Nickolei Tiessen (1907 - 1991)

Born 25 Jun 1907 in Krutoyarovka, Pavlograd, South Russia

Died 12 May 1991 at age 83 in Leamington, Essex, Ontario, Canada

Biography

Nickolei was born in 1907. He was the son of Johannes Heinrich Thiessen and Anna Thiessen. He passed away in 1991.

Immigrated: S. S. Melita; arrived 3 October, 1925, Quebec City, Quebec.

Nickolei Tiessen married Margareta Klassen on July 21, 1929. Their children include:

1. Tiessen, Elsa, 16 April, 1930, Pettapiece, Manitoba
2. Tiessen, Irene, 6 October, 1931, Pettapiece, Manitoba
3. Tiessen, Margarita, 6 April, 1933, Pettapiece, Manitoba
4. Tiessen, John, 13 April, 1934, Pettapiece, Manitoba
5. Tiessen, Margaret, 19 June, 1935, Pettapiece, Manitoba
6. Tiessen, Sophia, 13 January, 1937, Pettapiece, Manitoba
7. Tiessen, Nikolei, 22 July, 1940, Pettapiece, Manitoba
8. Tiessen, Louise Ann, 23 December, 1944, Minnedosa, Manitoba
9. Tiessen, Daniel, 31 May, 1951, Leamington, Ontario
10. Tiessen, Robert Erich, 27 May, 1954, Windsor, Ontario

Nickolei Tiessen married Olga Toews on October 24, 1976.

Sources

• GRanDMA Online (Genealogical Registry and Database of Mennonite Ancestry), CMHS Genealogy Database Project. (https://grandmaonline.org/guest?IND=352314: accessed 7 Jan 2024).
• Note: One record says he was born 25 Jun 1908. The Tiessens lived in Leamington, ON.