Index to Pioneer Portraits Published in the Red River Valley Echo (Altona, Manitoba) 1974-1980

Compiled by Alf Redekopp

These portraits of Mennonite pioneers in southern Manitoba appeared in the Altona-based Red River Valley Echo as a regular feature from 1974-1980. The first 102 were edited by Lawrence Klippenstein, then teacher and pastor in Altona, and the subsequent ones were edited by Elizabeth Bergen, a columnist with the Echo for many years. The photos and information were almost always supplied by interested relatives of these pioneers. This collection forms a modest tribute to the energies and contributions of the early settlers who first made southern Manitoba their home.

Special thanks to Henry Unger for supplying most of the scanned images of the newspaper clippings. Also, special thanks to the Mennonite Heritage Centre collection of pioneer portaits which included a partial index.

Index includes:
Husband's name/birth year/Wife's Maiden Name/birth year/Portrait No./Date Published


Abrams, Heinrich (1832) and Katharina Heinrichs (No. 54) -- 13-Nov-74 p. 4.
Abrams, Johan (1828) and Maria Sawatzky (1831) (No. 163) -- 28-Feb-79 p. 4.
Abrams, Johann (1828) and Maria Sawatzky (1831) (No. 89) -- 12-Dec-75 p. 8.
Bergen, Gerhard (1864) and Elisabeth Dyck (1875) (No. 169) -- 2-May-79 p. 2.
Bergen, Isaac (1854) and Helena Reimer (1854) (No. 22) -- 11-Dec-74 p. 12A.
Bergen, Jacob (1855) and Susanna Janzen (1857) (No. 35) -- 31-Jul-74 p. 6.
Bergen, Peter (1838) and Helena Hiebert (1842) (No. 87) -- 26-Nov-75 p. 3.
Bergen, Peter (1860) and Katherina Klassen (1861) (No. 189) -- 20-Jan-80 p. 2.
Bergmann, Cornelius (1861) and Anne Klassen (1862) (No. 26) -- 25-Sep-74 p. 10.
Bergmann, Cornelius (1861) and Katherine Bergman (1861) (No. 132) -- 12-Oct-77 p. 9.
Bergmann, Peter (1858) and Katharina Toews (1854) (No. 115) -- 20-Apr-77 p. 14.
Bergmann, Peter (1858) and Anna Rempel (1866) (No. 116) -- 27-Apr-77 p. 8.
Bornn, Abraham (1853) and Aganetha Janzen (1858) (No. 123) -- 29-Jun-77 p. 6.
Braun, Abram (1860) and Anna Falk (1866) (No. 104) -- 19-Jan-77 p. 9.
Braun, Gerhard (1857) and Anna Janzen (1857) (No. 73) -- 23-Jul-75 p. 10.
Braun, Jacob (1834) and Maria Fast (1834) (No. 4) -- 10-Jul-74 p. 4.
Braun, Jacob (1869) and Anna Hoeppner (No. 83) -- 22-Oct-75 p. 9.
Braun, Maria Fast (No. [203])
Buhr, Jacob (1833) and Katharina Funk (1835) (No. 30) -- 5-Feb-75 p. 8.
Derksen, John (1873) and Helena Dick (1875) (No. 95) -- 11-Feb-76 p. 6.
Doerksen, Gerhard (1868) and Maria Rempel (1871) (No. 194) -- 7-May-80 p. 4.
Doerksen, Heinrich (1860) and Katherine Wiebe (1864) (No. 185) -- 12-Dec-79 p. 2.
Doerksen, Jacob (1865) and Helena Dueck (No. 195) -- 25-Jun-80 p. 6.
Driedger, Abram (1884) and Helena Hamm (1889) (No. 141) -- 25-Jan-78 p. 6.
Driedger, David (1853) and Maria Harder (1854) (No. 142) -- 8-Feb-78 p. 5.
Dueck, Aron (1844) and Helena Falk (1851) (No. 66) -- 30-Apr-75 p. 9.
Dueck, Cornelius (1860) and Barbara Stoesz (1869) (No. 157) -- 22-Nov-78 p. 13.
Dueck, Heinrich (1851) and Helena Martens (1872) (No. 12) -- 21-Aug-74 p. 10.
Dueck, Peter (1855) and Katharina Wall (1859) (No. 201) -- 10-Dec-80 p. 6.
