Jacob Kornelsen In Canada (Brother of Maria Mietz Kornelsen(May 5, 1900

ERIC KRAUSE

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See also: Kornelsen Russia To Canada
See also: Clara (Moos) Kornelsen

JACOB KORNELSEN [JACOB H. KORNELSEN] IN CANADA

Jacob H Kornelsen (March 14, 1899, Tiegenhagen - April 10, 1948, Leamington, Ontario - Buried Ruthven, Ontario) - m. February 11, 1923 Clara Moos [Klara Moos, Clara Moss, Klara Moss] (December 14, 1904, [Neu] Nassau - Wheatley, Ontario)

Jacob Kornelsen, brother of Maria Mietz Kornelsen, had 5 children, 4 of which were born in Wheatley, Ontario:

Maria Kornelsen (December 4, 1923, Wheatley-October, 1925) [Note Wheatley is an error: Maria was born in Tiegenhagen, Molotschna. Also, on her travel papers, with dates November 8, 1924 and November 16, 1924, Maria's age is identified as 5 months, that is, born c. June, 1924]
Hilda Kornelsen (June 21, 1925, Wheatley-1969, Leamington, Ontario) m. November 29, 1947, Heinrich Dick [Henry Dick] (February 7, 1924, Alexanderkrone, Molotschna-August 9, 2011, Leamington, Ontario)
Jacob Kornelsen (July 21, 1926, Wheatley-1926)
Helen "Lena" Kornelsen (June 21, 1927, Wheatley-March 29, 2008) m. June 20, 1959, Leamington, James Edward Rutherford (October 23, 1933 – January 13, 2021)
Ilsa Kornelsen (June 29, 1932, Wheatley-) m. Gerhard Baerg

SOME SOURCES

Genealogy of Heinrich Kornelsen, 1807-1975, compiled for Ernest J. Klassen by K. Peters, Winnipeg (Winnipeg, December 1, 1975), p. 18
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), pp. 57-60 - Henry Dick: Dixie Autoland, Leamington.
Genealogy of Aron Martens, 1754-1977, compiled for Ernest J. Klassen by K. Peters, Winnipeg (Winnipeg, July 1, 1977), p. 223

1925

The Kornelsen Brothers, Jake and Henry, bought a car together in 1925. They worked at Jaspersons Brickyard in Coatsworth, Ontario ...
- Astrid Koop, editor, 80 Years Our Country Canada. Mennonite Life in Essex and Kent Counties, Ontario, Canada. 1925-2005, Volume 6 (Essex-Kent Mennonite Historical Series, Leamington, Ontario, 2005), p. 15

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1927

Early in 1927, Jacob and Klara Kornelsen bought a farm on Concession 7 of Mesea township. In Fall of that year, Cornelius P. Neufeld and Aganetha also bought a farm on Concession 7 of Mersea Township ...
- Astrid Koop, editor, 80 Years Our Country Canada. Mennonite Life in Essex and Kent Counties, Ontario, Canada. 1925-2005, Volume 6 (Essex-Kent Mennonite Historical Series, Leamington, Ontario, 2005), p. 18

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1928

In 1928, at the urging of Jake Kornelsen (brother of Maria Mietz Kornelsen), Friedrich Wilhelm Krause and Maria moved to the seventh concession, Wheatley, Ontario.

[According to Louise (Mathies) Ross: "I knew that Mr. & Mrs. Jacob Kornelsen lived on the 7th concession in Wheatley, they were our neighbours, but I never knew that at one time your [Eric's] grandparents lived there as well. ]

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Circa 1940

L to R
Sitting:
Clara (Moos) Kornelsen (b. 1904) , Jacob Kornelsen (d. 1948)

Standing:
Lena Kornelsen (b. 1927), Hilda Kornelsen (b. 1925), Ilsa (Elsie) Kornelsen (b.1932)

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1947

November 29

Wedding: November 29, 1947
Henry Dick and
Hilda Kornelsen (deceased 1969).
Henry, living in Leamington,
is the son of John Dueck,
brother of Margaret (Dück) Mathies

