Shafter German Church Records   Book I - Entry Book II - Entry              
List of Identified Members 1915 - 1937 Birth Yr Year Date How Year Date How Note
Adrian, Elisabeth (Thomas) 1865 1919 1/26 letter 1919 1/26 letter Older brother was Brotherfield MB Elder      
Adrian, Margaret H (Zacharias) 1882 1919 2/15 baptism 1919 2/15 vote No aparent connection to Elis or Eva.        
Arlet, Eva (Toews)  1909 1925 12/7 letter       Granddaughter of David and Mary Kroeker Toews      
                             
Baerg, David 1888 1920 6/19 letter 1920 6/19 letter His entry is crossed out with a German note added      
Baerg, David 1915 1927 6/11 baptism 1927 6/11 baptism Son of J.J. Mother a Friesen, Married Velma Benton in 1937    
Baerg, Johann J 1883 1918 3/9 letter 1935 1/1 letter J J amd David 1888 are Brothers.        
Baerg, Lydia 1912 1927 6/11 baptism 1927 6/11 baptism Sister to David 1915.          
Baerg, Agatha "Nettie" (Isaac) abt1891 1916 9/2 letter       Sister to David and J J.          
Baerg, Orley Mead 1918       1929 12/16 baptism Also 12/16  1931  baptism B II p25. Son of David 1888.    
Barling, Andrew abt1912       1928 12/29 vote Married Henry Dirksen's g-daughter Evelyn Dirksen      
Baumbach, Viola H 1913       1934 12/22 letter Married Henry Dirksen's son Simon Sam Dirksen      
Becker, Bertha (Neufeld) 1902 1917 3/5 baptism                    
Biloff, Elmer  abt1908       1935 12/28 letter Married David Funk's daughter Alice        
Brown, Abraham Everett 1887 1919 1/26 letter       Married Kliewer in Escondido, father from Molotschna.    
Buller, David J 1882 1922 3/11 letter 1922 3/11 letter Father from Hierschau, Molotschna 1874, m. Sperling 1911    
Buller, Leona aftr1894       1926 April baptism Dau of P J 1874          
Buller, Maria (Gaede) 1885       1924 12/13 letter Father-in-law He Gaede came to Shafter in 1925      
Buller, Nettie (Neufeld) 1880       1916 7/10 letter Father Ja 1841 came from Waldheim 1879      
Buller, Peter J 1874 1915 1/1 letter 1915 1/1 letter Parents born in Waldheim        
                             
