From: Krasna, Bessarabia
30 March 1930

Dear Editor Brendel:

I am happy to report that on March 28, we finally had some nice rain to get rid of the dust. All the fields are sown and this task was done more efficiently this year since the horses were in better shape. Bobschoi (Welschkorn) corn is next. Since much of the fields were already plowed in the fall, the work is going to be done quickly.

Peter Kahl died on March 28 (Sr.), age 88 or 89. Adolf Furch of Krasna is looking for news about Pastor Furch from Selz. Pastor Furch had been imprisoned at Odessa earlier and no one here knows his whereabouts. Adolf Furch and Pastor Johann Furch are brothers.

The following left for Brazil on March 28:

Kasper Weber and wife Amalia nee Paul and six unmarried children. – Johanna, the married daughter nee Weber and wife of Lukas Paul Jr. son of the late Lukas Paul. – Anton J. Wingenbach and wife Amalia, daughter of Valentin Ternes and two children. Several families are slated to go, but as yet are not ready to do so.

There was a general meeting on March 28 of the members of the bank and the cooperative. Nikolaus Kelsch was re-elected. He receives a commission of 2.5% from the store. There was an error of 87,021 Lei on his inventory of wares, which he has to pay back from his income.

During the night of March 28/29, a hoodlum broke into the cooperative store and caused a terrible mess. A special investigator will ascertain what all is missing.

Greetings,
Joseph Braun

Totengasse

• 289. Daniel Lauderbach and wife Bertha nee Müller and his mother-in-law, Rosa.
• 290. Zachäus Hein and wife from Emmental, the aunt of Zachäus, Anisia nee Folk.
• 291. Adam Erker and wife Katharina nee Röhrich from Strassburg, South Russia and their son Melchior and wife Katharina from the same village, maiden name is Braun.
• 292. House of Erasmus Schreiber, leased to Nikolaus Kelsch and wife from the Banat, and a Jewish family from Romonowka.
• 293. The widow of Lukas Paul, Walburga nee Tschosek [Ciosek].
• 294. Christostemus Fleckenstein and wife nee Herman.
• 295. On the other side, Michael Ziebart and wife nee Schreiber.

Then comes the big school with head teacher Adelbert Gulewitsch and his wife nee Ruechert [Rückert], teacher Lilie Lukas from Tarutino and Luba Tüschtschinko from Bolgrad. The two lady teachers are not married and live in the school building, as does the head teacher. The other teachers are Eduard Ruscheinski, married and the two bachelors Anselmus, son of Bernhard Leins, and Aloisius, son of Simon Folk. Teacher Michael Ziebart is married.

• 296. Gabriel Riehl and wife nee Ternes.
• 297. Joseph P. Kuss and wife nee Kranich.
• 298. Alexius Riehl and wife nee Ternes from Karamurat.
• 299. Deobald Erker and wife nee Gansky and his old mother, nee Dressler.
• 300. Maximilian Riehl and wife nee Leinz.
• 301. Aloisius Ternes and wife from Emmental and his old mother, nee Habrich.
• 302. Georg Bachmeier and wife nee Steiert, his son-in-law Max Engel and wife nee Bachmeier.
• 303. Simon Leinz and wife nee Hein.
• 304. Anton Schäfer and wife nee Fleckenstein and his aged father Nikolaus Schaefer.

This brings us to the Kirchhof (churchyard). On the other side are:

• 305. Georg Becker and wife nee Wagner.
• 306. Alexander Gansky and wife nee Schlik, Edmund Gansky and wife nee Harsche, the Gansky’s elderly mother and a crippled brother, Hieronymus.
• 307. House of Joseph Wuitschik. Leased to a gypsy named Leon.
• 308. Philipp Harsche and wife nee Bunikovski [Boniakowski] and their two sons, Nikolaus and wife nee Winter, Joseph and wife nee Kranich. All are Harsches.
• 309. Erasmus Steiert and wife nee Harsche.
• 310. Home of the late Reinhold Steiert (Semljanka), rented to a Chupan. (Tschupan)
• 311. Widow nee Kuss of Erasmus Ruscheinsky.
• 312. Gabriel Ruscheinsky and wife nee Folk.
• 313. Peter Alwinger and wife nee Schulkowsky and son Deonisius with wife nee Lauderbach.
• 314. Johannes Hinz and wife nee Riehl and his father Michael Hinz.
• 315. Simon Wagner and wife nee Harsche, the youngest son, Peter and wife nee Bachmeier.
• 316. Albrecht Lauderbach and wife nee Herschaft.
• 317. Adolf Furch and wife nee Bachmeier.
• 318. Joseph Dressler and wife nee Müller.
• 319. Christof Bunikovsky [Boniakowski] and wife, his son Lukas and wife.
• 320. Semfor Winter and wife nee Hein.
• 321. Ludwig Rückert and wife nee Ritz, his son-in-law, Johannes Bachmeier and wife nee Rückert.
• 322. Michael Ritz and wife from Podolia. She suffered a stroke and is mute.
• 323. Joseph Hein and wife nee Leinz. Joseph is ill with pneumonia.
• 324. Solomon Harsche and wife nee Koch.
• 325. Dorothea Steiert and Lidia Rüb from Sarata. Lidia rents from Dorothea.
• 326. Max Wagner and wife nee Kuss.

Continuation and final part follow, beginning at the cemetery.