Mennonite Historical Society of Saskatchewan

3.322 Alina Balzer (nee Berg)

Contents

Volume 3.322 Alina Balzer (nee Berg)

– Photos, mostly black and white, many taken in Russia, others probably dating to the 1920s in Canada. 
– The photos from Russia that have identifying information include the following:
– R-1  The school class which (Mother) Tina (Berg) Jantzen was in. 1st row, 7th from left is Agnetha Rempel.
– R-2  Coffin of David Paetkau’s wife, Liese, who died 18 May, 1959
– R-3  A boy and a girl, 1929
– R-4  Mr. & Mrs. Bergmann
– R-5  Peter Klassen
– R-6  Wedding photo of Mr. & Mrs. Teodok Klassen
– R-7  Mr. & Mrs. Kornelius Hiebert
– R-8  UCAH Epocpeebur Taymenko, 1913
– R-9  Ab Loewen, 1916
– R-10  Mr. & Mrs. Epp and daughter
– R-11  Alexandra Erofeewna Naumenko, Jan. 1914
– R-12  H. Zawatzky
– R-13  Two women, one man: Tante Lena Loewen, ? Loewen, Tante Neta Lehn
– R-14  Johann Guenther family: Lena, Hans, Gretor, Abram, Sara, David, Peter
– R-15  Peter Jantzen, Jacob Klassen, Wil. Jantzen
– R-16  Hermann Neufeld, Peter Eitzen, 1913
– R-17  Frau Peter Penner and child
– R-18  Gerhard Dyck, 1913
– R-19  Wedding photo of Hein Rempel and Helene Tiessen (3c)
– R-20  Soldier – Note in Gothic script on back of postcard
– R-21  Alexandar Gabuew, 1912
– R-22  Three soldiers in trench coats, 1915; names written on back of photo
– R-23  Peter Eitzen, Jacob Ens, 1912
– R-24  Isaac Duck, Peter Engbrecht, Jacob Fot, Dec. 1915
– R-25  Hermann Neufeld, 1914 F. 
– R-26  Gerhard Epp, Herman Wiebe, 1914
– R-27  Maria and Aganeta Sawatzky
– Photos from Russia without identification include R-27 to R-44.
– Photos taken in Canada:
– A-1  A woman aged 74
– A-2  Mrs. H. Falk, B.C., 1946 and her house
– A-3  Three women taken 18 Dec., 1956
– A-4  A woman, dated 1961
– A-5  Two boys, unknown
– A-6  Three children, unknown
– A-7  Frank Rempel family: parents, 4 boys, 1 girl
– A-8  Couple, unknown
– A-9  A couple and their daughter photographed on the arrival in Canada, June 1949
– A-10  A couple, taken in 1930
– A-11  Mrs. H. Falk in Regina, 1944
– A-12  Mr. H. Falk and son, Elmer, 1946
– A-13  A family of four, unknown
– A-14  Barney & Betty Neufeld, 17 March, 1949
– A-15  Family, May 5, 1947
– A-16  Peter & Maria Dyck, Herbert, Ssk., 10 Aug., 1952
– A-17  Mr. & Mrs. Frank Dyck, Herbert, Sask., July 3, 1945
– A-18  Jacob & Susie Berg and children (cousin of Alina)
– A-19  Ab & Tina Peters, B .C.
– A-20  Four women and one man, Winnipeg, 1963
– A-21  A group of men living in B.C.
– A-22  Five couples in remembrance of Jacob Klassen, Clearabrook, B.C., Sept. 1963
– A-23  Jacob Krahn funeral, Nov. 13, 1938
– A-24  A house, possible the home of Anton Krahn, Winnipeg, Feb. 1951
– A-25  “Our house” , 1935
– A-26  The granary in which “we lived for one winter”, 1938
– Nine black and white photos of a flower garden in front of a large house with two gables. Two women and one man on a ladder are in some of the photos. The stamp on the back of some of the photos reads “GENUINE Sparklestone Sep 9 1825”
– A photo of a woman in a flower garden
– B&W photo of a steam engine and threshing machine in operation with two racks of sheaves pulled by horses being unloaded into the threshing machine.
– A charcoal sketch of a young man.
– Many unidentified photos depicting children, single adults, families, funerals, a baptismal group, a wedding, an anniversary, and farm scenes.