Deutschman-Klat, Carolina abt1860?       1931 12/16 baptism CC Cuerksen's step-mother        
Dirksen, Arthur 1904 1920 9/18 letter       Grandson of John Dirksen (1836-1919) also Joyce Pitts' father.    
Dirksen, Clifford 1902       1932 1/30 baptism Jacob and Tillie Dirksen's son.        
Dirksen, Dorothy (Ebel, Frazier) abt1897?       1926 1/2 vote Jacob and Tillie's first child.            
Dirksen, Edward 1899 1920 9/18 letter       Brother to Art, William and Rachel Dirksen      
Dirksen, Evelyn May (Barling, April) 1912       1928 12/29 vote Grand-daughter to Henry Dirksen (1870-1918)      
Dirksen, Jacob J 1877       1920 9/18 letter Baptised 1932  B II p26. Son of Elisabeth Funk Dirksen (1846-1895)  
Dirksen, John Henry 1890       1928 4/21 letter Son of Henry Dirksen (1870-1918)        
Dirksen, John J 1870 1920 9/18 letter       Son of John Dirksen (1836-1919) also Joyce Pitts' grandfather.            
Dirksen, Justina (Dirksen) 1869       1924 12/27 letter Widow of Henry Dirksen (1870-1918)        
Dirksen, Katie (Jenson) 1895       1933 8/26 letter Daughter of Henry Dirksen (1870-1918)      
Dirksen, Katherina "Katie" (Unruh) 1879       1927 1/29 letter              
Dirksen, Katharina (Schapansky) 1900             B II p34            
Dirksen, Laura (Kingsley) 1914       1931 11/14 letter              
Dirksen, Laverne 1923       1935 3/9 baptism              
Dirksen, Peter H 1891       1929 12/16 baptism Also 12/16 1931  baptism B II p25            
Dirksen, Reuben Peters 1915       1930 5/10 baptism              
Dirksen, Sarah Anne (Richert) 1881       1919 6/26 letter also 23 Jan 1926, B II p7          
Dirksen, Simon Sam 1903       1929 12/16 baptism Also 12/16 1931  baptism B II p25            
Dirksen, Violet 1920       no date                  
Dollinger, Lydia (Duerksen) 1893       1915 1/1 letter              
Dollinger, Mary (Duerksen) abt1884       1918 1/15 letter              
Duerksen, Albert 1906 1917 3/5 baptism                    
Duerksen, Alice May 1915       1928 2/3 baptism            
Duerksen, Cornelius "C C" 1886 1915 1/1 letter 1915 1/1 letter              
Duerksen, Cornelius J 1909 1926 3/26 baptism                    
Duerksen, David 1913       1927 6/11 baptism              
Duerksen, Edward Harry  1922       1935 3/9 baptism              
Duerksen, Elmer 1910 1922 3/26 baptism                    
Duerksen, Evelyn (Heath) 1912       1926 April baptism              
Duerksen, George 1884       1918 1/15 letter              
Duerksen, Helen 1912       1926 April baptism              
Duerksen, Henry B 1896 1926 3/26 baptism                    
Duerksen, Irvin 1917 1929 5/25 baptised 1929 5/4 baptism              
Duerksen, Jacob "J C" 1880 1915 1/1 letter                    
Duerksen, John 1863 1919 1/26 letter 1919 1/26 letter            
Duerksen, Lillian (Schlenker) 1910 1922 3/26 baptism 1922 3/26 baptism Also B II p5            
Duerksen, Mabel (Clement) 1912 1922 3/26 baptism 1929 5/4 baptism BII p12 re-baptised          
Duerksen, Marcella 1923       1935 3/9 baptism              
Dirksen, Rachel 1914             BII p30            
Duerksen, Sarah Florence (Ratzlaff) 1884 1920 6/19 letter 1920 6/19 letter              
Duerksen, Viola Marie (Martin) (12) 1910 1926 3/26 baptism                    
                             
Epp, Elisabeth (Epp) 1884 1920 2/2 letter 1929 10/19 letter              
Epp, Wilhelm F 1862 1919 8/16 letter                  
                             
Fast, Anna (Unruh) 1877       1935 2/14 letter              
Fast, Ida (Voth) 1882 1918 7/27 letter 1918 7/27 letter              
Fast, Lena 1865 1918 7/27 letter 1918 7/27 letter              
Fast, Lydia S (Kroeker) 1899 1918 7/27 letter 1931 12/16 baptism              
Fast, Maria (Funk) 1867       1918 7/27 letter              
Fast, Margaretha "Maggie" (Dirksen) 1874 1920 9/18 letter                    
Friesen, Elizabeth Anna (Baerg) 1878 1925 3/9 letter 1925 2/28 baptism              
Friesen, Elizabeth (Isaac) (?) abt1899       1929 3/30 baptism also B II p7            
Friesen, Jacob (?) abt1886       1927 6/11 vote            
Funk, Alice (Biloff ) 1908       1935 12/28 letter              
Funk, Alma (Kurtz) 1903       1935 7/20 letter              
Funk, Sarah 1885       1935 7/20 letter              
                             
Gaede, Elizabeth (Neuman) 1895       1925 3/7 letter Also 12/27 1930 letter B II p13        
                             
