AR5. HOUSEHOLD ITEM
Household Item:Ash Scraper
Description:Ash Scraper used to remove ashes from the stove
Date Donated:Apr./06
Location:on display
Accession Number:006.381.9
Household Item: Baby Cradle
Description: Replica of a Russian baby cradle made by twin (to
Betty) Hilda Tiessen (daughters of Ernie & Agatha (Braun) Tiessen)
Donated Date: 1997
Donor: Betty Tiessen Woelk
Location: on display
Accession Number: 998.390.1
Household Item:Baby Crib
Description: Baby crib made by Abram Mathies for son Peter around
1936 - white painted wood
Donated Date: Jan 11/00
Donor: Eleanor Mathies
Location: in storage room
Accession Number: 999.44.1
Household Item: Babyholder
Description: Bunting bag (Stick Kissen) for baby, used in Memrik in
the village of Kalinovo, Ukraine
Donated Date: February 3, 1998
Donor: Mrs. Margaret Warkentin (John W.)
Location: on display shelf
Accession Number: 998.389.1
Household Item: Bag
Description: A small cloth bag with blue embroidery. Used in
Russia to store dust cloths. Has "Staubtuch" embroidered on it.
Donated Date: 1997
Donor: Etcetera Shoppe
Location: acid free box
Accession Number: 997.22.27
Household Item: Balancing scale
Description: Brass-look scale, narrow, three hooks to balance.
Donated Date: July 12, 1993
Donor: Etcetera Shoppe
Located: display shelf
Accession Number: 993.22.2
Household Item: Bathtowel
Description: White cotton towel with red embroidered verse which
reads "Wer's Wasser nicht scheut, Sich des Leben erfreut" with two
sailboats on one end of towel, and the other end has the
embroidered initials "MW". Both ends have handmade lace edging.
Donated Date: August 5, 1992
Donor: Margaret Rempel
Located: archival box
Accession Number: 992.79.17
Household Item: Bedspread
Description: White embossed cotton bedspread with crocheted lace at
the ends.
Donated Date: November 3, 1992
Donor: Anne Fast (Margarete Fast)
Located: display shelf
Accession Number: 992.126.1
Household Item: Blanket
Description: Brown, black, beige plaid woolen blanket.
Donated Date: November 3, 1992
Donor: Anne Fast (Margarete Fast)
Located: archival box
Accession Number: 992.126.2
Household Item: books
Description: Der Kleine Wegweiser (calandar)
Heimatklange (1924 Kroger)
The Canadian Speller (Book Two)
Bible
Das Goldene Buch
Mein Lesebuch
Geshichten Aus Dem Alten Testament
Date Donated: Apr.29/03
Donor: Hedy Lepp Dennis
Location: stored in the drawer assigned to Reesor
Accession Number: 003.355.3 - 9
Household Item: bottle capper
Description: This particular bottle capper was used on Pelee Island
to cap bottles of juice, etc.
Date: Nov. 19/01
Donor; Mrs. John Wiebe
Location: on display shelf
Accession number; 001.412.1
Household Item: Bootjack (Stiefelknecht)
Description: Handmade (by Henry Taves) wooden board used to slip
boots (or shoes) off feet; beige colour
Donated Date: June 20, 1994
Donor: Henry Taves
Location: floor
Accession Number: 994.23.5
Household Item: Bowl
Description: 2 wooden bowls from Russia; both have crack down side
Donated Date: November 8, 1993
Donor: Henry and Elsie Taves
Location: display case
Accession Number: 993.23.4
Household Item: Bowl
Description: Brass flat cooking pan used to cook jam on a stove
top. From Blumenhof Chutor, South Russia; used by Helena Fast
Konrad c 1915
Donated Date: January 11, 1994
Donor: Abe and Anna Konrad
Location: floor
Accession Number: 994.127.5
Household Item: Brushes for Carding wool
Description: Home made, two flat rectangular pieces of
wood (4 x 9 in.) each equipped with a short round
handle
each face covered by a piece of leather perforated by
300 staples, slightly curved for efficient separation
of fibres
Date Donated:Jan.07/03
Donor: Richard Froese
Location: on display
Accession Number:003.42221.1
Household Item:Butter dish (Derksen)
Description:covered butter dish, pottery materials,beige coloured,
covered with white lily of the valley pattern, with green leaf
design on the cover
Date Donated:Aug, 2002
Donor:David & Catharina Derksen
Location:Glass Case
Accession Number:002.418.5
Household Item: Butter dish
Description: 1 silver covered butter dish; used in George Warkentin
Sr. household
Donated Date: December 7, 1993
Donor: Irma Dyck
Location: display case
Accession Number: 993.316.2
Household Item: Castle replica
Description: Replica of castle; at Reesor (mile 103)Ont; built by Rev. Herman P.
