Heinrich Baerg married Maria Neumann in 1847. According to oral tradition she was a sister to Katharina and Susanna who had married Heinrich's older brothers. The family lived in Prangenau (Molotschna Colony, Ukraine) for ten years where Heinrich had been raised. In 1857 the family moved to Furstenwerder (Molotschna Colony) where they lived for six years. The family is listed in the 1857/8 school register for the village of Furstenwerder with Heinrich age 10 and Maria age 8 attending school. The 1861/2 school register lists Heinrich Baerg with children Katherina age 11, Johann 9, and Anna 7.
In 1863 they moved to Ruckenau (Molotschna Colony) where Maria died the same year. In 1864, Heinrich remarried to Justina Unruh, the daughter of Heinrich Unruh and Katherina Willms. In 1865 the family moved to Andreasfeld, 15 verst east of Einlage, near the "old" Chortitza Colony. This settlement had been founded by members of the Kleine Gemeinde in 1863. After living here for six years, Heinrich Baerg moved on to another new settlement called Aleof where they lived the next four years. In 1874 they moved again to Sagradowfka, a daughter settlement of the Molotschna Colony founded in 1871.
In 1876 they family immigrated from Russia travelling on the S.S. Vaderland which included among its passengers the family of Heinrich Baerg age 54, Helena 37, John 16, Peter 14, Isaac 9, William 6, Justina 10, and Helena 3. They settled on an 80 acre farm 2 1/2 miles southwest of Inman, Kansas. The family is listed in the 1880 census for Superior Township, McPherson County in the Inman area.
Heinrich Baerg is buried in his orchard on his farm in Inman. His second wife is buried in the South Inman Cemetery, Inman, Kansas.
According to his granddaughter Maria Baerg Wyatt, Justina and Heinrich were both buried on the farm. She remembered seeing their grave markers before her family moved away in 1918. She stopped by the farm many years later and found that the markers had been removed. She told off the family that lived there.
from Dynasties of the Mennonite Kleine Gemeinde in Imperial Russia and North America, by Delbert Plett, p. 22.
In 1863 they moved to Ruckenau (Molotschna Colony) where Maria died the same year. In 1864, Heinrich remarried to Justina Unruh, the daughter of Heinrich Unruh and Katherina Willms. In 1865 the family moved to Andreasfeld, 15 verst east of Einlage, near the "old" Chortitza Colony. This settlement had been founded by members of the Kleine Gemeinde in 1863. After living here for six years, Heinrich Baerg moved on to another new settlement called Aleof where they lived the next four years. In 1874 they moved again to Sagradowfka, a daughter settlement of the Molotschna Colony founded in 1871.
In 1876 they family immigrated from Russia travelling on the S.S. Vaderland which included among its passengers the family of Heinrich Baerg age 54, Helena 37, John 16, Peter 14, Isaac 9, William 6, Justina 10, and Helena 3. They settled on an 80 acre farm 2 1/2 miles southwest of Inman, Kansas. The family is listed in the 1880 census for Superior Township, McPherson County in the Inman area.
Heinrich Baerg is buried in his orchard on his farm in Inman. His second wife is buried in the South Inman Cemetery, Inman, Kansas.
According to his granddaughter Maria Baerg Wyatt, Justina and Heinrich were both buried on the farm. She remembered seeing their grave markers before her family moved away in 1918. She stopped by the farm many years later and found that the markers had been removed. She told off the family that lived there.
from Dynasties of the Mennonite Kleine Gemeinde in Imperial Russia and North America, by Delbert Plett, p. 22.
Heinrich Baerg married Maria Neumann in 1847. According to oral tradition she was a sister to Katharina and Susanna who had married Heinrich's older brothers. The family lived in Prangenau (Molotschna Colony, Ukraine) for ten years where Heinrich had been raised. In 1857 the family moved to Furstenwerder (Molotschna Colony) where they lived for six years. The family is listed in the 1857/8 school register for the village of Furstenwerder with Heinrich age 10 and Maria age 8 attending school. The 1861/2 school register lists Heinrich Baerg with children Katherina age 11, Johann 9, and Anna 7.
In 1863 they moved to Ruckenau (Molotschna Colony) where Maria died the same year. In 1864, Heinrich remarried to Justina Unruh, the daughter of Heinrich Unruh and Katherina Willms. In 1865 the family moved to Andreasfeld, 15 verst east of Einlage, near the "old" Chortitza Colony. This settlement had been founded by members of the Kleine Gemeinde in 1863. After living here for six years, Heinrich Baerg moved on to another new settlement called Aleof where they lived the next four years. In 1874 they moved again to Sagradowfka, a daughter settlement of the Molotschna Colony founded in 1871.
In 1876 they family immigrated from Russia travelling on the S.S. Vaderland which included among its passengers the family of Heinrich Baerg age 54, Helena 37, John 16, Peter 14, Isaac 9, William 6, Justina 10, and Helena 3. They settled on an 80 acre farm 2 1/2 miles southwest of Inman, Kansas. The family is listed in the 1880 census for Superior Township, McPherson County in the Inman area.
Heinrich Baerg is buried in his orchard on his farm in Inman. His second wife is buried in the South Inman Cemetery, Inman, Kansas.
According to his granddaughter Maria Baerg Wyatt, Justina and Heinrich were both buried on the farm. She remembered seeing their grave markers before her family moved away in 1918. She stopped by the farm many years later and found that the markers had been removed. She told off the family that lived there.
from Dynasties of the Mennonite Kleine Gemeinde in Imperial Russia and North America, by Delbert Plett, p. 22.
In 1863 they moved to Ruckenau (Molotschna Colony) where Maria died the same year. In 1864, Heinrich remarried to Justina Unruh, the daughter of Heinrich Unruh and Katherina Willms. In 1865 the family moved to Andreasfeld, 15 verst east of Einlage, near the "old" Chortitza Colony. This settlement had been founded by members of the Kleine Gemeinde in 1863. After living here for six years, Heinrich Baerg moved on to another new settlement called Aleof where they lived the next four years. In 1874 they moved again to Sagradowfka, a daughter settlement of the Molotschna Colony founded in 1871.
In 1876 they family immigrated from Russia travelling on the S.S. Vaderland which included among its passengers the family of Heinrich Baerg age 54, Helena 37, John 16, Peter 14, Isaac 9, William 6, Justina 10, and Helena 3. They settled on an 80 acre farm 2 1/2 miles southwest of Inman, Kansas. The family is listed in the 1880 census for Superior Township, McPherson County in the Inman area.
Heinrich Baerg is buried in his orchard on his farm in Inman. His second wife is buried in the South Inman Cemetery, Inman, Kansas.
According to his granddaughter Maria Baerg Wyatt, Justina and Heinrich were both buried on the farm. She remembered seeing their grave markers before her family moved away in 1918. She stopped by the farm many years later and found that the markers had been removed. She told off the family that lived there.
from Dynasties of the Mennonite Kleine Gemeinde in Imperial Russia and North America, by Delbert Plett, p. 22.
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