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Heinrich Funk  1822 - 1879

• .		I3975 News reports of the arrival of the Vaderland 27 Jul 1876. For more about Heinrich, his brother Peter, and the Funk Family see Kathy Sperling's website.

• Birth	15 Mar 1822	Alexanderthal, Molotschna, South Russia   [1, 2, 3]
  Immigration	28 Jul 1876
  Died	30 May 1879	South Dakota   [4, 5]
  Individual ID	I3975	Brotherfield
  Father	Paul Johann Funk, b. Abt 1773
  Mother	Elizabeth Jantzen, b. Abt 1775
  Family ID	F5566	Group Sheet
  Spouse	Anna Unrau, b. 15 Nov 1817, Zieglershuben, Stuhm, Prussia
  Married	14 Mar 1842  [4]
  Children	1. Anna Funk, b. 14 Jun 1843, Alexanderthal, Molotschna, South Russia   2. Elizabeth Funk, b. 19 Nov 1846, Alexanderthal, Molotschna, South Russia   3. David Funk, b. 17 Apr 1861, Russia
  Last Modified	02 Aug 2009 18:31:00
  Family ID	F1861	Group Sheet

• Notes

  Village councillor in 1848, Huebert's Molotschna Atlas p.106. Name spelled Fusch on ship's list. The Funks and their children's families all came to Brotherfield (sec 20) on the Vaderland in 1876. His brother Peter came to Kansas on the Vaderland in 1877. Death Source: Duerksen Family Sheets genealogy chart and diary Notes: In the 1847 Molotschna Colony Voters List he is listed at Alexanderthal #12.Immigration Source: Brothers in Deed to Brothers in Need : a Scrapbook about Mennonite Immigrants from Russia, 1870-1885 Birth Source: Brothers in Deed to Brothers in Need : a Scrapbook about Mennonite Immigrants from Russia, 1870-1885 Birth Source: Vote, Betty (b 1944) family group sheet sheet sent 27 April 2001 Birth Source: 1835 Molotschna Colony Census Death Source: Vote, Betty (b 1944) family group sheet sheet sent 2 May 2001 Marriage Source: Duerksen Family Sheets genealogy chart and diary Immigration: S. S. Vaderland; Arrived Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

• Sources

  [S794] Vote, Betty (b 1944) family group sheet sheet sent 27 April 2001. [S420] History of the Gaede Family, Gaede, D. P., (1952). [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.). [S394] Duerksen Family Sheets genealogy chart and diary, Dirksen, Mike, (received from Mike Dirksen). [S442] Schrag, Melissa; Letter Oct 1992.