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Letkemann, Franz H., 1898-1987 Retrieval numbers: Volume 4904, 2114:4 Title: Franz H. Letkemann fonds Dates: 1912-1983 Extent: 7 cm of textual records
Franz H. Letkemann (1898-1987) was born to Heinrich F. Letkemann (1854-1906) and Katharina Wiebe (1865-1920) in South Russia. Franz married Katarina Kroeker (1901-1993) in 1920. They emigrated to Canada in 1923. Like many others they incurred a travel debt. Letkemann was elected as a lay minister of the Mennonite congregation in Graysville by the Schoenwiese Gemeinde of Manitoba in 1945, and continued to serve this congregation after it joined the Bergthaler Gemeinde of Manitoba in 1953. He retired from farming in 1960 and moved to Winkler. He was active in the Winkler Bergthaller Mennonite Church and formally retired from preaching in the church in 1968. Until shortly before his death in 1986, he continued a ministry of visitation, leading prayer meetings and bible studies in the senior citizens home in Winkler.
This fonds contains Franz H. Letkemann's Russian school report (1913), personal financial records related to the payment of the Reiseschuld (immigration travel debt) to the Canadian Mennonite Board of Colonization as well as the assistance given to others through the Board (1923-1951) and sermons preached in various Manitoba Mennonite congregations with which he was associated (1948-1982).
Letkemann, Franz H., 1898-1987
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Bergthaler Mennonite Church of Manitoba fonds
Some of the material was found among the estate of Franz H. Letkemann's wife, Katarina who died in 1993 and brought to the Centre by their son Jake Letkemann of Winnipeg. Other material was found among the estate of Tina Letkemann (1921-2000), daughter of Franz H. Letkemann, and brought to the Centre by Alf Redekopp, whose wife, Kathy, is a grand daughter of Franz H. Letkemann. Other materials were collected by David and Trudy Schellenber of Winkler for the Christian Heritage Library.
Mainly in German, one document in Russian
Updated by Sharon H. H. Brown December, 2002.
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Acc. no. 93-081, 00-110, 97-150
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