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A record of the people of Waterloo Region, Ontario.

Peter Jansen

Male 1852 - 1923  (71 years)


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  • Name Peter Jansen 
    Born 21 Mar 1852  , Russia Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-61514 
    Died 6 Jun 1923  Beatrice, Gage, Nebraska, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Buried 1st Mennonite Church Cemetery, Beatrice, Gage, Nebraska, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I61514  Generations
    Last Modified 26 Feb 2024 

    Father Cornelius Jansen,   b. 6 Jul 1822, Tiegenhof, , Elblag, Poland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Dec 1894, Beatrice, Gage, Nebraska, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years) 
    Mother Helene vonRiesen,   b. 1 Dec 1822,   d. 1 Dec 1897, Beatrice, Gage, Nebraska, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years) 
    Family ID F16080  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
    Peter Jansen
    Peter Jansen
    Cemetery, F., America, N., County, G., & Cemetery, F. (1852). Peter Jansen (1852-1923) - Find A Grave Memorial. Findagrave.com. Retrieved 8 June 2019, from https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/58842481

  • Notes 
    • Memorable Manitobans: Peter Jansen (1852-?)
      Farmer, politician, land promoter.


      Born in Russia on 21 March 1852, his father Cornelius Jansen, the German consul in Russia, was banished from that country in 1873. The family emigrated to Canada, settling at Berlin [now Kitchener], Ontario. The next year they moved to Nebraska where they raised sheep and farmed. Peter Jansen served in the Nebraska state legislature and helped in 1896 to nominate William McKinley for the US presidency.

      An advocate for German immigration to North America, he visited Canada in 1902 to tour Doukhobor settlements on the prairies. Being so impressed by the potential of the land he saw, Jansen purchased land in Saskatchewan and Alberta. He served as Second Vice-President and Director of the Saskatchewan Valley and Manitoba Land Company and, being fluent in English, Russian and German and a friend of William Hespeler, he worked to encourage the settlement of German-speaking immigrants on the prairies.

      In 1906, he organized the Saskatchewan Elevator Company with himself as President, A. D. McRae as Vice-President, his son John P. Jansen as Manager and Secretary, and A. D. Davidson and A. R. Davidson as its principal shareholders. He retired from politics and moved to Winnipeg to live.

      Sources:
      "Personal view convinced them" Manitoba Free Press, 31 May 1902.

      "Twenty townships being settled" Manitoba Free Press, 4 November 1903.

      "A true German" Manitoba Free Press, 20 February 1904.

      "West's new grain co. now organized" Manitoba Free Press, 9 October 1906.

      Page revised: 24 May 2009

      Goldsborough, G. (2019). Memorable Manitobans: Peter Jansen (1852-?). Mhs.mb.ca. Retrieved 8 June 2019, from https://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/people/jansen_p.shtml

  • Sources 
    1. [S3231] Find A Grave, Cemetery, F., America, N., County, G., & Cemetery, F. (1852). Peter Jansen (1852-1923) - Find A Grave Memorial. Findagrave.com. Retrieved 8 June 2019, from https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/58842481.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 21 Mar 1852 - , Russia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 6 Jun 1923 - Beatrice, Gage, Nebraska, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - 1st Mennonite Church Cemetery, Beatrice, Gage, Nebraska, United States Link to Google Earth
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