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NOTE: IN MANY CASES, IMAGES OF ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS WERE NOT PUBLISHED AT HIGH RESOLUTION THOUGH SUCH ARE DIGITALLY AVAILABLE ARCHIVED OFF SITE IN A DIRECTORY NAMED "KrauseEric&LyndaArchives". THIS DIRECTORY ALSO CONTAINS MANY HISTORICAL AND FAMILY GENEALOGICAL IMAGES NOT PUBLISHED ON THIS SITE. AS WELL, MANY ORIGINAL PAPER RECORDS ARE ALSO ARCHIVED IN PHYSICAL ARCHIVAL BOXES.

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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