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- ↑ Neuendorf I.6.9.19, 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 289.
'Benjamin De Fehr [child of Jacob De Fehr and Maria Peters] (7.12.1815-4.4.1895)
m. 15.2.1835 Eliesabeth Martens (16.5.1816-4.4.1886)'
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Benjamin Fehr #184001, in California Mennonite Historical Society. GRANDMA: Genealogical Registry and Database of Mennonite Ancestry.
Birth: 7 Dec 1815, Neu Osterwick, Chortitza, South Russia (citing Reinländer Gemeinde Buch, 1880-1903, page 381-3)
Baptism: 1834, Russia
Death: 24 Feb 1895, Rural Municipality of Stanley, Manitoba
'Notes: His birth date is given as 7 Dec 1816 in the Reinlaender Gemeinde Buch on p. 381-3 and in the 1880 Mennonite Census of the W. Reserve on p. 177. However, other records give his birth date as 7 Dec 1815 and his ages as given in the Sardinian ship list in 1876, the 1891 Federal Census, and on his death certificate support a 7 Dec 1815 birth date. He appears to be the "Herman", age 1, listed in his father's family in the Oct 1816 Census.'
The argument for placing his birth date in 1815 is probably right, but it should be noted that his age on the immigration record (60) and the 1891 census (75) could easily be the result of rounding, as was not uncommon (at least for census records) as individuals got older. His age in the 1881 census (64) supports Dec 1816.
A better argument might be based on how well the date fits into his family. If he was born Dec 1815 (and his siblings' birth dates are correct), he was born 27 months after Jacob and 27 months before Cornelius. If he was born Dec 1816, there was presumably also a Herman born in 1815 (say, May 1815) who was listed in the Oct 1816 census (age 1). That would make siblings born about 20 months apart (Jacob to Herman), then about 19 months apart (Herman to Benjamin) and then 15 months apart (Benjamin to Cornelius) - not impossible, but less likely, especially for children later in the family.
Both his baptism and marriage years support being born in Dec 1815 rather than Dec 1816.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Manitoba Mennonite Historical Society; Reinländer Mennonite Church; John Dyck; and William Harms. Reinländer (Old Colony) Gemeinde Buch, 1880-1903. (Winnipeg, Manitoba: Manitoba Mennonite Historical Society, 2006)
page 381-3.
1880 West Reserve census: Hofnungsfeld #25
Benjamin Fehr, born 1816 Dec 7, baptized 1834, died 1895 Feb 24
married 1835 Feb 15:
Elisabeth Martens, born 1816 May 16, baptized 1834, died 1866 Apr 4
9 children of this marriage listed - Jakob, Benjamin, Johann, Maria, Heinrich, Isaak, Elisabeth, David, Katharina
Elisabeth's date of death of 1866 Apr 4 is as published in the book - apparently a transcription error.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 registration # 1895-001612, in Manitoba Vital Statistics Online Database.
Benjamin Fehr died 23/02/1895 in RM Stanley, age 79 years
- ↑ S. S. Sardinian No. 20, in John Dyck, editor, "Quebec Passenger Lists", published in Bergthal Gemeinde Buch (Steinbach, MB: The Hanover-S
p. 3 (BGB page 310).
'S. S. Sardinian No. 20 arrived in Quebec on June 19, 1876'
'Benjamin Vehr 60 labourer; Eliz [Elisabeth] 60 wife; Benj 36 labourer; Isaac 27 labourer; David 19 labourer; Eliza 23 spinster; Cath 14 spinster. Comments: R381-3; Hoffnungsfeld/WR.'
The editors compared Quebec Passenger Lists to Hamburg, Germany Passenger Lists, and where the information was different, included the Hamburg information in square brackets [ ]. R381-3 refers to Reinlaender Gemeinde Buch, page 381-3. Hoffnungsfeld/WR refers to a village in the Mennonite West Reserve of Manitoba, Canada.
- Annotated List of Chortitza Colony Householders for 1847: State Archives of the Odessa Region Fond 6 Inventory.
Schoeneberg, Benjamin Defehr
annotation: GRANDMA v. 3 #196520? (1816 - 95) m. Elis. Martens
- 1859 List of Chortitza Colony Householders, transcribed by Glenn H. Penner, online (www.mennonitegenealogy.com.
Schoeneberg, Benjamin Fehr
- Chortitza 1863 Grain list by Surname, in Chortitza Colony Village Lists for 1863, transcribed by Glenn H. Penner, online (www.mennonitegenealogy.com/ru.
Benjamin Fehr, Schoeneberg, Wirte [landowner]
- Dufferin South, Marquette, Manitoba, in Canada. 1881 Census of Canada. (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Library and Archives Canada).
Benjamin Vehr, age 64, farmer
Elisabet Vehr, age 64
Benjamin Vehr, age 44, farmer
Katrina Vehr, age 20
all born in Russia, all Mennonite
- Rhineland, Selkirk, Manitoba, in Canada. 1891 Census of Canada. (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Library and Archives Canada).
Jacob Fair, age 56, farmer
wife: Agatina Fair, age 58
son: Jacob Fair, age 29, farmer
daughter: Hellenn Fair, age 18
daughter: Elizabeth Fair, age 23
father: Bernhard Fair, age 75 (both parents born in Germany)
all born in Russia, all Mennonite
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