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Isaak (Ohm) Harms (Ancestors) #593 |
| Birth: | 10 JAN 1811, Blumstein, Molotschna, South Russia |
| Immigration: | 17 JUL 1874, NYC; Hammonia |
| Death: | 4 SEP 1891, Steinbach, Manitoba, Canada |
| Family: | SPOUSE: Sawatzky, Anna, 17 SEP 1809, #594
Married: 19 SEP 1832;
1 -- Harms, Cornelius, 14 OCT 1833, #613
2 -- +Harms, Cornelius S., 26 AUG 1835, #191
3 -- +Harms, Isaak, 9 SEP 1837, #614
4 -- +Harms, Johann, 3 DEC 1839, #615
5 -- Harms, Peter, 30 DEC 1841, #616
6 -- +Harms, Anna, 6 AUG 1844, #617
7 -- Harms, Margareta, 2 DEC 1846, #618
8 -- +Harms, Peter S., 24 JUN 1849, #619
| | Family: | SPOUSE: Plett, Karolina, 7 MAR 1823, #716
Married: 21 OCT 1877; Jansen, Nebraska
| | Family: | SPOUSE: Fast, Maria, 27 JUN 1851, #968
Married: ; Jansen, Nebraska
| | Father: | Harms, Hans, 1771, #658
| | Mother: | Neudorf, Anna, 1784, #712
| | Notes: | Marriage Source: Name: Isaak Harms; Death date and place: September 9, 1891, Steinbach; Age: 80Occupation: farmer; Born: South Russia; Cause: Weak from age; 15 wks in bedDr in attend: None; Informant: A. S. Friesen, Steinbach; minister: Corn Epp., page Hanover recordsNotes: A leader of Kleine Gemeinde. Helped find land for landless in South Russia.Came to Jansen, Nebraska; convinced sons and a nephew to join him. Theyformed a "line village" called Blumenort, and by others, "Harms Village."His 3rd wife took him to Steinbach where he died, apparently in poverty.(Ken Ratzlaff)Notes: E-mail from John Dyck, WinnipegI found the following information in the Rural Municipality of Hanover records on microfilm (in Box No. 3) at the Heritage Centre in Winnipeg:Name: Isaak Harms; Death date and place: September 9, 1891, Steinbach; Age: 80 years; Occupation: farmer; Born: in South Russia; Cause of death: Weak from age, 15 weeks in bed [that is not clear and could read 18 weeks]; Doctor in attendance: None; Signature and residence of informant: A. S. Friesen, Steinbach; Religion: Mennonite; Minister: Cornelius Epp. (Date usually listed as 4-Sep)**************************************************Isaac married Anna Sawatzky, daughter of Cornelius. He lived in Alexanderkron which was settled in 1857. The family owned a Vollwirtschaft with fine buildings. He was one of the early promoters of the Kleine Gemeinde resettlement program of the 1860s and in 1864 the family moved to Markuslandt near Einlage, Old Colony. It is believed that the family later moved to Borosenko, probably to the village of Heuboden, where several of the sons settled. In 1874 Isaac Harms moved to Jansen, Nebraska, where he farmed a section of land with his children. His first wife died on 4/6/77. Later that year, he married a second time to the widow Klaas Friesen, nee Karolina Plett, from Manitoba. He married for a third time to a young widow, Maria Fast, and moved to Manitoba. His son, Johan S. (1839-1884) moved to Manitoba in 1874 and to Jansen in 1875 where they settled in the so-called "Harms village" which later became Blumenort. His offspring stayed in Jansen or went to Meade, Kansas."Profile..."
p. 275, he reports that "Anna Sawatsky married Isaac, son of Johan who settled in Blumstein in 1804. Isaac Harms is recognized as being one of the most significant supporters of the KG resettlement program for its landless in the 1860s (ref. Storm and Triumph p 22and p 186). In 1864, the family moved to Markuslandt which Isaac Harms had been instrumental in founding. "In 1874 the Harms family moved to Jansen, NB where Isaac married for a second time to Karolina Plett, the widow of his first wife's uncle Klaas Friesen. Son Cornelius remained behind, resident in Schoenau in 1892."
