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Jacob Knelsen

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Schoeneberg, Chortitza, Ukraine
Death: July 15, 1955 (82)
North Poplar, Abbotsford, Fraser Valley, British Columbia, Canada
Immediate Family:

Son of Diedrich Knelsen and Justina Knelsen Hamm Driedger
Husband of Anganetha Knelsen
Father of Helena Klassen; Jacob Knelsen; Justina Unrau; Aganetha Unrau; Private and 10 others
Brother of Katharina Thiessen Janzen; Peter (twin) Knelsen; Diedrich Knelsen; Peter Diedrich Knelsen; Diedrich (twin) Knelsen and 1 other
Half brother of Justina J Dyck #164825; Maria Dyck; Helena Hamm; Cornelius Hamm and 191534 Helena Wolf

GM #: 191537
Managed by: Private User
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About Jacob Knelsen

Jacob Knelsen

  1. 191537 Birth: 30 Dec 1872, Schoeneberg, Chortitza, South Russia Baptism: 1892 Death: 15 Jul 1955, Clearbrook, British Columbia Burial: Abbotsford, British Columbia Migration: Dec 1891, Canada Father: Knelsen, Diedrich, 1838, #191535 Mother: Neufeld, Justina, 17 Oct 1838, #188790 Last update: 13 Jun 2017 Family: SPOUSE: Warkentin, Aganetha, 3 Sep 1876, #266067 Married: 27 Nov 1896; Rural Municipality of Stanley, Manitoba Last update: 3/23/2012 1 -- +Knelsen, Helena, 19 Sep 1897, #744271 2 -- Knelsen, Jacob, 3 Jan 1899, #369288 3 -- +Knelsen, Justina, 15 Mar 1900, #744269 4 -- +Knelsen, Aganetha, 18 Oct 1901, #744268 5 -- Knelsen, Katarina, 8 Oct 1903, #369287 6 -- +Knelsen, Sara "Sadie", 26 Mar 1905, #510770 7 -- +Knelsen, Maria, 10 Sep 1906, #151804 8 -- +Knelsen, Susanna, 2 Dec 1907, #744270 9 -- +Knelsen, Anna, 10 Mar 1910, #283853 10 -- +Knelsen, Jacob, 13 Oct 1911, #452211 11 -- +Knelsen, Martha, 16 Nov 1913, #492532 12 -- +Knelsen, Bertha, 27 Dec 1915, #1380646 13 -- +Knelsen, Eva, 27 Aug 1917, #1380647 14 -- Knelsen, Gertrude, 21 Jan 1921, #1380648 Notes: Note: Excelsior says he was born 13 Jan 1873. One record says he was born 30 Dec 1872. Another says 30 Dec 1871. 1901 Census says he was born 12 Jan 1872. Rheinlaender says he was born 30 Nov 1871. He moved from Saskatchewan to British Columbia in 1944. Vitals say he died 16 Jul 1955 at age 81. Birth Source: Reinländer Gemeinde Buch : 1880-1903, Manitoba, Canada; Dyck, John and Harms, Willliam editors; Manitoba Mennonite Historical Society, Winnipeg, Manitoba, 1994., page 287-3 Birth Source: Sommerfeld Gemeinde Buch: Registers of the Church at West Lynne, 1881-1935; Unger, Henry; Martens, Martha; and Ens, Adolf; editors; Manitoba Mennonite Historical Society, 2004, page Vol 1A, p257 Birth Source: Swift Current Colony, Saskatchewan. Church Register, page 63-1 Birth Source: Sommerfelder Mennonite Church Register, Untitled Volume, page p152 Birth Source: Excelsior Echoes; Rush Lake History Book Committee; 1982., page 851 Baptism Source: Sommerfelder Mennonite Church Register, Untitled Volume, page p152 Death Source: Swift Current Colony, Saskatchewan. Church Register, page 63-1 Death Source: Canadian Mennonite; Waterloo, Ontario., page 16 Jul 1955, p5 Death Source: Find a Grave, FindAGrave.com/memorial/75591255 Source: Peters, Dora; Gedcom Source: Thiessen, Richard D.; BK6 File, Oct 2004 Source: Der Bote [Winnipeg, Manitoba]; Winnipeg, Manitoba Source: Reimer, Peter K.; Gedcom File, Jan 2002 Marriage Source: Sommerfelder Mennonite Church Register, Untitled Volume, page SUV-152 Marriage Source: Excelsior Echoes; Rush Lake History Book Committee; 1982., page 851
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Jacob Knelsen's Timeline

1872
December 30, 1872
Schoeneberg, Chortitza, Ukraine
1897
September 19, 1897
Rural Municipality of Rhineland, Manitoba, Rhineland, Division No. 3, Manitoba, Canada
1899
January 3, 1899
Rhineland, Division No. 3, Manitoba, Canada
1900
March 15, 1900
Rhineland, Division No. 3, Manitoba, Canada
1901
October 18, 1901
Rural Municipality of Stanley, MB
1905
March 26, 1905
Rush Lake, Division No. 7, Saskatchewan, Canada
1906
September 10, 1906
Herbert, Division No. 7, Saskatchewan, Canada
1907
December 2, 1907
1910
March 10, 1910
Canada