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1948

Jacob Kornelsen (Jake Kornelsen - March 14, 1899-April 10, 1948)], brother of Maria Mietz Kornelsen - "husband of Clara [Klara Moos], father of Hilda Dick, died April 10 [1948] at 49 years; buried in Ruthven [http://ekmha.ca/in_memoriam.htm - In Memoriam, Mennonite deaths in Essex and Kent Counties, 1925-1950 ]

On Tombstone: Jacob H. Kornelsen

Ruthven United Cemetery, Talbot Street and Arner [sic: According to Louise Ross this should be Mersia] Town Line, Ruthven Concessions 1-2, Lot 13,
Gosfield South Township, Essex County, The Corporation of the Town of Kingsville, 42 02.929N, 82 38.661W

http://cemetery.canadagenweb.org/ON/ONR10720/

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

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

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1959

CLARA (MOOS) KORNELSEN

Wedding of Interest - Miss Lena Kornelsen, daughter of Mrs. Clara Kornelsen of Leamington, and James Edward Rutherford, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Rutherford, of Blenheim, were married Saturday in the Mennonite Brethren Church, Leamington, in a ceremony performed by Rev. Derksen, They will reside in Leamington.

http://ink.ourontario.ca/browse/lp -The Leamington Post. June 25, 1959 - Page: 5

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1961

Brother Jacob Kornelsen'sTombstone

Maria (Kornelsen) Krause with sister Helena "Lensch" (Kornelsen) Neufeld

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1969

MARCH 22

HILDA (KORNELSEN) Dick

Hilda Kornelsen Dick
Birth
1926
Death
22 Mar 1969 (aged 42–43)
Leamington, Essex County, Ontario, Canada
Burial
Evergreen Memorial Park Cemetery
Leamington, Essex County, Ontario, Canada
Plot
Section: 2114, Plot: B
Memorial ID
234785856

Leamington's Mrs Dick dies at 43
Mrs. Hilda Dick, 43, of Seacliffe Dr., Leamington, wife of a prominent Leamington
businessman Henry Dick, died today in Leamington District Memorial Hospital after a lengthy
illness. Mrs. Dick was born in Coatsworth and lived in Leamington for 21 years. Her
husband is the owner and operator of Dixie's Autoland Ltd., Erie St. N. in
Leamington . She was a member of Oak St. Mennonite Church. Mrs. Dick is also survived by
her mother, Mrs. Clara Kornelsen of Leamington, children Larry, Janet, and Diane at home,
and two sisters, Mrs. James (Lena) Rutherford of Blenheim and Mrs. Elsie Baerg of Windsor.
The funeral will be Monday at 2 p.m. in Oak St. Mennonite Church with Rev. J. C. Neufeld officiating.
Funeral arrangements by the Smith Funeral Home, 14 Russell St. Leamington, and burial in
Evergreen Memorial Cemetery, Leamington. Donations to the Canadian Cancer Society.

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/234785856/hilda-dick

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1987

JULY 4

CLARA (MOOS) KORNELSEN

Clara Kornelson

http://ink.ourontario.ca/browse/lp -The Leamington Post. July 8, 1987 - pg. 3

CLARA (MOOS) KORNELSON)

Clara Moos Kornelsen
Birth
1904
Death
4 Jul 1987 (aged 82–83)
Leamington, Essex County, Ontario, Canada
Burial
Ruthven United Cemetery
Ruthven, Essex County, Ontario, Canada
Memorial ID
239087397

Family Members

Spouse

Jacob Henry Kornelsen
1899–1948

Children

Hilda Kornelsen Dick
1926–1969

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/239087397/clara-kornelsen

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2008

LENA (KORNELSEN) RUTHERFORD

Lene (Lee) Rutherford [Lena Rutherford] passed away on Saturday March 29, 2008 at the Chatham-Kent Health Alliance. She was born in Wheatley 80 years ago to her late parents Jacob and Clara Kornelsen. Lee met her future husband Jim Rutherford one day at an Essex County vs. Blenheim Badminton League game. Lee and Jim would have celebrated 49 years of marriage this June. Together they raised their daughter Jane, Mrs. Dennis Jenner and enjoyed their grandchildren Brandon and Ian Jenner. Lee was an avid golfer, she enjoyed reading, knitting and curling at the Golden Acres Curling Club which Jim’s parents co-founded. Lee is survived by her sister Elsie, Mrs. Bob Bibby of Surprise, Arizona, by her brother in law Henry Dick of Leamington and by several nieces and nephews. She is predeceased by her sister Hilda.

