@article{469, keywords = {Russian Mennonites, Hoffman family, Burkhart family, Mennonites (Old Order)}, author = {Herbert Enns}, title = {Henry B. Tiessen's experiences as a Russian Mennonite immigrant}, abstract = {Translation of an excerpt from Tiessen's "50 Jahre in Canada: damals und heute" (1973, pp.5-14). It describes the arrival of the Hoffman family from Russia at the Waterloo station in the early 1920s, their reception by the Burkhart family, the farm tasks and way of life, a visit to an Old Order meetinghouse, and a barn-raising bee.}, year = {1994}, journal = {Ontario Mennonite History}, volume = {12}, number = {Journal Article}, pages = {15., L 13+}, language = {English}, }