Bernhard EPP

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Type Value Date Place Sources
name Bernhard EPP
[1] [2] [3]

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Type Date Place Sources
death 16. July 1926
Lindenau, Molotschna, South Russia Find persons in this place
[1] [4] [5]
birth 19. February 1852
Rosenort, Molotschna, South Russia Find persons in this place
[1] [6] [7] [8] [9]
marriage 1875

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1875
Anna WIENS

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He was elder of the Lichtenau Mennonite Church from 1910 to 1926. Onefamily record says he was born 18 Feb and died 28 Aug. Epp says thathe was born in 1854, not 1852. Epp, Bernhard (1852-1926) Bernhard Epp, elder: born 19 February 1852 in Rosenort, MolotschnaColony, South Russia, the sixth of nine children of Heinrich H. Epp(1811-1863) and Justina (Willms) Epp (1822-1891). Bernhard's fatherhad three children from his first marriage to Sara Thiessen(1793-1841). In 1875 he married Anna Wiens (b. 19 June 1854, Lindenau,Molotschna Colony – d. 24 February 1926, Lindenau, Molotschna Colony),daughter of Franz Wiens. They had 11 children: Gerhard, Justina,Helena, Agatha, Jacob, Anna, Bernhard, Katharina, Johann, David andMaria. Bernhard died 16 July 1926 in Lindenau, Molotschna, SouthRussia. In 1889 Epp was elected as minister and in 1908 as elder of hiscongregation, the Lichtenau-Petershagen Mennonite Church. Although hehad only an elementary education, he served with wisdom and devotionthrough all the trouble of the War and the Revolution. During hisyears of service he preached 641 times at funerals and 271 times atweddings, not to speak of the many Sunday services he conducted. Heinstructed and baptized around 1,200 persons. Bibliography GRANDMA (The Genealogical Registry and Database of Mennonite Ancestry)Database, 4.19 ed. Fresno, CA: California Mennonite HistoricalSociety, 2005. Herald Press Information logo Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Scottdale, Pennsylvania, andWaterloo, Ontario, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 2, p. 234. Allrights reserved. For information on ordering the encyclopedia visitthe Herald Press website. ©1996-2009 by the Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Allrights reserved. To cite this page: MLA style: Goerz, Heinrich and Richard D. Thiessen. "Epp, Bernhard(1852-1926)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. April2005. Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 28July 2009 http://www.gameo.org/encyclopedia/contents/E6593.html APA style: Goerz, Heinrich and Richard D. Thiessen. (April 2005)."Epp, Bernhard (1852-1926)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite EncyclopediaOnline. Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 28July 2009 http://www.gameo.org/encyclopedia/contents/E6593.html Document Actions

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1 Public Member Trees, Database online.
Author: Ancestry.com
Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date:2006;
 
2 #172, Front Cover; p35, 147
 
3 #172, Front Cover; p35, 147
 
4 #172, Front Cover; p147, 149
 
5 #172, Front Cover; p147, 149
 
6 #172, Front Cover; p147
 
7 Gedenke des ganzen Weges . . . Band 1 : Die Geschichte der FamilienEpp, Froese, Unger, Lepp, u. a, 20
Author: Epp, Johann
Publication: Name: Logos Verlag, 1998.;
 
8 #172, Front Cover; p147
 
9 Gedenke des ganzen Weges . . . Band 1 : Die Geschichte der FamilienEpp, Froese, Unger, Lepp, u. a, 20
Author: Epp, Johann
Publication: Name: Logos Verlag, 1998.;
 

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The Madigan Family from County Limerick, Ireland to Chicago, Illinois, USA. The Hansen Family from Svendborg, Fyn, Denmark to Racine, Wisconsin, and to St. Louis, Missouri, USA. Related families of McCormack, Ortmann, Münch, Twohig, Halloran, Slattery, Alburger & Husmann.

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