Anna Funk, 1874 A reproduction sampler with a special story! ericamichaels.... More information about the migration from Russia to the U.S. plains at: www.goesselmus... anabaptistworl...
Amazing. My paternal grandmother was from Prussia and grandfather was from Germany. They came to America and then married. I have their marriage certificate which is actually poster size. It is written in German. They settled in Pennsylvania. I will definitely get your design to honor all of the people who risked everything to come here.
What a charming booklet you have created! I didn't know such things had existed, let alone survived. I love that a stitcher knows to look on the back to determine whether something was stitched by one person. I can just imagine Anna gazing at the sampler and smiling as each motif reminded her of a particular friend. I wonder if they contributed different colors.
Wow! I live near Sterling. I will have to meet a friend and visit that little museum. My Great-grandparents and family move d from. Germany, to Russia (Bessarabia). Their heritage was not Anabaptist, but Lutheran. I even have their “church release” from that church when they emigrated.
What a wonderful sampler. Anabaptist Mennonite history is my heritage. I love going to one of the Mennonite Historical Societies in BC and trace my genealogy. It’s fascinating! I believe my ancestors came over in the big migration in the 1870’s as well. I’ve found the ship listings of relatives that came in through Quebec and found their way to western Canada. I am mostly going to be stitching this sampler. I love both color ways.
So tickled to hear this story that I’m very familiar with, as my family has the same roots! My dad grew up in Halstead and Newton, love the Goessel museum. He then had a big farm in western Kansas starting with that famous winter wheat. My husband and I lived in the Whitewater area when our children were young but we now live in Durango, CO. Will be definitely getting my hands on this sampler!
Thank you for sharing all that you have learned about the back story.....it personalized the sampler and makes it so much more meaningful. I have been looking for a sampler to memorialize my paternal great grandparents who came from then, Prussia, now, Poland.......and I think Anna Funk will be perfect! Thank you for taking the time to reproduce the sampler!
I’m married to a Funk so this is a must for me! My father-in-law’s relatives followed Catherine the Great to Russia from Germany. It wasn’t for religious reasons. I’ve been told it was for the deep love that they held for Catherine. My father-in-law’s parents immigrated from Russia to the US. They settled in Chicago. When my father-in-law was born, his parents were so happy because they saw the US as the best country and it was their dream for their son to speak English, even though German was spoken at home. When WWII broke out, my father-in-law was told to tell anyone if asked that they were Russians, not Germans. Eventually, they moved to the southwestern corner of Michigan and bought farmland. This is definitely going in my to be stitched now category! On behalf of the non-Mennonite Funks, thank you! ❤
That's really interesting story. As a Ukrainian I just would like to ask you to call modern Ukrainian territory as Ukrainian and mention about it more. Especially while we fight with russians for this land with our blood. And Molotschna is a Ukrainian name (if it was russian it would be Molotschnaya). This is very important for us that more and more people will learn about these differences across the world.
