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125th Anniversary WARKENTIN Descendants Jacob - 1906 Johann Patriarch Johann (1760-1825) Johann's Journey Jacob (1857-1885) Jacob (1836-1899) Abraham (1880-1949) Abraham (1832) Abraham (1792) BRAUN Bishop Jacob (1791) Susanna (1828) |
Ancestors of Jacob Warkentin - Pedigree chart Surname List - All surnames in the pedigree chart Index of Names - All names in the pedigree chart Warkentin & Draper Family History - Main page Individual Pages - Surname list More Family Links Frederick William II of Prussia was demanding payment of heavy fines in lieu of military service and forced the Mennonites, who were pacifists, to pay tithes to the established Lutheran Church on earlier land purchases from Lutherans. The Mennonites were particularly attracted to Russia by the offer of freedom from military service. In 1789, 228 Mennonite families arrived at Chortitza, Ukraine on the Dneiper River. Many ancestors were part of this original group including the Friesen, Doerksen and Braun families. A few years later in 1803/1804 another group including Johann Warkentin and his family arrived to settle the Molotschna colony. Johann named his village after his birthplace, Blumenort. Russian politics changed dramatically over the next 100 years and it wasn't long before the Germans starting losing the freedoms and privileges extended to them. The Mennonites were first to leave in large numbers. They were being forced to provide military service to the Russians, so in the 1870s thousands of them moved on to both North and South America.The governments of Canada and the United States were encouraging immigration to newly opened lands in their Midwest. In 1874 Mennonites from three colonies Molotschna, Bergthal and Chortitza began an exodus from Russia to their new home in Manitoba, Canada. On July 1, 1875, Jacob Warkentin, Johann's great grandson along his foster parents arrived in Canada. Thousands of other Mennonites migrated to North America and settled in Manitoba, Minnesota, Kansas, Nebraska. The migration saved thousands of families from the horrors of the Russian revolution and its aftermath forty two years later. Warkentin (Warkentine,Warckentien, Warckentyn, Workentyn) Warkentin is a common Mennonite name of Prussian background which, as early as 1667, was found in Tiegenhagen, Ladekopp, Rosenort, Furstenwerder, Heubuden, Danzig, and Konigsberg. From Prussia the name spread to Russia and later to North America. The first recorded history of our branch of the family is related to the emigration from Prussia to Southern Russia. Following are links to some of the people in our family or search below for your family.
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DOERKSEN Helena (1858-1891) Bishop Abraham Bishop David Abraham (1827-1916) Reverend Heinrich FRIESEN Reverend Abraham Abraham (1839-1909) Sarah (1881-1943) HIEBERT Heinrich (1791-1851) Maria (1844-1934) THIESSEN Margaretha (1767) |
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