52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks
Week 34
Prompt - Chosen Family
I know very
little of The Dueck Family Ancestry. Elisabeth Dueck is my father's
mother's maiden name. There seems to be many ways to spell this name. Alternatives include:
Dyck, Dück, Dick, Dieck, von
Dyck, van Dyck, von Dick, van den Dyck. Apparently Duck (should have umlauts over the U) is German slang for shirker or cheat. Not in my
family!
The Dueck line in this case begins with
Jacob Dyck born about 1729 in The Vistula Delta, Poland. During his
life, Poland was subdivided and the area he lived in became West
Prussia. According to GRANDMA Online, (Genealogical Registry
and Database of Mennonite Ancestry) he
died April 18,
1792 in Neustaedterwald, Gross Werder, Prussia.
Jacob Dyck married someone known only as Sara and they had 6 children. Their
second child named Leonhard Dyck was born 1790 and in
Neustaedterwald, West Prussia. This is Elisabeth Dueck's 2 times
great grandfather. Leonhard Dyck married Katarina Rempel. They
married August 1,1801. Leonhard was 30 years old which seems older
than usual for a man's first marriage. This was Katarina's second
marriage. She had 3 children from her first marriage. Leonhard and
Katarina had two children together. Leonhard Dyck died August 18,
1810 at the age of 40 years and just 9 years after being married. He
died in Stobbendorf, Gross Werder, Prussia. These places are quite
close together and about 40 kilometers south east of present day Gdansk. On the above Map of The Vistula Delta these two places are in Rosenort.
Leonhard and Katarina Dyck first born
was Leonhard Leonhard Dyck and his birth is listed as “abt. 1802”
which is based on the marriage date of 1801. Again I presume he was
born in Stobbendorf, West Prussia given that is where his father died
9 years later.
Leonhard Leonhard Dyck married Justina
Hiebert. The 1835 Molotschna Census lists him at Lichtenau #27, and
says he came to Russia in 1829. He was the Dueck / Dyck who
immigrated to Russia from West Prussia. He moved to Molotschna
colony. This colony was the second Mennonite colony in Russia which
began in 1804.
Leonhard Leonhard and Justina had 7
children. Their youngest child was Johann Dueck / Dyck born April 16,
1844. Johann married Helena Peters September 2, 1866 in Russia. They
had 15 children. The first 5 were born in Russia. They immigrated to
Canada. Their departure was from Hamburg on July 2, 1875 and they
arrived in Quebec on July 19, 1875. They travelled on to their
colony in Manitoba. The youngest two children died on the same day,
August 18, 1875. Just one month after arrival. Their 6
th
child was born in Manitoba on September 6, 1875. He died less than
one month later on October 1, 1875. So tragic. Johann Dueck died November 17,
1909 in Saskatchewan (Swift Current Colony). Helena died March 3,
1918 in Saskatchewan.
Johann and Helena's 9th
child was Elisabeth Dueck / Dyck. She was born January 11, 1881 in
Manitoba. Her birth place has been listed as Borden, Manitoba and
West Reserve, Manitoba. This is my paternal grandmother. However in
this Dueck Ancestry line she is the first Dueck / Dyck in my ancestry
line.
Elisabeth Dueck (1881 - 1972) Elisabeth Dueck married Franz Peters on
February 2, 1902 in Blumenthal, Saskatchewan, NWT. This was in Hague,
Saskatchewan. They had 12 children. My father, Jacob Peters was
their 9th child born March 28, 1917 in Hague,
Saskatchewan.
Elisabeth and Franz moved off the
farm and into Saskatoon in the late 1920's. Franz Peters died April
15, 1952 in Saskatoon. Shortly after he died, Elisabeth and a few of
her children moved out to Vancouver. Elisabeth died January 16, 1972
in Vancouver.
I chose to explore the Dueck / Dyck
family because it is a branch of my family that I know so little about. I want to go back over this family line and learn more. There is always more to learn. This is just a synopsis.
Wendy
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