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Regier, Peter, 1851-1925

Retrieval numbers: Volumes 1458, 2835, 2836, 2845, 3719, 4901; Photo collection number 131; and audio cassette number 118.

Title: Peter Regier fonds
Dates: 1837-1994 , predominant 1873-1919
Extent: 35 cm of textual records
Extent: 6 photographs
Extent: one audio cassette
Repository: Mennonite Heritage Centre Archives

Historical note

Peter Regier (1851-1925) was born in Prussia to Peter Regier (1825-1897) and Maria Wiebe (1831-1888) on January 14, 1851. Peter Jr. married Anna Enss on December 16, 1873 and made their home in Rueckenau, Marienburg, Prussia. He followed his father and other relatives into the ministry of the church when he was elected in 1879 and then ordained as Elder in 1879 by his father. Unhappy with the pressure for young people to join the military he moved to Canada in 1893. Many others followed him. Their first location in Canada was in Gretna, Manitoba where they stayed for the first year, after which they settled in Tiefengrund, Saskatchewan. He continued in his role as Elder and other churches became subsidiaries of the Rosenorter Mennonite church. He was one of the participants in the meeting which formed the Conference of Mennonites in Canada in 1902. He died on April 11, 1925.

Scope and content note

This fonds consists of sermons delivered by Peter Regier (1851-1925), some of which were from the sermons of Peter Regier (1825-1897), his father, and other ministers. Of special significance is a family diary from Prussia covering the years 1851 to 1893. The fonds has files containing other documents and family research materials such as a 1994 photo of the family reunion as well as a 1978 interview of Peter Regier's daughter conducted by Lawrence Klippestein about early life in Canada. The fonds also contains materials related to Peter Regier's role in the wider Mennonite church community such the 1902 photo of the founding of the Conference of Mennonites in Canada, minutes of the Tiefengrund Mennonite Church Christian Endeavor meetings from 1908 to 1911 and an early constitution of the Rosenorter Mennonite Church of Saskatchewan

Index terms

Creators

Regier, Peter (1851-1925)

Adjunct descriptive data

Finding aids

Finding aid consists of a file list.

Notes

Custodial history

The material in this fonds was primarily created by Peter Regier. After his death the material was owned by his daughter Wanda and grandson Otto Regier, who donated it to the archives. Some of these items were returned to the family for transliteration and translation purposes, and then returned to the Centre.

Language

German and some English

Arrangement

Described by Conrad Stoesz September 20, 2000.

Other notes

Accession nos. 75-022?, 78-059, 85-051, 88-093, 88-188, 92-205, 93-122, 94-132, 95-021, 95-174.

