Krahns of Orenburg am Ural

My name is Edward "Ed" Krahn and I started this site.This site was created using MyHeritage.com. This is a great system that allows anyone like you and me to create a private site for their family, build their family tree and share family photos. If you have any comments or feedback about this site, please click اینجا to contact me.شجره‌نامه‌ی ما این است که در این سایت آنلاین شده سایت! 32033 نام در سایت خانواده ما وجود دارد.The site was last updated on آوریل 19 2025, and it currently has 136 registered member(s). اگر مایل به عضو شدن هم هستید، لطفا روی اینجا کلیک کنید.    I have called the site the Krahn's of Orenburg am Ural, as this was the home of the generation which for the most part immigrated to the Land of Promise Canada.  They were the generation which face adversity and yet won.  It is their children who were able to build on that foundation.  We also celebrate those who remained behind, and faced the time of trials.Krahn (Kran/Kraan/Kraen/Kranen) is a Dutch-Prussian (also Flemish) Mennonite name that occurred among the Mennonites of the Lower Rhine, and is still familiar among the Dutch Mennonites.  In the Danzig Mennonite Church record the name is first mentioned in 1689.  The family also showed up in the communities of Tiegenhagen, Rosenort, and Heubuden.  Few Krahns remained in Prussia with most immigrating to Russia or America.In 2010 a major Low German Mennonite DNA project was undertaken to track the progenitors of families by name.  http://www.mennonitedna.com/  The results showed that there were 3 differant Krahn family linages, with some aspects of the DNA consistent with each other which suggests that all of these families all descended from the same progenitor.  The three Krahns are:1. Franz Abraham Krahn (born November 25, 18352. Johann Johann Krahn (born 1753)3. Georg Georg Krahn (born 1735)Among the first six families who went from Danzig to the Ukraine in 1787 was the then bachelor Abraham Krahn the son of Georg Georg Krahn, followed shortly afterwards by his family members.  This name is associated with the Chortitza Colony.  Some of the family ended up coming to Canada in the first 1874 wave and later spread to Saskatchewan, North Dakota, Minnesota, Mexico and Paraguay.The first reference we have is to a Hugo Jacob Kraan and his wife who in 1532 were burned at the stake in Haarlem the record of which is found in the famous Mennonite publication Martyrers Mirror.  It is thought that his children found their way to the relative freedom of Prussia.  In 1586 there was a Herman Krahn from Kleve registered as a student at the University of Marburg. In 1692 a reference is found of a Jacob and Gergen Kraen being baptized in the Flemish Congregation in Prussia.  In the 1727 census a Gergen Krahn is living in Neustadter Ellerwald, and a Peter Krahn in Pletzendorf near Tiegenhof. By the 1776 census there are Krahns living in Neustadter Ellerwald, Lakendorf and Stobbendorf.You will see in the site that with the many cross overs and marriage from a small number of families, that in many cases you may be related in differant ways to the same individual.  So you may find that you appear several times in the family tree, but in differant relationship to other members of the tree.  For example you might have a third cousin, who you are also related to by marriage, due to an earlier intersection of ancestorial family members.With the internet we now have the opportunity to research our heritage like never before.  New archival holdings and records have been opened to us, and we can now share this infomation across the generations and around the world where ever the Krahns now live.If you are looking to research more on your own heritage there are two major sites I would refer you to:The Richard Thiessen site http://www.mennonitegenealogy.com/  and Willi Vogt from Germany who has a special interest in the Mother Colony Chortitza and the Daughter Colonies, such as Orenburg,  http://chortiza.heimat.eu/ These rich sites include reports and information on a number of topics and areas, and are a great place to obtain a better understanding of our heritage, and increase your appreciation of our forefathers.I have completed the uploading of the Bergen Family Tree - The Descendants of Bernhardt Bergen and Katherina Penner married in February of 1799.  I recieved this book from my uncle Isaak Jacob Krahn who got it at the Bergen Reunion which took place during the 1990s.  I have also uploaded the Krahn Linage from  Helmut Schmidt who had pulled it together.Note: Some confusion occurs when looking at the West Prussian Church Birth Records, for a number of years following immigration to Russia, births records were recorded indicating the village in Russia but indicating West Prussia as the country.  This is not dissimilar to the Schoenhorst Church Records showing information on individuals who have moved to other colonies such as Orenburg. Welcome and enjoy.