4. Jacob WARKENTIN was born on Jun 3 1857 in Bergthal Colony, Russia. Due to the differences in the Russian dating system at the time, his Russian birth date was listed as: May 22, 1857. He died on Dec 15 1885 in Altona Manitoba.

Jacob arrived in Canada on S.S. Moravian July 1, 1875. He was listed on the ship register as a foster child to Peter and Katharina (Braun) Wiens. Katharina was his mother, Susanna's, sister. The Wiens family settled in Reinfeld, Manitoba (East Reserve). His uncle Jacob Warkentin (1836 - 1899) arrived with his wife Helena Dyck and family on the SS Polynesia four years later on July 6, 1879.

He married Helena Doerksen (b. Nov 24, 1858) in 1878. Jacob and Helena were listed in 1881 Canadian Federal Census as residing in Altona, Manitoba (West Reserve) with two children, Abram 2 and Cotrina (Katharina) 4. Jacob died very young at age 28. Helena also died young (age 33) in childbirth, after re-marriage to Jacob P. Braun.

I believe Peter Isaac encountered him in the early years in Manitoba working as a miller in Reinfeld, Manitoba (East Reserve) the same occupation as his father Abraham.  Isaac refers to him in the Peter Isaac Family book.

5. Helena DOERKSEN was born on Nov 12 1858. She arrived in Quebec City from Russia on the S.S. Nova Scotian with her parents and siblings, July 27, 1874. They settled in Altona, Manitoba (East Reserve)  She married Jacob P. Braun after the death of Jacob Warkentin in 1885. She died on Feb 25 1891.