Schoenau - South America Johann Fehr, born 1888 May 25, baptized 1908 Jun 8, [son of Johann Fehr and Helena Sawatzky], ref. 2B340 married 1908 Oct 15: Helena Dueck, born 1889 Sep 1, baptized 1908 Jun 8, [daughter of Aron Dyck and Helena Falk], ref. 1B017 Children of this marriage: 9 listed - Helena, Katharina, Johann, Katharina, Elisabeth, Peter, David, Aron, Sahra
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Helena Dueck born 01/09/1889 [dates in this source are in dd/mm/yyyy format] in R.M. of Elton [should be RM of Douglas] mother: Helena Falk
Birth registrations for the RM of Douglas for the years 1884-1890 were incorrectly coded as being in the RM of Elton (which includes a community called Douglas).
'In 1927-28 father's only brother and 3 sisters and their families moved to Paraguay where they were permitted to settle in the treeless dry Chaco which native Paraguans avoided. This enabled them to maintain their own language and culture which they believed to be threatened in the prosperous Manitoba communities.'
'Immigration: May 1927, S. S. Van Dyck; arrived Buenos Aires, Argentina' citing Die ersten mennonitischen Einwanderer in Paraguay, by Abram B. Giesbrecht, page 42