Heinrich, Carl 1898 1919 3/5 baptism 1924 7/19 letter              
Heinrichs, Elizabeth "Betty" (Toews) 1893 1915 1/1 letter                    
Heinrich, Heinrich J 1867 father 1867 1915 1/1 letter                    
Heinrichs, Hulda (Toews) 1897 1897 1915 1/1 letter 1916 8/26 letter
Heinrichs, Isaac "Ike" 1863 1922 4/1 vote      
Heinrichs, Jacob 1916       1930 5/10 baptism
Heinrich, Julius Edward 1890 son 1890 1915 1/1 letter      
Heinrichs, Maria (Voth) 1888 1922 8/12 letter 1925 3/2 letter
Heinrichs, Otto L 1905 1922 3/26 baptism      
Heinrichs, Reuben 1914       1930 5/10 baptism
Heinze, Bernice 1919 1929 5/25 baptised 1929 5/4 baptism
Heinze, Laverne Pete (?) 1913       1927 6/11 baptism
Heinze, Mildred 1916       1927 6/11 baptism
Holcomb, Rose (Hiebert) abt19904       1931 4/4 letter
               
Isaac, Anna 1843 1916 9/2 letter 1916 3/3 letter also BI p9
Isaac, Elmer B 1913       1927 6/11 baptism
Isaac, Emma Eva 1919       1929 12/26 baptism Also 12/16  1931  baptism B II p25
Isaac, Henry 1899       1929 3/30 baptism Check also baptism 5/25 1925 B II p8
Isaac, John 1873       1932 1/30 baptism
Isaac, Katharina P (Peters) 1869       1918 7/28 letter
               
Jantz, Helena (Richert) 1864       1927 6/11 votw
Janzen, Anna (Epp) 1867 1919 8/16 letter 1919 11/18 letter
Johnson, Alvina (Couch) abt1908       1935 2/23 letter
Johnson, Armen abt1914 1929 5/25 baptised 1929 5/4 baptism
Johnson, Ellen (Sexton) abt1917 1929 5/25 baptised 1929 5/4 baptism
Johnson, Geneva abt1918       1935 3/9 baptism
Johnson, Jake 1893             missing record photo link
Johnson, Leona abt1913       1932 1/30 baptism
Johnson, Wilhelm 1887       1924 2/7 letter
               
Kiehnhoff, Alice (Isaac) abt1880       1932 1/30 baptism
Kliewer, Elizabeth (Brown) 1877 1919 1/26 letter      
Kroeker, Henry J 1899       1931 12/16 baptism
Kurtz, Julius abt1903       1935 8/17 letter
               
Loewen, Dietrich Fred 1894 1920 11/6 letter      
Loewen, Elizabeth 1904       1929 8/24 letter
Loewen, Ethel Mae (Mullen, Williams) 1908       1927 6/11 baptism
Loewen, Katherine (Heinze) 1886 1921 11/16 letter      
Loewen, Mary (Voth) 1880       1919 2/15 baptism
Loewen, Sarah (Strauss) 1878 1919 8/16 letter 1919 10/18 letter
Lorenz, Ruth (Wedel) (14) 19908 1926 3/26 baptism      
               
Mayer, Alice (Richert) 1911       1926 April baptism
Miller, Ed F abt1896       1922 3/26 baptism
               
Nachtigal, Anna Rachel (Baerg) 1891 1920 6/19 letter 1920 6/19 letter
Nachtigal, Jacob 1870 1918 11/23 vote 1931 10/24 letter
Nachtigal, Peter 1865       1917 8/24 letter
Neufeld, Aaron C 1880 1880 1915 1/1 letter 1916 7/10 letter
Neufeld, Arnold 1914       1925 2/28 baptism
Neufeld, Harold abt1905       1925 2/28 baptism
Neufeld, Myrtle 1919       1930 5/10 baptism
Neufeld, Olivia Betty 1907 1922 3/26 baptism      
Neumann, Carl John 1893       1930 12/27 letter
Neumann, Hulda Marie (Rusk) 1912       1926 April baptism went to Bkrsfld 1934
Neumann, Irene (Clark) 1909       1922 3/26 baptism
Neumann, Willard Isaac 1905       1919 2/15 baptism
Nachtigal, Peter 1865       1917 8/24 letter
               
Ortner, Louise (Schneider) 1861 1920 3/27 letter 1920 3/27 letter
               
Peters, Abraham 1865       1918 7/28 letter
Peters, Katherine 1889       1918 7/28 letter
Peters, Mabel 1908       1925 2/28 baptism
Peters, Mary (Voth) 1890 1919 8/16 letter 1919 8/16 letter
Priesen, Anna (Nachtigal) 1865       1917 8/24 letter
               
