Mennonite Genealogy with Michael Penner

Heinrich D. Friesen (1827-1877)

Heinrich D. Friesen was born on May 12, 1827 in Schoenau, Molotschna Colony, South Russia. He was by trade a printer and dyer of cotton cloth. He emigrated from Russia to Canada with his wife and most of his children in the fall of 1875. The family spent the winter in Berlin, Ontario (now called Kitchener) and moved to Manitoba in 1876. He died of consumption on July 1, 1877 in southern Manitoba.

Three of Heinrich D. Friesen’s personal letters are known to have survived and are in the possession of a descendant living in Winnipeg.

Letter of March 14, 1875

Letter of October 18, 1875

Letter of May 31, 1876

 

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