Peter Regier fonds inventory file list

Volume 1458

  1. Peter Regier diary transliteration and translation. -- 1851-1893. Acc. No. 88-093.
  2. Tiefengrund Mennonite church minutes from Christian Endeavor Meetings (from Wanda (Regier) Friesen). -- 1908-1911. Acc. No. 75-22?
  3. Naturalization certificate for Abraham Friesen, Rosthern, Saskatchewan and Wanda (Regier) Friesen Correspondence and documents. -- 1900, 1945-1950. Acc. No. 75-22?
  4. Sermon no. 22. Engagement sermon for youth Heinrich J. Wieler and Hedwig Friesen. – 1914 Acc. No. 75-22?
  5. Sermon no. 23. Funeral Sermon for children, Psalm 8:5. -- 1899. Acc. No. 75-22?
  6. Sermon no. 25. Funeral sermon for Children, Is. 43:1. -- 1900. Acc. No. 75-22?
  7. Sermon no. 26. Mission sermon Luke 12:32. -- 1883. Acc. No. 75-22?
  8. Sermon no. 27. 10th Trinitatus Sunday, Luke 19:41-48. -- 1883. Acc. No. 75-22?
  9. Sermon no. 29. Funeral Sermon for Brother Peter Bergen, Waldheim. -- 1905. Acc. No. 75-22?
  10. Sermon no. 29. Sermon on the last Sunday of the year, Luke 2:25-32. -- 1883. Acc. No. 75-22?
  11. Sermon no. 30. Sermon [?] Matthew 20:1-16. -- 1884. -- Note: this sermon was always done around the lent season but cannot make out all the words. Acc. No. 75-22?
  12. Sermon no. 31. Passion sermon. -- 1884. Acc. No. 75-22?
  13. Sermon no. 33. Sermon on the 14th Sunday of Trinitatus, Romans 8:18-25. -- 1884. Acc. No.75-22?
  14. Sermon no. 33. 14 Trinitatus. -- 1877. Acc. No. 75-22?
  15. Sermon no. 34. Sermon on the 11th Sunday after Trinitatus. -- 1884. Acc. No. 75-22?
  16. Sermon no. 51. -- 1880. Acc. No. 75-22?
  17. Sermon no. 85. Faith statement. -- 1896. Acc. No. 75-22?
  18. Sermon no. 102a. Baptism for Mrs. Johann Loewen, Rosthern. -- 1897. Acc. No. 75-22?
  19. Sermon no. 107. 5th Sunday after Trinitatus. -- 1901. Acc. No. 75-22?
  20. Sermon no. 114. Conference Sermon and program, Is. 62:10. -- 1904. Acc. No. 75-22?
  21. Sermon no. 146a. Sermon for Mission Sunday, Matthew 11:28-30. -- 1913. Acc. No. 75-22?
  22. Sermon no. 151. Church dedication in Waldheim, Sk, Psalm 26:6-8. -- 1912. Acc. No. 75-22?
  23. Sermon no. ?. Silver Wedding of Peter Regier's parents in law, Johann Enns and Katharina Unger (from his father Peter Regier). -- 1878. Acc. No. 75-22?
  24. Lebenslauf
    25.  (autobiography). -- 1904. Acc. No. 75-22?
  25. Sermon no. ?. Funeral sermon. -- [189?]. Acc. No. 75-22?
  26. Various loose pages including a wedding invitation to Meta Regier and Nicolau Bahmann's wedding. -- 1903. Acc. No. 75-22?
  27. Various loose pages including a the constitution of the Rosenorter Mennonite church of Saskatchewan. -- [19?]. Acc. No.75-22?
    28.

Volume 2835

  1. No. 28. Funeral Sermon, with transcription. -- 1891.
  2. No. 30. Introduction the funeral service by the coffin of Peter Dyck, Eigenheim. -- June 23, 1915.
  3. No. 5. Sermon, with transcription, March 5, 1903.
  4. No. 6. Silver wedding of Abram Funk and Johanna Kliewer. -- June 1908.
  5. No. 169. Trinity Day, Tiefengrund, Sask.
  6. No. 168. Trinitatus sermon. -- July 1918.
  7. The first Easter holiday sermon. -- March 31, 1918.
  8. No. 164. Sermon on the Sunday Estomihi, with transcription. -- February 10, 1918.
  9. No. 161. Sermon "What have we held for our Lord Jesus", with transcription. -- 1917.
  10. No. 170. Trinity day, 17th Sunday. -- September 29, 1918.
  11. No. 11. -- [191?].
  12. No. 19a. Wedding. -- 1910.
  13. No. 16. Funeral service in the church in Rosenort [Prussia?] at the coffin of my friend and neighbour Diedrich Klassen in Ruckenau. -- 1892.
  14. No. 34. Funeral service for Helena Klassen. -- August 30, 1918.
  15. No. 45. Sermon Miser. Dom. -- May 1886.
  16. No. 56. Talk at the teacher and deacon elections. -- July 1888.
  17. No. 58. Communion Sermon. -- October 1888.
  18. No. 5. Funeral talk held in [?] at the funeral of deceased, very dear fellow minister Peter Klassen. -- March 24, 1888. Note: this number (5) had been used earlier.
  19. No. 28. Trinity day, the necessary preparation for the evening of our life. -- October 1883.
  20. No. 44. Passion sermon. -- April 1885.
  21. No. 50. Sermon on the second Easter holiday [Easter Monday?]. -- April 1887.
  22. No. 52. Sermon on the Todtensontag [Memorial Sunday]. -- November 1887.
  23. Preparation sermon for the Holy Communion. -- April 1888.
  24. No. 60. Totenfest [memorial Sunday]. -- November 1888.
  25. No. 9. Funeral service for Jacob Unruh. -- [1910?].
  26. No. 4. Wedding talk for Franz Dyck and Caroline Friesen. -- April 19, 1887.
  27. Letter dated 1913.
  28. At the Dedication of the cemetery. -- July 4, 1883.
  29. No. 170. Trinity sermon, 17th Sunday. -- September 29, 1918.
  30. Letter to Mr. Regier from Wiens. -- 1914.