P. 106, "It is likely that the Harms moved from the Molotschna colony to Markusland prior to immigrating to Nebraska in 1874. They were joined in Jansen in 1875 by sons Peter and Johan. [Peter's family immigrated to Manitoba in '74, then to Jansen in '75; they moved to Inman in 1901, Meade in 1908, Montezuma in 1916; they were members of the Holdeman church. Johan also went to Manitoba and then to Jansen; he became a KG minister.] "By 1882, Isaak was farming 640 acres together with his children...After the death of Anna, Isaak married the widow of Klaas Friesen on 10/21/77; he married again to Maria Fast"...who apparently insisted that they move to Manitoba. "A letter is extant which indicates that Harms incurred debts in Manitoba which were paid by the Kleine Gemeinde church in Manitoba. He died in 1891."
p. 90, "The KG in the USA" by Henry Fast in Profile... Bishop (Alt.) Toews wrote in a letter in the Rundschau in 1913: "Fifty years ago this summer, I a youth was allowed to make my first extended trip by my parents. They will have seen the need of a vacation after my first conversion experience whereby I also had become physically exhausted. The mentioned journey was made in theaccompaniment of old Mr. Isaak Harms and his son Cornelius. The latter is still living as an 80-year-old in California. The purpose of this trip was to look for land. "At first we were interested in the newly available land of Furstenland near the village Snamenka on the Dnieper River. As we travelled through the named village, we marvelled at the well-tended vineyards of the Russians. Such vineyards were not at that time seen among us Germans in the Molotschna...At Nikopol we crossed the Dnieper River, then on to the Old Colony. We found night lodging in the village of Schoenberg at the 'Vorsteher der Landwirtschaft', who was also in charge of the new Furstenland settlement. While Father Harms stayed in the good room at these friendly folks, the younger Harms and I made our bed on the hay in the barn. We slept well, never dreaming of all the experiences of the next fifty years.... "At Einlage we again crossed the Dnieper River and continued to the so-called Markusland. There, Harms and the nobleman (Markus) agreed on a rent contract that was to be in effect for 6 years. That same fall the village Friedrichsthal was settled and the following spring Andreasfeld..."
pp 92,93: Here is an account of the emigration led by Alt. A.L. Friesen including the decision to go to Nebraska. (A.L.'s father was a cousin of Mrs. Cornelius Janzen who promoted NB). In June, 1874, "about 30 families of A.L. Friesen's group left Borsenko...The travelled by river boat from Nikopol to Cherson, and from Cherson to Odessa on a large ship. From Odessa to Hamburg the group travelled by rail. At Hamburg they stayed in a guest house where they met a group from Peter Toew's church on their way to Canada. In Hamburg they embarked on the S.S. Hammonia bound for New York."
The following chapter discusses moving to Nebraska. In 1883, M.B. Fast listed the settlers. In Blumenort, also known as "Harms Village", were the following families: Isaak Harms, Peter Harms, Klaas Wiebe, Johann Harms, Heinrich Ratzlaff, Klaas Friesen" The first 4 are the Harms extended family.
Also in that chapter, notes on houses, the plantings of trees, scrupulousness in business dealings and that "the older generation used a little alcoholic drink in some form but never to excess."**********************************************************Plett, "Pioneers and Pilgrims"
Klaas R. Reimer (1837-1906) emigrated to Steinbach where he was a businessman. He kept notes of letters of which the following are pertinent:
"Letter to Peter Harms [son], Nebraska RE: "Harms the Elder", 2/10/90. How he finds such a marriage in his old age, in his 80th year with a wife of 38 years. That it is often not good when this happens; that such a thing should rather not happen, as the consequences are seldom good."
"Letter to Isaak Harms, 2/1[/90]. Contents of which were $20, taken over from A. Friesen, Blumenort."
"To My Address. A letter from David Hiebert, Nebraska, and a draft of $70 for the elder Isaak Harms, mailed October 8, 1890." (Entry apparently October 1890)
"To David Hiebert, Nebraska. A letter with a receipt showing that I had received the $70 draft for old Isaak Harms;..."
"January 30, 1893. A letter to Peter Harms, Nebraska about the debts still owed by old Mr. Harms. That they should bear in mind that we had taken good care of him and that they had mentioned about paying everything in a previous letter."Notes: 1835 census: Blumstein #12Marriage Source: A. Peters |
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