Gerhard Doerksen was an artistic young lad. Two New Year's wishes he drew and colored in 1834 and 1838 are extant and consist of beautiful Fraktur art. Gerhard served as the school teacher for the village of Fischau. From 1844 to circa 1850 he compiled a teacher's arithmetic manual containing problems which were given to the students as work assignments. The cover of the manual was done in intricate Fraktur. Unfortunately this art work is now faded and worn almost beyond recognition. Each section such as “fractions” “multiplication”, etc. has a title page done in artistic calligraphy. An ancient “Kjist” (chest) belonging to Gerhard Doerksen, and possibly originating in Prussia, has been preserved and currently belongs to Abe and Lorna Penner, Steinbach, Manitoba.
In 1853 Gerhard married Helena Dick. Historian Henry Fast has written that Helena was the daughter of Gerhad Gerhard Dueck, Lichtenau, 1835 census. The Gerhard Doerksen family lived in Fischau, Molotschna. The 1861 school records list Gerhard as an Anwohner in the village with daughter Anna, age 7, attending school. In 1866 the family received an allotment of 12 desjatien about 10 verst away from the village. Son Gerhard Doerksen has written that his parents “belonged to the Lichtenau Gemeinde but were more reserved (conservative) and so they joined the Kleine Gemeinde in the emigration from Russia”.
In 1875 they arrived in Manitoba, Canada, settling in Hochstadt, a village several miles southeast of present-day Kleefeld. They filed for their homestead July 20, 1875. Considerable detail regarding their pioneer years in Hochstadt have been recorded by daughter Anna: “Thursday, June 19 [1875] Father went to look at land. Tuesday, June 24, both our parents went along with Johann Toewses to Winnipeg, coming home on Thursday, the 26th. They had signed a land purchase, bought a pair of oxen for $110, one cow with a big bull calf at $30, a stove for $20 and some smaller necessities. July 2 we moved to Steinreich [also known as Hochstadt] to Isaac E. Loewens'. On July 3, Father, sister Lena and I went to our land to mow some roof thatching; on Friday the 4th of July we began building a “Sarei” [a roof like structure] ….. On the 11th of July, we unpacked our big chest [“Kjist”]. Monday, July 14 – Father and Lena drove to Winnipeg to get the wagon which we had brought along from Russia, which had by now also arrived in the city”.
October 5, 1875, Gerhard and Helena Doerksen and daughter Anna were formally accepted into the Kleine Gemeinde. In 1882, Gerhard died, “...the Lord allowed it to happen that father had a stroke. Gradually he got worse until he had to be in bed and died December 15”.
After Gerhard's death his widow remarried to widower Johann Warkentin (1817-86) of Blumenhof, Manitoba, where she lived with her second husband. After his death she married a third time to the widower Johann Janzen, son of Cornelius Janzen (1812-64) of Neukirch, Molotschna. Son Gerhard Doerksen writes that his mother “got to be twenty years older than his father who was always much healthier. She had arthritis for many years.” She was buried in the old Blumenhof cemetery.
- Dynasties of the Mennonite Kleine Gemeinde in Imperial Russia and North America, by Delbert Plett, 2000, p. 60.
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Birth: 20 May 1825, Fischau, Molotschna, South Russia
Baptism: 1846
Immigration: 18 Jun 1875, S. S. Prussian; arrived Quebec City, Quebec
Death: 15 Dec 1882, Hochstadt, East Reserve, Manitoba
Burial: Hochstadt, East Reserve, Manitoba
SPOUSE: Dick, Helena, 3 Aug 1832, Married: 16 Jan 1853; Molotschna Colony, South Russia
Children:
1 Doerksen, Bernhard, 20 Oct 1853
2 Doerksen, Anna, 28 Dec 1854
3 Doerksen, Bernhard, 26 Apr 1858
4 Doerksen, Helena, 10 Apr 1862
5 Doerksen, Gerhard D., 25 Jul 1865
6 Doerksen, Bernhard D., 26 May 1871
7 Doerksen, Abraham, 7 Mar 1873
Parents:
Father: Doerksen, Bernhard Gerhard, 1 Aug 1797
Mother: Braun, Maria, 3 Jan 1804
In 1853 Gerhard married Helena Dick. Historian Henry Fast has written that Helena was the daughter of Gerhad Gerhard Dueck, Lichtenau, 1835 census. The Gerhard Doerksen family lived in Fischau, Molotschna. The 1861 school records list Gerhard as an Anwohner in the village with daughter Anna, age 7, attending school. In 1866 the family received an allotment of 12 desjatien about 10 verst away from the village. Son Gerhard Doerksen has written that his parents “belonged to the Lichtenau Gemeinde but were more reserved (conservative) and so they joined the Kleine Gemeinde in the emigration from Russia”.