Ratzlaff, Anna Lydia (Nightengale)  1898 1921 8/20 letter      
Ratzlaff, Jacob D 1885 1920 6/19 letter 1920 6/19 letter
Rau, Magdalena "Lena" (Dirksen) 1892       1927 2/23 letter She was dismissed by letter the next year1/4 1928, along with Da and Elis Sperling Toews
Reimche, Sophia (Ollenberger, Hager) 1854       1929 2/16 baptism
Rexin, Marie Lavinia 1897       1929 12/16 baptism
Richards, Elmer Raymond 1911 1926 3/26 baptism      
Richards, Levi Julius (Lee James) 1920       1935 3/9 baptism
Richert, Frank 1883       1926 1/23 letter
Richert, Franz 1859       1927 6/11 vote
Richert, Geraldine (Abbott, Jarrard) 1913       1926 April baptism
Richert, Gideon J 1910       1929 12/16 baptism Also 12/16  1931  baptism B II p25
Richert, Jacob (died 1920) 1855 1919 6/26 letter      
Richert, Jacob F 1884       1925 2/7 letter
Richert, Peter J 1884 1920 2/2 letter 1920 2/28 letter
Richert, Viola Marie (Neufeld) 1914       1927 6/11 baptism
               
Schapansky, Clifford abt1920       1933 5/27 baptism
Schapansky, Ruby (Petrik) ab1922       1933 5/27 baptism
Schmidt, Anna (Voth) 1859 1920 2/2 letter      
Schneider, Ezra Carl 1892 1920 2/2 letter 1920 3/27 letter
Schneider, Caroline "Carey" (Voth) abt1878 1919 1/4 letter      
Schneider, Karl 1850 1920 3/27 letter 1920 3/27 letter
Schneider, Luella Maybelle (Wikoff) 1921       1935 3/9 baptism
Spady, Carl abt1875 1921 11/16 letter 1936 1/18 letter
Sperling, Elizabeth (Toews) 1882       1927 2/23 letter They were dismissed by letter the next year 1/4 1928, along with Pe and Lena Rau Dirksen
Sperling, Marie B (Buller) 1890 1922 3/11 letter      
Strauss, David 1871 1919 8/16 letter 1919 10/18 letter
Strauss, Isaac 1902 1919 8/16 letter      
               
Thom, Lucille 1916       1929 5/4 baptism
Thom, Mathilda "Tillie" (Dirksen) 1883       1920 9/18 letter baptised 1932  B II p26
Thomas, Cornelius J 1889 1918 11/16 letter 1922 1/11 letter also BI p9 and BII p39
Thomas, Elisabeth Elsie (Griggs) 1917       1929 12/28 letter dismissed by letter 12/6 1930
Thomas, Jacob C 1865 1919 1/26 letter 1919 1/26 letter
Thomas, Lydia (Mayer) 1896 1921 9/12 letter      
Thomas, Nettie 1901 1921 9/10 letter      
Tisch, Amalia Emily (Miller)  abt1893 1919 1/26 letter 1919 1/26 letter
Tisch, Flora (Scwartz) abt1890 1919 1/26 letter 1919 1/26 letter
Tisch, Gustav abt1887 1919 1/26 letter 1919 1/26 letter
Tisch, Rosa (Duerksen) 1867 1919 1/26 letter 1919 1/26 letter
Toews, Abraham Bernhard 1893 1915 1/1 letter 1916 8/26 letter Son of Ab and Ag Falk Toews
Toews, Abraham D 1883       1935 1/1 p35
Toews, Anna Marietta (Wall) 1895 1920 10/16 vote      
Toews, Daniel Hollis "Dan" 1914 1929 5/4 baptised 1929 5/4 baptism
Toews, David D 1880       1927 3/5 letter They were dismissed by letter the next year 1/4 1928, along with Pe and Lena Rau Dirksen
Toews, Elizabeth (Duerksen) 1899       1922 4/1 letter
Toews, Ervin 1918       1929 12/16 baptism Also 12/16  1931  baptism B II p25
Toews, Jacob abt1890 1917 3/5 baptism      
Toews, Maria (Voth) 1896 1919 2/15 baptism      
Toews, Martha Mayme 1912       1927 6/11 baptism
Toews, Vienna Mildred 1916 1929 5/4 baptised 1929 5/4 baptism
Trubey, Clarence 1895       1929 12/28 letter
               
