Jacob T. Barkman

Jacob T. Barkman, the eldest son of Peter K. Barkman, was married to Aganetha Giesbrecht in 1869. They emigrated to Manitoba with the Gruenfeld group about six weeks previous to the Steinbach settlers. When his parents and the rest of the family decided to locate in the Steinbach area, he also left his temporary shelter in Gruenfeld to start over again in the new village of Steinbach.

That first winter of 1874 he joined his father and younger brother and built a warm shelter for joint occupation. This building was two feet into the ground, 18 ft. wide and 48 ft. long. Light rails were used on the roof, closed tight with long grass and mud. The front 30 ft. were partitioned off for living quarters and the other 18 ft. held stable room for the oxen and probably a milk cow.

Mr. Barkman was a shareholder in the first flour mill built in 1880 by his father. After a few years, he sold his interests in the mill and also his building lot in Steinbach and moved to Heuboden, a place northwest of Kleefeld. Here he farmed and also operated a small store until 1918.

When in the fall of that year many deaths occurred due to the ravaging flu, his faithful life partner also was taken from his side through death. With the death of Mrs. Barkman, the last married couple from Russia in our congregation was parted. When Mr. Barkman remarried in 1921 he moved back to the old village of Gruenfeld, near the place where he had taken up his first homestead in August, 1874. He died there in 1935.

-from Reflections On Our Heritage: A History of Steinbach and the R.M. of Hanover from 1874, Derksen Printers, 1971, pp. 34-35.

Birth: 14 Nov 1848, Rueckenau, Molotschna, South Russia

Baptism: May 1868

Immigration: 17 Jul 1874, S. S. Austrian; arrived Quebec City, Quebec

Death: 11 Jul 1935, Rural Municipality of Hanover, Manitoba

1st marriage: Giesbrecht, Anganetha, 2 Mar 1848
Married: 21 Sep 1869;

Children:
1 Barkman, Anna, 21 Nov 1870
2 Barkman, Jacob G., 6 Oct 1872
3 Barkman, Peter G., 3 Aug 1876
4 Barkman, Jacob, 13 Aug 1880
5 Barkman, Jacob G., 23 Feb 1882
6 Barkman, Aganetha, 22 Jul 1885
7 Barkman, Johann G., 13 Aug 1887
8 Barkman, Elisabeth, 10 Mar 1889
9 Barkman, Margaretha G., 13 Mar 1892
10 Barkman, Elisabeth G., 19 Mar 1894

2nd marrigae: Fast, Maria L., 27 Jun 1851
Married: 6 Mar 1921; Rural Municipality of Hanover, Manitoba

Parents:
Father: Barkman, Peter, 9 Mar 1826
Mother: Toews, Anna, 9 Aug 1827

Notes: His o.s. birth date was 2 Nov 1848. PK Barkman book - J.T. Barkman, at first, lived in Steinbach, where he worked in the flour mill. They moved to a farm in Heuboden in 1890. Because he enjoyed this type of work, he did some custom feed milling for other farmers. He also operated an oil business. Because two of their daughters-in-law died within a short period of time, Mrs. Barkman took care of 5 of the grandchildren at one time. (pg.2)* Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Jan 17 2022, 23:41:29 UTC