In 1875 they arrived in Manitoba, Canada, settling in Hochstadt, a village several miles southeast of present-day Kleefeld. They filed for their homestead July 20, 1875. Considerable detail regarding their pioneer years in Hochstadt have been recorded by daughter Anna: “Thursday, June 19 [1875] Father went to look at land. Tuesday, June 24, both our parents went along with Johann Toewses to Winnipeg, coming home on Thursday, the 26th. They had signed a land purchase, bought a pair of oxen for $110, one cow with a big bull calf at $30, a stove for $20 and some smaller necessities. July 2 we moved to Steinreich [also known as Hochstadt] to Isaac E. Loewens'. On July 3, Father, sister Lena and I went to our land to mow some roof thatching; on Friday the 4th of July we began building a “Sarei” [a roof like structure] ….. On the 11th of July, we unpacked our big chest [“Kjist”]. Monday, July 14 – Father and Lena drove to Winnipeg to get the wagon which we had brought along from Russia, which had by now also arrived in the city”.
October 5, 1875, Gerhard and Helena Doerksen and daughter Anna were formally accepted into the Kleine Gemeinde. In 1882, Gerhard died, “...the Lord allowed it to happen that father had a stroke. Gradually he got worse until he had to be in bed and died December 15”.
After Gerhard's death his widow remarried to widower Johann Warkentin (1817-86) of Blumenhof, Manitoba, where she lived with her second husband. After his death she married a third time to the widower Johann Janzen, son of Cornelius Janzen (1812-64) of Neukirch, Molotschna. Son Gerhard Doerksen writes that his mother “got to be twenty years older than his father who was always much healthier. She had arthritis for many years.” She was buried in the old Blumenhof cemetery.
- Dynasties of the Mennonite Kleine Gemeinde in Imperial Russia and North America, by Delbert Plett, 2000, p. 60.
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Birth: 20 May 1825, Fischau, Molotschna, South Russia
Baptism: 1846
Immigration: 18 Jun 1875, S. S. Prussian; arrived Quebec City, Quebec
Death: 15 Dec 1882, Hochstadt, East Reserve, Manitoba
Burial: Hochstadt, East Reserve, Manitoba
SPOUSE: Dick, Helena, 3 Aug 1832, Married: 16 Jan 1853; Molotschna Colony, South Russia
Children:
1 Doerksen, Bernhard, 20 Oct 1853
2 Doerksen, Anna, 28 Dec 1854
3 Doerksen, Bernhard, 26 Apr 1858
4 Doerksen, Helena, 10 Apr 1862
5 Doerksen, Gerhard D., 25 Jul 1865
6 Doerksen, Bernhard D., 26 May 1871
7 Doerksen, Abraham, 7 Mar 1873
Parents:
Father: Doerksen, Bernhard Gerhard, 1 Aug 1797
Mother: Braun, Maria, 3 Jan 1804
Gerhard Doerksen was an artistic young lad. Two New Year's wishes he drew and colored in 1834 and 1838 are extant and consist of beautiful Fraktur art. Gerhard served as the school teacher for the village of Fischau. From 1844 to circa 1850 he compiled a teacher's arithmetic manual containing problems which were given to the students as work assignments. The cover of the manual was done in intricate Fraktur. Unfortunately this art work is now faded and worn almost beyond recognition. Each section such as “fractions” “multiplication”, etc. has a title page done in artistic calligraphy. An ancient “Kjist” (chest) belonging to Gerhard Doerksen, and possibly originating in Prussia, has been preserved and currently belongs to Abe and Lorna Penner, Steinbach, Manitoba.
In 1853 Gerhard married Helena Dick. Historian Henry Fast has written that Helena was the daughter of Gerhad Gerhard Dueck, Lichtenau, 1835 census. The Gerhard Doerksen family lived in Fischau, Molotschna. The 1861 school records list Gerhard as an Anwohner in the village with daughter Anna, age 7, attending school. In 1866 the family received an allotment of 12 desjatien about 10 verst away from the village. Son Gerhard Doerksen has written that his parents “belonged to the Lichtenau Gemeinde but were more reserved (conservative) and so they joined the Kleine Gemeinde in the emigration from Russia”.
In 1875 they arrived in Manitoba, Canada, settling in Hochstadt, a village several miles southeast of present-day Kleefeld. They filed for their homestead July 20, 1875. Considerable detail regarding their pioneer years in Hochstadt have been recorded by daughter Anna: “Thursday, June 19 [1875] Father went to look at land. Tuesday, June 24, both our parents went along with Johann Toewses to Winnipeg, coming home on Thursday, the 26th. They had signed a land purchase, bought a pair of oxen for $110, one cow with a big bull calf at $30, a stove for $20 and some smaller necessities. July 2 we moved to Steinreich [also known as Hochstadt] to Isaac E. Loewens'. On July 3, Father, sister Lena and I went to our land to mow some roof thatching; on Friday the 4th of July we began building a “Sarei” [a roof like structure] ….. On the 11th of July, we unpacked our big chest [“Kjist”]. Monday, July 14 – Father and Lena drove to Winnipeg to get the wagon which we had brought along from Russia, which had by now also arrived in the city”.
October 5, 1875, Gerhard and Helena Doerksen and daughter Anna were formally accepted into the Kleine Gemeinde. In 1882, Gerhard died, “...the Lord allowed it to happen that father had a stroke. Gradually he got worse until he had to be in bed and died December 15”.