Dyck, Diedrich (1839) and Helena Unrau (1860) (No. 174) -- 1-Aug-79 p. 2.
Dyck, Heinrich (1844) and Anna Wall (1844) (No. 165) -- 14-Mar-79 p. 4.
Dyck, Heinrich (1867) and Mary Janzen (1874) (No. 186) -- 19-Dec-79 p. 2.
Dyck, Isaac (1856) and Elizabeth Hooge (1872) (No. 119) -- 18-May-77 p. 11.
Dyck, Jacob (1845) and Elizabeth Wiebe (1848) (No. 41) -- 3-Jul-74 p. 12.
Dyck, Wilhelm (1846) and Anna Hamm (1848) (No. 105) -- 2-Feb-77 p. 11.
Elias, Gerhard (1852) and Maria Dueck (1854) (No. 45) -- 10-Apr-74 p. 8.
Enns, Frank (1844) and Maria Esau (1842) (No. 23) -- 4-Dec-74 p. 3.
Enns, Jacob F. (1875) and Agatha Neufeld (1877) (No. 191) -- 5-Mar-80.
Epp, Peter (1841) and Maria (No. 37) -- 24-Apr-74 p. 11.
Ewert, Peter (1868) and Katherine Neufeld (1871) (No. 71) -- 11-Jun-75 p. 7.
Falk, Abraham (1833) and Katherine Epp (1833) (No. 72) -- 18-Jun-75 p. 5.
Falk, Heinrich (1853) and Justina Unrau (1863) (No. 160) -- 25-Jan-79 p. 8.
Friesen, Abraham (1838) and Cornelia Rempel (1842) (No. 31) -- 19-Feb-75 p. 6A.
Friesen, Abram (1885) and Katherine Hiebert (1890) (No. 177) -- 5-Sep-79 p. 6.
Friesen, Abram (1887) and Anna Falk (1889) (No. 133) -- 19-Oct-77 p. 10.
Friesen, Abram J. (1823) and Maria Heinrichs (1831) (No. 18) -- 23-Oct-74 p. 4.
Friesen, David (1846) and Anna Janzen (1868) (No. 150) -- 30-Aug-78 p. 2.
Friesen, Heinrich (1833) and Maria Sawatzky (1840) (No. 34) -- 9-Oct-74 p. 11.
Friesen, Heinrich (1833) and Maria Sawatzky (1840) (No. 161) -- 31-Jan-79 p. 8.
Friesen, Heinrich (1839) and Maria Thiessen (1840) (No. 17) -- 29-May-74 p. 2.
Friesen, Heinrich J. (1868) and Katharine Wiebe (1872) (No. 152) -- 29-Sep-78 p. 9.
Friesen, Isaac (1858) and Margaretha Zacharias (1858) (No. 76) -- 20-Aug-75 p. 2A.
Friesen, Jacob (1841) and Helena Bergen (1847) (No. 57) -- 1-May-74 p. 9.
Friesen, Jacob (1874) and Maria Friesen (1881) (No. 110) -- 9-Mar-77 p. 3.
Friesen, Johann (1836) and Helena Bartsch (1836) (No. 40) -- 17-Apr-74 p. 8.
Friesen, Johann (1851) and Katherine Hiebert (1852) (No. 20) -- 27-Feb-74 p. 9.
Friesen, Johann (1857) and Justina Warkentin (1856) (No. 42) -- 20-Feb-74 p. 9.
Friesen, Johann (1876) and Justina Giesbrecht (1885) (No. 168) -- 25-Apr-79 p. 2.
Friesen, Martin (1847) and Katherine Penner (1847) (No. 58) -- 28-Aug-74 p. 4.
Friesen, Martin (1859) and Maria Enns (1860) (No. 7) -- 27-Feb-74.
Friesen, Peter (1860) and Katherina Unrau (1860) (No. 67) -- 21-May-75.
Froese, Johann (1869) and Sarah Friesen (1877) (No. 127) -- 24-Aug-77 p. 9.
Funk, Anton (1860) and Maria Harder (1864) (No. 47) -- 18-Dec-74.
Funk, Bernhard (1854) and Margaretha Klippenstein (1854) (No. 46) -- 15-Jan-75 p. 9.
