Dück [Dueck] Photo Album

_____________________________________________________________________________________

PHOTO GALLERY

1856, February 16

Wedding Picture
Peter J Dueck [July 14,1833 - December 24, 1887] and Justina Enns [May 11, 1823 - October 24, 1903] born Groening

[Helen Koop Johnson, Tapestry of Ancestral Footprints (1995), p. 65 a]

1884

September 20

This Peter J. Dueck [July 14,1833 - December 24, 1887] & Justina Gröning [May 11, 1823 - October 24, 1903] family photo was taken at a wedding.
Peter & Justina are sitting in the middle of the second row in front of the bride and groom.
Their son Johann P. Dueck, your [Eric's] great grandfather, is standing in the top row to the right of the shorter groom.

Photos and text provided by Louise (Mathies) Ross

[Helen Koop Johnson, Tapestry of Ancestral Footprints (1995), p. 65 b
Back [l-r]: Kornelius Enns; Wilhelm Giesbrecht; Peter Dueck; Maria Dueck and husband Heinrich Friesen; Johann Dueck; Gerhard Peters; Herman Enns.
- Centre row: Justina [Enns] Giesbrect; Mother [Justina Gröning - May 11, 1823 - October 24, 1903]; Father [Peter J. Dueck - July 14,1833 - December 24, 1887]; Sara [Enns] Peters; Mrs. Hermann Enns.
- Front row: Mrs. K. Enns; Mrs. G. and Gerhard Dueck; Mrs. J. and Jacob Enns]

-----------

Justina (nee Groening) and her second husband Peter Dueck seated centre.
Cornelius H. Enns and Katharine (nee Driedger) extreme left.
Johann P. Dueck standing third from right.

Above description from Justina "Jessie" Enns, A Pilgrimage,
The Story of Katharine (Janzen) (1880-1948) and Cornelius Enns (1880-1934)

.....................

Source: Ron Enns, St. Catharines, ON

Before June 6, 1891

Four women, including Margaretha Ens, still single, with her hands on her hips, all apparently training to be seamstresses

1904

Fall (After October 19)

This is of the Johann P. DUECK family where Margareta (Mathies) Dück is still a little girl.

    Parents: Margareta (Enns) [July 31, 1865 - July 16, 1919 [July 29, 1919]] and Johann P. Dueck [August 22, 1857-October 18, 1914]

    In between the parents is Gerhard (d. 1907)
    Standing on the left by her Mom is oldest daughter Anna.
    Standing on the right is Abram (son of the first wife Anna Driedger)
    Sitting on steps .. Below parents ...
     Johann
     [Margaret] Margaretha (Mom)
     Justina
     Sarah (with doll)
     Peter (by rocking horse) [his toy horse]
     Jakob (in highchair)

    (Herman, George and Helena were not born yet)

    NOTE: Anna died of T.B. in Ukraine. Peter stayed in Ukraine. All the
rest of the children came to Canada.
     A while ago relatives had a Dick/Dueck family reunion and with
donations a trip to Canada was arranged for Peter's daughter Nora, husband
Oleg, and their son Peter to come to Canada for the event. Nora had been a
doctor for women. Until recently we have been writing, however she is
losing her sight at 80 years of age. Her son Peter is in email contact. He
lives in Taupse, Russia.

Photos and text provided by Louise (Mathies) Ross

[Helen Koop Johnson, Tapestry of Ancestral Footprints (1995), p. 117 c]

c. 1905 - 1908

Margarethe Ens, [Margaretha Ens], July 31, 1865 - July 16, 1919 [July 29, 1919] and Johann P. Dück,
August 22, 1857-October 18, 1914

[Helen Koop Johnson, Tapestry of Ancestral Footprints (1995), p. 117 a]

[Ernest J. Dick, Courage, Courage, The Lord Will Help, The Family History of Johann P. Dück and Descendants from Schönfeld, Southern Russia (Leamington, John H. Dick, 1990, p. i)]

1908

Subject: Mathies family in Schoenfeld
Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2015 22:58:52 +0000 (UTC)
From: John Dick
To: krausehouse@krausehouse.ca <krausehouse@krausehouse.ca>

Hi, Eric
Perhaps you remember me from Grade 13, LDHS. I have been working on the story of Schoenfeld and have read your genealogy with great interest. We have a common story in Schoenbrunn. My great-grandfather was Johann P. Dueck and my paternal grandfather was Abram J. Dick.

