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Maria Reimer Schmidt Duerksen

Birth: 12 Sep 1865
Russia
Death: 30 Oct 1927 (aged 62)
Goessel, Marion County, Kansas, USA
Burial: Bible Mennonite Brethren Cemetery

Bessie, Washita County, Oklahoma, USA Add to Map
Memorial ID: 11740785 View Source

Maria was born in Wernersdorf, Molotschna Colony, South Russia (now Ostrykivka, Zaporiz'ka Oblast, Ukraine)

Daughter of Cornelius C. Reimer and Katharina Koehn Reimer

Married first Johann Schmidt on 19 April 1884 in Russia

Married second Peter D. Duerksen on 12 June 1898 in Washita County, Oklahoma

Johann Schmidt was killed by lightning on 29 August 1895 while on a trip to Kansas. He was buried near where he died, but the burial location is unknown.

6 Children with Johann:

David Schmidt (1885-1901)
Cornelius John Schmidt (1886-1955)
Jacob R. Schmidt (1888-1922)
Johann Schmidt (1890-1894)
Peter Schmidt (1893-1894)
Abraham Henry Schmidt (1895-1963)

5 Children with Peter:

Peter R. Duerksen (1899-1967)
Maria Duerksen Penner (1900-??)
Katharina "Katie"/"Tina" Duerksen Harder (1903-1961)
Gerhard Duerksen (1905-1905)
Johann R. Duerksen (1908-1986)

Maria immigrated to the United States from Russia in 1892 with her husband Johann Schmidt and four eldest sons (David, Cornelius, Jacob, and Johann), arriving in Baltimore, Maryland on 15 July 1892 from Bremen, Germany on the Steamship Dresden

Maria was born in Wernersdorf, Molotschna Colony, South Russia (now Ostrykivka, Zaporiz'ka Oblast, Ukraine)

Daughter of Cornelius C. Reimer and Katharina Koehn Reimer

Married first Johann Schmidt on 19 April 1884 in Russia

Married second Peter D. Duerksen on 12 June 1898 in Washita County, Oklahoma

Johann Schmidt was killed by lightning on 29 August 1895 while on a trip to Kansas. He was buried near where he died, but the burial location is unknown.

6 Children with Johann:

David Schmidt (1885-1901)
Cornelius John Schmidt (1886-1955)
Jacob R. Schmidt (1888-1922)
Johann Schmidt (1890-1894)
Peter Schmidt (1893-1894)
Abraham Henry Schmidt (1895-1963)

5 Children with Peter:

Peter R. Duerksen (1899-1967)
Maria Duerksen Penner (1900-??)
Katharina "Katie"/"Tina" Duerksen Harder (1903-1961)
Gerhard Duerksen (1905-1905)
Johann R. Duerksen (1908-1986)

Maria immigrated to the United States from Russia in 1892 with her husband Johann Schmidt and four eldest sons (David, Cornelius, Jacob, and Johann), arriving in Baltimore, Maryland on 15 July 1892 from Bremen, Germany on the Steamship Dresden

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Peter D. Duerksen

1870–1925 (m. 1898)

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Maintained by: S. Curry
Originally Created by: Phillip H. Pitzer
Added: Sep 13, 2005
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