Funk, Henry (1868) and Maria Friesen (1869) (No. 39) -- 12-Mar-75 p. 3.
Funk, Isaac (1873) and Helena Peters (1876) (No. 182) -- 7-Nov-79 p. 9.
Funk, Johann (1836) and Louise Dueck (1855) (No. 8) -- 30-Oct-74 p. 4.
Funk, Peter (1855) and Maria Ewert (1863) (No. 36) -- 5-Jun-74 p. 2.
Gerbrandt, Jacob (1853) and Sarah Hoeppner (1855) (No. 49) -- 4-Sep-74 p. 6.
Gerbrandt, Klaas (1854) and Margaretha Neufeld (1855) (No. 9) -- 27-Nov-74 p. 4.
Giesbrecht, Frank (1844) and Aganetha Gerbrandt (1845) (No. 111) -- 16-Mar-77 p. 9.
Giesbrecht, Jacob (1842) and Anna Fehr (1845) (No. 102) -- 12-Jan-77 p. 8.
Giesbrecht, Peter (1843) and Margaretha Penner (1842) (No. 60) -- 29-Jan-75 p. 13.
Giesbrecht, Peter H. (1882) and Katherine Penner (1882) (No. 155) -- 18-Oct-78 p. 10.
Giesbrecht, Wilhelm (1861) and Helena Dyck (1865) (No. 118) -- 11-May-77 p. 8.
Ginter, Abram (1857) and Katherina Ginter (1863) (No. 146) -- 19-Apr-78 p. 6.
Ginter, Cornelius (1869) and Katherine Dueck (No. 54) -- 8-Jan-75 p. 4.
Ginter, Isaac (1842) and Helena Epp (1843) (No. 56) -- 27-Mar-74 p. 8.
Goertzen, Abram D. (1866) and Anna Kliewer (1871) (No. 170) -- 9-May-79 p. 9.
Guenther, Abram (1860) and Katherina Wiebe (1863) (No. 5) -- 6-Feb-74 p. 2.
Hamm, Andreas (1874) and Elizabeth Abrams (1870) (No. 202) -- 22-Jul-81.
Hamm, Jacob (1862) and Helene Kehler (1865) (No. 176) -- 29-Aug-79 p. 4.
Hamm, Peter (1850) and Katherine Funk (1875) (No. 164) -- 7-Mar-79 p. 4.
Hamm, Peter (1850) and Sarah Kehler (1848) (No. 166) -- 28-Mar-79 p. 2.
Hampel, Albert (1877) and Pauline Kuntz (1866) (No. 156) -- 25-Oct-78 p. 4.
Harder, Franz (1861) and Katherina Friesen (1860) (No. 24) -- 16-Oct-74 p. 13.
Harder, Heinrich (1862) and Katherine Penner (1870) (No. 38) -- 24-Jul-74 p. 4A.
Harder, John (1832) and Eva Dueck (1832) (No. 29) -- 14-Aug-74.
Harms, Cornelius (1859) and Helena Leike (1865) (No. 162) -- 14-Feb-79 p. 5.
Harms, Isaac (1859) and Anna Dueck (1863) (No. 100) -- 12-May-76 p. 2.
Heinrichs, Jacob (1861) and Anna Harder (1860) (No. 107) -- 16-Feb-77 p. 6.
Heinrichs, Johann (1870) and Tina Voth (1869) (No. 200) -- 19-Nov-80 p. 15.
Hiebert, Abraham (1823) and Katherina Friesen (1825) (No. 21) -- 5-Mar-75 p. 12.
Hiebert, Abram (1847) and Sarah Loewen (1848) (No. 70) -- 4-Jun-75 p. 2.
Hiebert, Diedrich (1849) and Elisabeth Penner (1849) (No. 149) -- 19-Jul-78 p. 4.
Hiebert, Jacob (1860) and Helena Giesbrecht (1860) (No. 81) -- 10-Oct-75 p. 2.
Hiebert, Johann (1829) and Helena Toews (1830) (No. 15) -- 11-Sep-74 p. 4.
Hiebert, Philip (1859) and Helena Loeppky (1867) (No. 190) -- 6-Feb-80 p. 2.
Hiebert, Phillip (1859) and Helena Loeppky (1867) (No. 94) -- 11-Feb-76.
Hildebrand, Carl (1859) and Anna Dueck (1865) (No. 102) -- 26-May-76 p. 2.
