-GRANDMA #110572
-Johann Siemens #110572 (8 Oct 1808-13 Dec 1853)
-GRANDMA has birth date 2 Oct 1808
-Born: Chortitza, Chortitza, South Russia; Died: Chortitza Colony, South Russia; Buried: Chortitza, Chortitza, South Russia
-Parents: Peter Siemens #136330 (16 Apr 1765-1 Dec 1847) (Find A Grave MEMORIAL ID 239291829) and Katharina (Klassen) Siemens #108860 (abt 20 Jan 1768-18 Feb 1843) (Find A Grave MEMORIAL ID 239291759)
-Wife: Maria (Dyck Siemens) Peters #265385 (25 Jul 1811-?) -Born, Died and Buried: Chortitza, Chortitza, South Russia (Find A Grave MEMORIAL ID 240614017); married 27 Mar 1827 in Chortitza Colony, South Russia; -Her parents: Franz Dyck #196132 (abt 1772-?) and 2nd wife, Maria (Berg) Dyck #196076 (abt 1782-?)
-Notes in GRANDMA: Ron Siemens has date of birth as 11 Oct 1808 whereas Schapansky in his 2001 book lists it as 1 Oct 1808. The 1808 Chortitza Colony Vital Records say he was born 2 Oct 1808 in Chortitza. He was Chairman of the Agricultural Commission of Chortitza Colony following Cornies' death in 1848 until his own death in 1853.
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The Chortitza Headstone Project and the Memorial site on Chortitza Island (Ukraine)
"Out of the darkness and into the light"
In 1789, the first Mennonites formed the Chortitza Colony on the territory of present-day Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine on the Dnieper River.
The Chortitza (Khortytsia) Mennonite Church Cemetery was in the village of Chortitza.
The village of Chortitza is gone… now part of the suburbs of the city of Zaporizhzhia.
In the summer of 2019, local archaeologists began excavations to find the tombstones that were taken from the destroyed cemetery and which had been used in the foundation of an abandoned Soviet warehouse approximately 700 metres from it. So far, nearly 300 gravestones have been unearthed. These were taken to the Khortitza National Reserve (KNR) on Chortitza Island and restored under the "Chortitza Headstone Project".
More than 150 fragments or stones have been identified and included here in Find A Grave.
Due to the War in Ukraine (Feb 2022), the stones have been placed in storage and will be on display in the future.
For more information on the Chortitza Mennonite Cemetery and the Chortitza Headstone Project:
"Khortytsia Cemetery Gravestone Project", by Werner Toews in "Preservings", Issue No. 39, 2019, pp 53-60:
https://www.plettfoundation.org/files/preservings/Preservings39.pdf
GAMEO: "Chortitza Mennonite Church (Chortitza, Chortitza Mennonite Settlement, Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine)":
https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Chortitza_Mennonite_Church_(Chortitza,_Chortitza_Mennonite_Settlement,_Zaporizhia_Oblast,_Ukraine)
CBC News: "Demolition of abandoned building in Ukraine uncovers dozens of Mennonite tombstones", 3 Nov 2019:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/mennonite-tombstones-ukraine-1.5345781?fbclid=IwAR2YldPsF0PSVt18Ro3zIMw6_Rhukrg5G0aDF7F5bt4UIKA3o1O5OGdoQZI
"What's Happening with the Chortitza Headstone Project" by Werner Toews, Chairperson, Ukraine Headstone Project Committee, MMHS (Manitoba Mennonite Historical Society):
https://mmhs.org/whats-happening-with-the-chortitza-headstone-project
-Johann Siemens #110572 (8 Oct 1808-13 Dec 1853)
-GRANDMA has birth date 2 Oct 1808
-Born: Chortitza, Chortitza, South Russia; Died: Chortitza Colony, South Russia; Buried: Chortitza, Chortitza, South Russia
-Parents: Peter Siemens #136330 (16 Apr 1765-1 Dec 1847) (Find A Grave MEMORIAL ID 239291829) and Katharina (Klassen) Siemens #108860 (abt 20 Jan 1768-18 Feb 1843) (Find A Grave MEMORIAL ID 239291759)
-Wife: Maria (Dyck Siemens) Peters #265385 (25 Jul 1811-?) -Born, Died and Buried: Chortitza, Chortitza, South Russia (Find A Grave MEMORIAL ID 240614017); married 27 Mar 1827 in Chortitza Colony, South Russia; -Her parents: Franz Dyck #196132 (abt 1772-?) and 2nd wife, Maria (Berg) Dyck #196076 (abt 1782-?)
