Reverend David Derksen was born in 1910, in Fischau, Molotschna Colony, Ukraine. “He has made His wonderful works to be remembered” Psalm 11:4a. Only as we remember His wonderful works can we truly rejoice in them. I was born on October 1st 1910, an autumn day when our workers, two men and one woman were hired […]
Susa Koop Enns, 1911-1993
Our family moved to the Crimea, Boselachea. Here we lived in little villages and owned a farm. Dad was mayor of a little town and had many responsibilities. When the war broke out again, Dad was called upon to haul people and soldiers far away by horse and wagon. This left Mother to look after […]
Pelee Island Pump Organ
One of the display items at the Mennonite Heritage Centre on Pickwick Drive of Leamington is a pump organ donated by Gerhard and Gay Wiebe of Essex, Ontario. This instrument was manufactured in Guelph, Ontario in 1898 and purchased from an unknown source in 1930 by my Grandmother Anna Wiebe who had come to Pelee […]