Hildebrand,, Heinrich (1866) and Lena Dyck (1868) (No. 154) -- 11-Oct-78 p. 4.
Hildebrand,, Henry (1866) and Helena Dyck (1868) (No. 88) -- 3-Dec-75 p. 2.
Hildebrand,, Isaac (1865) and Maria Wiebe (1867) (No. 151) -- 13-Sep-78 p. 11.
Hildebrand,, Peter (1831) and Katherina Neufeld (1832) (No. 28) -- 13-Mar-74 p. 11.
Hildebrandt, Bernhard (1840) and Katherina Doell (1840) (No. 59) -- 18-Dec-74 p. 8.
Hildebrandt, Peter (1855) and Anna Neudorf (1857) (No. 61) -- 26-Mar-75 p. 9.
Hoeppner, Jakob (1850) and Aganetha Dueck (1853) (No. 80) -- 24-Sep-75 p. 9.
Hoeppner, Peter (1825) and Elizabeth Penner (1824) (No. 25) -- 6-Mar-74 p. 8.
Hoeppner, Peter (1851) and Katherine Braun (1855) (No. 14) -- 8-May-74 p. 9.
Janzen, Abram (1876) and Katharina Friesen (1878) (No. 91) -- 21-Jan-76.
Janzen, Johann (1869) and Sara (1870) (No. 139) -- 11-Jan-78 p. 6.
Janzen, Peter (1835) and Maria Froese (1854) (No. 103) -- 7-Jul-76 p. 4.
Kehler, Gerhard (1868) and Katherine Janzen (1872) (No. 74) -- 30-Jul-75 p. 9.
Kehler, Jacob (1846) and Katherine Penner (1848) (No. 197) -- 30-Jul-80 p. 11.
Kehler, Johann (1844) and Helena Wiebe (1854) (No. 112) -- 23-Mar-77 p. 8.
Kehler, Peter (1855) and Agatha Hamm (1853) (No. 128) -- 31-Aug-77 p. 8.
Kehler, Peter (1859) and Anna Hildebrand (1868) (No. 120) -- 25-May-77 p. 6.
Klaassen, Dietrich (1867) and Katherine Wieler (1880) (No. 114) -- 13-Apr-77 p. 6.
Klassen, Derk (1881) and Helena Friesen (1884) (No. 122) -- 15-Jun-77 p. 14.
Klassen, Heinrich (1859) and Anna Wiebe (1860) (No. 90) -- 4-Dec-75 p. 4.
Klassen, Jacob (1853) and Katharina Toews (1857) (No. 6) -- 14-Aug-74 p. 8.
Klassen, Johan K. (1857) and Katharina Abrams (1857) (No. 130) -- 5-Oct-77.
Klassen, Martin (1852) and Maria Schellenberg (1857) (No. 3) -- 18-Sep-74 p. 13.
Klassen, Martin (1852) and Sarah Harder (1855) (No. 65) -- 23-Apr-75 p. 15.
Klippenstein, Bernhard (1836) and Helena Penner (1826) (No. 27) -- 1-Jan-75 p. 4.
Klippenstein, Henry (1849) and Sarah Friesen (1852) (No. 79) -- 17-Sep-75 p. 6A.
Klippenstein, Johann (1845) and Agatha Friesen (1843) (No. 126) -- 17-Aug-77 p. 6.
Koethler, Jacob (1876) and Maria Buhr (1884) (No. 145) -- 5-Apr-06 p. 6.
Krahn, Gerhard (1854) and Maria Derksen (No. 98) -- 7-Apr-76 p. 12.
Kroeker, Abraham (1854) and Helena Wiens (1856) (No. 101) -- 19-May-76 p. 11.
Kroeker, Frank B. (1879) and Aganetha Klassen (No. 175) -- 22-Aug-79 p. 4.
Kroeker, Jacob (1853) and Anna Penner (1859) (No. 153) -- 27-Sep-78 p. 19.
Kroeker, Jacob and Anna Loewen (1854) (No. 179) -- 17-Oct-79 p. 2.
Kroeker, Peter (1865) and Elizabeth Hiebert (1871) (No. 68) -- 21-May-75 p. 9.
Loeppky, Dietrich (1860) and Maria Heinrichs (1862) (No. 13) -- 22-May-74 p. 10.
