New documentation found at MN Historical Society

Start of the extended family

I have come to the conclusion that my grandfather just didn't know of his fathers family because he died relatively early "56" and my grandfather was only "22" and they just didn't talk about the extended family. Or didn't ask these questions. According to my new "link" Mel my great great grandfather Heinrich Peters was married twice. But my great grandfather John Henry Peters was the youngest so maybe he didn't interact with them. Hence he didn't know much about them. Also the age difference between him and the oldest sibling is 23 years.

My next step is to fill in the people from Mel's tree and then make another trip to the Mn Historical Society Library and search Heinrich and Ann's death certificates and naturalization forms to confirm names and dates. Then search the church records and census. 

Here are some screen shots of ancestry.com 

 

 

Heinrich H "Henry" Peters - b. 1836, d. 1916

& Maria K Konracht Peters - b. 1836, d. 1869

 

• Herman Peters - b. 1861, d. 1921
     Spouse - Sarah Hiebert - b. 1861, m. 1882, d. 1950
   Hermann P. Peters - b. 1885, d. 1967
   Sarah Peters - b. 1887
   Margaret Peters - b. 1890, d. 1968
   Maria Peters - b. 1892, d. 1892
   Mary Peters - b. 1893
   Heinrich Bruno Peters - b. 1895, d. 1980
   Johann Peters - b. 1897
   Anna Peters - b. 1901, d. 1948
   Marie Peters - b. 1902, d. 1976
   Jacob Peters - b. 1904, d. 1973
   Malvina Peters - b. 1908
   Louis Peters - b. 1909

 

• Anna Peters Hiebert - b. 1866, d. 1950
     Spouse - Peter A Hiebert - b. 1868, m. 1888, d. 1912
   Cornelius Hiebert - b. 1890
   Anna Hiebert - b. 1890, d. 1917
   Henry P Hiebert - b. 1893
   Maria Hiebert - b. 1894, d. 1912
   Helena Hiebert - b. 1895, d. 1995
   Elizabeth Hiebert - b. 1897, d. 1990
   Sarah Hiebert - b. 1899, d. 1990
   Katie Hiebert - b. 1901, d. 1981
   Hermann Hiebert - b. 1902, d. 1902
   Tina Hiebert - b. 1903
   Martha Hiebert - b. 1904, d. 1995
   Peter Hiebert - b. 1908, d. 1995

 • Heinrich K Henry Peters - b. 1868, d. 1946
     Spouse - Maria Hiebert Peters - b. 1866, m. 1891, d. 1930
   Henry Peters - b. 1892
   Abraham Peters - b. 1893
   Herman Peters - b. 1894
   Peter Peters - b. 1897
   Mary Peters - b. 1903
   Herbert Peters - b. 1905
   Cornelius Peters - b. 1906
   Annie S. Peters - b. 1909, d. 1978

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Heinrich H "Henry" Peters - b. 1836, d. 1916
 & Anna Wall Peters - b. 1852, m. 1872, d. 1923

 

 • Peter H Peters - b. 1873, d. 1937
     Spouse - Elizabeth Margie Toews - b. 1881, m. 1900, d. 1908
   Elizabeth Peters - b. 1902
   Anna Peters - b. 1904, d. 1978
   Peter G Peters - b. 1906, d. 1990
   Mary Peters - b. 1908, d. 1915
   Heinrich Peters - b. 1915, d. 1915

     Spouse - Margaret R Dahlke Peters - b. 1880, m. 1908, d. 1944
   Susie Harriet Peters - b. 1910, d. 1979
   Clara M Peters - b. 1912
   Elma Peters - b. 1916, d. 1917
   Justina Toots Peters - b. 1918, d. 1994
   Alfred Peters - b. 1920, d. 1925
   Joseph R Peters - b. 1922, d. 1986

 • Elizabeth H Peters Wiens - b. 1877, d. 1946
     Spouse - Peter P. Wiens - b. 1875, m. 1896, d. 1943
   Lizzie Wiens - b. 1899
   Anna Wiens - b. 1900, d. 1986
   Bertha Wiens - b. 1902, d. 1991
   Hilda Wiens - b. 1904, d. 1948
   Henry Wiens - b. 1905
   Peter Wiens - b. 1908, d. 2002
   Herman Wiens - b. 1912, d. 2001
   Arnold Wiens - b. 1918

 

 • Jacob Henry Peters - b. 1881, d. 1962
     Spouse - Helena (Lena) Block Peters - b. 1888, m. 1905, d. 1916
   Irvin Jacob Peters - b. 1906, d. 1967
   Lisbeth Peters - b. 1907, d. 1991
   Henry Jacob Peters - b. 1909, d. 1978
   Anna Elizabeth Peters - b. 1911, d. 2003
   Peter Jacob Peters - b. 1912, d. 1926
   Helen Peters - b. 1913, d. 1914
   Luella Peters - b. 1916, d. 1916

     Spouse - Elizabeth Petkau Peters - b. 1888, m. 1917, d. 1971

 • Daniel H Peters - b. 1883, d. 1937
     Spouse - Katharina Tiena Wiens Peters - b. 1890, d. 1950
   Jacob D Jack Peters - b. 1908, d. 1991
   Spouse - Edna May Lilly Peters - b. 1906, m. 1940, d. 1996
   Anne Peters Dewar - b. 1910, d. 2001
   Spouse - Bill Dewar - b. 1914, d. 1959
   Sadie Peters - b. 1911, d. 1987
   Spouse - William Molder - b. 1906, m. 1933, d. 1982