http://www.blenheimcommunityfuneralhome.com/past2.htm

ANCESTRAL GENEALOGICAL NOTES

Hello Eric,

I ran across your page at http://www.krausehouse.ca/krause/KornelsenJacob.htm while searching for a line of my cousins that went to Canada.

Klara/Clara (Moos) Kornelsen, born 14 Dec 1904 in Alt Nassau, was a 3rd cousin of my grandfather Heinrich/Henry. Her mother was Christina Neff, born 21 or 22 Jun 1871 in Dinkel (Tarlykovka), Kukkus, Samara, Russia. This family appears to have wound up moving through the Caucasus area and wound up in the area of Alt Nassau.

Klara/Clara and her husband Jacob/Jake Heinrich Kornelsen came to Canada with a daughter, Maria/Marie. Your page on travel to Canada does not include Maria/Marie, but there is a record for her just as for her parents. I think this is the reason why you note that there is an "error" involving this young girl.

There are a couple of things on your page that I'm confused by. One is the daughter Helen. Her obituary gives her name as Lene (Lee). Is "Lene" simply a nickname for Helen that she used?

Also, there is a daughter Ilsa married to a Gerhard Baerg, but the obituary of Klara/Clara calls this daughter Elsie, wife of Robert Bibby. Did she marry twice?

I've been doing genealogy as a hobby for about 15 years, and I try to trace down all of my lines and find the cousins. As Klara/Clara was a third cousin to my grandfather, her kids would have been fourth cousins to my mother, and her grandkids fifth cousins to me. I would greatly appreciate your putting me in touch with descendants of these folks.

Thanks and regards,

Jack Saunders
Calabasas, CA, USA

March 12, 2014 3:10 AM
Klara/Clara (Moos) Kornelsen
J D Saunders

[Dear Eric]

Nice to hear from you. I think the confusion is the German and English. We always called the girls Lene and Elsie. Lene was pronounced “Leenah”. In German they would be “laynah” and “Ilsa” if the grownups were talking German. “Laynah” would be translated as Helen.

I presume that the girls didn't want German names and so went by the English translations. What was on their birth certificates, I wouldn't know.

As you know my name is spelled Margreta, but I was always called Margaret or Marga if someone was speaking German. I spelled my name the English way until University when a professor suggested the name on my degree should match my birth certificate. There was a stigma attached to being German.

Lene went by “Leenah” in her early working days. (I met her ex-boss several years later). That might have been shortened to Lee later.

Elsie (Ilsa) was married to George Baerg and they divorced. I have no knowledge of who she married later. It was the topic of much gossip in Leamington at the time. Elsie had two daughters, I think, but I don't remember their names. Elsie moved away and I never heard where.

Hilda's daughter Janet married “Red” Robinson, I think his proper name was John and when my mother was still alive they lived in the Leamington area. Janet made some draperies for my mother in the late 1980’s.

I presume that you have a copy of the Kornelsen family tree prepared in memory of Micha Willms. I would think the proper names are in there. Mine is at home and we're in Arizona right now. I'm tempted to look up Elsie, we're quite close to Surprise. Do you have any more information on her?

Hope this helps.

Margreta

March 13, 2014 11:44 AM
Re: From Eric Krause - Kornelsen Query
Margreta Gronski

I guess the reason I could answer your questions was that my parents often visited Hilda and Elsie, they were Dad’s nieces. When we would visit Aunt Clara, Lena would often be there. I got dragged along because I was too young to stay home ...

Friday, March 14, 2014 12:39 PM
Re: From Eric Krause - Kornelsen Query
Margreta Gronski