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Jakob Abram Wiebe (1853-1907): elder of the [[Kronsweide Mennonite Church (Kronsweide, Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine)|Kronsweide Mennonite Church]] near [[Chortitza (Chortitza Mennonite Settlement, Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine)|Chortitza]], South Russia; born 14 August 1853, at [[Einlage (Chortitza Mennonite Settlement, Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine)|Einlage]], [[Chortitza Mennonite Settlement (Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine)|Chortitza Mennonite settlement]], the oldest of the six children of Abram Heinrich Wiebe (1830-1865) and Margarete (Epp) Wiebe (1831-1904). In 1877 he married Elizabeth Janzen (25 February 1858 – 20 February 1912), daughter of Franz Janzen (b. 1808) and Maria (Peters) Janzen (1830-1907). One of his sons was a teacher in the Nikolai Zentral­schule at [[Yazykovo Mennonite Settlement (Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine)|Yazykovo]], and another was a Mennonite minister.  Wiebe died 5 January 1907 at Einlage in the Chortitza settlement, where he was buried.
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Source: Victor G. Wiebe''.]]
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Jakob Abram Wiebe (1853-1907): elder of the [[Kronsweide Mennonite Church (Kronsweide, Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine)|Kronsweide Mennonite Church]] near [[Chortitza (Chortitza Mennonite Settlement, Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine)|Chortitza]], South Russia (now Ukraine); born 14 August 1853, at [[Einlage (Chortitza Mennonite Settlement, Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine)|Einlage]], [[Chortitza Mennonite Settlement (Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine)|Chortitza Mennonite settlement]], the oldest of the six children of Abram Heinrich Wiebe (1830-1865) and Margarete (Epp) Wiebe (1831-1904). In 1877 he married Elizabeth Janzen (25 February 1858 – 20 February 1912), daughter of Franz Janzen (b. 1808) and Maria (Peters) Janzen (1830-1907). They had 12 children but only six reach maturity. One of his sons, Abram Jakob Wiebe (1890-1967), was a teacher in the Nikolai Zentral­schule at [[Yazykovo Mennonite Settlement (Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine)|Yazykovo]], and another, [[Wiebe, Herman Jacob (1892-1975)|Herman Jacob Wiebe]] (1892-1975), was a Mennonite minister. Wiebe died 5 January 1907 at Einlage in the Chortitza settlement, where he was buried.
  
 
Jakob received his education at the [[Chortitza Zentralschule (Chortitza, Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine)|Zentralschule]] and Teacher's Seminary at Chortitza, and then taught school for 28 years. He was or­dained a minister of the Kronsweide Mennonite Church in 1881, and elected elder on 12 May 1902 to serve alongside Elder [[Klassen, Peter Abraham (1825-1905)|Peter A. Klassen]]. Wiebe lived in [[Kronsweide (Chortitza Mennonite settlement, Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine)|Kronsweide]] 1875-1880, Bergmannsthal 1880-1905, and Einlage 1905-1907. He was succeeded as elder by [[Klassen, Johann Peter (1868-1947)|Johann P. Klassen]], the son of Wiebe's predecessor.
 
Jakob received his education at the [[Chortitza Zentralschule (Chortitza, Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine)|Zentralschule]] and Teacher's Seminary at Chortitza, and then taught school for 28 years. He was or­dained a minister of the Kronsweide Mennonite Church in 1881, and elected elder on 12 May 1902 to serve alongside Elder [[Klassen, Peter Abraham (1825-1905)|Peter A. Klassen]]. Wiebe lived in [[Kronsweide (Chortitza Mennonite settlement, Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine)|Kronsweide]] 1875-1880, Bergmannsthal 1880-1905, and Einlage 1905-1907. He was succeeded as elder by [[Klassen, Johann Peter (1868-1947)|Johann P. Klassen]], the son of Wiebe's predecessor.
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Like all Mennonite Ältesters and pastors in Russia, Wiebe was unpaid. However, as an Ältester he received an annual stipend of 200 rubles -- ostensibly to keep the Church books. He was poor because his church duties often interrupted his ability to work. Some in the community recognized his needs and from time to time the more wealthy church members would anonymously put money in his bank account which was held in the Mennonite owned Niebuhr Bank in the village of [[Chortitza (Chortitza Mennonite Settlement, Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine)|Chortitza]].
 
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GRANDMA (The <strong>G</strong>enealogical <strong>R</strong>egistry <strong>an</strong>d <strong>D</strong>atabase of <strong>M</strong>ennonite <strong>A</strong>ncestry) Database, 5.00 ed. Fresno, CA: [http://calmenno.org/index.htm California Mennonite Historical Society], 2006: #710977.
 
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Jakob Abram Wiebe with wife Elizabeth and children Marie and Jakob.
Source: Victor G. Wiebe
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Jakob Abram Wiebe (1853-1907): elder of the Kronsweide Mennonite Church near Chortitza, South Russia (now Ukraine); born 14 August 1853, at Einlage, Chortitza Mennonite settlement, the oldest of the six children of Abram Heinrich Wiebe (1830-1865) and Margarete (Epp) Wiebe (1831-1904). In 1877 he married Elizabeth Janzen (25 February 1858 – 20 February 1912), daughter of Franz Janzen (b. 1808) and Maria (Peters) Janzen (1830-1907). They had 12 children but only six reach maturity. One of his sons, Abram Jakob Wiebe (1890-1967), was a teacher in the Nikolai Zentral­schule at Yazykovo, and another, Herman Jacob Wiebe (1892-1975), was a Mennonite minister. Wiebe died 5 January 1907 at Einlage in the Chortitza settlement, where he was buried.

Jakob received his education at the Zentralschule and Teacher's Seminary at Chortitza, and then taught school for 28 years. He was or­dained a minister of the Kronsweide Mennonite Church in 1881, and elected elder on 12 May 1902 to serve alongside Elder Peter A. Klassen. Wiebe lived in Kronsweide 1875-1880, Bergmannsthal 1880-1905, and Einlage 1905-1907. He was succeeded as elder by Johann P. Klassen, the son of Wiebe's predecessor.

Like all Mennonite Ältesters and pastors in Russia, Wiebe was unpaid. However, as an Ältester he received an annual stipend of 200 rubles -- ostensibly to keep the Church books. He was poor because his church duties often interrupted his ability to work. Some in the community recognized his needs and from time to time the more wealthy church members would anonymously put money in his bank account which was held in the Mennonite owned Niebuhr Bank in the village of Chortitza.

Bibliography

GRANDMA (The Genealogical Registry and Database of Mennonite Ancestry) Database, 5.00 ed. Fresno, CA: California Mennonite Historical Society, 2006: #710977.

Klassen, Is. P. The Kronweide Mennonite Church in Russia: Its Villages and Elders. Translated by Edward Enns. Winnipeg, MB: Mennonite Heritage Centre, 1993.

Mennonitisches Jahrbach. Berdyansk, 1908.


Author(s) Herman J. Wiebe
Richard D. Thiessen
Victor G. Wiebe
Date Published September 2016

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