Great grandfather Gerhard Wiensz was born in Steinbach, South Russia on March 19, 1844. In September, 1869 he married Katarina Reimer (born 1848). After a difficult life in Russia, he immigrated to Canada in 1924 in his 80th year. He lived in Dalmeny, Saskatchewan for two years, before moving to Dallas, Oregon where he died in January, 1930. He left the following poem to be read after his death to sum up his life. (excerpted from Wiens, Esther, Tina Wiens, and Victor Wiens. Our Wiensz Heritage).
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