Theodore Windecker
On July 22, 1763 Catherine the Great of Russia issued a manifesto to encourage settlement in the vast, uncultivated lands of her domain. The rights and privileges of the manifesto offered a chance for a better life, and thousands of people immigrated to Russia from the Germanic states and principalities of Central Europe. In 1767 Russia established 106 German colonies along the Lower Volga River area near Saratov, Russia to accommodate the large numbers of settlers. Over the years, settlers' emigrated to the colonies in increasing numbers and requirement for land to allow their offspring to farm increased significantly. By the 1840s, land shortages in the colonies were becoming critical.
Peter (b 1757) emigrated from Germany to Russia under Catherine's manifesto and about 1777 he resided in an unknown settlement in the Volga Region, Russia. Peter married Katharina Kühn about 1784 in Beideck, Russia and they had two children: Johann Fredrich Jacob (b abt 1785) and Anna Katharina (b abt 1778). Katharina died before 1791 and Peter married Elizabetha Schleicher in 1791 in Beideck, (aka Talovka), situated southwest of Saratov, Russia. Their son Johann Heinrich Windecker (b 1797) married Anna Elizabeth ? and they had 9 children, Christina Elizabetha (b 1816), Elizabeth Margaretha (b Apr. 11, 1818), Johann Friedrich (b Aug.24, 1823), Susanna Katharina (1825), George Philipp (b 1827), Philipp Peter (b 1828), Maria Christina (b 1830), Johann Heinrich (b 1831) and Johann Conrad (b 1834). All were born in Beideck, Russia.
About 1857, Johann Conrad married Maria Katharina Stetz (Stürtz?) while living in Beideck and their son Heinrich was born Apr. 3, 1858. About 1860, the family moved to another colony named Bethanien (aka Konstantinovka or Konstantinovskaya) located near Pyatigorsk, North Kakausus, Russia, where they flourished by farming and owning a flour mill. They had eleven additional children in Bethanien - Cathatarina Margaretha (b 1860), George (b 1862), Theodore (Sept. 13, 1866), Maria (Mary) Kathrina (b Aug. 16, 1869), Conrad (b 1871), Hannah (b 1872), Lydia (b 1874), Frederick K (b 1877), Katrina (died in infancy in Russia) and Molly (died in infancy). George (b 1862) had a daughter from his first marriage, Emma Louise Gerlock nee Windecker (b 1892). Theodore's niece, Wilhemina Eichhorn nee Windecker lived near Stettler, Alberta. His nephew, Heinrich "Henry" Windecker settled in Ontario, Canada. Theodor's first cousin George Windecker Sr. , the son of Johann Freidrich Windecker, lived in Oklahoma, USA.
In 1871, Germany's unification as a nation created unease in the Imperial Russian Government, which issued a decree repealing the special privileges of the German colonists. A second decree in 1874, implemented compulsory military conscription for the German colonists. By 1881, Russification became the official policy and required school classes to be taught in the Russian language and business transacted in Russian. Also, it became increasingly difficult for the German-speaking colonists in Russia to purchase the land necessary for their expanding numbers. Under the changed conditions, the colonists lost all of the rights of self-government in their villages, impelling thousands of German Russians to immigrate to North and South America. Seven of Conrad's children immigrated to the USA, Cathatarina Margaretha (1892), George (traveled to USA in 1910 but returned to Russia and died there abt 1920), Theodore (1905), Maria Kathrina (1920), Hannah, Lydia and Friederich (1923).
Theodore Windecker married Anna Katherine Edel Mar. 3, 1891 in Bethanien, Russia and had four children there, Katherine (b Nov. 28, 1891), Victor (b Feb. 28, 1894), Konrad (b Dec. 3, 1896) and Theodore Jr. (b Apr. 13. 1899). On June 5, 1905 the family departed on the SS Patricia (Hamburg-Amerika Line) via Dover, England and Boulonge-Sur-Mer, France to New York, USA. Theodore Sr. was listed on the ship's manifest as a farmer. Theodore's nephew Rudolf Windecker came over to Canada with them. They passed through the immigrant-processing center on Ellis Island and stayed, for a time, in New York (Manhattan), with Theodore's sister and her husband (Samuel and Margaretha Schneider née Windecker).
