Heinrich R. Reimer Children

Mennonite Genealogy with Michael Penner

Heinrich R. Reimer and Helena nee Dueck raised thirteen children. All the children were born while the Reimers resided in Clearsprings, Manitoba. The year after their last child, Elsie, was born, they moved to Prairie Rose (now called Landmark), Manitoba.

Prairie Rose was a small, tight-knit community, and it was only natural to find marriage partners from amongst the locals. And so it was that the Reimer children developed a special affinity with two particular neighboring families: the Peter M. Penners and the Banmann family. These families became deeply intertwined after four Reimer children married Peter M. Penner children and three more Reimers married Banmann children. Another intermarriage connection of note was that with Paulina Friesen, who married a Reimer and later a Penner.

A tradition for many years was the annual summer H.R. Reimer family gathering at the Landmark Park. With the Reimer family so large, it of course took a whole park to hold such an event! And so that some “non-Reimer” Penners would not feel left out, they were extended a standing invitation as honorary Reimers.

The last surviving of the Reimer siblings, our beloved Tante Tina, passed away January 22, 2007 at the age of 91.

Here is a listing of the Heinrich R. Reimer children:

· Susanna D. Reimer (1897-1986) (obit) married Cornelius K. Plett (obit)

· Peter D. Reimer (1899-1955) (obit) married Maria P. Friesen

· Abram D. Reimer (1900-1943) (obit) married Elisabeth F. Goertzen (obit)

· Heinrich D. Reimer (1902-1973) (obit) married Paulina Friesen (obit)

· Maria D. Reimer (1904-1978) (obit) married Abram F. Penner (obit)

· Johann D. Reimer (1905-1973) (obit) married Anna Banmann

· Helena D. Reimer (1907-1982) (obit) married David F. Penner (obit)

· Bernhard D. Reimer (1909-1994) (obit) married Katharina F. Penner (obit) and Margreth Harms

· Franz D. Reimer (1911-1993) (obit) married Aganetha Banmann and Olga Guenther (obit)

· Diedrich D. Reimer (1913-1964) (obit) married Helen Banmann

· Katharina D. Reimer (1915-2007) (obit) married Walter F. Penner (obit)

· Margaret D. Reimer (1916-1991) (obit) married Peter X. Reimer (obit)

· Elsie D. Reimer (1919-1999) (obit) married John J. Hildebrand (obit)

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Abram D. Reimer, circa 1920.

Source: Elfrieda Plett, Landmark, Manitoba

The three youngest Reimer sisters: Elsie, Katharina, and Margaret, circa 1935.

Source: Joyce Forgo, Landmark, Manitoba

Helena Reimer (right) and her brother Heinrich (second from the left), in their dating years with future spouses, Pauline Friesen and David F. Penner, 1923. Source: Caroline Loewen, Winnipeg, Manitoba