Cleric, community leader.
Born in the Chortitza Colony in Russia on 23 March 1837, he left with his family in 1875 with 1,100 Mennonites to settle in the West Reserve in Manitoba. His community, soon known as the Old Colony Community, were more conservative than many of the other Mennonite groups in Manitoba, and after his death, a large number of these Old Colony Mennonites would migrate to Mexico. More than anyone else, he set the conservative pattern of the Old Colony Mennonites. He died at Rosengart on 21 February 1905 and was buried in the Rosengart Cemetery.
Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online, http://www.gameo.org/encyclopedia/contents/W5431ME.html
Johann Wiebe, FindAGrave.
We thank Ed Krahn for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Kris Keen.
Page revised: 26 January 2023
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