In 1906, Theodore and Anna Windecker and their four children Katherine, Victor, Konrad and Theodore Jr. lived with Anna's brother Jacob Edel, on SE22-22-27-W1M in the Marquette Electoral District (southwest Manitoba). On Aug 27, 1906, twin sons, Samuel and Cornelius, were born to them in Russell, MB. In 1911 the Theodore Windecker family was in the Leader, Saskatchewan district near Westerham, SK. Theodore Sr. homesteaded SW28-22-27-W3M, Theodore Jr. SW27-22-27-W3M and Victor homesteaded NW33 22 27 W3M and NE32 22 27 W3M.
According to the 1916 Canada Census, the Theodore Windecker family was still farming in the Leader, SK district. On Nov 5, 1919, Theodore and Anna and sons Theodore Jr, Cornelius and Samuel arrived in the USA via Portal, North Dakota and settled in Elberta, Alabama. Theodore Sr. purchased a 40-acre farm with 10 acres of orange trees. In 1930 the family groups (Theodore and Anne, Theodore Jr and Katie, Samuel and Pauline, Cornelius and Amalia) resided in Pensacola, Florida, USA, where they operated a hotel. In 1940, Theodore and Anna lived in Bonners Ferry, Idaho, USA.
Theodore Windecker, 87, died January 1, 1954 at his home in Coeur D'Alene, Idaho, U.S.A., of colon cancer. According to his obituary, he came to Coeur D'Alene four years prior (1950) from Sandpoint, Idaho, USA. He was a cabinetmaker and carpenter by trade. He is buried in Spokane Memorial Gardens, Spokane Washington. Anna Katherine Windecker née Edel, 82, died December 17, 1956 in Kootenai Hospital, Coeur D'Alene, Idaho, USA of complications from surgery for a peptic ulcer. She is also buried in Spokane Memorial Gardens, Spokane Washington.
On July 22, 1763 Catherine the Great of Russia issued a manifesto to encourage settlement in the vast, uncultivated lands of her domain. The rights and privileges of the manifesto offered a chance for a better life, and thousands of people immigrated to Russia from the Germanic states and principalities of Central Europe. In 1767 Russia established 106 German colonies along the Lower Volga River area near Saratov, Russia to accommodate the large numbers of settlers. Over the years, settlers' emigrated to the colonies in increasing numbers and requirement for land to allow their offspring to farm increased significantly. By the 1840s, land shortages in the colonies were becoming critical.
Peter (b 1757) emigrated from Germany to Russia under Catherine's manifesto and about 1777 he resided in an unknown settlement in the Volga Region, Russia. Peter married Katharina Kühn about 1784 in Beideck, Russia and they had two children: Johann Fredrich Jacob (b abt 1785) and Anna Katharina (b abt 1778). Katharina died before 1791 and Peter married Elizabetha Schleicher in 1791 in Beideck, (aka Talovka), situated southwest of Saratov, Russia. Their son Johann Heinrich Windecker (b 1797) married Anna Elizabeth ? and they had 9 children, Christina Elizabetha (b 1816), Elizabeth Margaretha (b Apr. 11, 1818), Johann Friedrich (b Aug.24, 1823), Susanna Katharina (1825), George Philipp (b 1827), Philipp Peter (b 1828), Maria Christina (b 1830), Johann Heinrich (b 1831) and Johann Conrad (b 1834). All were born in Beideck, Russia.
