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June 18, 2013

Greenhouse Farming

Farming History of Ken Enns     Ken’s father, Peter H. Enns, was born on Mar. 9, 1906 in Schoenfeld, Russia, a very prosperous community that was totally destroyed in the early days of the Russian Revolution.  The family fled for their lives and came to Canada in the early 1920’s.  They had little, but […]

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June 10, 2013

A Bit Of Abram Epp’s History

Read more about Abram Epp here. Abram Jacob Epp, born in 1904 Fischau, Ukraine, boarded the S.S. MONCALM in Liverpool, England on December 31, 1926. He was being sponsored by the Bauman family who lived in Winkler, Manitoba. Abram arrived at Rosthern, Saskatchewan in January 1927 from where he travelled to the Red River Valley. […]

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June 3, 2013

Story of Jacob And Helene Epp

By the Jacob and Helene Epp children, Leamington, Ontario. Our father, Jacob J. Epp was born December 5, 1887 in Fischau, a small village near the Molotschna River in South Russia. He was the third child of Jacob H. and Maria Epp, née Giesbrecht. He had a happy childhood and enjoyed school. When he completed […]

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