• Ruth Dwyer and her sister Sandra Mathies drove down of from out East on behalf of their mother Helen (Schellenberg) Mathies who is in a retirement home in Vineland.  Their father Johnny Mathies was our first cousin. 
  • Margaret Mathies and Jake Toews

2015

NOVEMBER 6

RUTH (MATHIES) DWYER AND SANDRA MATHIES (My Third Cousins, Once Removed)

On 06/11/2015 11:07 AM, Louise Ross wrote:

Hi ..

Ruth Dwyer wrote this on facebook today. 

"My dear Dan left us last night...He had a long and wonderful life. We loved his cleverness and his humour, it was mildly subversive and I was always in awe...
He was kind and good
We'll miss him terribly"

She posted this photo of son Michael and Dan.

Dan's Obituary

MY THIRD COUSIN ON THE SCHELLENBERG SIDE

• Gerhard Jacob Schellenberg was born on 26 Aug 1871, in Tiegenhagen, Molotschna, South Russia. He died on 29 Jun 1962 in Leamington.   - AND - Sarah KORNELSEN was born on 5 Feb 1882 in Tiegenhagen, Molotschna, South Russia. They married on 12 Nov 1916 and she died c. October 12, 1979. [KORNELSEN-KRAUSE CONNECTION - Sarah KORNELSEN was the sister of Heinrich KORNELSEN ( April 17, 1876 - 1947), the father of Maria Mietz KORNELSEN (May 5, 1900 - April 2, 1991) who married Friedrich Wilhelm KRAUSE (January 18, 1897 - December 9, 1983)

SCHELLENBERG DESCENDATS

• CONFUSION HERE: EITHER:

  Aaron Gerhard Schellenberg (1772, Prussia-July 18, 1841, Russia) married (1) Katharina Braun (March 18, 1769, Grubenkaedigungskampe, West, Prussia-November 3, 1829,Tiegenhagen, Molotschna South, Russia)

  OR

  Jacob Gerhard Schellenberg (1772, Tiegenhof, Prussia-July 18, 1841, Tiegenhagen, Molotschna South, Russia) married Katharina Braun (March 18, 1769, Grubenkaedigungskampe, West, Prussia-November 3, 1829,Tiegenhagen, Molotschna South, Russia)

  • Jacob Jacob Schellenberg (September 22, 1799, Tiegenhof, Kr Marienburg West, Prussia-August 4, 1871, Tiegenhagen, Molotschna, Russia. ) married Anna Willms (May 6, 1809, Tiegenhof, Gr Werder, Prussia-August 2, 1871, Tiegenhagen, Molotschna, Russia.) 

    • Jacob Schellenberg (1830, Schoenau, Molotschna South, Russia - November 17, 1901, Tiegenhagen, Molotschna, Russia) married Maria J Barkman (June 30, 1833, Tiege, Gr Werder, Prussia-August 22, 1920, Tiegenhagen, Molotschna, Russia)

    • Gerhard Schellenberg (1831-1891)

    • Anna Schellenberg (1833-1882)

    • Maria Schellenberg (1840-1901)

    • Karena Schellenberg (1846-Unknown)

    • Justina Schellenberg (1849-1908)

    • Margaretha Schellenberg (1853-Unknown)

• Jacob Schellenberg (1830, Schoenau, Molotschna South, Russia - November 17, 1901, Tiegenhagen, Molotschna, Russia) married Maria J Barkman (June 30, 1833, Tiege, Gr Werder, Prussia-August 22, 1920, Tiegenhagen, Molotschna, Russia)

• Children:

• Anna J Schellenberg (1861-1950)

• Jacob Jacob Schellenberg (1857-1858)

• Margaretha J Schellenberg (1859-1930)

• Maria J Schellenberg (1867-1869)

• Johann Jacob Schellenberg (1870-1870)   

• Gerhard Jacob Schellenberg (August 26, 1871, Tiegenhagen, Molotschna South, Russia - June 29, 1962, Leamington, Ontario, Canada)  married (1) Katharina A Friesen (February 9, 1878, Schoenau, Molotschna South, Russia-October 11, 1914, Leamington, Ontario, Canada) (2) Sara J. Kornelsen (February 5, 1882, Tiegenhagen, Molotschna South, Russia-c. October 12, 1979) November 12, 1916.