About 1857, Johann Conrad married Maria Katharina Stetz (Stürtz?) while living in Beideck and their son Heinrich was born Apr. 3, 1858. About 1860, the family moved to another colony named Bethanien (aka Konstantinovka or Konstantinovskaya) located near Pyatigorsk, North Kakausus, Russia, where they flourished by farming and owning a flour mill. They had eleven additional children in Bethanien - Cathatarina Margaretha (b 1860), George (b 1862), Theodore (Sept. 13, 1866), Maria (Mary) Kathrina (b Aug. 16, 1869), Conrad (b 1871), Hannah (b 1872), Lydia (b 1874), Frederick K (b 1877), Katrina (died in infancy in Russia) and Molly (died in infancy). George (b 1862) had a daughter from his first marriage, Emma Louise Gerlock nee Windecker (b 1892). Theodore's niece, Wilhemina Eichhorn nee Windecker lived near Stettler, Alberta. His nephew, Heinrich "Henry" Windecker settled in Ontario, Canada. Theodor's first cousin George Windecker Sr. , the son of Johann Freidrich Windecker, lived in Oklahoma, USA.
In 1871, Germany's unification as a nation created unease in the Imperial Russian Government, which issued a decree repealing the special privileges of the German colonists. A second decree in 1874, implemented compulsory military conscription for the German colonists. By 1881, Russification became the official policy and required school classes to be taught in the Russian language and business transacted in Russian. Also, it became increasingly difficult for the German-speaking colonists in Russia to purchase the land necessary for their expanding numbers. Under the changed conditions, the colonists lost all of the rights of self-government in their villages, impelling thousands of German Russians to immigrate to North and South America. Seven of Conrad's children immigrated to the USA, Cathatarina Margaretha (1892), George (traveled to USA in 1910 but returned to Russia and died there abt 1920), Theodore (1905), Maria Kathrina (1920), Hannah, Lydia and Friederich (1923).
Theodore Windecker married Anna Katherine Edel Mar. 3, 1891 in Bethanien, Russia and had four children there, Katherine (b Nov. 28, 1891), Victor (b Feb. 28, 1894), Konrad (b Dec. 3, 1896) and Theodore Jr. (b Apr. 13. 1899). On June 5, 1905 the family departed on the SS Patricia (Hamburg-Amerika Line) via Dover, England and Boulonge-Sur-Mer, France to New York, USA. Theodore Sr. was listed on the ship's manifest as a farmer. Theodore's nephew Rudolf Windecker came over to Canada with them. They passed through the immigrant-processing center on Ellis Island and stayed, for a time, in New York (Manhattan), with Theodore's sister and her husband (Samuel and Margaretha Schneider née Windecker).
In 1906, Theodore and Anna Windecker and their four children Katherine, Victor, Konrad and Theodore Jr. lived with Anna's brother Jacob Edel, on SE22-22-27-W1M in the Marquette Electoral District (southwest Manitoba). On Aug 27, 1906, twin sons, Samuel and Cornelius, were born to them in Russell, MB. In 1911 the Theodore Windecker family was in the Leader, Saskatchewan district near Westerham, SK. Theodore Sr. homesteaded SW28-22-27-W3M, Theodore Jr. SW27-22-27-W3M and Victor homesteaded NW33 22 27 W3M and NE32 22 27 W3M.
According to the 1916 Canada Census, the Theodore Windecker family was still farming in the Leader, SK district. On Nov 5, 1919, Theodore and Anna and sons Theodore Jr, Cornelius and Samuel arrived in the USA via Portal, North Dakota and settled in Elberta, Alabama. Theodore Sr. purchased a 40-acre farm with 10 acres of orange trees. In 1930 the family groups (Theodore and Anne, Theodore Jr and Katie, Samuel and Pauline, Cornelius and Amalia) resided in Pensacola, Florida, USA, where they operated a hotel. In 1940, Theodore and Anna lived in Bonners Ferry, Idaho, USA.
Theodore Windecker, 87, died January 1, 1954 at his home in Coeur D'Alene, Idaho, U.S.A., of colon cancer. According to his obituary, he came to Coeur D'Alene four years prior (1950) from Sandpoint, Idaho, USA. He was a cabinetmaker and carpenter by trade. He is buried in Spokane Memorial Gardens, Spokane Washington. Anna Katherine Windecker née Edel, 82, died December 17, 1956 in Kootenai Hospital, Coeur D'Alene, Idaho, USA of complications from surgery for a peptic ulcer. She is also buried in Spokane Memorial Gardens, Spokane Washington.
