Story of Henry Penner (Born 1926 in Franzfeld, Russia) My parents, Henry and Anna Penner, lived in the village of Franzfeld, a neighbouring village of Nikolaifeld, in the Yazykovo Colony of Chortitza. These two villages shared a church and a school. The five villages in our area, named Yazykovo after a Count by the same […]
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 […]
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. […]