  • Agnes G Schellenberg (1913-1914)

  • Helen Schellenberg (March 7, 1920, Tiegenhagen -) [March 7, 1920 [March 6, 1920], Tiegenhagen, South Russia - June 12, 2020, Vineland, Ontario, Canada] married John J Mathies [Johnny Mathies] (July 22, 1921, Russia - December 5, 2001, [December 7, 2001], Vineland Cemetery, Vineland, Ontario, Canada)

    • Margaret Ruth Anne Mathies [Ruthy Mathies] married Dwyer

    • Sandra Jane Mathies  [Sandy Mathies]

  • Jacob Gerhard Schellenberg (May 24, 1923, Tiegenhagen, Molotschna - April 2, 2010, Winnipeg) married Elaine Mennell Valentine's day, 1959

    • Gerry Schellenberg (1960-) (twin)

    • Lynn Schellengerg (1960-) (twin) (Eric)

    • Marjorie Schellenberg (1962-)

    • David Schellenberg (1966-1995)

http://www.ancestry.co.uk/genealogy/records/

http://www.ancestry.co.uk/genealogy/records/tobias-schellenberg_14271367
Krause House Records

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HELEN [HELENA] (SCHELLENBERG) MATHIES
(March 7, 1920 [March 6, 1920], Tiegenhagen, South Russia - June 12, 2020, Vineland, Ontario, Canada)

• Helen Mathies (nee Schellenberg)

  March 6, 1920- June 12, 2020
    

  Helen was a remarkable, kind and compassionate soul who blessed us with her loving attention. Helen was born in Tiegenhagen, Russia in 1920 into a Mennonite community. Her family immigrated to Leamington, Ontario in 1923. It is in this thriving Canadian Mennonite community where she met her beloved husband, John. Following the Second World War, John and Helen became proud parents of their first born, (Margaret) Ruth Anne (Dwyer), and their second daughter, Sandra Jane, three years later. Helen and John enjoyed a loving, wonderful marriage until John’s passing in 2001.
    

  Helen loved to learn. Her curious nature led her to explore various fields of interest. She happily took summer courses at Guelph University and became accredited in Millinery, Sumi-e Japanese Black Ink Painting and Gemology. She particularly embraced her interest in Estate Jewelry.
    

  Helen was most passionate about family and enjoyed her time with her loving grandsons John (Christel), Marc and Michael (Heather). Helen’s loving legacy lives on in her great-grandchildren Rowan, Maisie and Robert, for whom she always smiled. Her dedicated daughter, Ruth, passed away four days later. We find comfort in knowing that mother and daughter are now together again.

  https://www.tributearchive.com/obituaries/15112734/Helen-Mathies

  https://tallmanfuneralhomes.ca/tribute/details/8779/Helen-Mathies/obituary.html

  2020

  JUNE 16

RUTH ANNE (MATHIES) DWYER

• Margaret Ruth Anne Dwyer Mathies Tuesday June 16th 2020
  Posted on June 19, 2020 by luc

  Dr. Margaret “Ruth” Anne Dwyer (nee Mathies) was an individuality like no other. Determined and loving, she lived her life always moving forward with new passions and curiosity. She married the love of her life, stressed that family is everything, and emphasized the importance of education and knowledge to anyone who would listen. She was an accomplished artist, professor, video producer, academic and mother who will be incredibly missed by all her friends and family. Ruth loved dinnertime political discussions and considered Meet the Press as her Church. There are, however, no broad strokes to properly describe who Ruth Dwyer was. Rather, she was an experience that will not soon be forgot.
  Ruth had a tenacity and drive to excel at whatever she set her mind to. She chose an elective course during her U of T Art History days, to fit her train schedule, that introduced her to the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul. A constant effervescence of discovery led her down a rabbit hole of research and world travel, leading to accomplishing her dream of researching with Harvard. She had a beautiful and quirky mind that challenged authority. She took every chance to rebel when someone told her she couldn’t do something. At the same time, she loved the ceremony of ball gowns at Christmastime and attending the Toronto Film Festival every year. Arts and Science tickled her daily. She lived a life of happiness and willed her dreams to come true.
                
