Person:Margaretha Derksen (1)

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Margaretha Derksen
b.14 Oct 1835 South Russia
 
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Name Margaretha Derksen
Gender Female
Birth[1][2] 14 Oct 1835 South Russia
Baptism[1][2] 31 May 1854 South Russia
Marriage 1874 South Russiato Abram Harder
Immigration[3] 30 Jul 1876 Canadaon ship S.S. Sardinian
Residence 1881 Heuboden, West Reserve, Manitoba, Canadawith Abram Harder
References
  1. 1.0 1.1 Manitoba Mennonite Historical Society; Sommerfeld Mennonite Church; Henry Unger; Martha Martens; and Adolf Ens. Sommerfeld Gemeinde Buch: Registers of the Church at West Lynne 1881-1935. (Winnipeg, Manitoba: Manitoba Mennonite Historical Society, 2004)
    page 1A127.

    Abram Harder, born 1825 Oct 7, baptized 1845 Jun 3, died 1887 Feb 27, [son of Peter Harder and Anna Teichroeb]
    married 1849 Feb 10:
    Anna Rempel, born 1826 Dec 29, baptized 1847 May 11, died 1873 Nov 24, [daughter of Peter Rempel and Maria Arends]
    Children of this marriage:
    9 children listed - Anna, Peter, Abram, Franz, Elisabet, Johann, Franz, Katarina, Elisabet
    married 1874 - widow of Johann Giesbrecht:
    Magareta Derksen, born 1833 Oct 14, baptized 1854 May 31, [daughter of Jacob Derksen and Helena Sawatzky]
    Children of her previous marriage to Johan Giesbrecht:
    6 children listed - Helena, Magareta, Johann, Wilhelm, Jacob, Franz
    Children of this marriage:
    3 children listed - Maria, Anna, Maria

    "Ref." indicates a reference to a page in this or another church book. Information in square brackets [] was added by the editors, from other sources.
    Dates prior to immigration to Canada may be given according to the Julian ("old world") calendar, which was 12 days behind the Gregorian (modern) calendar in the 1800's.
    Note: Margaretha Derksen's birth date must be wrong because she had an older sister born 7 Jun 1833 (see Bergthal Gemeinde Buch page A30).

  2. 2.0 2.1 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 A30.

    Jacob Dersken, born 18 Mar 1804, died 29 Jul 1853
    married 19 Sep 1826
    Helena Sawatzki
    Children of this marriage:
    Jacob Derksen, born 20 Jul 1827, baptized 26 May 1846, ref. B62
    Frans Derksen, born 18 Jan 1829, baptized 12 Jun 1850
    Kornelius Derksen, born 28 Jan 1831, died 27 Oct 1848
    Helena Derksen, born 7 Jun 1833, died 14 Sep 1848
    Magareta Derksen, born 14 Oct 1835, baptized 31 May 1854, married Johan Giesbrecht, ref. B117
    Katarina Derksen, born 10 Feb 1838, died 1 Oct 1848
    Susanna Derksen, born 16 May 1840, died 24 Dec 1843
    Maria Dersken, born 20 Jan 1843, baptized 28 May 1862, married Peter Epp, ref. B253
    David Derksen, born 12 Jun 1845, baptized 28 May 1866, ref. B309
    Abraham Derksen, born 21 Sep 1848, died 4 Dec 1857

    "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. S. S. Sardinian No. 39, in John Dyck, editor, "Quebec Passenger Lists", published in Bergthal Gemeinde Buch (Steinbach, MB: The Hanover-S
    p. 9 (BGB page 323).

    'S. S. Sardinian No. 39 arrived in Quebec on July 30, 1876'
    'Abm [Abraham] Harder 50 labourer; Margaretha 43 wife; Abm 20 labourer; Frank 11 child; Wilhelm 9 child; Jacob 7 child; Franz 4 child; Elizth 8 child; Maria 1 child. Comments: C1878-A255.'

    The editors compared Quebec Passenger Lists to Hamburg, Germany Passenger Lists, and where the information was different, included the Hamburg information in square brackets [ ]. C1878-A255 refers to page A255 of the Bergthal/Chortitzer Gemeinde Buch of 1878.