1.1. Jacob Heidebrecht b. abt.1747, m. Catharina Fast, d. Lichtenau, Molotschna, S. Russia.
Jacob died 9/22/1785, Krebsfelde, Prussia. Catharina: Unruh (p.341) and the Heidebrecht book (p.28)
agree that widow Heydebrecht migrated from Krebsfelde, Prussia to the Molotschna in
1803/4.
1.1.1. Cornelius Jacob Heidebrecht b. 1780, Krebsfelde, Prussia, m. Margaretha ......, b.
1786, Prussia, d. Russia. In 1808 census listed at Lichtenau #4, & said to come from
Krebsfelde, Prussia The 1835 census also lists him at Lichtenau #4
1.1.1.1. Katharina Heidebrecht b. 11/ 9/1812, Lichtenau, Molotschna, South Russia, m. abt
1830, Johan Friesen, b. 3/15/1789, Kalteherberge, Prussia, (son of Abraham von Riesen and Margaretha
Wiebe) d. 1/14/1840, Orloff, Molotschna. Plett's footnote says; she had a brother, Cornelius
Heidbrecht, a well-to-do farmer living in Nikolaidorf, Russia during the 1880s. Her birth entry at
Unruh, p.332 calls her "Catarina" & the 1835 census entry calls her
"Margaretha."(per/H.F. Calg.) Johan: He was 15 at emigration in 1804 to Russia. Shortly
after he md. Maria Klassen. He took over his father's Wirtshaft No.10 in Orloff; his sons referred
to as "Orloffer Friesens."
1.1.1.1.1. Cornelius H. Friesen b. 1/16/1832, m. 10/12/1857, Maria Hiebert, b. 4/21/1832,
Russia, d. 10/ 5/1919, Beaver Flat, SK. Cornelius died 12/27/1911, Beaver Flat, SK. first Cdn
immigrant. Plett says, born Jan/4/1832. Emigrated from Lichtfelde, Mol. in 1875 to Rosenort, MB.
From there to Beaver Flat, SK. where they began again with several of children.
1.1.1.1.1.1. Klaas Friesen b. 8/19/1858, Lichtfelde, S. Russia, m. 11/28/1880, in Rosenort,
MB., Anna Warkentin, b. 7/ 5/1859, Fishau, Russia, (daughter of Heinrich Warkentin and Justina Enns)
d. 12/23/1921, Beaver Flat,SK., buried: homestead plot. Klaas died 3/17/1932, Beaver Flat,
SK.
1.1.1.1.1.2. Cornelius Friesen b. 10/12/1867, Ohrloff, Russia, occupation butcher, m.
6/26/1897, in Manitoba, Helena Toews, b. 2/19/1878, (daughter of Wilhelm Toews and Katharina Remple)
d. 12/17/1941, Herbert, SK., buried: Herbert Community Cemetery. Cornelius died 8/28/1922, Herbert,
SK., buried: 8/31/1922, Herbert Community Cemetery. Helena: I have fit her in because the parents'
names match from the Bergthal Book.
1.1.1.1.1.3. Margaret Friesen b. 5/26/1872, Russia (K&KI), m. ?, Abram Hiebert, b.
9/24/1871, (son of Abram Hiebert and Maria Nickel) d. 11/14/1929. Margaret died 1940. She came to
Manitoba, Canada in 1874 with her parents, & lived in the Rosenort district, where she met Abram
Hiebert. In 1907 the Hieberts came to Herbert, to homestead. He retired in 1934 to Chilliwack,
B.C. Woodbine St. Abram: note: K&KI had this death date for his son, Abe. and 1948 as this
man's death could be a mistake somewhere?
1.1.1.1.1.4. Johan Friesen b. 5/26/1872, m. 12/10/1899, Agata Hiebert, b. 3/ 1/1879,
Manitoba, (daughter of Abram Hiebert and Maria Nickel) d. 1/20/1946. Johan died 7/ ?/1944. Agata:
She was sister to Abram Hiebert who married Johan's twin, Margaret. Double wedding. The
Friesens lived at Plum Coulee,MB. before homesteading at Ravenscraig, & later moving to Gull
Lake, SK. Both died in Chilliwack.
1.1.1.1.2. Klaas Friesen b. 18. ?.
1.1.1.1.3. Heinrich Friesen.
1.1.1.1.4. David Friesen.
1.1.1.1.5. Margaretha Friesen.
My Main Genealogies
Dad's Friesens
or Mom's Friesens
Kroekers
Neudorfs
Spensts
Early Veers
Immigrant Veers
Warkentins
Bueckerts
Derksens
Heinrich Loewen
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