Who's Who at Aberdeen Meeting Room, ID
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)
Sources
- TW-EB AAB
- Ancestry.com