Elisabeth (Willms) Fehderau (1871 - 1948)

Born 7 Dec 1871 in Russian Empire

Ancestors

Wife of Heinrich Jacob Fehderau — married about 1894 in Russian Empire

Descendants

Died 7 May 1948 at age 76 in Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada

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Biography

Elisabeth Willms was born on 7 Dec 1871 in the Russian Mennonite community of Molotschna Colony, Zaporizhia Oblast, South Russia (Ukraine). She was the 2nd of 4 children of Peter Heinrich Willms and Elisabeth Wiens.^[1] Her father was a successful grain merchant. In later years, they lived on a country estate at Berjansk, an elegant resort and spa area on the north coast of the Sea of Azov. They had 7 servants.^[2]

Elisabeth married Heinrich Jacob Fehderau in about 1894 in Berdyansk, Taurida Colony, Zaporizhia Oblast, South Russia. They had at least 2 children.^[1] Her husband passed away in 1927.

She immigrated to Canada in 1947.^[3]

Elisabeth died of cancer on 7 May 1948 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and is buried at Victoria Lawn Cemetery, St. Catharines, Ontario.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Elisabeth Willms, Reference #1015532, "GRanDMA OnLine 7 Prussian/Russian Mennonite Genealogy", https://grandmaonline.org/gmol-7/individualProfile.asp, accessed 22 Mar 2024
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Anna Bartels, "Anna Bartels Memoires 2016", compiled 2016, a copy is available from her son Gordon Richard Dyck [Dyck-1245]
3. ↑ Der Bote [Winnipeg, Manitoba], Winnipeg, Manitoba [21 Apr 1948, p5]

• Elisabeth Willms, Reference #1015532, "GRanDMA OnLine 7 Prussian/Russian Mennonite Genealogy", https://grandmaonline.org/gmol-7/individualProfile.asp, accessed 22 Mar 2024