Lepp
Donated Date: September 5, 1995
Donor: John Wiens
Location: display
Accession Number: 992.98.2
Household Item: Change purse
Description: Change purse of brown leather, with pink flowers and a
chain handle. Was a gift for Gertrude Koop from her Sunday School
teacher Tina Wieler; circa 1923, Eigenheim, Saskatchewan.
Donated Date: November 10, 1992
Donor: Jacob/Gertrude Koop
Located: archival box
Accession Number: 992.124.4
Household item: Church plate
Description: Five church plates; gold trimmed cream coloured plates
7 Bethany Mennonite Church, Virgil, ON
8 Niagara Mennonite Church, Niagara, ON
6 Waterloo-Kitchener United Mennonite Church, Waterloo, ON
10 Leamington United Mennonite Church, Oak St. Leamington ON
11 100th Anniversary of Eigenheim Mennonite Church,
12 Saskatchewan
Donated Date:
Donor: Edward and Elfrieda Neufeld
Location: On top of show glass case
Accession Number: 997.357.7-11
Household Item: Cloth
Description: Cloth embroidered on both ends with red on white, one
end with pictures of flowers, bird, letter M, the other end with
pictures of flowers, bird, date 1909 (this end had many threads
missing from embroidered picture when item was acquired). Red and
white, handmade lace on each end. Used as a table-runner. One
corner was beginning to fray when item was acquired.
Donated Date: August 7, 1992
Donor: Hedy Klassen
Located: archival box
Accession Number: 992.81.7
Household Item: Cloth
Description: Cloth embroidered blue on white linen with verse "So
fromm wie dieses Täubchen, wuensch'ich mir mein Weibchen!".
Donated Date: October 27, 1992
Donor: Peter A. and Helen Epp (Et Cetera Shoppe)
Located: archival box
Accession Number: 992.119.18
Household Item: Clothes\table crumb brush
Description: 23cm brush with wooden handle used to brush crumbs
from table or possibly a clothes brush.
Donated Date: November 22, 1994
Donor: Edith (Isaak) Tiessen
Located: grey box
Accession Number: 994.28.4
Household Item: Clothespin
Description: Two wooden clothespins. c 1894
Donated Date: November 3, 1992
Donor: Anne Fast (Margaretha Fast)
Located: display shelf
Accession Number: 992.126.7a-b
Household Item: Coal oil lamp
Description: Glass coal oil lamp.
Donated Date: March 9, 1993
Donor: Martha Wiens
Located: display shelf
Accession Number: 993.21.1
Household Item: Communion glass
Description: Communion glass used at the LUMC until individual cups
were purchased.
Donated Date:
Donor: Irma Mathies
Located: archival box
Accession Number: 993.45.9
Household Item: Cooking pot
Description: Silver (aluminum) cooking pot with two handles, lid
missing. Fairly small sized pot. c 1918
Donated Date: August 5, 1992
Donor: Margaret Rempel
Located: display shelf
Accession Number: 992.79.10
Household Item:Cradle
Description:Original finish. It carried Agatha Driedger, 17 months
old, as well as the possessions of her parents
Abram and Margaretha, from Russia to Canada.
Agatha’s mother held the hand of Cornelius (2
years old)as they embarked in Quebec. The cradle
was used by grandchildren as a doll’s cradle
and sometimes one of the babies was rocked in
it.
Date Donated:Oct./05
Donor:Agatha Driedger Neufeld
Location:on display
Accession Number:005.394.3
Household Item: cup
Description: feeding cup used by Frieda Isaak, midwife and nurse,
for her bedridden patients in Molotschna Colony, Russia, and
Reesor, ON. White porcelain with handle and spout. (9cm high)
Year: c1920 - 1930
Donor: Edith (Isaak) Tiessen
Located: display
Accession Number: 994.28.2
Household Item: Cup and saucer
Description: Two white porcelain teacups from Russia. With gold
design and trim. Two white porcelain, with gold trim saucers from
Russia. Handed down to Annie Krause from A.J. Mathies her father
(and her step-mother)
Donated Date: July 27, 1993
Donor: Annie Krause
Located: display case
Accession Number: 993.292.1-2
Household Item: Cup and saucer
Description: gift from neighbour friend, brought from England, true
fine bone china; mid 1800
Donated Date: January 11, 1994
Donor: Erica Hamm
Located: glass case
Accesssion Number: 994.317.2
Household Item: Cupboard cover
Description: Cupboard cover of heavy cloth with embroidered floral
pattern red on white, and tassled edging. Used in Russia by Henry
B. Wiens' mother (Mrs. Warkentin). Red embroidery floss was worn
off in sections when item was acquired.
Donated Date: August 11, 1992
Donor: Henry Derksen family
Located: archival box
Accession Number: 992.92.3
Household Item:Cutlery Rests
Description: metal supports used at mealtime to rest cutlery on so
that the cutlery wouldn’t soil the table cloth
Date Donated: April 29/03
Donor:Hedy Lepp Dennis
Location: On display shelf
Accession Number:003.355.2
Household Item: Dippers (Kruckibeetschleef)
Description: Two dippers made from hollowed-out and dried gourds
(1988). Replica of the dippers used in Russia to water animals.
