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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.