Accession 2022.012
Title and Physical Description
Johann R. Toews fonds. – 1984-1993. – 3 cm of textual records
Administrative/Biographical History
Johann R. Toews was born at Steinbach on April 1, 1881, the son of Peter Toews and Elizabeth Reimer. He married his cousin, Anna B. Reimer, daughter of Abraham Reimer and Elizabeth Remple, on 19 November 1905. They lived, worked and farmed in the Steinbach area of Manitoba and became the parents and grandparents of many children and grandchildren. Marie, one of Johann and Anna Toews’ daughters, married Bernhard Kroeker.
Custodial History
These items were part of a larger collection of various books and publications which staff in the MCC Thrift Store identified as being of possible historical value. No record of who donated the material to the Thrift Store was provided.
Scope and Content
This fonds contains genealogical information gathered at Johann and Anna (Reimer) Toews and Peter B. and Elizabeth D. Kroeker family reunions, an obituary of a member of the Kroeker family, and an autobiographical manuscript written by a great-grandson as a teenager.
File List
- Coil bound copy of a manuscript entitled “The Descendants of Johann R. Toews & Anna B. Reimer.”
- Coil bound copy of a manuscript entitled, “Peter B. Kroeker Family Directory,” written in 1984, together with a newspaper account ofthe family reunion held on 1 July 1984.
- Obituary for John Dueck Kroeker, 1906-1984.
- Autobiographical manuscript entitled “The Life and Times of Nathaniel Moll,” written in 1993 when Nathaniel Moll was tghirteen years old. He is the son of David and Marieanne (Kroeker) Moll and a great-grandson of Johann and Anna (Reimer) Toews. In the manuscript he writes, among other things, about his mixed Mennonite and Jewish heritage
Notes
GRANDMA #11088