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A happy birthday to my Grandpa Henry Neufeld. Born this day in 1922 at present day, Hrushivka, Zhaporihzia,(Russia-occupied) Ukraine.
Here he is beside my Grandmother on their wedding day in 1943.
Oh cool! You know... Google maps is incredible. I was just looking at the location of the old Mennonite village on Google Earth and up popped a landmark pin and photo just down the lane from his birthplace. It is named:
"Staryy Holandsʹkyy Mlyn - Historical landmark
Unnamed Road
Hrushivka
Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine
71775”
Which translates as “Old Dutch Mill”... which would jive with Mennonite history!! I wonder if my Grandpa was ever in that mill, likely not as he was only 2 or 3 when they left for Canada but surely his parents and siblings were.
I wonder if it has survived the war? Another war…
#Ukraine #Mennonite #Family #FamilyHistory #Ancestry #RussiaUkraineWar
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Staryy Holandsʹkyy Mlyn/@47.0467057,35.8238797,2894m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m6!3m5!1s0x40dd59849c53559f:0xeef602c02324c544!8m2!3d47.0467057!4d35.8238797!16s%2Fg%2F11n7s87khs?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI2MDQxMy4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw==

I imagine the reason he felt he could welcome people from faraway places so easily was because he was one of those people... and faced persecution because of it in his childhood. A reminder that people are good. #Friendship #welcome #mennonite

A nice obituary from December 31, 2024 about my Great Uncle Herman Neufeld (my mom's Uncle).
I never really knew him as I grew up 4000km away... but he had a positive impact on people, especially Jamaican workers, in Niagara-on-the-Lake.
"Herman, who died Dec. 31, became very involved in the Niagara Workers Welcome services and other outreach programs. He considered the farmworkers his friends and neighbours, and treated them as such."
#Friendship #welcome #mennonite
https://www.notllocal.com/local-news/remembering-herman-neufeld-10060084