Volume 2836

  1. . No. 70. Predigt am 1. Advent ueber das Evangelium Matth. 21. v. 1-9. -- 1889.
  2. No. 73. Busstags-Predigt ueber Apostelgeschichte 24. v. 24-27. -- 1890.
  3. No. 104. Trintats-Predigt ueber II Corn. 5. 1-10. -- 1908.
  4. No. 115. Epiphanias Predigt ueber Col. 3, 12-17. -- 1905
  5. No. 116. Pfingst Predigt ueber Ev. Joh. 14, 23-31. -- 1905.
  6. No. 117. Tauf-Rede bez. Roem. 6,3.4. -- 1905.
  7. No. 121. Erntedankfest verbunden mit Missions… -- 1906.
  8. No. 127. Sylvester-Predigt. Tiefengrund. -- 1907.
  9. No. 143. Am Sontage Jubilate bezugnehmend auf die Taeuflinge ueber Joh. 16. 5-15. -- 1911.
  10. No. 145. Taufrede ueber Marc. 16,16 gehalten Eigenheim am 5. June 1911.
  11. No. 146. Predigt fuer innere Mission. ueber Math. 11, 28-30. benutzt am Missionsfest in Herbert am 16. July 1911. u. 14 July 12 in Winkler, Man.
  12. No. 147 Predigt. gehalten am Erntedankfest. -- 1911; No. 148. Neujahrspredigt. -- 1912.
  13. [No.] 153. Passionspredigt ueber Luc. 22, 14-18 Jesu Verlangen nach dem Ostermahl. -- 1913. ; No. 154. Predigt fuer den Sonntag Cantate ueber Joh. 16, 16-23. -- 1913.
  14. No. 155. Predigt am Sontage Rogate ueber Joh. 16, 23-33. -- 1913. ; No. 157. Trinitatis-Predigt am 8. Sontage ueber Math. 19, 16-26. -- 1913.
  15. No. 158. Predigt am Sontage bei der Vorbereitung der Jugend zur Heiligen Taufe. -- 1915. ; No. 159. Trinitatis Predigt ueber Matth 7, 1-12. - 1915.
  16. No. 178. Trinitatis - Predigt. ueber Matth. 16, 24-28. -- 1919.
  17. Peter Regier sermons consisting of 21 original items. The titles are as follows:

No. 2. -- 1873.

No. 4 Am Schusse des Kirchenjahr. -- 1873.

No. 7 Passsion. -- 1874.

No.15 Dankpredigt. -- 1853.

No. 30 Charfreitag. -- 1877.

No. 40 1. Advent. -- 1878.

No. 50 Pfingsten. -- 1880.

No. 58 1. Advent. -- 1843.

No. 61. -- 1883.

No. 62 Advent. -- 1883.

No. 66 Am ersten Sonntag nach Ostern. -- 1885.

No. 70 Am 25 den Trinitatis. -- 1885.

No. 73. -- 1886.

No. ?. Am 5. Januar 1888.

No. 76 Judica. -- 1888.

No. 77 Weihnacht erst Feiertag. -- 1888.

No. 80. -- 1889.

No. 82 Sexagesima. -- 1892.

No. 83. -- 1851.

No. ?. Am 16. Dec. 1873.

[no title, first heading is "J.N.N Gebet..."]. -- [18-].

[no title, begins "Die Gnade unsern Hernn und Heiland...", 44 pp. -- [18?].

 

