Accession 2009.015
Title and Physical Description
Jakob Johann Braun family fonds. – [ca. 1905-ca. 1907], 2009. – 5 cm of textual records.
Administrative/Biographical History
Jakob Johann Braun was born in 1890 in Tiegenhagen, Moltschnau Colony, South Russia. Sarah Friesen was born in 1899 in Ogus-Tobe, Crimea, Russia. They married in 1921, and emigrated to Canada in 1925. They had at least one child, Hertha Evangeline “Herta” Braun, 1944-2010, born in St. Boniface, Manitoba. She became a professional church organist in Calgary, Alberta. She married Alfred Dilk in 1964, and they had three daughters, Renate Angelika (Pilon), Marlies Ingrid (Bird), and Monika Aneliese (Fourlas). Herta later married Orlin Anderson.
Scope & Content
The fonds includes Herta’s essay on her mother’s family, who were part of a Mennonite community in Crimea and mostly perished during the Stalin era or relocated to Germany. Includes Jakob Johann Braun’s school exercise books in composition, geometry, and art.
Source of Acquisition
Gift of Herta Anderson, 2009.
Notes
GRANDMA #221518