Who's Who at Aberdeen Meeting Room, ID

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Early Correspondents

Early 1900's

  • George Jacob Storrer +1908-1918+ (1886-1958)
  • Jacob Elias Landvatter 1908-1933+ (1886-1958)
  • Rudolph Horsch +1923-1927+ (1889-1971)
  • Cornelius Klassen 1911-1950 (1877-1950)

1930's+

  • Arthur Jacob Klassen +1937-1966+ (1907-1993)
  • Henry C. Geisbrecht +1937-1966 (1900-1966)

1960's+

  • Otto Rudolph Klassen 1917-1994+ (1917-2001)
  • Timothy Edward Brown +1966-2010+ (1925-2017)
  • Ralph Daniel Klassen 1930-1948+, +1969-2010+ (b. 1930)

1980's+

  • Richard Herman Geisbrecht 1942-1960+, +1985-2010 (1942-2010)

Families

Barela family

  • George Barela 1968-1980 (Pocatello, ID)

Brown family

  • Timothy Edward Brown +1966-2010+ (b. 1925 Sierra Madre, Los Angeles, CA - d. 2017 Aberdeen, ID)
    • David Brown +1973+ (Pocatello, ID)
    • James Brown
    • Neil Brown
    • Dan Brown

Geisbrecht family

  • Henry C. Geisbrecht +1937-1966 (b. 1900 Paso Robles, San Luis Obispo, CA - d. 1966 Aberdeen, ID)
    • Richard Herman Geisbrecht 1942-1960+, +1985-2010 (b. 1942 Aberdeen, ID - d. 2010 Aberdeen, ID)

Horsch family

  • Rudolph Horsch +1923-1927+ (b. 1889 Hammersheune Bavaria, Germany - d. 1971 Aberdeen, ID)
    • emigrated in 1911, homesteading Aberdeen; Mennonite in later years;

Klassen family

  • Cornelius Klassen +1911-1950 (b. 1877 Germany - d. 1950 Aberdeen, ID). Cornelius and Paula both emigrated to the U.S. in 1893.
  • Paula Klassen +1911-1975 (b. 1885 - d. 1978 Aberdeen, ID)
    • Erna Kathryn Klassen Giesbrecht +1911-1924+ (b. 1906 CA - d. 1999 Aberdeen, ID). Husband: Henry C. Giesbrecht (b. 1900 San Miguel, San Luis Obispo, CA - d. 1966 American Falls, Power, ID), son of Herman Giesbrecht (b. 1858 Germany - d. 1931 Santa Cruz, CA) & Mary Tiahrt Giesbrecht (b. 1863 Germany - d. 1929 Aberdeen, ID). Herman's family emigrated in 1878, Mary's family in 1880, they married in 1885.
    • Arthur Jacob Klassen +1911-1966+ (b. 1907 Aberdeen, ID - d. 1993 Seattle, WA)
    • Irvin Herbert Klassen 1912-1930+ (b. 1912 Aberdeen, ID - d. 2003 Waitsburg, Walla Walla, WA). Wife: Gladys Maxwell Cook Klassen (b. 1915 Spokane, WA - d. 1987 Walla Walla, WA). Daughter of Grace Evelyn Kann Cook (b. 1891 Cheever Twp., Dickinson, KS. Grace was a daughter of Howard William Kann (b. 1846 Adams Co., PA - d. 1930 Spokane, WA) & Emma Kann. Grace's siblings included: Frank Kann (Spokane, WA), John Kann (Spokane, WA), Will Kann (Clyde, WA), Mrs. Charles Thonney (Dixie, WA), Mrs. Harry Fhjandmaar (Stella, Spokane, WA), and Mrs. Dave Casey (Portland, OR).
    • Otto Rudolph Klassen 1917-1994+ (b. 1917 Aberdeen, ID - d. 2001 Aberdeen, ID)
    • Ralph Daniel Klassen 1930-1948+, +1969-2010+ (b. 1930)

Landvatter family

  • Jacob Elias Landvatter 1908-1933+ (b. 1885 Unterersesheim, Germany - d. 1966 Portland, OR); emigrated 1908;

Storrer family

  • George Jacob Storrer +1908-1918+ (b. 1886 Hielbrone, Germany, emigrated 1905; d. 1958 Walla Walla, WA)


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