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Eva (Anna) Dirksen  1856 - 1938

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  		I15287 Two great-granddaughters (Vernell and Georgette) said, "She only spoke German, so we never really knew her".
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• Birth	17 Sep 1856	Alexanderthal, Molotschna, South Russia   [1, 2, 3]
  Immigration	28 Jul 1876  [2]
  Died	1 May 1938	Mountain Lake, Minnesota   [4, 5]
  Individual ID	I15287	Brotherfield
  Father	Heinrich Johann Dircks, b. 7 Apr 1809, Schweingrube, Stuhm, Prussia
  Mother	Catarina Adrian, b. 29 Sep 1813, Boenhoff, Stuhm, Prussia
  Family ID	F139	Group Sheet
  Spouse	Cornelius F. Guenther, b. 7 Feb 1853, Blumstein, Molotschna, South Russia
  Married	11 Nov 1874	Molotschna Colony, South Russia
  Children	1. _____ Guenther   2. Elisabeth Gunther, b. Abt 1876   3. Cornelius (C.C.) Guenther, b. 27 Jan 1876, Blumstein, Molotschna, South Russia   4. Mary Guenther   5. Franz (Frank) Guenther, b. 17 Jan 1879, Parker, South Dakota   6. Maria L. Guenther, b. 17 Jan 1881, Parker, South Dakota   7. Henry C. Guenther, b. 11 Nov 1882, Parker, South Dakota   8. George Cornelius Guenther, b. 26 Aug 1884, Parker, South Dakota   9. John Cornelius Guenther, b. 20 Apr 1886, Parker, South Dakota   10. Elizabeth Guenther, b. 27 Jun 1887, Parker, South Dakota   11. Jacob Cornelius Guenther, b. 26 Feb 1889, Parker, South Dakota   12. Abraham Cornelius Guenther, b. 29 Dec 1890, Parker, South Dakota   13. Peter Cornelius Guenther, b. 26 Feb 1893, Parker, South Dakota   14. George Eugene Guenther, b. 30 Jan 1895, Parker, South Dakota   15. Martha Guenther, b. 6 May 1897, Parker, South Dakota
  Last Modified	16 Mar 2010 16:06:25
  Family ID	F5523	Group Sheet

• Notes

  Birth and Immigration Source: Brothers in Deed to Brothers in Need , page 296. Birth Source: Guenther, Robert e-mail dated 7 Apr 2001 to Kathleen Sperling. Death Source: Zionsbote , page 18 May 1938, p. 13. She had 13 children with Corn. Guenther, 2 died in infancy. 10 survived her. Her brothers all spelled their names Dirksen after coming to America. On 17 Dec 1979 Eva Dirksen Guenther's grand daughter Eva Fadenrecht wrote, "Mom's Grandmother G. (Eva Dirksen Guenther) was a strict Adventist. Grandpa G. was a preacher (Mennonite) but quit preaching when he began to farm in S. Dak. They sold their land to sons Frank, Corn., Henry." Immigration: S. S. Vaderland; Arrived Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

• Sources

  [S131] Familien Stammbaum; gesammelt von D.D. Epp, Epp, D. D., (Winkler, Manitoba, Maerz 1958.), CS71.E66 F3 1958 Folio.. [S437] Brothers in deed to brothers in need : a scrapbook about Mennonite immigrants from Russia, 1870-1885, Hiebert, Clarence, editor, (Faith and Life Press, Newton, Kansas, 1974.). [S711] Henderson, Nebraska. Mennonite Brethren Church Records, 296 (Reliability: 0). [S40] Hillsboro, Kansas. Bruderthal Gemeindebuch 1875, Bd. Ms. 133.. [S495] Hillsboro, Kansas. Johannestal I Mennonite Church, 1877-1904, 18 May 1938, p. 13 (Reliability: 0).