Please Note: The following story has been taken from John Wiens’ book: Along The Way with the permission of the author. Some of the names have been changed. TRUHT HOEN The Penner family had a pet turkey; they called “Truht Hoen” (meaning gobbler). Truht Hoen was a giant bird and ruled the Penner yard. One […]
Story of Cornelius Driedger
Cornelius Driedger born 1921 in Tiege, Ukraine My parents were Abram Nicholai Driedger born in Schönfeld in 1890 and Margaret Friesen born in Schönfeld in 1895. I was three years old when we came to Canada. We went to Newton Siding, west of Winnipeg, Manitoba where we had a 2,000 acre farm on which we […]
Mary Wiebe Friesen Story
Mary Wiebe Friesen, born 1913 in the Terek Settlement Note: Mary Friesen celebrated her 101 birthday in January, 2014. My family and I lived in the Terek Settlement of Russia, established in 1901, which covered 24,800 acres. My parents had a mill; I was one of eight siblings, born in 1913. In 1918, when I […]