My grandmother left us this picture (attached) and I am wondering what you know about it, since there is a Mathies connection. Are you familiar with it?

I believe it was taken in the spring of 1908. I believe the buildings in the background are the Peter Enns estate in Kowalicha. I am presently checking with the Enns family. The trees are bare, the water is high and the folks are lightly dressed, so I conclude it was springtime. The young woman in the boat with the guitar is my Grandmother Margareta Enns (married Abram J Dick from Schoenbrunn in 1913). The man in front of her and sitting at the bow are her brothers Heinrich and Peter respectively. The woman beside her I think is Maria Mathies, not sure. The man at the stern and second from the front are unknown. The couple behind her is David Mathies and Helena Balzer. From the fleeting things we remember our grandmother saying this photo op was the engagement occasion for David Mathies and Helena Balzer, the couple sitting behind her. Obviously it was a festive event, the folks are dressed up the people we can see across the water have staged themselves for the picture. David Mathies was from your mother's family in Schoenbrunn and Helena was from the Balzer family in Roppow (an estate area of about 1,600 acres bought by my great-great-grandfather Heinrich Thiessen. Later in Roppow, in the summer of 1918, anarchists arrived at the Balzer estate and murdered Helena and her parents. David took a bullet in the head as well but survived.

We have in our possession Aeltester (of Schoenfeld congregation) David Leonard Dueck's Tagebuch (diary) which dates back to the 1880's. He was my mother's grandfather. In it he records David and Helena's wedding date as April 24, 1908. Are you familiar with this picture and whether my understanding is somewhat close?

Thanks for your help
John Dick
-------------------------

Source: Margreta Gronski / John Dick

From: John&Marg
Date: Wed, Nov 4, 2015 at 8:56 AM
Subject: Re: New Address
To: Margreta Gronski

Good to hear from you. Thanks for the address confirmation
I've attached a picture. It is a puzzle. I wonder if you know anything about it.

This picture is prominent in the Enns family (Harry, Ruth, Ken, Bill) and we have it thanks to our grandmother who named this as an engagement event. The puzzle is this: according to my research they (David Mathies and Helena Balzer) are not close relatives to the Enns family. Why then the importance of the picture?

We have the "Tagebuch" (diary) of our great-grandfather (Jacob L Dick, Aeltester of the Schoenfeld church), which dates back to the 1880's, where he officiated the wedding of this couple on April 24, 1908.

The picture is also on the Krause genealogy website

Best wishes
John

----------------------

FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS ON THE 1908 ROPPOV PICTURE, SEE:

c. 1912

Johann P. Dück [August 22, 1857-October 18, 1914]

[Ernest J. Dick, Courage, Courage, The Lord Will Help, The Family History of Johann P. Dück and Descendants from Schönfeld, Southern Russia (Leamington, John H. Dick, 1990, p. 9)]

1914 - October 18

Your [Eric's] Great grandfather Johann P. Dueck's funeral - 1914 [Johann P. Dück, August 22, 1857-October 18, 1914]

Back row ... left to right ...

Sarah, [Johann] Hans Berg (son-in-law), Anna [Berg] (his wife), Peter, Widow Dueck,
Justina, John [Johann], Margaret (Oma Mathies), [Abram] Abe Dueck (son of first wife),
[Kornelius] Cornelius Enns (orphaned nephew of first wife & raised by the Dueck family).

