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- [ca. 1908-1953] (Creation)
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0.5 cm of textual records. -- 23 photographs
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Name of creator
Biographical history
Peter W. Toews, 1866-1935, was born into a Mennonite family in Friedrickthal, Russia. He emigrated to Canada in 1874 with his family, and they settled near Winnipeg. In 1888 he married Anna Broeszky, ?-1901, also from Russia, and they had seven children, three of whom survived childhood. In 1892 he established a blacksmith shop in Steinbach, Manitoba. After his first wife's death he married Anna Kaegi Unruh, ?-1923, a widow from Oregon, USA. They had five children. The family moved to Swalwell, Alberta where Peter ran a coal hauling business and worked as a blacksmith. He took several trips to the Peace River country. After Anna's death he married Mary Koehn of Oklahoma, and they had three children.
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Gift of Herman J. Toews, 1980-1982.
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Scope and content
The fonds consists of Peter's reminiscences of his life in Russia, Manitoba and Alberta (ca. 1934); and photographs of the family and the Peace River area (1908-1953).
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No restrictions on access.
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The material is in English.
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Digital content is available: https://digitalcollections.ucalgary.ca/Package/2R3BF1S3EQOLF
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NA 4427 are copies of PA 2407.
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Tuesday, April 24, 2018