GroBmutter-Grandmother Neufeld Wiebe

Family of Jacob Bartel Wiebe

 

     The photo above is of my Great Grandparents with their three small children and great grandfather's brothers Dan & Nick standing behind them. 

Left to Right in front: Jacob Bartel Wiebe 26 years old, Abraham N. Wiebe 5 years old, Jacob N. Wiebe 3 years old, Aganetha Neufeld Wiebe 27 years old, Helena N. Wiebe Flaming 1 year old.

Left to Right in back:  Daniel B. Wiebe and  Nick Klass B. Wiebe

( We are not positive of the names of the two young men standing in the back.)

 Left to Right: Aganetha Neufeld Wiebe, Susie Pauls

Great Grandmother Aganetha Neufeld Wiebe pictured above with her sister Susie Pauls. 

Aganetha was born December 18, 1870 in Lindenert, Molotschna Settlement, South Russia.

Among my genealogy stuff I found an invitation card for a family reunion. The front of the card is a picture of Great Grandmother and someone wrote on the front 'Grossmom'. I had no idea what 'Grossmom' was. I looked it up on the Internet but didn't find anything. I used a site for translating and found that Grossmom is a combination of two languages for the word Grandmother.  In German it should be 'Grossmutter'.   Whoever wrote the word Grossmom combined German as the first part of the word for grandmother and the second part of the English word for mother / mom. 

There are several other words in German for grandmother. 

Grossmutter-grandmother

Oma-grandma

Omi-granny or grandma, nan, nana

GroBmutter-grandmother

GroBmama-grandmother

Here's a link to listen to the pronunciation. 

https://www.wordhippo.com/what-is/the/german-word-for-grandmother.html

I'm not sure how old great grandmother is in the picture below.

The picture below is of my Great Grandmother Aganetha Neufeld Wiebe when she was older. 

 

Pictures of Where Grandparents & Great-Grandparents Lived

I recently took a trip to where my grandparents and great-grandparents once lived. For some reason I got the idea to try to discover how they met. On the trip I took several pictures. I wish I'd have taken more. When I return there are several more pictures I want to take. One picture might be difficult because I have to drive a gravel road to reach the place where my great-grandfather's farm was. It was beautiful with green wheat growing, rolling hills. I couldn't stop driving to take photos because of the ruts in the gravel road. I was afraid I'd wouldn't be able to start going again because of the condition and deep ruts in the road. I was worried about going off the road into the ditch.  I'm not sure which side of the road his farm was on. I plan to call the county court house and find out if they have records back that far.

I love grain elevators because my dad used to paint them when he was younger. I mean he got on scaffolding and literally painted the structure. I add these pictures to honor all the work my father did painting grain elevators.

The next few pictures are of a building in Seger, Oklahoma. Seger is where my grandmother was born. I thought it was a beautiful building and loved the old tree behind it. When I saw the date on the sign it said 'Fred Kauger 1924'. That's the year my mother was born so I thought it would be a fitting picture to honor her and her mother.

The photo below was of a nice view in Seger, Oklahoma. Beautiful rolling hills. Now I know why my great-grandfather Duerksen had his farm around this area.

"Colony One of the oldest towns in Western Oklahoma founded in 1886 by John Seger and the Cheyenne-Arapaho on the banks of Cobb Creek. Seger Indian Industrial School operated here from 1892 until 1932. Local tradition holds this was a starting point for the Land run of 1892. Dutch Reformed Misson opened here in 1895. Post Office established Jan. 8, 1896. Buildings in this block built in 1920"s by Fred Kauger and restored by Oklahoma Supreme Court Justice Yvonne Kauger. Long before the 20th Century, Native Americans occupied the surrounding land c. 904-1400 A.D. George Bent lived in the area and is buried nearby. Pow.Wows held here since late 1930's by Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes Oklahoma Historical Society 229-1997"

In trying to find links on the Internet about Seger, Oklahoma I found one and it's about a Native American Pow-Wow that's celebrated somewhere in or near Seger. Some of the other links were broken and don't work. 

The info on the Pow-Wow is:

September 2-5, 2005: Cheyenne-Arapaho Labor Day Powwow
Location: Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribal Park, East Seger, Colony, OK 73021
Event Detail: Gourd dancing at 2 pm, Grand entry promptly at 8 pm, dance contests, volleyball, horseshoes, Leslie Sage Cheyenne Princess, Anna Helen Spottedwolf, Arapaho Princess.
Contact: Charlene, phone: 580/323-0340, email: cwassana@yahoo.com

http://www.blogoklahoma.us/place.aspx?id=108

http://www.blogoklahoma.us/place.aspx?id=102

Great Grandmother Susanna Richert Duerksen

Susanna Richert Duerksen

Not sure when or where this photo was taken. This is my great-grandmother. She's the mother of my grandmother Mary Duerksen Wiebe.

Old Homes

Whose houses were these?

Where were they located?

What year?

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