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  • Klaassen, Lloyd Jay


    Retrieval numbers: Volume 5192

    Title: Cornelius Klaassen family genealogy collection.
    Dates: [197-?] – 2002
    Extent: 24 cm of textual records (408 pp)
    Repository: Mennonite Heritage Centre Archives

    Historical note

    Cornelius Klaassen (1825-1892), first married to Elizabeth Janzen (1825-1863), and then married to Sara Wiens (1839-1905) emigrated from the Molotschna Mennonite Settlement of South Russia to the USA in 1875 and settled at Mountain Lake, Minnesota. He had 8 children that survived to adulthood. They were: Cornelius Klaassen (1857-), Jacob C. Klaasen (1858-), John C. Klaassen (1864-), Peter C. Klaassen (1868-), Katharine Klaassen (1871-), Elizabeth Klaassen (1876-), Sara Klaassen (1878-), Anna Klaassen (1881-).

    Scope and content note

    The collection consists of four 3 ringed binders with pages in plastic sleeves containing vital statistics, narratives, reproduced documents and some original photographs documenting the lives of Cornelius Klaassen and his descendants.

    Index terms

    Subject terms

  • Janzen, Elizabeth, 1825-1863
  • Wiens, Sara, 1839-1905
  • Klaassen, Cornelius, 1857-
  • Klaassen, Jacob C., 1858-
  • Klaassen, John C., 1864-
  • Klaassen, Peter C., 1868-
  • Klaassen, Katherine, 1871-
  • Klaassen, Elizabeth, 1876
  • Klaassen, Sara, 1878-
  • Klaassen, Anne, 1881-
  • Klaassen, Cornelius, 1825-1892

    Creators

  • Klaassen, Lloyd Jay
  • Klaassen, Mary

    Adjunct descriptive data

    Finding aids

    Index

    Notes

    Custodial history

    This genealogy was started by Mary Klaassen and handed over to her niece Lloyd Jay Klaassen in 1983. he completed this version and gave it to the Mennonite Heritage Centre in 2003.

    Arrangement

    Described by Conrad Stoesz February 9, 2007.

    Restrictions on access

    none

    Other notes

    Accession no. 2003-075

    • VOLUME 5192
    Cornelius Klaassen Genealogy Collection
    1. Klaassen Genealogy vol. 1, preface, index, history, pages 1-33.1. Descendants of Cornelius Klaassen (1825-1892). -- [197-?]- 2002.
    2. Klaassen Genealogy vol. 2, pages 34-144. Descendants of Cornelius Klaassen (1825-1892). -- [197-?]- 2002.
    3. Klaassen Genealogy vol. 3, pages 145-269. Descendants of Cornelius Klaassen (1825- 1892). -- [197-?]- 2002.
    4. Klaassen Genealogy vol. 4, pages 270-408. Descendants of Cornelius Klaassen (1825- 1892). -- [197-?]- 2002.