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KORNELSEN LINEAGE

• My Kornelsen Side: Kornelsen Descendants

• My Kornelsen Side: Quick View Kornelsen Lineage Chart

  • My Kornelesen Side: Voth Descendants

    • My Kornelesen Side: Wiens Descendants

      • My Kornelesen Side: Janzen Descendants

        • My Kornelesen Side: Hamm Descendants

          • My Kornelesen Side: Goossen Descendants

      • My Kornelesen Side: Reimer Descendants

      • My Kornelesen Side: Klassen Descendants

  • My Kornelesen Side: Martens Descendants

    • My Kornelesen Side: Willms Descendants

      • My Kornelesen Side: Wiens Descendants

        • My Kornelesen Side: Klassen (Klaassen) Descendants

        • My Kornelesen Side: Thun (Thunen) Descendants

    • My Kornelesen Side: Enns Descendants

    • My Kornelesen Side: Janzen Descendants

  • My Kornelesen Side: Walde Descendants

    • My Kornelesen Side: Bourne (Born, Borne) Descendants

      • My Kornelesen Side: Doerksen Descendants

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KORNELSEN

DESCENDANTS

Some Important Primary Sources

• Genealogy of Heinrich Kornelsen, 1807-1975, compiled for Ernest J. Klassen by K. Peters, Winnipeg (Winnipeg, December 1, 1975)

• Genealogy of Aron Martens, 1754-1977, compiled for Ernest J. Klassen by K. Peters, Winnipeg (Winnipeg, July 1, 1977)

• Genealogy of Cornelius Willms, 1730-1972, compiled for Ernest J. Klassen by K. Peters, Winnipeg (Winnipeg, March 1, 1973)

• Ernest J. Dick, Courage, Courage, The Lord Will Help, The Family History of Johann P. Dück and Descendants from Schönfeld, Southern Russia (Leamington, John H. Dick, 1990)

• Annie Krause

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Some Notes

• The Kornelsen name is not given in the Name Index to Die niederländisch-niederdeutschen Hintergründe der mennonitischen Ostwanderungen im 16., 18. und 19. Jahrhundert by Tim Janzen on http://www.mennonitehistory.org/projects/books/unruh/m.html .The index is based on  B.H.Unruh's book "Die Niederlaendisch-Niederdeutschen Hintergruende der mennonitischen Ostwanderungen im 16. 18. und 19 Jahrhundert . Translated as "The Dutch-Lower [North] German Background of the Mennonite Eastward Migrations of the 16th, 18th and 19th Centuries" it provides information on Mennonite migrations from Prussia to South Russia.

• Was Heinrich Kornelsen (June 15, 1807-May 30, 1857 who married Sarah Walde (August 1, 1826-September 13, 1897) and had a son Jacob H. Kornelsen (August 1, 1849-May 6, 1926) born in Pordenau, Molotschna, South RUSSIA, born in Danzig, Westpreußen?

Molotschna (Prischib) Group

Village        Founded     Religion                 From
Pordenau      1820             M           Danzig, Westpreußen

http://www.grhs.org/chapters/gppr/colonies.html

In 1776, 20 families of the name Cornelsen (Kornelsen, Knels, Cornies, Cornelius, Cornelis, Corneliessen, Cornels, Knelsen, Korniesz)  lived in West Prussia (without Danzig)...

http://www.gameo.org/encyclopedia/contents/C674ME.html

• See the census of 1776: http://www.mennonitegenealogy.com/prussia/1776MasterV3.pdf -

• See also: http://www.mennonitegenealogy.com/prussia/1789cens.htm

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• Helena Martins (June 15, 1851 - June 8, 1945), grandmother of Maria "Mietz" Kornelsen (May 5, 1900 - April 2, 1991), died in Leamington [Left Tiegenhagen on November 5, 1925 and arrived in St. John, NB, on December 6, 1925, and proceeded west by way of Winnipeg]

  • Parents of Helena Martens (June 15, 1851-June 8, 1945) (who married Jacob H. Kornelsen, August 1, 1849-May 6, 1926) were Jacob Martens (May 9, 1806-January 27, 1870) and Maria Willms (May 5, 1811-November 28, 1889)

  • Helene [Helena] Kornelsen (June 15, 1851 - June 8, 1945): mother of Sara (February 5, 1882 - c. October 12, 1979) Schellenberg  and Helene [Helena] (October 1, 1888 - 1980) Penner [Gerhard Jacob Penner], died June 8 [1945] at 93 years; buried in Ruthven [ http://ekmha.ca/in_memoriam.htm - In Memoriam Mennonite deaths in Essex and Kent Counties 1925-1950. Basic information below from Mennonite Brethren and United Mennonite Churches] - [Helene [Helena] died in Leamington, 1980]

KORNELSEN, Helene 1851 - 1945 (age: 94)

http://geneofun.on.ca/cems//ONESS10720

Name	Cemetery	County	Township	Reference
KORNELSEN, Helene	Ruthven United	Essex	Gosfield South	EX-SX-033R

http://ocfa.islandnet.com/search.php  - Ontario Cemetery Finding Aid

• Helen Cornelsen [Helen Kornelsen]; Death: 1945; Death Place: Essex, Ontario, Canada; Relatives: Jacob Martens, Marie Willms
  https://search.ancestry.ca/search/db.aspx?dbid=8946 - Ontario, Canada, Deaths and Deaths Overseas, 1869-1946

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• Maria Voth (November 28, 1877 - April 12, 1904), mother of Maria "Mietz" Kornelsen (May 5, 1900 - April 2, 1991), was the first wife of  Heinrich Kornelsen (April 17, 1876 - 1947), her father, miller by trade, and also jack of all trades with machinery
   

  • Annie Krause