Loewen, Heinrich (1823) and Sara Toews (1827) (No. 77) -- 27-Aug-75 p. 2.
Loewen, Jacob (1848) and Katherine Klassen (1853) (No. 97) -- 10-Mar-76 p. 10.
Loewen, Johan (1873) and Anna Braun (1875) (No. 84) -- 29-Oct-75 p. 15.
Loewen, Peter J. (1878) and Anna Loewen (1885) (No. 173) -- 25-Jul-79 p. 7.
Martens, Cornelius (1844) and Marie Sawatzky (1848) (No. 51) -- 22-Jan-75 p. 11A.
Martens, Jacob (1878) and Maria Friesen (1883) (No. 187) -- 16-Jan-80.
Neufeld, Gerhard (1858) and Anna Kroeker (1861) (No. 144) -- 29-Mar-78 p. 2.
Neufeld, Peter (1821) and Anna Hildebrand (1821) (No. 86) -- 19-Nov-75 p. 4A.
Neustaeder, Jacob (1842) and Maria Buhler (1843) (No. 183) -- 14-Nov-74 p. 4.
Nickel, Cornelius (1854) and Aganetha Hildebrand (1856) (No. 19) -- 6-Nov-74 p. 4.
Niebuhr, Aron (1853) and Helen Buhler (1852) (No. 108) -- 23-Feb-77 p. 7.
Penner, Bernhard (1831) and Helena Sawatzky (1842) (No. 75) -- 13-Aug-75 p. 10.
Penner, David (1819) and Katherine Falk (1827) (No. 134) -- 26-Oct-77 p. 11.
Penner, David (1875) and Susanne Rempel (No. 192) -- 5-Mar-80 p. 2.
Penner, Erdman (1837) and Maria Eyzen (1840) (No. 78) -- 3-Sep-75 p. 15.
Penner, Henry O. (1872) and Agnetha Heinrichs (1872) (No. 117) -- 4-May-77 p. 6.
Penner, Isaac (1883) and Katherina Unrr (1882) (No. 181) -- 31-Oct-79 p. 7.
Penner, Johann (1862) and Maria Friesen (1862) (No. 44) -- 17-Jul-74 p. 4.
Penner, John (1870) and Helen Ewert (1870) (No. 85) -- 5-Nov-75 p. 4.
Penner, Peter N. (1888) and Maria Hildebrand (1888) (No. 171) -- 23-May-79 p. 2.
Peters, Herman (1862) and Helena Friesen (1869) (No. 33) -- 26-Jun-74 p. 5.
Peters, Klaas (1855) and Katherine Loewen (1859) (No. 69) -- 28-May-75 p. 10.
Pokrant, Ferdinand (1868) and Leocadia Huebner (1873) (No. 136) -- 7-Dec-77 p. 7.
Pokrant, Frederick and Anne Lenz (No. 198) -- 27-Aug-80 p. 3.
Reimer, Henry (1863) and Anna Unger (1866) (No. 148) -- 14-Jun-78 p. 12.
Rempel, Abram (1845) and Helena Kehler (1850) (No. 1) -- 24-Jan-75 p. 11.
Rempel, Abram (1872) and Maria Sawatzky (1881) (No. 52) -- 20-Mar-74 p. 7A.
Rempel, Jacob (1863) and Katharina Penner (1863) (No. 109) -- 2-Mar-77 p. 9.
Rempel, Johan (1864) and Anna Siemens (1878) (No. 193) -- 30-Apr-80 p. 4.
Rempel, Johann (1830) and Margaretha Sawatzky (1833) (No. 64) -- 16-Apr-75 p. 8A.
Rempel, Johann (1839) and Anna Sawatzky (1861) (No. 63) -- 9-Apr-77 p. 6.
Rempel, Johann W. (1867) and Katharina Wiebe (1867) (No. 143) -- 15-Feb-78 p. 6.
Rempel, Peter (1873) and Aganetha Thiessen (No. 124) -- 13-Jul-77 p. 9.
Rempel, Peter (1873) and Aganetha Thiessen (1884) (No. 125) -- 3-Aug-77 p. 4.
Rempel, Peter K. (1867) and Ann Enns (No. 62) -- 2-Apr-75 p. 2.