-Notes in GRANDMA: Ron Siemens has date of birth as 11 Oct 1808 whereas Schapansky in his 2001 book lists it as 1 Oct 1808. The 1808 Chortitza Colony Vital Records say he was born 2 Oct 1808 in Chortitza. He was Chairman of the Agricultural Commission of Chortitza Colony following Cornies' death in 1848 until his own death in 1853.
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The Chortitza Headstone Project and the Memorial site on Chortitza Island (Ukraine)
"Out of the darkness and into the light"
In 1789, the first Mennonites formed the Chortitza Colony on the territory of present-day Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine on the Dnieper River.
The Chortitza (Khortytsia) Mennonite Church Cemetery was in the village of Chortitza.
The village of Chortitza is gone… now part of the suburbs of the city of Zaporizhzhia.
In the summer of 2019, local archaeologists began excavations to find the tombstones that were taken from the destroyed cemetery and which had been used in the foundation of an abandoned Soviet warehouse approximately 700 metres from it. So far, nearly 300 gravestones have been unearthed. These were taken to the Khortitza National Reserve (KNR) on Chortitza Island and restored under the "Chortitza Headstone Project".
More than 150 fragments or stones have been identified and included here in Find A Grave.
Due to the War in Ukraine (Feb 2022), the stones have been placed in storage and will be on display in the future.
For more information on the Chortitza Mennonite Cemetery and the Chortitza Headstone Project:
"Khortytsia Cemetery Gravestone Project", by Werner Toews in "Preservings", Issue No. 39, 2019, pp 53-60:
https://www.plettfoundation.org/files/preservings/Preservings39.pdf
GAMEO: "Chortitza Mennonite Church (Chortitza, Chortitza Mennonite Settlement, Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine)":
https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Chortitza_Mennonite_Church_(Chortitza,_Chortitza_Mennonite_Settlement,_Zaporizhia_Oblast,_Ukraine)
CBC News: "Demolition of abandoned building in Ukraine uncovers dozens of Mennonite tombstones", 3 Nov 2019:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/mennonite-tombstones-ukraine-1.5345781?fbclid=IwAR2YldPsF0PSVt18Ro3zIMw6_Rhukrg5G0aDF7F5bt4UIKA3o1O5OGdoQZI
"What's Happening with the Chortitza Headstone Project" by Werner Toews, Chairperson, Ukraine Headstone Project Committee, MMHS (Manitoba Mennonite Historical Society):
https://mmhs.org/whats-happening-with-the-chortitza-headstone-project
-GRANDMA #110572
-Johann Siemens #110572 (8 Oct 1808-13 Dec 1853)
-GRANDMA has birth date 2 Oct 1808
-Born: Chortitza, Chortitza, South Russia; Died: Chortitza Colony, South Russia; Buried: Chortitza, Chortitza, South Russia
-Parents: Peter Siemens #136330 (16 Apr 1765-1 Dec 1847) (Find A Grave MEMORIAL ID 239291829) and Katharina (Klassen) Siemens #108860 (abt 20 Jan 1768-18 Feb 1843) (Find A Grave MEMORIAL ID 239291759)
-Wife: Maria (Dyck Siemens) Peters #265385 (25 Jul 1811-?) -Born, Died and Buried: Chortitza, Chortitza, South Russia (Find A Grave MEMORIAL ID 240614017); married 27 Mar 1827 in Chortitza Colony, South Russia; -Her parents: Franz Dyck #196132 (abt 1772-?) and 2nd wife, Maria (Berg) Dyck #196076 (abt 1782-?)
-Notes in GRANDMA: Ron Siemens has date of birth as 11 Oct 1808 whereas Schapansky in his 2001 book lists it as 1 Oct 1808. The 1808 Chortitza Colony Vital Records say he was born 2 Oct 1808 in Chortitza. He was Chairman of the Agricultural Commission of Chortitza Colony following Cornies' death in 1848 until his own death in 1853.
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The Chortitza Headstone Project and the Memorial site on Chortitza Island (Ukraine)
"Out of the darkness and into the light"
In 1789, the first Mennonites formed the Chortitza Colony on the territory of present-day Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine on the Dnieper River.
The Chortitza (Khortytsia) Mennonite Church Cemetery was in the village of Chortitza.
The village of Chortitza is gone… now part of the suburbs of the city of Zaporizhzhia.
In the summer of 2019, local archaeologists began excavations to find the tombstones that were taken from the destroyed cemetery and which had been used in the foundation of an abandoned Soviet warehouse approximately 700 metres from it. So far, nearly 300 gravestones have been unearthed. These were taken to the Khortitza National Reserve (KNR) on Chortitza Island and restored under the "Chortitza Headstone Project".
More than 150 fragments or stones have been identified and included here in Find A Grave.
Due to the War in Ukraine (Feb 2022), the stones have been placed in storage and will be on display in the future.
