Person:Maria Falk (4)

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Name Maria Falk
Gender Female
Birth[1][2] 13 Oct 1810 Chortitza Colony, South Russia
Baptism[1] 1829 Chortitza Colony, South Russia
Marriage 6 Jan 1830 Chortitza Colony, South Russiato Isaac de Fehr
Death[2][1] 15 Oct 1865 Chortitza Colony, South Russia

Her name was Maria or Magaretha. Reinlaender Gemeinde Buch (RGB) 86-1, which records her marriage, calls her Maria with a footnote that "MGI calls her Margaretha". RGB 78-1b, 231-3, 235-1, 241-1 and 254-3, all pages for her children, call her Maria, although 231-3 includes the footnote "some records call her Margaretha". RGB 239-1, the page for her daughter Elisabeth's marriage, calls her Magaretha. According to GRANDMA[3], the 1816 Schoenwiese and Chortitza censuses call her Margaretha.

References
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 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 86-1.

    1880 West Reserve census: Reinland #20
    Isaak Fehr, born 1810 Mar 17, baptized 1829, died 1889 Dec 1, [son of Jacob DeFehr and Maria Peters], ref. 287-1*
    married 1830 Jan 6:
    Maria Falk*, born 1810 Oct 13, baptized 1829, died 1865 Oct 15
    15 children of this marriage listed - Maria, Jakob, Katharina, Helena, Heinrich, Susana, Isaak, Isaak, David, Anna, Benjamin, Magaretha, Kornelius, Elisabeth, Sara
    married 1865 Nov 5, widow Jacob Friesen:
    Elisabeth Banman, born 1821 May 28, baptized 1840, died 1903 Aug 26
    *MGI calls her Margaretha.

    "Ref."indicates a reference to a page in this or another church book. An asterisk (*) indicates the reference is to a sibling. Information in square brackets [] was added by the editors, from other sources.

  2. 2.0 2.1 Schönwiese I.5.1.3, 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 400.

    'Maria [child of David Falk (b. 1780)] (13.10.1810-15.10.1865)
    m. [as his first wife] 6.1.1830 Isaac Fehr (18.3.1810-1.12.1889)'

  3. Margaretha Falk #190833, in California Mennonite Historical Society. GRANDMA: Genealogical Registry and Database of Mennonite Ancestry.