menno Simons, the Migrations and the Genealogy of Gerhard Theissen [sic].; Harms, Wilmer A.; Halstead, KS: author, 1984., page 58,156 Baptism Source: Our Heritage through the Reformation, Menno Simons, the Migrations and the Genealogy of Gerhard Theissen [sic].; Harms, Wilmer A.; Halstead, KS: author, 1984., page 156 Death Source: Our Heritage through the Reformation, Menno Simons, the Migrations and the Genealogy of Gerhard Theissen [sic].; Harms, Wilmer A.; Halstead, KS: author, 1984., page 58,156 Birth Source: Esau, JoAnn & Edward; Submission to GRANDMA Project by JoAnn & Edward Esau. Original submission documents at Center for M.B. Studies, Fresno,, page 20 Feb 2008 Family 1: Marriage Source: Our Heritage through the Reformation, Menno Simons, the Migrations and the Genealogy of Gerhard Theissen [sic].; Harms, Wilmer A.; Halstead, KS: author, 1984., page 157 Family 2: Marriage Source: Our Heritage through the Reformation, Menno Simons, the Migrations and the Genealogy of Gerhard Theissen [sic].; Harms, Wilmer A.; Halstead, KS: author, 1984., page 159
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Cornelius Thiessen's Timeline

1867
February 5, 1867
Sparrau, Molotschna, Ukraine
1889
May 26, 1889
Buhler, Kansas
1890
July 2, 1890
1891
October 14, 1891
October 14, 1891
Inman, McPherson County, KS, United States
1895
May 17, 1895
Buhler, Reno County, KS, United States
1896
December 2, 1896
Buhler, Reno County, Kansas, USA
1898
May 28, 1898
Buhler, Reno County, Kansas, USA
1900
June 4, 1900
Reno County, Kansas, USA