Johan Jonatschick (1889 - 1980)

Born 4 Dec 1889 in Bessarabia, Russia

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Died 18 Apr 1980 at age 90 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

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Biography

Johan was born on 4 December 1889^[1] in East Russia.^[2] He was of German descent.^[3]

He married Clementine (last name something like Kleinkucht or Kleinknecht), and they immigrated to Canada with their first son, Johan, in 1911.^[2] Part of their journey was aboard the Carthaginian, sailing from Liverpool to Halifax, Nova Scotia, in April 1911.^[3]

John died in Winnipeg on 18 April 1980.^[1] He and his wife are buried in Elmwood Cemetery.

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Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Tombstone image on CanadaGenWeb's Cemetery Project
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} 1921 Census of Canada, page 19, Winnipeg North Ward 3, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} "Canada Passenger Lists, 1881-1922," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/2HL9-N21 : accessed 17 February 2015), Johan Jonaczyk, Apr 1911; citing Immigration, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, T-4740, Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.

• 90th birthday announcement for John Jonatschick, Winnipeg Free Press, November 24, 1979, page 39.

• Obituary for John Jonatschick, Winnipeg Free Press, April 21, 1980, page 49.
  • Missed by "his children; two sons; John Jr. and Norman, three daughters; Eva Loewen, Freda Sharpe and Lillian Cox, 31 grandchildren and 45 great-grandchildren, many nieces and nephews." Predeceased by "his children; Jack in 1959, Ella Laudinsky in 1975, Helen Turczak in 1973, Elizabeth Polczer in 1976, Blondina in 1939, and his wife Clementine in 1947."