Volume 2845

  1. Sermon No. 160. Trinitatis Predigt, "Wann ist einem Hause Heil Widerfahren", transcription. -- 1915.Acc. No. 85-051.
  2. Sermon No. 3. Herbstpredigt, with transcription. -- 1873. Acc. No.85-051.
  3. Sermon no. 28. Weihnacht, with transcription. -- 1837. -- Note: this sermon appears to have been written by Peter Regier's grandfather, Peter Regier (1798-1856) who was the Elder of the Grosswerder church. Acc No. 85-051.
  4. Sermon no. 144. Am Sonntage Rogate ueber Jak. 1:21-27, with transcription. -- 1911. Acc. No.85-051.
  5. Sermon no. ?. Luke 22:7-13, with transcription. -- [191?]. Acc. No. 85-051.
  6. Sermon no. 20. Trau-Rede ueber Psalm 50:23, gehalten bei der Verbindung des Juenglings Johann Epp mit Jungfrau Katharine Epp, Waldheim, with transcription. -- 1899. Acc. No. 85-051.
  7. Sermon no. 9. Trau-Rede ueber John 2:11, gehalten bei der ehelichen Verbindung des Junggesellen Franz Janzen von Blumenort mit Jungfrau Anna Siemens von Neustaedterwald, with transcription. --Acc. No. 1890. 85-05.
  8. Sermon no. ?. Funeral service for Helena Neufeldt, with transcription and translation. -- 1899. Acc. No. 85-051
  9. Sermon no. 19. Leichenrede, gehalten am Sarge der Mitschwester Maria Friesen, Waldheim, with transcription. -- 1895. Acc. No. 85-051.
  10. Sermon no. 26. Leichenrede, gehalten im Freien vor unserem Gotteshause am Sarge Meines unvergesslichen Schwagers und Amtbruders Abraham Friesen, with transcription. -- 1901.Acc. No. 85-051.
  11. Sermon no. 27. Leichenrede ueber John 16:16 gehalten in der Kirche zu Eigenheim am Sarge der Frau C. Bergen, with transcription. -- 1904. Acc. No. 85-051.
  12. Sermon no. 126. Predigt am 4. Adventssonntage ueber das Evengelium John 1:19-28, with transcription. -- 1907. Acc. No. 85-051.
  13. Sermon no. 25. Predigt am ersten Osterfeiertage ueber das Evangelium Mark 16:1-8 (entnommen: Predicht von Graossvater, entworfen 1852), with transcription. -- 1883. Acc. No. 85-051.
  14. Sermon no. II. Rede bei der Einweihung des neuen Wohnhauses von Br. Abraham Funk, Tiefengrund, with transcription. -- 1919. Acc. No.85-051
  15. Sermon no. 152. Text John 8:21-29, Einleitung John 7:25-43, with transcription. -- 1913. Acc. No. 85-051.
  16. Sermon no. ?. With transcription. -- [191?]. Acc. No. 85-051.
  17. Sermon no. ?. Col. 3:17, with transcription. -- [191?]. Acc. No. 85-051.
  18. Sermon no. ?. Col 3:17, with transcription. -- [191?]. Acc. No. 85-051.
  19. Poem, 25th anniversary on ordination as bishop, with transcription. -- 1913 Acc. No. 85-051.
  20. 2 poems, with transcriptions. -- 1912,[191?]. Acc. No.85-051
  21. Jugendverein [history of the Rosenorter Mennonite church], with transcription. -- [ca. 1902]. Acc. No. 85-051
  22. Sermon no. ?. Ostern, with transcription. -- 1891. -- Note: included are some loose pages. Acc. No. 85-051

