From: Krasna, Bessarabia
20 February 1929
Dear Staats-Anzeiger!
Recently, the widow Elisabetha Deichert visited me. She had not heard from her son Fidelis Deichert for years and asked me to locate him in America through the renowned Staats-Anzeiger. Should he not be a reader of this newspaper, then his neighbors are asked to draw his attention to these lines. He should be informed that on 22 January, his brother Alexander Deichert married Paulina Becker, the daughter of Ignatz Becker. Fidelis should write his worried mother immediately and also send her his current address.
A peculiar incident happened here, that could have had severe consequences.
M. Seifert and his wife Philomena, nee Schilkowski on a very cold evening went to visit her parents Heinrich Schilkowski and his wife. Several more drinking buddies arrived also. After they had downed the “Red’ (wine) for quite a while, M. Seifert started to wander off and somewhere received severe blows to his head. Bleeding he dragged himself to the stack of straw of Simon Kopp, where he collapsed. He lay there unconscious in the freezing temperatures. He regained consciousness again around midnight and returned to his father-in-law, Heinrich Schilkowski, and rapped on the door. His mother-in-law opened the door and let him in. He looked terrible. The blood that had flowed out of his mouth was frozen. He trembled and shook like a leaf because of hypothermia. His hands were frost bitten. In the meantime, his wife and his brother-in-law had left to go home. They assumed that M. Seifert was already at home. They were shocked when they found out about the incident the next morning. Hopefully, Mr. Seifert will recover soon.
The following families intend to immigrate to the praised Canada in the near future.
Basilius Harsche, son of Friedrich and wife Marianna, nee Hintz.
Alexander Kuss and wife Rophina, nee Zibart.
Maximilian Dirk, son of Johannes and wife Zaelestina, nee Hintz.
Theobald Erker and wife Nimpfe, nee Ganski.
Simon Koch, son of Jakob and wife Zaelestina, nee Ternes.
D. Fenrich, son of Simon and wife Katharina, nee Koch.
Mathias Gross, son of Daniel and wife Emerenziana, nee Paul.
Chrisostimus Fleckenstein and wife Elisabetha, nee Hermann.
Gabriel Volk, son of Anton and wife Klara, nee Wutschik.
Joseph Wingenbach and wife Leogatha, nee Riehl.
Johannes Ruscheinsky, son of Georg and wife Rophina, nee Kuss.
Mathias Wutschik, son of Lorenz and wife Angela, nee Hermann.
Johannes Mueller, son of Joseph and wife Klara, nee Winter.
Michael Menges and wife Marianna, nee Leintz.
Simon Soehn, son of Anton and wife Simpherosa, nee Speicher.
Maximilain Dirk, son of Rochus and wife Anisia, nee Mueller.
Erasmus Becker, son of Sebastian and wife Dorothea, nee Kranich.
Georg Wutschik, son of Lorenz and wife Nimpfa, nee Mueller.
Peter Harsche and wife Kresentia, nee Nagel.
Nikolaus Harsche, son of Philipp and wife Valeria, nee Winter.
Mathias Kuntz, son of Stefanus and wife Marianna, nee Harsche.
Johannes Fleckenstein and wife Scholastika.
Ignatz Ihle, son of Thomas and wife Klara, nee Ternes.
Alexander Becker, son of Sebastian and wife Theresia, nee Ihli.
Deonisius Allwinger, son of Peter and wife Angela, nee Lauterbach.
Edmund Ganski, son of Johannes and wife Helena, nee Harsche.
Rochus Speicher, son of Mathias and wife Veronika, nee Rueckert.
Peter Hintz, son of Michael and wife Klara, nee Gross.
Thomas Schaefer, son of Johannes and wife.
Markus Soehn, son of Karl and wife.
Kaitanus Krams, son of Martin and wife.
Adolf Koch, son of Simon and wife.
Balthasar Winter, son of Johannes and wife.
Maximilian Wolf and wife.
Peter A. Soehn and all their families.
I will report their departures dates later.
The following people have died since my last report:
Michael Harsche; Rosalia Becker, 94 years old; Joseph Krams, 60 years old and Michael Ternes, 92 years old. May they rest in peace!
In closing, I greet Uncle Adam Paul and Aunt Amalia Paul, Uncle Jakob Wagner and children, especially Melchior Wagner and Aunt Faustina Bachmeier and their children.
Peter A. Soehn