Peter W Rempel

As told to Nina (Eitzen Thiessen) by her cousin Maria (Stoez) Toews:

It is very interesting to me to think of all that our grandparents went through when they came from Russia. Grandma Maria (Rempel) Falk was very good in remembering things that happened. When she came to visit us here in town after grandpa passed away, she liked to sit in the screen porch and every chance I got I went to sit with her.

One time, Grandma Falk told me that Great-Grandpa Peter Rempel and a few other people (whose names she never told me) went to buy goods for their store. These trips took a whole week. They made the trips in their covered wagon (it had springs) and slept outdoors and took enough food with them to eat on the trip. Grandma went along with them on some of the trips.

It had been very dangerous to travel in Russia as there were so many robbers along the road and lots of people were killed. One time when great grandpa and grandma were in the wagon, someone came and held a lighted candle inside the wagon to see what they had. Great grandpa quickly took the man's head and bounced it against the edge of the wagon. That robber just turned around and ran off.

Great Grandpa Rempel had been a quiet man, not very tall and a little chubby.  He owned a general store in Russia.  After his death Great Grandma Anna married Cornelius Enns and immigrated to the United States with him in 1876

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Peter Rempel

1. 69965 Birth: 2 NOV 1817, Tiege, Molotschna, South Russia Death: 20 DEC 1869, Bergthal Colony, South Russia Father: Rempel, Wilhelm, #149673, 27 JAN 1789, Prussia Mother: Wiebe, Katharina, #46811, 28 JUN 1790 Family 1: Family 45467 Spouse: Penner, Anna, #69966, 1 APR 1827, 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 Notes: Note: His o.s. marriage date was 1 Aug. Bernard Rempel of Steinbach, Manitoba says he was born 12 Nov 1817. According to notes from Bernard Rempel (see sources) Peter operated a very successful general merchandise store and tailor shop in Bergthal. According to BGB, after the death of Peter Rempel, his widow, daughter of Peter and Maria (Doerksen) Penner married Cornelius Enns, son of Abe and Anna (Loewen) Enns, formerly of Molotschna, in the First Mennonite Church in Mountain Lake, MN. While most of this family went to Mountain Lake, sons Peter and Jacob stayed in Manitoba and Peter moved to Mexico in 1926. (P.100) Birth Source: Per correspondence dated August 13, 1998; Box 1367 591 Henry ST, Steinbach, Manitoba, Canada, R0A 2A0 Birth Source: Bergthal Gemeinde Buch; Dyck, John, 1922; editor; Hanover-Steinbach Historical Society, Box 1960, Steinbach MB, 1993., page A19 Birth Source: Bergthal Gemeinde Buch; Dyck, John, 1922; editor; Hanover-Steinbach Historical Society, Box 1960, Steinbach MB, 1993., page B45 Death Source: Kirchen Buch der Mennoniten Gemeinde zu Mountain Lake, Cottonwood Co., Minnesota, 1878.; Friesen, Adeline; translator; 1996. Photocopy., page 3 Death Source: Bergthal Gemeinde Buch; Dyck, John, 1922; editor; Hanover-Steinbach Historical Society, Box 1960, Steinbach MB, 1993., page B45 Source: Bergthal Gemeinde Buch; Dyck, John, 1922; editor; Hanover-Steinbach Historical Society, Box 1960, Steinbach MB, 1993., page 99 Source: Harder, Stanley; Gedcom File, Aug 2001 Note: August 1 Also Listed Marriage Source: Bergthal Gemeinde Buch; Dyck, John, 1922; editor; Hanover-Steinbach Historical Society, Box 1960, Steinbach MB, 1993., page B45 Marriage Source: Derksen, Mildred H. (n.d.). American Historial Society of Germans from Russia file card.