Family: Dietrich (Dirk) HEPPNER / Maria BUHR (F14670)

• Father | Male Dietrich (Dirk) HEPPNER

  
  

  Born	28 Jan 1816	Schoenfeld, Bergthal Colony, South Russia
  Died	27 Jul 1882	Mountain Lake, Cottonwood, Minnesota
  Buried	Abt Jul 1882	Mennonite Cemetery, Butterfield, Watonwan, Minnesota
  Married	22 Sep 1840  [1]
  Father	Jacob Anton HEPPNER | F15509 Group Sheet
  Mother	Maria ISAAK | F15509 Group Sheet

  
  

  Mother | Female Maria BUHR

  
  

  Born	3 Dec 1821	Schoenthal, Bergthal Colony, South Russia
  Died	5 Mar 1905	Mountain Lake, Cottonwood, Minnesota
  Buried	Abt Mar 1905	Mennonite Cemetery, Butterfield, Watonwan, Minnesota
  Father	Cornelius BUHR | F15510 Group Sheet
  Mother	Maria DRIEDIGER | F15510 Group Sheet

  
  

  Child 1 | Female + Maria HEPPNER

  
  

  Born	23 Sep 1841	Bergthal Colony, South Russia
  Died	8 Aug 1914	Mountain Lake, Cottonwood, Minnesota
  Buried
  Spouse	Johann STOESZ | F15483
  Married	13 Nov 1860

  
  

  Child 2 | Female Susanna HEPPNER

  
  

  Born	19 Feb 1859	Schoenfeld, Bergthal Colony, South Russia
  Died	18 Aug 1897	Mountain Lake, Cottonwood, Minnesota
  Buried	Abt Aug 1897	Mennonite Cemetery, Butterfield, Watonwan, Minnesota
  Spouse	Jacob NIKKEL | F29274
  Married	30 Jun 1881	Carson, Cottonwood, Minnesota

  
  

• 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

  [S137] Kirchenbuch der Mennoniten Gemeinde zu Mountain Lake, Cottonwood County, Minnesota, translated by Adeline Friesen in 1996, Pg. 40.