@book{1854, keywords = {Biographies, Mennonites, Russian Mennonites, Genealogy, Music, Art and artists, Social conditions, Educational exchanges, Children, Settlers Ukrainian, Neufeld Woldemar, Rice Elfriede Neufeld, Janzen Jacob H. Rev., Janzen Eliese Neufeld (m. Jacob H.), Janzen family, Neufeld family, Waterloo-Kitchener United Mennonite Church, Kaufman Rubber Co. Kitchener, John Forsyth Ltd Berlin, B.F. Goodrich Co. Kitchener, Waterloo County, Elmira, St Jacobs, Kitchener, Waterloo, Woolwich Township}, author = {Paul Rice}, title = {Elfriede and company: a tale of two families}, abstract = {The chronicle of the Janzen family, Russian Mennonites who fled to Waterloo County in 1924. The story includes the Neufeld family, for Eliese Neufeld married Rev. Jacob H. Janzen, and both had children from previous marriages. Although the book contains biographical information about J.H. Janzen, an important Mennonite leader, the focus is on his children and how they coped with the hardships in both Russia and Canada. There are detailed descriptions of the emigration from Russia and of the jobs the girls got in the homes of St Jacobs and the factories of Kitchener. The book is based on the reminiscences of family members and the memoirs of Eliese Janzen.}, year = {1988}, number = {Book, Whole}, pages = {227 p. charts, table, maps+}, publisher = {P.L. Rice}, address = {Decatur, Ga.}, note = {ID -: D-0240}, language = {English}, }