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32. Johann WARKENTIN was born on May 15
1760 in Blumenort, Prussia. He died in 1825 in Ladekopp, Russia.
Johann
and his wife Margaretha emigrated to Russia from Elbing
Prussia, in 1804.
33. Margaretha THIESSEN was born on May 10 1767.
Johann, his wife, and their children along with other friends and relatives were all in one emigration train. Most transportation
was by two-wheeled cart with a horse hitched to it. Most necessary belongings were loaded on the cart, and whoever
was able to do so had to walk. Many of the poorer people did not have a horse, thus had to pull the carts themselves.
Johann Warkentin had been married once before he married Margaretha Thiessen. There is no record of his first wife's
name, her date of birth, nor the date of her death. He had only one child
from his first marriage, a daughter named Katharina.
In their early years of married life, they lived in Kleinmansdorf, Prussia. Later, they lived in the town of Elbing.
From there they emigrated to Russia in the year 1804.
He founded the
villages of Blumenort and Rosenort in Molotschna colony in Russia. He named
them in honour of his birthplace in Prussia (Blumenort) and the nearby
Prussian town (Rosenort) where their Mennonite congregation was
located.
Since they were well-to-do, they bought two lots in the village
of Blumenort, Russia (Molotschna Mennonite Colony) in the year 1805. We would call it a double farm in America. Eventually
Johann gave up farming operations and devoted his time to teaching school in the village of Ladekopp, Russia. He
died there of smallpox in the year l825. He wrote a poem, which he composed during the last years of his life,
as a remembrance.
In 1875 his great grandson Jacob Warkentin emigrated to
Canada.
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The
Traveller
A traveller journeyed, aged and worn,
Up the steep and mountainous climb,
Where seldom bloomed a flower or rose,
The road was narrow and stony the trail,
Above rose the summit of jagged granite
Miles and miles upward and onwards to go.
Now roared a tempest, now pressed the heat,
And then an abyss to hinder his way.
Exhausted at last he sat in the dusk
and sorrowfully gazed at the evening star.
Oh, sparkling light, you are gleaming again
But my journey is not complete as of yet.
How is my road so hard and so bitter?
How little joy and rest have I had!
My way has seen sunstrokes and stormy travail,
More than the joys that refreshen one's days.
A youth appeared in the twilight a'sparkle
And spoke to the traveler, forlo'rn
"I come to crown you with palms
Do not lose courage and faint at the end."
Then led he the traveler to a green val'e,
Away, from the darkness of night.
Glorious spring and jubilant being
Are nothing compared to this view.
There were ten cities, distant wide spaces
Flower fields watered by brooks all a'sparkle
"This", said the youth, "is given to you
By the King of Kings at the end of the journey.
Thou good and faithful servant, true
Thy life full of suffering and sorrow
Was preparation for eternal bliss.
Come enter, to n'er before experienced joy
Leaving your tattered garments behind."
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Johann and Margaretha's children were:
 i.
Helena
WARKENTIN was born in 1784 in Kleinmausdorf Prussia. Died young of TB. Probably before the birth of another Helena
from her father Johann's 3rd marriage to a women named Heude.
ii.
Johann WARKENTIN was born in 1786 in Kleinmansdorf Prussia. He died in 1839 in Orloff Russia. Lived in Tiege or
Orloff Russia.
iii.
Margaretha WARKENTIN was born on Mar 12 1788 in Kleinmansdorf, Prussia.
iv.
Justina WARKENTIN was born in 1789 in Prussia.
16 v.
Abraham WARKENTIN - he was Jacob
Warkentin's grandfather
vi.
Agatha WARKENTIN was born in 1796 in Prussia.
vii.
Anna WARKENTIN was born in Oct 6, 1798 in Prussia. She was living 1815 ? in Lichtenau, Russia. She was living 1855 ? in
Altonau, Russia. She married Bernhard Fast, then Jacob Wiens.
viii.
Aganetha WARKENTIN was born in 1801 in Prussia. She was living in Old Colony, Russia.
ix.
Elisabeth WARKENTIN was born in 1803 in Russia. She died in 1850. She was living in Tiege, Russia. Believed to
be first child of this family born in Russia.
x. Heinrich
WARKENTIN was born in 1805 in Russia. He died in Daughter's home, Sagradovfka, Russia. Lived in Tiegenhagen, Russia.
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