Rempel, Peter P. (1823) and Margaretha Thiessen (1820) (No. 159) -- 13-Dec-78 p. 9.
Sawatsky, Cornelius P. (1854) and Maria Falk (1853) (No. 92) -- 28-Jan-76.
Sawatsky, Heinrich (1867) and Anna Hamm (1872) (No. 147) -- 24-May-78 p. 6.
Sawatsky, Heinrich (1871) and Helena Bergen (1875) (No. 135) -- 2-Nov-77 p. 6.
Sawatsky, John (1846) and Maria Toews (1847) (No. 10) -- 19-Jun-74 p. 13.
Schapansky, Jacob (1886) and Katherine Friesen (1882) (No. 188) -- 16-Jan-80 p. 2.
Schellenberg, David (1861) and Anna Friesen (1865) (No. 2) -- 12-Jan-74 p. 5.
Schellenberg, Jacob A. (1869) and Anna Siemens (1873) (No. 167) -- 4-Apr-79 p. 5.
Schellenberg Family (1890) (No. [204] ) -- 29-Oct-80 p. 3.
Schroeder, Heinrich (1858) and Margaretha Sawatzky (1864) (No. 137) -- 12-Dec-77 p. 10.
Schroeder, John (1863) and Susanne Toews (1874) (No. 193) -- 28-May-80 p. 10.
Siemens, Frank J. (1869) and Sarah Penner (1872) (No. 180) -- 24-Oct-79 p. 2.
Siemens, Johan (1864) and Anna Hiebert (1867) (No. 113) -- 6-Apr-77 p. 9.
Spenst, Peter (1868) and Katharine Veer (1873) (No. 199) -- 15-Oct-80 p. 6.
Teichroew, Daniel (1860) and Sara Redekop (1862) (No. 184) -- 28-Nov-79 p. 2.
Thiessen, Franz (1859) and Eva Dueck (1860) (No. 121) -- 8-Jun-77 p. 2.
Thiessen, Peter (1870) and Maria Harder (1876) (No. 106) -- 9-Feb-77 p. 6.
Toews, Jacob (1875) and Agatha Wieler (1871) (No. 140) -- 18-Jan-78 p. 6.
Toews, Peter (1877) and Maria Klassen (1880) (No. 196) -- 9-Jul-80 p. 5.
Toews-Bergmann, and Anna Wiebe (1822) (No. 138) -- 14-Dec-77 p. 10.
Unrau, Albert (1858) and Margaretha Schellenberg (1865) (No. 43) -- 30-Jan-74 p. 6.
Unrau, Diedrich (1860) and Maria Friesen (1862) (No. 50) -- 9-Jan-74 p. 8.
Wall, Friedrich (1868) and Katherine Neufeld (No. 172) -- 6-Jun-79 p. 2.
Warkentin, Cornelius (1866) and Maria Braun (1870) (No. 93) -- 4-Feb-76.
Wiebe, Cornelius (1840) and Helena Peters (1842) (No. 82) -- 15-Oct-75 p. 9A.
Wiebe, Gerhard (1869) and Anna Rempel (1873) (No. 99) -- 14-Apr-76 p. 10.
Wiebe, Heinrich (1854) and Helena Dyck (1854) (No. 11) -- 2-Oct-74 p. 10.
Wiebe, Jacob (1849) and Helena (No. 158) -- 13-Dec-78.
Wiebe, Jacob (1858) and Susanna Froese (1867) (No. 131) -- 5-Oct-77 p. 6.
Wiebe, Jacob (1859) and Katharina Giesbrecht (1864) (No. 129) -- 7-Sep-77 p. 5.
Zacharias, David (1861) and Justina Giesbrecht (1863) (No. 178) -- 29-Aug-79 p. 4.
Zacharias, Jacob (1853) and Sarah Toews (1852) (No. 96) -- 3-Mar-76 p. 6.
Zacharias, Peter (1822) and Margaretha Rempel (1825) (No. 48) -- 20-Nov-74 p. 4.
Zacharias, Peter (1840) and Maria Loewen (1849) (No. 16) -- 26-Feb-75 p. 4.
Zacharias, Peter (1846) and Aganetha Peters (No. 53) -- 16-Jan-74 p. 8.
Zacharias, Peter (1868) and Maria Heinrichs (1869) (No. 32) -- 13-Feb-74 p. 10.