George Friesen’s Story George’s parents are Bernhard and Anna Friesen; Gerhard and Agatha Friesen are his grandparents, who were born in Manitoba. George is married to Cindy, whose parents are Dwain and Barbara McCracken; grandparents are Fred and Evelyn MacVoy. George and Cindy have two children: Kenneth, (married to Lisa), and Chelsey. Ken and Lisa […]
Mary Wiebe Friesen Story
Mary Wiebe Friesen, born 1913 in the Terek Settlement My family and I lived in the Terek Settlement of Russia, established in 1901, which covered 24,800 acres. My parents had a mill; I was one of eight siblings, born in 1913. In 1918, when I was five, we were driven out of the area; I, […]
Elber School
THE ELBER SCHOOL It was a small log building like all the other buildings that existed at that time in the early settler community of Reesor. At first it only consisted of one small room, but a few years later a woodshed lean-to was added on to it and the outside log walls had clapboard […]