Unruh, Abraham H 1862       1931 12/16 baptism
Unruh, Anna (Isaac) 1843 1916 9/2 letter 1916 3/3 letter
Unruh, Bertha (Dirksen) 1905       1927 1/29 letter
Unruh, Elsie 1901       1935 2/14 letter
               
Voth, Aganeta "Agnes C" (Thomas) 1888 1918 11/16 letter 1922 3/11 letter also BI p9 and BII p39
Voth, Alfred Allen 1912       1928 2/3 baptism
Voth, Alice Esther 1917       1928 2/3 baptism
Voth, Anna (Buller) 1844 mother 1844 1915 1/1 letter      
Voth, Anna D 1894 1918 11/16 letter 1918 11/16 letter
Voth, Anne P 1917       1935 10/26 letter
Voth, Benjamin 1911       1926 April baptism
Voth, Bertha abt1900 1920 11/6 letter 1925 2/28 baptism
Voth, Bertha (Loewen) 1896       1920 11/6 letter
Voth, Daniel D Sr. 1864 1918 11/16 letter 1918 11/16 letter
Voth, Daniel D Jr. 1885 1919 8/16 letter 1919 8/16 letter
Voth, David A 1875             missing record photo link
Voth, Dorothy Lucille abt1902       1929 12/16 baptism Also 12/16  1931  baptism B II p25
Voth, Edith Elizabeth (Barnes) 1908       1925 2/28 baptism
Voth, Elisabeth (Trubey) 1892       1929 12/28 letter
Voth, Elisabeth A. (Richert) 1883 1920 2/2 letter 1920 2/28 letter
Voth, Ella Rose (Lee) 1919       1935 10/26 letter
Voth, Esther 1909 1922 3/26 baptism      
Voth, Esther Della (Parsons, Pesco) 1907       1922 3/26 baptism
Voth, Hulda 1900 1918 11/16 letter 1918 11/16 letter
Voth, Jacob 1847 1920 2/2 letter 1920 6/12 letter
Voth, Jacob J "Jake" 1880       1920 2/28 letter
Voth, John A 1869 1918 7/27 letter      
Voth, John Jr 1902 1926 3/26 baptism      
Voth, John C 1894       1922 3/26 baptism
Voth, Katherine (Dirksen, Divnich) 1894       1928 4/21 letter
Voth, Lena (Toews) 1886       1925 12/7 letter
Voth, Lydia (Johnson) 1898       1924 2/7 letter
Voth, Mabel P (Grant) 1921       1935 10/26 letter
Voth, Martha 1902       1928 10/19 letter
Voth, Martha (Schneider) 1898 1920 2/2 letter 1920 3/27 letter
Voth, Mary D 1890 1918 11/16 letter      
Voth, Myrtle Mathilda 1913       1927 6/11 baptism
Voth, Norman  1923       1935 10/26 letter
Voth, Sarah (Johnson) 1893       1925 12/7 letter
Voth, Theodore "Ted" 1901       1931 12/16 baptism
Voth, Vernon abt1922       1935 3/9 baptism
               
Wall, Peter Teanus 1888 1920 10/16 vote      
Wall, Susanna (Hiebert) 1866       1931 4/4 letter
Wall, Velda Wall (Heinze, Trusty, Fisk) 1917 1929 5/4 baptised 1929 5/4 baptism
Winters, Adelia (Heinrichs) abt1898       1924 7/19 letter
Wedel, Elisabeth (Voth) 1865 1918 11/16 letter 1918 11/16 letter
               
Zacharias, Abram A 1877 1919 2/15 baptism 1919 2/15 baptism
Zacharias, Margaret (Hamm) 1907 1920 10/30 baptism