HELENE [HELENA] KORNELSEN (October 1 or October 14, 1888), married May 23, 1909,
GERHARD JACOB PENNER (August 30, 1886-April 2, 1919)

Helene [Helena] (October 1 [October 14], 1888 - 1980) Penner [Gerhard Penner (August 30, 1886-April 2, 1919)].

Helene was the daughter of Jacob H. Kornelsen (August 1, 1849-May 6, 1926) and Helena Martens (June 15, 1851-June 8, 1945)

• Birth: 1888 [October 1, 1888]

• Death: 1980 in Leamington, ON, Canada

• Marriage PENNER [Gerhard Penner]

• Sources: der Bote, 23 Apr 1980, p7

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• Helena Kornelsen ((October 1 or October 14, 1888), born Tiegenhagen, Molotschna - ?, married, on May 23, 1909, to Gerhard Jacob Penner (August 30, 1886-April 2, 1919), born Muntau - Gerhard Jacob Penner was murdered near Halbstadt, Molotschna, and later, on June 29, 1919, his body was moved to Tiegenhagen, Molotschna.

• Helena Penner landed with her sons in Quebec on September 27, 1924

• Children:

  • Jacob (b. April 1, 1910, Tiegenhagen, Molotschna)

  • Gerhard (b. May 1, 1912, Tiegenhagen, Molotschna; d. December 8, 1912)

  • Gerhard (b. April 14, 1914, Slawgorod, Siberia)

  • Heinrich (b. May 26, 1916, Slawgorod, Siberia)

  • Johann (b. Nov. 28, 1917, Muntau, Molotschna)

Genealogy of Heinrich Kornelsen, 1807-1975, compiled for Ernest J. Klassen by K. Peters, Winnipeg (Winnipeg, December 1, 1975)
Genealogy of Aron Martens, 1754-1977, compiled for Ernest J. Klassen by K. Peters, Winnipeg (Winnipeg, July 1, 1977)