Person:Anna Teichroeb (1)

GRANDMA^[6] identifies Anna as the daughter of Peter Teuchgrew mentioned in the August 1809 Chortitza Colony vaccination list^[4], and listed in The Old Colony (Chortitza) of Russia^[3]. If so, she was likely born in 1806 (age 3 in 1809), even though the Bergthal Gemeinde Buch gives her birth date as Jul 1807^[2]. This would make her 18 when she was married instead of 17 and 2 months, which seems more in keeping with the marriage dates of other women in the Mennonite tradition of the time. It should also be noted that the 1801-1813 Chortitiza Colony vital records as compiled by Tim Janzen, which cover Jul 1807 but are missing several months in 1806, do not include the birth of an Anna Teichroeb^[1].

Alternately, Anna might be, as indicated in IGI^[5], the 1-year-old daughter of Heinrich Peter Teichgraew of Blumstein, Molotschna mentioned in the Oct 1808 Molotschna census (B.H. Unruh, p 314). This seems less likely, as she married a Chortitza Colony man (Peter Abraham Harder). However, it should be noted that her husband's brother Abraham lived in Molotschna.

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 Chortitza Colony Vital Records: 1801-1813: Odessa Archives, Fund 6, Inventory 1, Files 65, 98, 780, compiled b.

   Her birth is not included. Jul 1807 is included in this source, but several months in 1806, including Jul, are missing.

2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Hanover Steinbach Historical Society (Manitoba), and John Dyck. Bergthal Gemeinde Buch: consisting of Bergthal Gemeinde Buch, 1843-1876 ... : Chortitzer Gemeinde Buch indexes for volumes started in 1878, 1887 and 1907 : passenger lists, 1874-1880 of Mennonite immigrants to Manitoba ... : the 1881 federal census data on residents in Manitoba Mennonite communities. (Steinbach, Manitoba: Hanover Steinbach Historical Society, c1993)
   page A22.

   Peter Harder, born 7 Jan 1786, died 8 Sep 1849
   Married 24 Sep 1824
   2) Anna Teichroeb, born Jul 1807, died 2 Oct 1842
   Children of this marriage:
   Abraham Harder, born 7 Oct 1825, baptized 3 Jun 1845, ref. B69
   Philip Harder, born 3 May 1827, baptized 25 May 1846, ref. B16
   Anna Harder, born 8 Apr 1829, baptized 12 Jan 1850, married Abram Ginter, ref. B115
   Johann Harder, born 1832, baptized 19 May 1852, ref. B91
   Helena Harder, born 1835, baptized 31 May 1854, married Isbrand Friesen, ref. B118
   Heinrich Harder, born 8 Aug 1837, died 4 Jan 1844
   Maria Harder, born 3 Feb 1840, baptized 1 Jun 1859, married Jacob Sawatzky, ref. C9
   Kornelius Harder, born 10 Apr 1842, died 4 Sep 1842

   "Ref." indicates a reference to a page in this or another church book.
   Dates prior to emigration to Canada are assumed to be given according to the Julian ("old world") calendar, which was 12 days behind the Gregorian (modern) calendar in the 1800's.

3. ↑ ^3.0 3.1 Neuenburg I.15.5, in Schapansky, Henry. The old colony (Chortitza) of Russia: early history and first settlers in the context of the Mennonite Migrations. (Canada?: H. Schapansky, c2001)
   page 278.

   'Anna [child of Peter Theichgraf and Helena Dyck] (b. 1806)'

4. ↑ ^4.0 4.1 Neuenburg #124, in Smallpox Vaccinations in Chortitza Colony, 12 August 1809: Odessa Archives, Fund 6, Inventory 1, File 195 (ext.

   'Peter Teuchgrew his son Philip [age] 11, daughters Helena [age] 8 [and] Anna [age] 3'

5. ↑ International Genealogical Index. ( The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saint, 1999-2008).
6. ↑ Anna Teichroeb #177177, in California Mennonite Historical Society. GRANDMA: Genealogical Registry and Database of Mennonite Ancestry.