Theodore Windecker
On July 22, 1763 Catherine the Great of Russia issued a manifesto to encourage settlement in the vast, uncultivated lands of her domain. The rights and privileges of the manifesto offered a chance for a better life, and thousands of people immigrated to Russia from the Germanic states and principalities of Central Europe. In 1767 Russia established 106 German colonies along the Lower Volga River area near Saratov, Russia to accommodate the large numbers of settlers. Over the years, settlers' emigrated to the colonies in increasing numbers and requirement for land to allow their offspring to farm increased significantly. By the 1840s, land shortages in the colonies were becoming critical.
Peter (b 1757) emigrated from Germany to Russia under Catherine's manifesto and about 1777 he resided in an unknown settlement in the Volga Region, Russia. Peter married Katharina Kühn about 1784 in Beideck, Russia and they had two children: Johann Fredrich Jacob (b abt 1785) and Anna Katharina (b abt 1778). Katharina died before 1791 and Peter married Elizabetha Schleicher in 1791 in Beideck, (aka Talovka), situated southwest of Saratov, Russia. Their son Johann Heinrich Windecker (b 1797) married Anna Elizabeth ? and they had 9 children, Christina Elizabetha (b 1816), Elizabeth Margaretha (b Apr. 11, 1818), Johann Friedrich (b Aug.24, 1823), Susanna Katharina (1825), George Philipp (b 1827), Philipp Peter (b 1828), Maria Christina (b 1830), Johann Heinrich (b 1831) and Johann Conrad (b 1834). All were born in Beideck, Russia.
About 1857, Johann Conrad married Maria Katharina Stetz (Stürtz?) while living in Beideck and their son Heinrich was born Apr. 3, 1858. About 1860, the family moved to another colony named Bethanien (aka Konstantinovka or Konstantinovskaya) located near Pyatigorsk, North Kakausus, Russia, where they flourished by farming and owning a flour mill. They had eleven additional children in Bethanien - Cathatarina Margaretha (b 1860), George (b 1862), Theodore (Sept. 13, 1866), Maria (Mary) Kathrina (b Aug. 16, 1869), Conrad (b 1871), Hannah (b 1872), Lydia (b 1874), Frederick K (b 1877), Katrina (died in infancy in Russia) and Molly (died in infancy). George (b 1862) had a daughter from his first marriage, Emma Louise Gerlock nee Windecker (b 1892). Theodore's niece, Wilhemina Eichhorn nee Windecker lived near Stettler, Alberta. His nephew, Heinrich "Henry" Windecker settled in Ontario, Canada. Theodor's first cousin George Windecker Sr. , the son of Johann Freidrich Windecker, lived in Oklahoma, USA.
In 1871, Germany's unification as a nation created unease in the Imperial Russian Government, which issued a decree repealing the special privileges of the German colonists. A second decree in 1874, implemented compulsory military conscription for the German colonists. By 1881, Russification became the official policy and required school classes to be taught in the Russian language and business transacted in Russian. Also, it became increasingly difficult for the German-speaking colonists in Russia to purchase the land necessary for their expanding numbers. Under the changed conditions, the colonists lost all of the rights of self-government in their villages, impelling thousands of German Russians to immigrate to North and South America. Seven of Conrad's children immigrated to the USA, Cathatarina Margaretha (1892), George (traveled to USA in 1910 but returned to Russia and died there abt 1920), Theodore (1905), Maria Kathrina (1920), Hannah, Lydia and Friederich (1923).
Theodore Windecker married Anna Katherine Edel Mar. 3, 1891 in Bethanien, Russia and had four children there, Katherine (b Nov. 28, 1891), Victor (b Feb. 28, 1894), Konrad (b Dec. 3, 1896) and Theodore Jr. (b Apr. 13. 1899). On June 5, 1905 the family departed on the SS Patricia (Hamburg-Amerika Line) via Dover, England and Boulonge-Sur-Mer, France to New York, USA. Theodore Sr. was listed on the ship's manifest as a farmer. Theodore's nephew Rudolf Windecker came over to Canada with them. They passed through the immigrant-processing center on Ellis Island and stayed, for a time, in New York (Manhattan), with Theodore's sister and her husband (Samuel and Margaretha Schneider née Windecker).
