Jacob Toews (1882 - 1968)

Born 18 Jan 1882 in Ebenfeld, South Russia

Ancestors

Husband of Anna (Reimer) Toews — married 1909 in South Russia

Died 27 Jul 1968 at age 86 in Leamington, Essex, Ontario, Canada

Biography

Jacob was born in 1882. He was the son of Kornelius Toews and Helena Wiens. He passed away in 1968.

Immigrated: S. S. Melita; arrived 30 July, 1924, Quebec City, Quebec.

Jacob Toews married Anna Reimer in 1909 in South Russia. Their children included:

1. Toews, Cornelius, 7 April, 1910, South Russia
2. Toews, Erna, 3 March, 1911, South Russia
3. Toews, Eliese, 27 April, 1912
4. Toews, Johann K., 29 June, 1913, Aktatschi-Busau, Crimea, South Russia
5. Toews, Olga, 11 July, 1916, Ebenfeld, South Russia
6. Toews, Alice, 30 September, 1917, Ebenfeld, South Russia
7. Toews, Frieda, 21 February, 1919, South Russia
8. Toews, Peter Jacob, 7 November, 1921, Muntau, Molotschna, South Russia
9. Toews, Katharina "Katie", 23 October, 1924, Waterloo, Ontario

Sources

• GRanDMA Online (Genealogical Registry and Database of Mennonite Ancestry), CMHS Genealogy Database Project. (https://grandmaonline.org/guest?IND=689072: accessed 7 Jan 2024).
• Note: CMBoC #1581 says he was born in 1884.
• Note: Jacob and Anna lived on a Gute Artatasch. They fled to Muntau, Molotschna in 1917. They immigrated to Canada in 1924 and arrived in Kitchener, ON and then moved to Reesor, ON; to Leamington, ON. They were married for 59 years and had 9 children, 3 sons and 5 daughters. Dates in the CMBoC immigration record for the family are unreliable and some were amended later.