Front row .. left to right ...
Helen [Helena], George [Gerhard], Herman [Hermann], Jakob (the missionary)

[Helen Koop Johnson, Tapestry of Ancestral Footprints (1995), p. 117 c]

Photos and text provided by Louise (Mathies) Ross

Orphan Kornelius Enns (May 28, 1880 - February 3, 1934) was the son of Kornelius Herman Enns (1853-1891) and Katherine Driedger (1955-1890) and taken in the fall of 1891 into the home of his Schoenbrunn uncle Johann P. Dueck
- [Helen Koop Johnson, Tapestry of Ancestral Footprints (1995), p. 113]

Johann Dueck (1857-1914), Oberschulz der Schönfeld Wolost von 1897 bis 1909. Seine erste Frau war die Tochter von Abraham Driedger, den ersten Oberschulze. Als sie 1889 starb hat seine Schwiegermutter ihren Sohn besorgt. Als Johann ein paar Monate später ihn besuchen kam, hat seine Schwiegermutter ihm gesagt, "Johann fing die mohl nie Fru, eck sie tu olt tum die junge hingaraun ranie." Er bekamm den Rat nach die Molotschna zu fahren, da waren viele "alte Merjallis". Zwei Monate später kam er zurück mit eine neue Frau, sie war 26 und er war 34. Johann war ein guter Bauer. Am 18. Oktober 1914 ist er gestorben. Auf dem Bild sehen wir seine Familie bei seinem Sarg. Foto aus Johnson, Tapestry of Ancestral Prints (Lockport, 1995), Seite 117.

http://www.plettfoundation.org/Books/DieseSteine/230-483.pdf - p, 361.

[Jakob's son Harold has written a biography of his parents, "the real life story of Jacob and Anna Dick (Dück)", as missionaries in India:
Harold J. Dueck, Uncommon Providence. A daring escape from the Soviet Gulag (Xulon Press, 29-Oct-2008),
ISBN: 978-1-60647-873-8

ABRAM DÜCK

1889 - 1919

ABRAM JOHANN DUECK, b. July 06, 1889, Schoenfeld, Ukraine; d. October 28, 1919, Schoenfeld, Ukraine;
m. MARGARETHA ENNS, May 09, 1913, Schoenfeld, Ukraine; b. May 12, 1889; d. October 08, 1980.

Abram Dück was killed on the morning of the 28th of October 1919 ...

[Ernest J. Dick, Courage, Courage, The Lord Will Help, The Family History of Johann P. Dück and Descendants from Schönfeld, Southern Russia (Leamington, John H. Dick, 1990, pp. 49-51]

Before November 18, 1919

Photos supplied by Louise Ross (Mathies)

Anna Wiebe (February 8, 1837 - November 18, 1919) who married, Jakob Ens (February 12, 1824 - March 27, 1880)

The writing at the bottom of the photos that of Margarethe/Margaret/ Margareta Dück (April 6, 1897 - May 10, 1986). On the back of the photo is the name, Margareta Dück, with a notation, "Your grandmother Anna Enns).

c. 1941

Descriptions and picture provided by Louise (Mathies) Ross

c. 1941 - No doubt Oma Mathies' brother Jacob Dueck and wife Anna,
India missionaries were visiting Canada and this is a
family reunion of Mathies, Duecks, Baergs, etc.

Helga Dueck (first cousin) and Annie Mathies standing to left,
Margaret Mathies (m. Toews) and little Louise Mathies (m.. Ross) bottom row to left,
Oma Mathies to the right with Arthur Mathies on her lap.

HELGA DUECK …… dau. of Jacob and Anna Dueck, India missionaries
ANNIE MATHIES ….. dau. of Abram J. and Margaret Mathies
MAN HIDING … ?????
WILHELM J. DICK ….. husband of Aunt Justina … sister to Margaret (Dueck) Mathies (A Dueck married a Dick)
AGATHA (nee Driedger) DICK, John A. … the son of Abram J. Dueck who was a half brother to Margaret (Dueck) Mathies
DAVID BERG ….. first cousin to Abram J. Mathies, (David’s mother was a Mathies)
KATHARINA (nee Thiessen) BERG … David Berg’s wife.
ABRAM BARG …. Brother to David Berg ... spelt his name with an ‘a’ ….some spelt their name Baerg
LOUISE (nee Goertzen) DUECK .. wife of George J. Dueck who was a brother to Margaret (Dueck) Mathies
JOHN J. DUECK … brother to Margaret (Dueck) Mathies
HELEN (nee Thiessen) FOUNK ….. 1st cousin to Margaret (Dueck) Mathies
JACOB FOUNK ?? not sure
HELENA (nee Neufeld) BARG … wife of Abram Barg
ABRAM J. MATHIES …. My Dad
MARIA (nee Wiens) DUECK …. Wife of John J. Dueck
JOHN A. DICK ????? not sure
JAKOB DUECK ….. Missionary in India …. brother to Margaret (Dueck) Mathies ….
UNKNOWN ……
JACOB G. DYCK ….. 1st cousin to Margaret (Dueck) Mathies
GEORGE J. DUECK …. Brother to Margaret (Dueck) Mathies

