Maria was born in 1781. She was the daughter of Johann Peters and Maria von Bergen.
Immigrated: arrived 1789, Schoenhorst, Chortitza, South Russia.
Johan Driedger married Maria Peters in 1801.
Jacob DeFehr married Maria Peters in August 1801 in Neuendorf, Chortitza, South Russia. Their children included:
DeFehr, Maria, 21 June, 1802, Neuendorf, Chortitza, South Russia
DeFehr, Anna, 24 February, 1804, Neuendorf, Chortitza, South Russia
DeFehr, Catharina, 25 June, 1806, Neuendorf, Chortitza, South Russia
DeFehr, Jacob, 19 January, 1808, Neuendorf, Chortitza, South Russia
DeFehr, Isaac, 17 March, 1810, Neuendorf, Chortitza, South Russia
DeFehr, _?_, About 1811
DeFehr, Helena, November, 1812
DeFehr, Sarah, November, 1812
DeFehr, Jacob, 23 September, 1813, Osterwick (Neu-Osterwick), Chortiza, South Russia
Fehr, Benjamin, 7 December, 1815, Osterwick (Neu-Osterwick), Chortiza, South Russia
Fehr, Cornelius, 22 March, 1818, Chortitza Colony, South Russia
Fehr, Helena Maria, 10 April, 1820, Osterwick (Neu-Osterwick), Chortiza, South Russia
DeFehr, Elisabeth, 4 April, 1823, South Russia
Sources
GRanDMA Online (Genealogical Registry and Database of Mennonite Ancestry), CMHS Genealogy Database Project. (https://grandmaonline.org/guest?IND=196525: accessed 23 Nov 2023).
Birth Note: The Heubuden birth record gives the full location as "Leske & Trampenau", two adjacent villages.
Note: The Heubuden birth record says she was born 4 Mar 1781. One unknown source gives her name as Kristina or Maria Kristina. However, her name is clearly given as Maria in the following Chortiitza colony census lists: 1801, 1802, 1807, 1808, 1810, 1811 (May & Nov), 1814 (May & Oct), 1815 and 1816 (May and Oct)!
Title: Die niederlandisch-niederdeutschen Hintergrunde der mennonitischen Ostwanderungen im 16., 18. und 19, Benjamin Heinrich Unruh
Jahrhundert, (pub. in 1955 by Heinrich Schneider in Karlsruhe, Germany), Page: 254, 267, 284
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Maria by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Maria:
Peters-5495 and Peters-4471 appear to represent the same person because: Same birth date, although Prussia is the correct location. Same husband. Data from Peters-4471 is from a more reliable source, the GRanDMA Online Mennonite database.