In 1906, Theodore and Anna Windecker and their four children Katherine, Victor, Konrad and Theodore Jr. lived with Anna's brother Jacob Edel, on SE22-22-27-W1M in the Marquette Electoral District (southwest Manitoba). On Aug 27, 1906, twin sons, Samuel and Cornelius, were born to them in Russell, MB. In 1911 the Theodore Windecker family was in the Leader, Saskatchewan district near Westerham, SK. Theodore Sr. homesteaded SW28-22-27-W3M, Theodore Jr. SW27-22-27-W3M and Victor homesteaded NW33 22 27 W3M and NE32 22 27 W3M.
According to the 1916 Canada Census, the Theodore Windecker family was still farming in the Leader, SK district. On Nov 5, 1919, Theodore and Anna and sons Theodore Jr, Cornelius and Samuel arrived in the USA via Portal, North Dakota and settled in Elberta, Alabama. Theodore Sr. purchased a 40-acre farm with 10 acres of orange trees. In 1930 the family groups (Theodore and Anne, Theodore Jr and Katie, Samuel and Pauline, Cornelius and Amalia) resided in Pensacola, Florida, USA, where they operated a hotel. In 1940, Theodore and Anna lived in Bonners Ferry, Idaho, USA.
Theodore Windecker, 87, died January 1, 1954 at his home in Coeur D'Alene, Idaho, U.S.A., of colon cancer. According to his obituary, he came to Coeur D'Alene four years prior (1950) from Sandpoint, Idaho, USA. He was a cabinetmaker and carpenter by trade. He is buried in Spokane Memorial Gardens, Spokane Washington. Anna Katherine Windecker née Edel, 82, died December 17, 1956 in Kootenai Hospital, Coeur D'Alene, Idaho, USA of complications from surgery for a peptic ulcer. She is also buried in Spokane Memorial Gardens, Spokane Washington.
On July 22, 1763 Catherine the Great of Russia issued a manifesto to encourage settlement in the vast, uncultivated lands of her domain. The rights and privileges of the manifesto offered a chance for a better life, and thousands of people immigrated to Russia from the Germanic states and principalities of Central Europe. In 1767 Russia established 106 German colonies along the Lower Volga River area near Saratov, Russia to accommodate the large numbers of settlers. Over the years, settlers' emigrated to the colonies in increasing numbers and requirement for land to allow their offspring to farm increased significantly. By the 1840s, land shortages in the colonies were becoming critical.
Peter (b 1757) emigrated from Germany to Russia under Catherine's manifesto and about 1777 he resided in an unknown settlement in the Volga Region, Russia. Peter married Katharina Kühn about 1784 in Beideck, Russia and they had two children: Johann Fredrich Jacob (b abt 1785) and Anna Katharina (b abt 1778). Katharina died before 1791 and Peter married Elizabetha Schleicher in 1791 in Beideck, (aka Talovka), situated southwest of Saratov, Russia. Their son Johann Heinrich Windecker (b 1797) married Anna Elizabeth ? and they had 9 children, Christina Elizabetha (b 1816), Elizabeth Margaretha (b Apr. 11, 1818), Johann Friedrich (b Aug.24, 1823), Susanna Katharina (1825), George Philipp (b 1827), Philipp Peter (b 1828), Maria Christina (b 1830), Johann Heinrich (b 1831) and Johann Conrad (b 1834). All were born in Beideck, Russia.
