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 […]
"Stories Then" Archive
The posts below include stories told by refugees from Ukraine, 1920-1930 and 1947-1950.
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 […]