История славянских протестантских общин: генеалогические записи и документы

roceeded to oresanize a new Menneaits dencmination that ig stiii known as the Krimer Mennonite Brathrap Churvho In 1871, Grand= father was elected to ths ministry and aseistant to Sidsr Jazc? Ak Were Migestion to &o America, Among tha written records that Grandfather left tehind, his description. ¢r the ® jouer to America ia the mst completa. But even here ona looxs in vain for the reazona for the migration. He simply begins by saying, “Be drove to the depot o o o% By 1870, i+ had become quite clear to the Mennonites in Russia that the Eussiaa Government was SE its policy towards the Menncsites, particularly the issus of military exemztioa. Realizing that Russia would not léng remain a place of religious free dom, more ¢han ten thousasd made preparations to seek a new land. Im 1874, the whose Kriie mer Ronen ine Ereshren Se nigrated en the Crimsa to spe ex ng of ert gg Kangaao The name of the ship upon which they crossed the Atlantic was the ‘s 8. city stitetea : Q. =m ge | fe aco Rate ans ee Yur-—“ipee err seas AM ee ee ee oO - ’ eee ee ee ae ine see ~mn sg 2 Geanitatio: i: Youths Grandfather a Gh ato l the il isze of Blunstein, which belenced to the Moictchza Ge sieny © sf-Mermnomtezs- -Acscordinzg-<to: the- ~Ressian-calendar of that time, he was torn on Auz2s% 8,-1836. Translated to the American calendar, he was born on August <2 1836, As mentioned- esrijer-fn this biograD nyo” car PS de Ate was the-wail- era elder of th Orloff Mennonite Churches: cc tte . -Grandfather epent-his boyhood: semerhat- pen AP ee aoe conditions. He gh-culturai ard spiritual -ideals were not-censrally emohasizeds Not-only the schoois tut the total rise ct the coleny offersd too-iittie that-was- sociatly and intellectually constructive. On Sunday mornings boys and giris listensd to-rathsr lengthy sermons that were read from books. The -- Sunday afternooma; hokiday#, eni-many weekday evenings were spent-in revelry. There were md Planned, whosliesoms activities to atzorb-the time ari energies of youth. Smoking and drincing were all too common amne ths toys. -Shady-stories and wild pranks helped to fill the id hours. I seems thas Seeks oe ae -Fe- does not seem to have been invoived in that kind of lifes, UYever hare = heard anyons refer to- youthful escavades of Grandfather, His Godly parenta-and his Cie 8 ta us inclinations seemingly kept him Sabig BE aoe such sirtu. eee rec tee hy te nat = pay -His education was obtained at a- small vili ess scho ool in Blumstesne - The quality o instractic m throushsut: the cclicny was mt very encovrazingo Grandfatner seems tc have oe one year from home attemiing the esncol condusted by the gifted preasher and teache?, © Bernhard Harder, his father’s umscis. There is no record indivating shat he attended on of the Sa AdS Sect (hign'echool) that were: eee oizanizsd at thas time in various Mennonix<e settiex: eno ee ha In Novenber 16, 1858, OrhaPethe Gh Mae Eliz eveth: Fast, ee ef