  It was on Thanksgiving of 2018 that Ruth found out she was going to be a grandmother. Her joy was uncontainable. When her grandson Robert was born, she was at the hospital with balloons, canvases and paints. She held him and guided his 6-hour-old green hands and blue feet across two canvases, one for her and one for him. Her life was a series of offbeat experiences like these, concocted with fervor, typically met by others with apprehension, and executed with a warmth and wonder that let everyone understand who she really was and why life was so damn good.
  Ruth married Daniel on December 10, 1970 in a small ceremony in Hamilton. They upset all of their friends by not inviting anyone, had a celebratory dinner, then promptly left for their skiing honeymoon. Ruth and Dan had a collective radiance that so many people wanted to be around; a couple that had it all understood, figured out, and knew how to get the most out of life. After about 14 years and a lot of living, Ruth and Dan had their son Michael, who became the new happy chapter of their lives. Ruth went to every sports game, concert and event that Michael was part of growing up. She loved her family with everything she had, and put the same determination that she put into her work into making everything good for them
       
  Ruth and her sister Sandra were often mistaken for each other. Neighbours and passers-by would constantly ask Ruth how Ruth was doing, and they usually just rolled with it, getting to be each other for a short conversation at a time. They were born three years apart in Leamington. They were very close, growing up together as rock and roll was taking over the western world, and through the years spent a lot of time together travelling and cooking. They just recently lost their mother, Helen, who turned 100 years old in early March.
      
  When Ruth got her small airplane, a Piper Cherokee, she started flying to school in Toronto from Waterdown. She was an avid golfer, played at Hamilton Golf and Country Club, and framed the letter sent to her when she committed the egregious violation of wearing golf sandals. She earned her PhD in film studies from U of T, learning under Czech icon Josef Skvorecky, and regularly jumped the lines during her decades attending the Toronto International Film Festival. Ruth traded penny stocks and commodities, bird watched with some of the biggest names in the game, won awards from the Ancaster Horticultural Society and Bloody Words Mystery Writing Conference. She emailed people articles from the four corners of the internet at all hours, was a staunch moon landing skeptic, and let you know that when things made sense that 2 + 2 sometimes did actually equal 4.
      
  As her good friend and Michael’s godfather put it, Ruth was predictably unpredictable. She kept you on your toes, and she challenged just about everything she could. She chose her words very carefully, not even considering that her body language usually revealed what she was actually thinking. Ruth was absolutely her own self, never conforming to anything unless she could be her own recognizable self. She got what she wanted out of life, and it feels like it was decades too soon for Ruth’s fire to be put out. Her feather earrings, straw hats, and whatever trend was coming next will be missed.
      
  Ruth passed away suddenly on 16 June in Toronto. 6 and 16 were important numbers for her, so she would call this date auspicious. She is survived by everyone she loved and everyone who loved her. Ruth’s remains will be interred next to Dan’s at Holy Sepulchure during a private ceremony. A larger celebration of life will occur when possible. In lieu of any flowers, donations in her honour can be made to the Neighbour to Neighbour Food Bank (www.n2ncentre.com) in Hamilton, a charity she helped with for many years while living in Ancaster. Online Condolences through www.dermodys.com
    
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  Our most sincere sympathies to the family and friends of Margaret Ruth Anne Dwyer Mathies Tuesday June 16th 2020..

  https://necrocanada.com/obituaries-2020/margaret-ruth-anne-dwyer-mathies-tuesday-june-16th-2020/

• Mathies Photo Album

• Mathies at Vineland

• Margaret Mathies and Jake Toews

• The Memoirs of Annie Krause (Mathies) - Growing up as a Mathies

• Sarah Kornelsen / Gerhard Schellenberg