This post is part of a new series of biography writing by students in Joel Warkentin’s Religious Studies class at UMEI Christian High School in Leamington, Ontario. Look for a new biography every Monday morning or view the entire series here. January 3rd, 2016 A. Epp, student biographer Johanna Dyck was born on December 25, […]
"Stories Then" Archive
The posts below include stories told by refugees from Ukraine, 1920-1930 and 1947-1950.
Agnes Boldt Toews, born 1936 in Fernheim, Paraguay
My parents were John Henry Boldt, born in Memrick, Russia, and Elizabeth Funk born in Samara, Russia. Mom and Dad met and married in Paraguay. My siblings were Jake, Elizabeth, Helen, Anna, Johanna and a half sister Tina. Tina’s mother – our father’s first wife – and Tina’s three sisters died in the typhus epidemic. […]
Our Visit with a Mennonite Family in Chihuahua, Mexico
Note: names have been changed When we come to this farm with its adobe brick buildings, we see no people or farm animals. Ben, our driver, goes to the door to announce our arrival. Our van load of visitors is invited into the large, spotless main room where Ben introduces us to the 62-year-old mother. […]
