Sussanha Elsasser

F, #14726
Father*George Frederick Elsasser b. 1828, d. 1909
Mother*Mary "Eva" Elizabeth Weisner b. 1841, d. 1921
Event-Misc1898 Sussanha Elsasser had the following event: in 1898 with parents, and siblings Adam, and Christian, came to Canada, then Winnipeg.1 
Marriage* She married Johann Heinrich Schimpff
Event-Misc*1906 Sussanha Elsasser had the following event: in 1906 homesteaded in Happyland, area known as Leader, with her father.1 
Note*  "Sussanha is the grandmother of Fred Schimpf who still ranches in the Leader are. She was a mid-wife and since there were no doctors in the area she delivered babies for many years throught the entire Leader-Westerham-Estuary districts. Often she would be taken away from her own home for long stretches of time."1 

Family

Johann Heinrich Schimpff
Last Edited7 Aug 2005

Citations

  1. [S180] Chart & narrative by L. Jean (Elsasser) Nicoll of Nanaimo BC Canada, 1998, Contribution by E. Wilson, Ponoka, Alberta, Canada in Jan 1980.