The Kehler Immigration to Canada

Steam Ship Moravian No.25
Steam Ship Moravian No.25

Elizabeth Schultz (Kehler) was only 8 years old on July 1, 1875, marking the day the Aron Schultz family arrived Canada, via Quebec on the S.S. Moravian.  The S.S. Moravian had 667 Mennonites on board (Bergthal and Chortitza) under the leadership of Gerhard Wiebe. Click here to see the S.S. Moravian Passenger List, 2815 Aron Schultz.

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Manitoba On Menu – Horfrost Restaurant

Travel Manitoba together with Jackfish Media and ITV Winnipeg review Horfrost Restaurant

Travel Manitoba together with Jackfish Media and ITV Winnipeg review Horfrost Restaurant:

Chris Kehler, a Berliner Kehler –  son of (the late) Edgar & Helen Kehler,  together with business partner Jeff Mialkowski, opened the fine dining restaurant Horfrost, in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba in October 2007. The restaurant sits along River Road across from Ecole Arthur Meighen School.

Horfrost Restaurant

The End – Marjorie Anne Heinrichs

MARJORIE ANNE HEINRICHS was born in Morris, Man., on March 2, 1956, the second of six children born to Helen and Sydney Reimer, a financial adviser

 
Illustration by Jack Dylan

As published by Nancy Macdonald, Macleans – The End

After the death of her first-born, she found solace and healing with her native neighbours. She especially loved the sweat lodge.

MARJORIE ANNE HEINRICHS was born in Morris, Man., on March 2, 1956, the second of six children born to Helen and Sydney Reimer, a financial adviser. Marj, a redhead with a fiery personality and a yen for storytelling, grew up in the prosperous, conservative Mennonite community of Rosenort. She was an opinionated and curious tomboy—not your average Mennonite girl. TV and radio, the church believed, were a sin. Hard work brought you closer to God.

At 14, she met Jim Heinrichs, “the cutest boy in school,” as she described him. Gentle Jim, shy and soft-spoken, was her polar opposite. They married in 1974, after graduating from Rosenort Collegiate, and moved onto a hog farm west of town. Continue reading “The End – Marjorie Anne Heinrichs”

Christmas Baking

My sister-in-law and I were crossing into the U.S. a few weeks ago to spend a day shopping and to pick up our baking supplies for our Christmas baking. The border agent asked us the purpose of our visit and we told him about our baking supply list and he asked us if we were planning on making “divinity.”

Val Kehler Reimer
Val Reimer

My sister-in-law and I were crossing into the U.S. a few weeks ago to spend a day shopping and to pick up our baking supplies for our Christmas baking. The border agent asked us the purpose of our visit and we told him about our baking supply list and he asked us if we were planning on making “divinity.” I got real curious on this “divinity” and searched high and low for a recipe so I could try this scrumptious candy that he said was a “must” on a Christmas plate of dainties. Continue reading “Christmas Baking”

Author killed in crash ‘was like family’

Republished from the Winnipeg Free Press  Friends, First Nation mourn ‘tragic’ loss

Author Marj Heinrichs
Author Marj Heinrichs

The death of a Rosenort woman Tuesday afternoon has shaken family and friends in Manitoba and Ontario, where she was well known for her work with First Nations.

Marj Heinrichs, author, journalist, communications consultant and mother of five, died in a crash east of Morris that also sent four other people to hospital with serious injuries.

She was on her way to a traditional sweat lodge ceremony in Roseau River First Nation when she died. Continue reading “Author killed in crash ‘was like family’”

Writer Marj Heinrichs killed in crash near Morris

Marj Heinrichs, an accomplished writer and photographer from Rosenort, was killed in the collision near Morris, on Tuesday afternoon.

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Marj Heinrichs, 54
Marj Heinrichs, 54

Marj Heinrichs, a mother of five and an accomplished writer and photographer from Rosenort, was killed in the collision near Morris, on Tuesday afternoon.

Heinrichs had a passion for aboriginal culture and she was on her way to a traditional sweat ceremony in Roseau River when the collision occurred. She was driving a Chevy Impala, crossing the intersection of Highway 23 and Highway 200 when her car was broadsided by a Chevy Avalanche.

A roadside memorial has been set up at the site of the crash. Continue reading “Writer Marj Heinrichs killed in crash near Morris”