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Elfe said...

Our GG Grandfather Gerhard Enns is listed as being born in Sparrau, Molotschna Colony, South Russia (now known as Ukraine) Birth Source: 1835 Molotschna Colony Census Notes: R92-1. He married a second time to a widow Fast who died 25 Oct 1908. The 1901 Canada Census says he was born 29 Jul 1828. Immigration Source: Quebec Passenger Lists of Mennonite Immigrants to Manitoba: 1874 - 1880 Gerhard with his wife and living children immigrated to Canada on 19 Jul 1875, S. S. Canadian; arrived Quebec City, Quebec Gerhard's father is listed as Johann Isaac Enz born about 1796 : Birth Source: 1835 Molotschna Colony Census Notes: He migrated from Zeyersvordercampen, Prussia to Sparrau, Molotschna, S. Russia in 1827 (P. Rempel, p. 203, 206). In the 1835 Molotschna Colony Census he is listed at Blumstein #21, where it says that he immigrated to Russia in 1827, transferred to Blumstein from Sparrau in 1833 and transferred to the Chortitza Colony in 1836. In the 1835 Molotschna Census entry for Sparrau #42, he is said to have transferred from there to Blumstein in 1833. He transferred to Rosenthal, Chortitza Colony in 1836 per Odessa Archive, Fonds 6, Inventory 1, File 4127. Passport from Danzig issued 29 Jun 1827, visa for this family was issued 7 Aug 1827. They settled in Sparrau, Molotschna in 1828. A document in the possession of Olga (Klassen) Thiessen #608648 says John Enns left Prussia Zeiersvorderkampe bei Tiegenhof 16 Sep 1827 to Chortitza, then to Molotschna. The lived in Ohrloff for 3 years and Blumenstein for 2 years. Source: p. 203 "Mennonite Migration to Russia 1788-1828. " Immigration Source: Mennonite Migration to Russia, 1788-1828, page 203, 206. Gerhard's mother is listed as Maria Klein: Notes: She is not listed in the household at the time of the 1835 census. Likely the same Maria Klein as #670372, the daughter of Johann Klein and Sara Ens ( Molotschna census) Gerhard's grandfather is listed as Issac Enz. **Note that the surname spelling changes. Apparently, people would change their surname spelling to suit themselves, the place they lived or others taking the census at times misspelt names.