Person:Johann Klassen (3)

It is not certain whether his mother was Elizabeth or Christina. However, his father Peter is listed with wife Eliza in a 1795 revision list (B.H. Unruh p. 244), so it is reasonable to believe that Johann was Elizabeth's child.

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 Neuendorf I.26.5, 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 303.

   'Johann [child of Peter Klassen] (25.12.1795-13.2.1847)
   m1) Maria Martens (b. 1803)
   m2) [as her first husband] 2.6.1837 Aganetha Töws (25.1.1818-24.7.1886)
   [who married second] 4.3.1852 Peter Dyck (no dates) ...
   Maria Martens was a daughter of Peter Martens of Neuendorf. ... Aganetha Töws was a daughter of Julius Töws of Rosenthal.'

2. ↑ Neuendorf I.26.5, 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 303.

   'The translators of the Reinlander Gemeinde Buch have used a birthdate of 25.12.1798 for Johann Klassen. If this is correct, then the above Johann Klassen b. 1795 is not the Johann Klassen who married Maria Martens. I have seen a copy of the original page which I read as 1795, and therefore believe the above to be correct.'

3. ↑ ^3.0 3.1 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 159-1.

   Johan Klausen, born 1798 Dec 25, baptized 1818, died 1847 Feb 13, son of P. Klasen
   married 1837 Jun 2:
   Aganetha Toews, born 1818 Jan 25, baptized 1837, died 1886 Jul 24, daughter of Julius Toews and Aganetha Siemens
   5 children of this marriage listed - Katharina, Aganetha, Peter, Johan, Aganetha
   married 1852 Mar 4:
   Peter Dueck [son of Johan Dyck]
   2 children of this marriage listed - Julius, Aganetha

   Information in square brackets [] was added by the editors, from other sources.

4.   1802 census (27 Apr 1802), Neuendorf #20, in Unruh, Benjamin Heinrich. Die niederländisch-niederdeutschen Hintergründe der mennonitischen Ostwanderungen: im 16., 18. und 19 Jahrhundert. (Karlsruhe-Rüppurr: B. H. Unruh, 1955)
   page 255.

   'Peter Classen 58 J, Frau Christina 42, Ki Elisabeth 15, Christina 9, Johann 7, Peter 3, Martin 1.'

5.   Neuendorf #21, in 1801 Census, Chortitza Colony, South Russia: Odessa Archives, Fond 6, Inventory 1, File 67, compiled by Tim Ja.

   'Peter Claassen 58; his wife Christina 42; first son Johan 7; second son Peter 3; third son Martin 1; first daughter Elisabeth 15; second daughter Christina 9.'