Volume 3719

11 Peter Regier diary. -- 1851-1893. Acc. No. 88-188

Volume 4901

  1. Sermon No. 85. Sermon on the first Christmas holiday, based on the Gospel of Luke. -- 1891. Acc. No. 95-174.
  2. Sermon no. 22. Advent sermon Matthew 3:1-10, "That we through repentance will come to the heavenly kingdom". -- 1882. Acc. No. 95-174.
  3. Sermon no. 21. Harvest sermon, "The man is like grass in his life". -- 1883. Acc. No. 95-174.
  4. Sermon no. 87. Communion sermon. -- 1892. Acc. No. 95-174
  5. Sermon no. 82. Communion sermon. -- 1891. Acc. No. 95-174.
  6. Sermon no. 86. Sermon on the second Sunday after Epiphany, Joshua 24:14-15, "I in my house will serve the Lord". -- 1892. Acc. No. 95-174.
  7. Sermon no. 20. Sermon on Ascension day based on Acts 1:1-11. -- 1882. Acc. No. 95-174.
  8. Sermon no. 13. Wedding. -- [188?]. Acc. No. 95-174.
  9. Sermon no. 120. Good Friday sermon, Acts 5:5. -- 1906. Acc. No. 95-174.
  10. Sermon no. 21. New Years sermon, Psalm 73:24-26. -- 1889. Acc. No. 95-174.
  11. Sermon no. 81. Sermon "God's Word and its Fruit". -- 1891. Acc. No. 95-174.
  12. Sermon no. 180. Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity day, Psalm 31:15-16, "Man's hope under the flight of time". -- 1919. Acc. No. 95-174.
  13. Sermon no. 24. Passion Sermon, Luke 23:39-43, "The Grace to Sinful Man through Christ". -- 1883. Acc. No. 95-174.
  14. Sermon no. 84. Installation talk of a teacher in the church of Fuestenwerder, 1 Corinthians 4:1-2. -- 1891. Acc. No. 95-174.
  15. Sermon no. 21. Funeral sermon held at the coffin of Peter Claassen, Waldheim. -- 1893. Acc. No. 95-174.
  16. Peter Regier diary. -- 1906-1907. Acc. No. 95-174.
  17. Description of the trip to America/ A. Wiebe. -- 1890. Acc. No. 95-174.
  18. Sermon no. ?. Untitled Sermon. -- [19?]. Acc. No. 95-174.
  19. Various loose pages. -- [19?]. Acc. No. 95-174.
  20. Visitors book from the Regier home. -- 1907-1936. Acc. No. 94-132.
  21. Two letters from the Department of the Interior regarding land transactions. -- 1893. Acc. No. 94-132.
  22. Tiefengrund , Memories of the First Settlement/ John R. Friesen. -- 1994. -- Note: This item also includes some background information and family history information by other authors. Acc. No.94-132.
  23. Descendants of Peter Reiger and Anna Enns. -- 1994. Acc. No. 95-054.
  24. Photocopied pictures of Peter Regier and Anna Enns. -- [187?] Acc. No. 93-122.
  25. Sermon no.2. Silver Wedding sermon fro Johann Epp and Maria Fieguth, Klein Mausdorf, Prussia. --1888. Acc. No. 95-021.
  26. Sermon no. 3?. Conference sermon. -- 1904. Acc. No. 95-021.
  27. Sermon no. 16. On the Feast of the Appearance of Jesus. -- 1875. Acc. No. 95-021.
  28. Sermon no. 24. [Funeral sermon?]. -- 1876. Acc. No. 95-021.
  29. Sermon no. 26. Easter Sermon, second holiday. -- 1876. Acc. No. 95-021.
  30. Sermon no. 54. Christmas Sermon. -- 1881. Acc. No. 95-021.
  31. Sermon no. 66. Baptism sermon. -- [189?]. -- Note: back page missing. Acc. No. 95-021.
  32. Sermon no. 101. Passion sermon. -- 1897. Acc. No. 95-021.
  33. Sermon no. 106. Passion week sermon. -- 1900. Acc. No. 95-021.
  34. Sermon no. 111. Advent Sermon. -- 1903. Acc. No. 95-021.
  35. Sermon no. 112. New Years sermon. -- 1903. Acc. No. 95-021.
  36. Sermon no. 113. Communion sermon. -- 1904. Acc. No. 95-021.
  37. Sermon no. 162. Introduction to Home missions in Langham, Sk. -- 1917. Acc. No. 95-021.
  38. Sermon no. ?. John 20:19-23. -- 1905. Acc. No. 95-021.
  39. Sermon no. ?. Funeral sermon. -- [1879?]. Acc. No. 95-021

Photo Collection number 131.

  1. This photo is a portrait of Peter Regier and Anna Enns while they were living in Prussia. -- Note: there is a second copy (1b).
  2. The founding meeting of the Conference of Mennonites in Canada in Tiefengrund, SK. Back row: David Epp, Laird, SK; Johann Dueck, Eigenheim, SK; Heinrch Warkentin, Laird SK; David Toews, Eigenheim, SK; Gerhard Epp, Eigenheim, SK. Front row: Benjamin Ewert, Edenburg, MB; Peter Regier, Tiefengrund, SK; Johann M. Friesen, Altona, MB; J.E Sprunger Berne, Indiania.
  3. This photo is of Johann Baergen and Sarah Regier, of Berdyansk, Russia, with their young daughter sitting on Joahnn's lap.
  4. This photo is a portrait of an unidentified family. Father, mother and six children.
  5. This photo is of a bench at the former Peter Regier garden in Tiefengrund, SK.
  6. This photo is of the large group of people who partook in the Peter and Anna Regier Centennial 1894- 1994. The photo was taken in a gym. -- Note: this photo will be placed in the over sized section.

Audio Cassette

118. Interview with Wanda (Regier) Friesen, Rosthern, Saskatchewan about early life in Canada, by Lawrence Klippenstein. -- April 23, 1978.