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"Stories Then" Archive

The posts below include stories told by refugees from Ukraine, 1920-1930 and 1947-1950.

October 4, 2014

Jacob Tiessen Story

Jack Tiessen face

The Peter and Elizabeth Tiessen Family Story As told by Jake Tiessen, born in 1922 In 1925 our family, consisting of my parents, half-brother Peter, half-sister Margaret Tiessen Gossen, Frank, Betty Tiessen Janzen, Nick, Agatha, Mary Tiessen Harder, Katharine, and I moved to the Duke farm. In the fall of 1927, my parents bought the […]

Article by Bruno Penner / Filed Under: Stories Then /

July 23, 2014

The Herman Lepp Story

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Herman P. and Gertrude Lepp Herman Peter Lepp (1903-1966) was the son of Peter P. Lepp (1867-1921) who. In turn was the grandson of Master Peter Lepp (1817-1871). It was Master Peter Lepp who established the Lepp factory in Chortitza, which after his premature death, became known as the Lepp-Wallman Factory. Peter P. Lepp became […]

Article by Bruno Penner / Filed Under: Stories Then /

July 23, 2014

Anna Letkeman Story

Anna Letkeman born 1936 in Swift Colony, Mexico interview by Astrid Koop My parents Ben and Agnes Sawatzky Schmidt were both born in Saskatchewan; my mother in 1906 and my father in 1903. Their parents, in turn, had been born in Russia. I was born in the Swift Colony of Cuauhtemoc, Mexico, one of nine […]

Article by Bruno Penner / Filed Under: Stories Then /

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