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Johann P. Wiebe was a Mennonite teacher who came to [[Canada|Canada]] with his parents Jacob Wiebe (1835-1914) and Katherina Penner (1837-1876) in 1875, at the age of 16. After leaving South [[Russia|Russia]], where Johann was born 5 May 1862 in the [[Bergthal Mennonite Settlement (Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine)|Bergthal Colony]], they arrived in Quebec City on 18 June. From there they traveled west and eventually settled in the village of Bergfeld on the [[East Reserve (Manitoba, Canada)|East Reserve]] in Manitoba. Here his father became the first teacher and raised his family. Johann was the third of ten children and had an additional seven half-siblings from his father's second marriage. On 1 November 1885, Johann married his first wife, Helena Toews (1864-1905). Together they had ten children. Sadly, seven of these died as infants. After Helena's death in 1905, Johann married Gertrude Esau (1878-?), who was the widow of Johann Heinrichs. She had a son and a daughter from her first marriage, and together she and Johann had a son, Gerhard, in 1907 and a stillborn child in 1913. 

Johann P. Wiebe, like his father, became a teacher. His first recorded teaching post was in Burwalde, on the East Reserve in Manitoba. In 1902 he was teaching in Neu-Bergfeld and in 1910 he was teaching in Grunthal. Johann P. Wiebe died 4 October 1922 after dedicating the better part of his life to the education of the children in the Mennonite communities in which he lived.
= Bibliography =
Barkman, Cathy. "Johann P. Wiebe." <em class="gameo_bibliography">Preservings </em>No.8, Part I (June 1996): 12-13.
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