After Gerhard's death his widow remarried to widower Johann Warkentin (1817-86) of Blumenhof, Manitoba, where she lived with her second husband. After his death she married a third time to the widower Johann Janzen, son of Cornelius Janzen (1812-64) of Neukirch, Molotschna. Son Gerhard Doerksen writes that his mother “got to be twenty years older than his father who was always much healthier. She had arthritis for many years.” She was buried in the old Blumenhof cemetery.
- Dynasties of the Mennonite Kleine Gemeinde in Imperial Russia and North America, by Delbert Plett, 2000, p. 60.
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Birth: 20 May 1825, Fischau, Molotschna, South Russia
Baptism: 1846
Immigration: 18 Jun 1875, S. S. Prussian; arrived Quebec City, Quebec
Death: 15 Dec 1882, Hochstadt, East Reserve, Manitoba
Burial: Hochstadt, East Reserve, Manitoba
SPOUSE: Dick, Helena, 3 Aug 1832, Married: 16 Jan 1853; Molotschna Colony, South Russia
Children:
1 Doerksen, Bernhard, 20 Oct 1853
2 Doerksen, Anna, 28 Dec 1854
3 Doerksen, Bernhard, 26 Apr 1858
4 Doerksen, Helena, 10 Apr 1862
5 Doerksen, Gerhard D., 25 Jul 1865
6 Doerksen, Bernhard D., 26 May 1871
7 Doerksen, Abraham, 7 Mar 1873
Parents:
Father: Doerksen, Bernhard Gerhard, 1 Aug 1797
Mother: Braun, Maria, 3 Jan 1804
In 1853 Gerhard married Helena Dick. Historian Henry Fast has written that Helena was the daughter of Gerhad Gerhard Dueck, Lichtenau, 1835 census. The Gerhard Doerksen family lived in Fischau, Molotschna. The 1861 school records list Gerhard as an Anwohner in the village with daughter Anna, age 7, attending school. In 1866 the family received an allotment of 12 desjatien about 10 verst away from the village. Son Gerhard Doerksen has written that his parents “belonged to the Lichtenau Gemeinde but were more reserved (conservative) and so they joined the Kleine Gemeinde in the emigration from Russia”.
In 1875 they arrived in Manitoba, Canada, settling in Hochstadt, a village several miles southeast of present-day Kleefeld. They filed for their homestead July 20, 1875. Considerable detail regarding their pioneer years in Hochstadt have been recorded by daughter Anna: “Thursday, June 19 [1875] Father went to look at land. Tuesday, June 24, both our parents went along with Johann Toewses to Winnipeg, coming home on Thursday, the 26th. They had signed a land purchase, bought a pair of oxen for $110, one cow with a big bull calf at $30, a stove for $20 and some smaller necessities. July 2 we moved to Steinreich [also known as Hochstadt] to Isaac E. Loewens'. On July 3, Father, sister Lena and I went to our land to mow some roof thatching; on Friday the 4th of July we began building a “Sarei” [a roof like structure] ….. On the 11th of July, we unpacked our big chest [“Kjist”]. Monday, July 14 – Father and Lena drove to Winnipeg to get the wagon which we had brought along from Russia, which had by now also arrived in the city”.
October 5, 1875, Gerhard and Helena Doerksen and daughter Anna were formally accepted into the Kleine Gemeinde. In 1882, Gerhard died, “...the Lord allowed it to happen that father had a stroke. Gradually he got worse until he had to be in bed and died December 15”.
After Gerhard's death his widow remarried to widower Johann Warkentin (1817-86) of Blumenhof, Manitoba, where she lived with her second husband. After his death she married a third time to the widower Johann Janzen, son of Cornelius Janzen (1812-64) of Neukirch, Molotschna. Son Gerhard Doerksen writes that his mother “got to be twenty years older than his father who was always much healthier. She had arthritis for many years.” She was buried in the old Blumenhof cemetery.
- Dynasties of the Mennonite Kleine Gemeinde in Imperial Russia and North America, by Delbert Plett, 2000, p. 60.
_________________________________________________________
Birth: 20 May 1825, Fischau, Molotschna, South Russia
Baptism: 1846
Immigration: 18 Jun 1875, S. S. Prussian; arrived Quebec City, Quebec
Death: 15 Dec 1882, Hochstadt, East Reserve, Manitoba
Burial: Hochstadt, East Reserve, Manitoba
SPOUSE: Dick, Helena, 3 Aug 1832, Married: 16 Jan 1853; Molotschna Colony, South Russia
Children:
1 Doerksen, Bernhard, 20 Oct 1853
2 Doerksen, Anna, 28 Dec 1854
3 Doerksen, Bernhard, 26 Apr 1858
4 Doerksen, Helena, 10 Apr 1862
5 Doerksen, Gerhard D., 25 Jul 1865
6 Doerksen, Bernhard D., 26 May 1871
7 Doerksen, Abraham, 7 Mar 1873
Parents:
Father: Doerksen, Bernhard Gerhard, 1 Aug 1797
Mother: Braun, Maria, 3 Jan 1804
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