Holding their two sons EDWARD DICK & ROBERT DICK
IRENE & MARY BERG daughters of David Berg … not sure which is which

SITTING IN MIDDLE ROW

UNKNOWN lady
MRS. CORNELIUS ENNS …. I believe … Mr. Enns was the son of the first wife’s sister that was raised by the Dueck family.
JUSTINA (nee Dueck) DICK …. sister to Margaret (Dueck) Mathies
MARIA (nee Mathies) JANZEN ….. sister to Abram J. Mathies (dad)
ANNA (nee Baerg) DUECK .... wife of Jakob Dueck (missionary)
UNKNOWN lady
KATHARINA (nee Goerzen) DYCK .... wife of Jacob G. Dyck
MARGARET (nee Dueck) MATHIES .... wife of Abram J. Mathies

With son ARTHUR MATHIES on her lap
MARGARETHA (nee Enns) DUECK … sister-in-law to Margaret (Dueck) Mathies … widow of half brother Abram J. Dueck

BOTTOM ROW

MARGARET MATHIES …. dau. of Abram and Margaret Mathies
LOUISE MATHIES …. dau. of Abram and Margaret Mathies
ANGELICA BERG ….. dau. of David Berg ….. age is about right and her other two sisters are there so has to be her.
MARGE DUECK …. dau. of Jakob & Anna Dueck, India missionaries
AGATHA DICK … dau. of Wilhelm and Justina Dick
HELEN DUECK … dau. of Jakob & Anna Dueck, India missionaries
HELEN JANZEN … dau. of Maria Janzen

------------------------

... What I spent hours reading was Jacob G. Dyck's story translated by his son.
Erica (Mathies) wife of Geo. Dyck that did some translating is my 1st cousin on my Dad's side. http://familienforschung.online-dick.de/index.php?id

[George Jacob Dyck b: October 17, 1909 in Ukraine d: 1997 +Erica Mathies b: October 31, 1920 in Ukraine d: September 25, 2008 in St. Catharines, Ontario m: August 06, 1949]

My parents visited with their family years ago when I was little and they lived in Leamington.
Jakob G. Dyck owned a grocery store then and was known to us as 'Sturmann Jasch Dyck."
There was something about them that as a child I always thought they were royalty ...

Source: Louise (Dueck, Mathies) Ross - Monday, April 22, 2013 11:36 PM

Circa 1940

Johann Johann Dick (John J. Dick) and Maria (Wiens) Dick
Henry Dick, William Dick, John Dick, Peter Dick

[Ernest J. Dick, Courage, Courage, The Lord Will Help, The Family History of Johann P. Dück and Descendants from Schönfeld, Southern Russia (Leamington, John H. Dick, 1990), p. 58]

1965

Annie Krause's "Uncle Peter" in Russia

PETER JOHANN DUECK (b. December 20, 1898, Ukraine; d. March 30, 1988, Russia), m. PAULA WIEBE, June 10, 1924 (b. March 16, 1899; d. March 29, 1975, Russia)

Assorted DÜCK [DUECK]

Photos Supplied by Louise (Mathies) Ross


Justa (Justina) Dück (December 27, 1895 - July 11, 1964) Sister of Margarethe/Margaret/ Margareta Dück (April 6, 1897 - May 10, 1986) and her husband Wilhelm Jacob Dick (October 11, 1892 - May 09, 1965)	A. J. and Margaret (Dück) Mathies, with daughters Margaret and Annie. Brother Herman Dick (Dück) in rear	Wedding: November 29, 1947 Henry Dick and Hilda Kornelsen (deceased 1969). Henry, living in Leamington, is the son of John Dueck, brother of Margaret (Dück) Mathies