Family: Carl August KOHFELD / Katherina JANZEN (F11831)

• Father | Male Carl August KOHFELD

  
  

  Born	8 Sep 1835	Thorn, Prussia
  Died	4 May 1902	Lehigh, Marion, Kansas
  Buried
  Married	17 Jun 1858  [1]
  Father	Christian KOHFELD | F21918 Group Sheet
  Mother	Eva BARTEL | F21918 Group Sheet

  
  

  Mother | Female Katherina JANZEN

  
  

  Born	19 Dec 1840
  Died	4 May 1912	Lehigh, Marion, Kansas
  Buried	Abt May 1912	Springfield KMB Cemetery, Lehigh, Marion, Kansas
  Father	Heinrich Franz JANZEN | F21917 Group Sheet
  Mother	Helena KRAHN | F21917 Group Sheet

  
  

  Child 1 | Female Katharina (Tina) KOHFELD

  
  

  Born	25 Aug 1867
  Died	1 Apr 1944
  Buried	Aft 1 Apr 1944	Springfield KMB Cemetery, Lehigh, Marion, Kansas
  Spouse	Peter S. FRIESEN | F5724
  Married	1 Oct 1905

  
  

• Ships

  S.S. Vaderland-1873 Built by Palmers Shipbuilding & Iron Co, Jarrow-on-Tyne. She was a 2,748 gross ton ship, length 320.5ft x beam 38.5ft, one funnel, three masts, iron construction, single screw and a speed of 13 knots. Launched on 21st Aug.1872 for the Red Star Line of Antwerp, she sailed from Antwerp on her maiden voyage to Falmouth, Halifax and Philadelphia on 20th Jan.1873. On 25th Mar.1873 she started her first Antwerp - Philadelphia direct sailing and on 29th Nov.1876 commenced her first Antwerp - New York voyage. Between 1877-87 she sailed between Antwerp and New York or Philadelphia, starting her last New York voyage on 26th Oct.1887, subsequently sailing to Philadelphia until in March 1889 she was sold to French owners and renamed GEOGRAPHIQUE. She was sunk in collision in Oct.1889.

  
  

• Sources

  [S59] Church Book of the Alexanderwohl Mennonite Church in the Molotschna Colony of South Russia, by Duerksen, Velda (Richert) and Duerksen, Jacob A., (Mennonite Immigrant Historical Foundation; Goessel, Kansas; 1987), Pg. 125.