Mennonite Deaths in the Catholic Church Records of
Schöneberg, West Prussia (1749-1761)

Extracted by Glenn H. Penner (gpenner@uoguelph.ca)

The following Mennonite deaths are taken from the Death and Burial records of the Katholische Kirche (Catholic Church) of Schöneberg, Kr. Marienburg (now Ostaszewo (Nowy Dwór Gdanski), Gdansk, Poland). These records cover the years 1749-1829 and are found in the microfilm collection of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (LDS# 544841). The Mennonite entries are designated as "Men.", "Menno" or "Mennonista". Mennonite entries stop at the end of 1761. Schöneberg is located about 24 km south east of Danzig. The Mennonites found in these records are almost all from the village of Schönsee (now Jeziernik), which was located about 2 km east of Schöneberg. The Mennonites of Schöneberg and Schönsee belonged to the Gross Werder Flemish church or the Frisian church at Orlofferfeld. The Flemish Mennonites later belonged to the Ladekopp church. This document is very important since it predates the Mennonite records of Ladekopp. The Mennonites of Schöneberg and Schönsee can be found in the Brandordenung, http://www.mennonitegenealogy.com/prussia/brand.htm, of 1727 and the 1776 census , http://www.mennonitegenealogy.com/prussia/gustav3.htm . I have translated this document from the original Latin but have kept the spelling of the family names in order to show how our family names where recorded in these older records. I have also translated the first names into the closest German equivalent that would have been used by the Mennonites at that time. For example, Johann was recorded as Joannes, Heinrich as Henricus, Peter as Petrus, etc. Some abreviations are y. = years, m. = months, w. = weeks and d.= days.

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