For more information on the Chortitza Mennonite Cemetery and the Chortitza Headstone Project:
"Khortytsia Cemetery Gravestone Project", by Werner Toews in "Preservings", Issue No. 39, 2019, pp 53-60:
https://www.plettfoundation.org/files/preservings/Preservings39.pdf
GAMEO: "Chortitza Mennonite Church (Chortitza, Chortitza Mennonite Settlement, Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine)":
https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Chortitza_Mennonite_Church_(Chortitza,_Chortitza_Mennonite_Settlement,_Zaporizhia_Oblast,_Ukraine)
CBC News: "Demolition of abandoned building in Ukraine uncovers dozens of Mennonite tombstones", 3 Nov 2019:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/mennonite-tombstones-ukraine-1.5345781?fbclid=IwAR2YldPsF0PSVt18Ro3zIMw6_Rhukrg5G0aDF7F5bt4UIKA3o1O5OGdoQZI
"What's Happening with the Chortitza Headstone Project" by Werner Toews, Chairperson, Ukraine Headstone Project Committee, MMHS (Manitoba Mennonite Historical Society):
https://mmhs.org/whats-happening-with-the-chortitza-headstone-project
-Johann Siemens #110572 (8 Oct 1808-13 Dec 1853)
-GRANDMA has birth date 2 Oct 1808
-Born: Chortitza, Chortitza, South Russia; Died: Chortitza Colony, South Russia; Buried: Chortitza, Chortitza, South Russia
-Parents: Peter Siemens #136330 (16 Apr 1765-1 Dec 1847) (Find A Grave MEMORIAL ID 239291829) and Katharina (Klassen) Siemens #108860 (abt 20 Jan 1768-18 Feb 1843) (Find A Grave MEMORIAL ID 239291759)
-Wife: Maria (Dyck Siemens) Peters #265385 (25 Jul 1811-?) -Born, Died and Buried: Chortitza, Chortitza, South Russia (Find A Grave MEMORIAL ID 240614017); married 27 Mar 1827 in Chortitza Colony, South Russia; -Her parents: Franz Dyck #196132 (abt 1772-?) and 2nd wife, Maria (Berg) Dyck #196076 (abt 1782-?)
-Notes in GRANDMA: Ron Siemens has date of birth as 11 Oct 1808 whereas Schapansky in his 2001 book lists it as 1 Oct 1808. The 1808 Chortitza Colony Vital Records say he was born 2 Oct 1808 in Chortitza. He was Chairman of the Agricultural Commission of Chortitza Colony following Cornies' death in 1848 until his own death in 1853.
****
The Chortitza Headstone Project and the Memorial site on Chortitza Island (Ukraine)
"Out of the darkness and into the light"
In 1789, the first Mennonites formed the Chortitza Colony on the territory of present-day Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine on the Dnieper River.
The Chortitza (Khortytsia) Mennonite Church Cemetery was in the village of Chortitza.
The village of Chortitza is gone… now part of the suburbs of the city of Zaporizhzhia.
In the summer of 2019, local archaeologists began excavations to find the tombstones that were taken from the destroyed cemetery and which had been used in the foundation of an abandoned Soviet warehouse approximately 700 metres from it. So far, nearly 300 gravestones have been unearthed. These were taken to the Khortitza National Reserve (KNR) on Chortitza Island and restored under the "Chortitza Headstone Project".
More than 150 fragments or stones have been identified and included here in Find A Grave.
Due to the War in Ukraine (Feb 2022), the stones have been placed in storage and will be on display in the future.
For more information on the Chortitza Mennonite Cemetery and the Chortitza Headstone Project:
"Khortytsia Cemetery Gravestone Project", by Werner Toews in "Preservings", Issue No. 39, 2019, pp 53-60:
https://www.plettfoundation.org/files/preservings/Preservings39.pdf
GAMEO: "Chortitza Mennonite Church (Chortitza, Chortitza Mennonite Settlement, Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine)":
https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Chortitza_Mennonite_Church_(Chortitza,_Chortitza_Mennonite_Settlement,_Zaporizhia_Oblast,_Ukraine)
CBC News: "Demolition of abandoned building in Ukraine uncovers dozens of Mennonite tombstones", 3 Nov 2019:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/mennonite-tombstones-ukraine-1.5345781?fbclid=IwAR2YldPsF0PSVt18Ro3zIMw6_Rhukrg5G0aDF7F5bt4UIKA3o1O5OGdoQZI
"What's Happening with the Chortitza Headstone Project" by Werner Toews, Chairperson, Ukraine Headstone Project Committee, MMHS (Manitoba Mennonite Historical Society):
https://mmhs.org/whats-happening-with-the-chortitza-headstone-project
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