Wiens, Jakob B. (1870-1939)
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| From Jubilaeum-Album der Konferenz der Mennoniten in Canada 1902-1952 |
Jakob B. Wiens was born in Crimea Russia in October 1870 and died 22 May 1939 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. He received his education at Rückenau and the Halbstadt Zentralschule and was a teacher at Tiegerweide, Molotschna Mennonite settlement, South Russia. He served as a teacher for twenty years. On 23 May 1893, he married Helena Wiens. In 1901 Jakob Wiens was elected minister and in 1911 he succeeded Abram Görz as elder of Orloff-Neukirch Mennonite Church. In 1924 he left Russia and arrived at Waterloo, Ontario. On 16 August he proceeded to Herschel, Saskatchewan, and there founded the Ebenfeld Mennonite Church (General Conference Mennonite Church). He also served in the surrounding communities of Luseland, Superb, and Kindersley-Glydden, which were subsidiaries of the Ebenfeld church.
Bibliography
Rempel, J. G. Fünfzig Jahre Konferenzbestrebungen 1902-1952 I. Steinbach, MB, 1952: 198.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Scottdale, Pennsylvania, and Waterloo, Ontario, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 4, p. 949. All rights reserved. For information on ordering the encyclopedia visit the Herald Press website.
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