About 1857, Johann Conrad married Maria Katharina Stetz (Stürtz?) while living in Beideck and their son Heinrich was born Apr. 3, 1858. About 1860, the family moved to another colony named Bethanien (aka Konstantinovka or Konstantinovskaya) located near Pyatigorsk, North Kakausus, Russia, where they flourished by farming and owning a flour mill. They had eleven additional children in Bethanien - Cathatarina Margaretha (b 1860), George (b 1862), Theodore (Sept. 13, 1866), Maria (Mary) Kathrina (b Aug. 16, 1869), Conrad (b 1871), Hannah (b 1872), Lydia (b 1874), Frederick K (b 1877), Katrina (died in infancy in Russia) and Molly (died in infancy). George (b 1862) had a daughter from his first marriage, Emma Louise Gerlock nee Windecker (b 1892). Theodore's niece, Wilhemina Eichhorn nee Windecker lived near Stettler, Alberta. His nephew, Heinrich "Henry" Windecker settled in Ontario, Canada. Theodor's first cousin George Windecker Sr. , the son of Johann Freidrich Windecker, lived in Oklahoma, USA.
In 1871, Germany's unification as a nation created unease in the Imperial Russian Government, which issued a decree repealing the special privileges of the German colonists. A second decree in 1874, implemented compulsory military conscription for the German colonists. By 1881, Russification became the official policy and required school classes to be taught in the Russian language and business transacted in Russian. Also, it became increasingly difficult for the German-speaking colonists in Russia to purchase the land necessary for their expanding numbers. Under the changed conditions, the colonists lost all of the rights of self-government in their villages, impelling thousands of German Russians to immigrate to North and South America. Seven of Conrad's children immigrated to the USA, Cathatarina Margaretha (1892), George (traveled to USA in 1910 but returned to Russia and died there abt 1920), Theodore (1905), Maria Kathrina (1920), Hannah, Lydia and Friederich (1923).
Theodore Windecker married Anna Katherine Edel Mar. 3, 1891 in Bethanien, Russia and had four children there, Katherine (b Nov. 28, 1891), Victor (b Feb. 28, 1894), Konrad (b Dec. 3, 1896) and Theodore Jr. (b Apr. 13. 1899). On June 5, 1905 the family departed on the SS Patricia (Hamburg-Amerika Line) via Dover, England and Boulonge-Sur-Mer, France to New York, USA. Theodore Sr. was listed on the ship's manifest as a farmer. Theodore's nephew Rudolf Windecker came over to Canada with them. They passed through the immigrant-processing center on Ellis Island and stayed, for a time, in New York (Manhattan), with Theodore's sister and her husband (Samuel and Margaretha Schneider née Windecker).
In 1906, Theodore and Anna Windecker and their four children Katherine, Victor, Konrad and Theodore Jr. lived with Anna's brother Jacob Edel, on SE22-22-27-W1M in the Marquette Electoral District (southwest Manitoba). On Aug 27, 1906, twin sons, Samuel and Cornelius, were born to them in Russell, MB. In 1911 the Theodore Windecker family was in the Leader, Saskatchewan district near Westerham, SK. Theodore Sr. homesteaded SW28-22-27-W3M, Theodore Jr. SW27-22-27-W3M and Victor homesteaded NW33 22 27 W3M and NE32 22 27 W3M.
According to the 1916 Canada Census, the Theodore Windecker family was still farming in the Leader, SK district. On Nov 5, 1919, Theodore and Anna and sons Theodore Jr, Cornelius and Samuel arrived in the USA via Portal, North Dakota and settled in Elberta, Alabama. Theodore Sr. purchased a 40-acre farm with 10 acres of orange trees. In 1930 the family groups (Theodore and Anne, Theodore Jr and Katie, Samuel and Pauline, Cornelius and Amalia) resided in Pensacola, Florida, USA, where they operated a hotel. In 1940, Theodore and Anna lived in Bonners Ferry, Idaho, USA.
Theodore Windecker, 87, died January 1, 1954 at his home in Coeur D'Alene, Idaho, U.S.A., of colon cancer. According to his obituary, he came to Coeur D'Alene four years prior (1950) from Sandpoint, Idaho, USA. He was a cabinetmaker and carpenter by trade. He is buried in Spokane Memorial Gardens, Spokane Washington. Anna Katherine Windecker née Edel, 82, died December 17, 1956 in Kootenai Hospital, Coeur D'Alene, Idaho, USA of complications from surgery for a peptic ulcer. She is also buried in Spokane Memorial Gardens, Spokane Washington.
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