©Mennonite Heritage Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba. (Last updated January 31, 2003)

Peter Hoeppner fonds. -- 1877-1901. -- 7 cm of textual records.

Biographical Sketch

Peter Hoeppner (1825-1907) was from the Fuerstenland Colony, South Russia. He married his first cousin Elisabeth Penner (1824-1914). They emigrated in 1876 and were one of the founding families in the village of Waldheim in the Manitoba Mennonite West Reserve.

 Scope and Content

This collection consists of correspondence received by Peter Hoeppner (1825-1907) after he immigrated to Canada. Writers from Russia include Isaac Dyck, Joahann Hildebrand, Kornelius Hildebrand, Bernhard Hoeppner, Peter Klassen, and Heinrich Penner. Letters from people in Canada include Aganetha Heppner, Cornelius Sawatzki, Peter Sawatzki, and Ludwig Witte. A few land assessment records are also included.

 Custodial History

Some of the letters arrived through the help of Edwin Hoeppner of Winnipeg in September 1983 from an Oklahoma woman who had bought a box of materials at an auction sale in Oregon. Additional material was deposited by Ed Falk of Winkler that he received from the late Mrs. Helena "Lena" (Janzen) Hoeppner of Morden, in August of 2000.

 Notes

Described by Conrad Stoesz, August 18, 2000.

Finding aid consists of a file list.

Accession nos. 2000-118

Other accruals expected.

Location: Volume 1419.

 

 

VOLUME 1419 Peter Heppner fonds File List

  1. 47 letters to Peter Heppner (1825-1907)of Waldheim, Manitoba. -- 1877-1890.
  2. The Hoeppner Letters 1882-1901/ transcribed and translated by Ed Falk. -- July 2000.
  3. Copies of letters written to Peter Heppner of Waldheim, Manitoba and translated in file #2. -- 1882-1901.