Book Description

" ... This family history deals with the immigrant ancestors John Harms and Siebert Goertz and their descendants ..."--Page 9. Seibert Goertz was born 3 August 1863 in Rudnerweide, Molotschna, Russia. On 13 Nov. 1885 he married Helena Dalke in Aulie in Aule-Ata, Asiatic Turkestan. They lived in Asia for 12 years then emigrated to America on 12 August 1893. They first arrived in Inman, Kansas where they met relatives. Siebert Goertz died " ... May 10, 1939 at his home in Buhler, Kansas ..."--Page 66. "John Harms was born December 18, 1856 in Grossweide, Molotschna, South Russia."--Page 78. He was a son of Isaak Harms and Katharina Froese Harms. He was an educator by profession in his home country of Russia. In 1875 " ... the family of Isaak Harms including John migrated to America and settled north of Hillsboro, Kansas in the Johannestal community."--Page 79. On 8 May 1877 John Harms was married to Jacobine Frantz. He served as a Mennonite preacher. He died in Hillsboro, Kansas on 2 December 1910