 • Cornelius H Nels Peters - b. 1887, d. 1943
     Spouse - Justina L Baer Peters - b. 1889, m. 1911, d. 1924
   Hulda May Peters - b. 1912, d. 2007
   Orlando Clarence Peters - b. 1915, d. 1985
   Albert R Peters - b. 1919, d. 1981
   Bernard Benny Carl Peters - b. 1923, d. 1985

     Spouse - Sarah E Reimer Peters - b. 1900, m. 1925, d. 1976

 • Johannes "John" Henry Peters - b. 1891, d. 1948
     Spouse - Helen M Wannow Peters Plush - b. 1900, m. 1920, d. 1974
   Rosella Peters-Basom - b. 1921
   Spouse - Peter P Schroeder - b. 1915, m. 1937, d. 2006
   Spouse - Otha Dale Honeycutt - b. 1918, m. 1946, d. 1999
   Spouse - Albert William Bell - b. 1915, m. 1963, d. 1993
   Spouse - Charles Richard Basom - b. 1916, m. 2001, d. 2007
   Harold John or James "Pete" Peters - b. 1923, d. 1988
   Spouse - Virginia M Powell Peters King - b. 1926, m. 1942
   Raymond Paul Peters - b. 1926
   Spouse - Rosella Weber Peters - b. 1927, m. 1946

 

 

 

More Family

I did some random searching on Ancestry.com last night. and messages a few people that I thought could have the same Daniel Peters as my great uncle. And I had 2 responses back I was so excited once I did because it means I'm learning more info out that I ever thought possible.

1st Email:

Good afternoon,

All of the members of my family are German Mennonites who came directly to the United States from Russia.  Most of my grandparents were born in what is now the Ukraine.  None of my family members ever lived in Canada.

 

Let me know if that helps narrow your search.

 

Are you aware of the grandma’s online website for people of Mennonite heritage?  It is located in Fresno, California.  This might be very helpful to you.  There are so few Mennonite surnames that names like Wall and Peters are very common and this makes determining relationships difficult unless you have actual birthdates to go by and other documentation regarding family connections.

Sorry I can’t be more helpful.

 

It sounds like this is not the same family but its hard to be sure! However My grandfather was Mennonite and did grow up Mennonite and changes to Lutheran when he married my Grandmother( He said he liked to drink too much) I through that was funny. But I think the church records will be my saving grace and ill be able to find all the info in church records.

2nd Email:

Hi.

My cousin's grandfather is Daniel Peters, who died in Calgary, Alberta in 1960. He did have a brother John Henry Peters & their parents were Henry Peters & Anna Wall. This would confirm your findings. Can you tell me any details for the descendants of John Henry Peters, as all we know is that he was born in Oct 1892, and arrived in USA in 1894, and lived in Minnesota. His father died in 1916, and he lived with his mother in 1917. Anna died in 1923 in Mountain Lake, Minnesota.

Thanks. Mel.

 

After a few Emails back and forth I'm sure that we are talking about the same family. So ill soon be adding a lot more info.

 

I called my grandmother Rosella Webber Peters today and asked her to talk to my grandfather. I wanted to know if he had remembered his father or mother talking about his paternal grandparents(Heinrich and Anna Wall Peters).  I would of thought he would of, because his death certificate names them. But they did die 10 years before my grandfather Raymond Paul Peters was born. So maybe not. According the Mel. Heinrich "Henry" Peters my great-great grandfather was married twice.  And that might be why he has siblings that I didn't know about. But still its all fresh and confusing till I have all the info.

 

 

Danial Peters

I have to admit that I'm not 100% sure that this information is correct. I'm guessing based on the min information I have.

The only Factual information I have is that his name is Daniel, he immigrated over with John, he about 8 years older than John, he lived in Canada.

But I have found some info on Ancestry.com that might be his information.

1. Possible Birth: Nov 1882 (According to 1900 United States Federal Census for John F Toews)
2. Immigration Date: June 29th 1894
3. Possible Employer:  John F Toews as a farm laborer (According to 1900 United States Federal Census for John F Toews)
4. Possible Marriage:
5. Possible Child Name: Corney Peters
6.Possible Death: Jan 19 1937
7.Possible Burial date: Jan 28 1937 @ Prospect Cemetery

 

 

 

                                                                                                                                      

 

 

Recap of John Henry Peters

John Henry Peters
DOB: 10/16/1891
Place of Birth: Tinivbula Russia
Eyes: Blue
Mothers Name: Anna Wall
Fathers Name: Henrich Peters
Brothers Name: Daniel Peters 8 years older
Sisters Name: Unknown
Immigration Departure: Bremen Germany
Ellis Island Arrival: 6/29/1894
Ships Name: Trave
Education Completed: 4th Grade
DOM: 1/1/1920 Hellen Wannow
Occupation: Cement Mason
1920 Census: Mtn. Lake Rented Home
1930 Census: Mtn. Lake Owned Home $1000.00 Value
1940 Census: Mtn. Lake Owned Home $1000.00 Value, $700 annual income
Naturalization: 6/14/1941
(Date of Oath @ Windom)
Petition of Citizen: 4/11/1942
(Petition # 384)
DOD: 7/31/1948 Cerebral Hemorrhage @work
(Death Certificate # 1948-mn-003020)