Kehlers who honor past and inspire other Berliner Kehler family members
Today, July 1, 2011 Canada celebrates it’s 144th year since Confederation. While Canada Day celebrates the events that occurred on July 1, 1867, when the British North America (BNA) Act created the Canadian federal government, the Kehler Clan can celebrate this day for another reason.
Today, July 1, 2011 Canada celebrates it’s 144th year since Confederation. While Canada Day celebrates the events that occurred on this day in 1867, when the British North America (BNA) Act created the Canadian federal government, the Kehler Clan celebrates for another reason.
At the 1979 Berliner Kehler Family Reunion, Mitchell, Manitoba, the following comical Low-German poem about the eleven Kehler siblings was read by the poet Gustav Dueck, husband of Betty Stoesz Kehler. Continue reading “Daut Kehlash Gedicht”
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.
We are very grateful to the large number of Kehler cousins, and there are many of you, who have stepped up to the plate and helped this process along!
Today, we want to recognize:
The most current list of descendants can be downloaded here. If you spot any errors or omissions, please send us the details and we can get a more accurate list. Contact the Webmaster with any questions or updates.
While the Kehler producer of this video is not a Berliner Kehler, that I know of — here is wishing you a Fröhliche Weihnachten!!
May God Bless the Berliner Kehler Clan in 2010!
Peter B. Kehler and his friends of the Ebenfeldscha Bosch Brennt Dohl Band will be performing at the Rosenort Fellowship Seniors Banquet on December 8, 2009 at the Rosenort Heritage Centre, 14 Spruce Crescent. Continue reading “Ebenfeldscha Bosch Brennt Dohl Band Performing in Rosenort, MB”
Volunteers are required, perhaps you would find this task amusing as well. Updates are required to the list, and we would be so grateful if there would be at least one member of each line, that would take on this task. Start by downloading this list (PDF format) of descendants here. Send us the changes and we can get a more accurate listing. Contact the Webmaster with any questions or updates.
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Peter S. Kehler: entrepreneur and minister; born 1 January 1896 in Ebenfeld, Manitoba, to Jacob K. and Elisabeth H. (Schultz) Kehler, as the eighth of 14 children in the family.
On 12 August 1923, he married Katharina Blatz (1900-1991) in Eigengrund (later called Hanover), Manitoba. The couple had 12 children, one of whom died young. Peter died on 11 February 1968 in Mitchell, Manitoba. Because the family was so large, he lived with an aunt and uncle from the age of four until he was ten years old. While he was there, he learned how to play the harmonica, sparking a lifelong interest in music. Later in life, Continue reading “Peter S. Kehler (1896-1968)”
Elisabeth Schultz Kehler, Mennonite pioneer, was born on 30 March 1866 in the Bergthaler Colony, South Russia. She was the fourth of ten children born to Aron K. Schultz (1834-1924) and Maria Harder (1839-1900). As a young adult she was baptized into the membership of the Bergthaler Mennonite Church but later in Canada was a member of the Sommerfelder Mennonite Church. In 1884 she married Jacob K. “Berliner” Kehler (1863-1923). Together they had 13 children (four daughter and nine sons) of which 11 survived to adulthood. Elisabeth Kehler died on 10 February 1943 in Steinbach, Manitoba. Continue reading “Elisabeth Schultz Kehler (1866-1943)”