Explanation paper accompanies dippers. Known in High German as
"Flaschenkuerbisschoepfchen" and because this word was too long
and too sophisticated, simplified by the Low German
"Kruckibeetischleef". Replica made 1988.
Donated Date: August 5, 1992
Donor: Margaret Rempel
Located: archival box
Accession Number: 992.79.9a-b
Household Item: Dishtowel
Description: White cotton dishtowel with handmade lace edging on
one end and red embroidered design. One white patch in centre of
dishtowel when item was acquired.
Donated Date: August 5, 1992
Donor: Margaret Rempel
Located: archival box
Accession Number: 992.79.13
Household Item: Dishtowel
Description: Two white cotton dishtowels.
a green, yellow, white striped cloth border, handmade lace
edging on one end.
b navy, pink, white patterned cloth border on both ends,
no lace.
Donated Date: August 5, 1992
Donor: Margaret Rempel
Located: archival box
Accession Number: 992.79.14a-b
Household Item: Doily
Description: Cut lace, embroidered round doily, off-white colour.
Donated Date: August 10, 1992
Donor: Mrs. Henry Pauls
Located: archival box
Accession Number: 992.88.1
Household Item: Dressmaker's Tool
Description: Tool used by tailors in Russia - mainly for jackets
and pants; at least 100 yrs old.
Donated Date: February 17, 1998
Donor: Rev. David Derkson
Location: on display
Accession Number: 998.321.2
Household Item: Dresser Scarf
Description: white linen crocheted edge
Date Donated: Apr.29/03
Donor: Elfrieda Driedger
Location: stored in grey box assigned to Elfrieda
Accession Number: 003.425.5
Household Item: Drinking Tumblers
Description: Two aluminum drinking tumblers used by Henry B. Wiens
family in Russia. The smaller tumbler has dotted pattern around
the rim.
Donated Date: August 10, 1992
Donor: Henry Derksen family
Located: display shelf
Accession Number: 992.85.1a-b
Household Item: Flour sifter
Description: Circular wooden flour sifter with a burlap screen used
in Russia by the Fast family.
Donated Date:
Donor: Anne Cornies Fast (Margarete Fast)
Located: display shelf
Accession Number993.126.1
Household Item: Fork (mounted)
Description: Gerhard & Katharina (Enns) Thiessen brought this fork
to Canada in 1924 (part of a set used for 25 years)
Donated; Jan15/02
Donor: Harold Thiessen
Location:Display shelf
Accession Number: 002.410.11
Household Item: Hairclippers
Description: Hand-operated hairclippers used by Henry B. Wiens in
Schönfeld, South Russia. Rust covered handles when item was
acquired.
Donated Date: August 11, 1992
Donor: Anna Wiens Tiessen
Located: display shelf
Accession Number: 992.87.11
Household Item: Hand towel
Description: Two hand towels of white cotton cloth with printed
design also in white. White frayed edging on all four sides.
Bottom right corner has name "Anna" embroidered. Both towels are
the same size. Date given as 1910.
Donated Date: August 5, 1992
Donor: Margaret Rempel
Located: archival box
Accession Number: 992.79.15a-b
Household Item: Hand towels
Description: Three white cotton hand towels with various patterns.
a crocheted lace insert and scalloped edge
b fringed ends
c faggoted double border
Donated Date: July 12, 1993
Donor: Etcetera Shoppe
Located: display shelf
Accession Number: 993.22.5a-c
Household Item: Hat (pink)
Description: Knitted hat - old fashioned stitch used often by
people with poor eyesight - learned from grandmother
Donated Date: July 8/98
Donor: Margaret D. Tiessen
Location: in grey box
Accession Number: 998.362.3
Household Item: Hanger/Glove holder
Description: Hanger/glove holder made of a thin wooden bar with
hand-sewn cloth pocket and flap on bar (to hang up). Embroidered
pattern of a pair of brown gloves and colourful flowers of red,
blue, purple, pink, green, yellow. Probably used as a glove
holder. Date given as 1916.
Donated Date: August 5, 1992
Donor: Margaret Rempel
Located: archival box
Accession Number: 992.79.12
Household Item: Horsehair clothesline
Description: made from horsehair and possibly twine woven together.
Used by Helena Fast Konrad in Blumenhof, South Russia. Date
given as 1915.
Donated Date: January 11, 1994
Donor: Abe Konrad
Location: on display
Accession Number: 994.127.4
Household Item: Instruments for midwife case
Description: Nine items of midwife equipment used by Mrs. Sara
Matthies (nee Retzlaff) in the upper and lower villages of
Kalantarowka, Russkowaga in Stavropol district. c 1910-1924
a scissors - round tip
b scissors - staight tip
c rod - round tip
d box - with two vials, cotton
e box - with needle, vial, pins
f soap dish
g box - larger
h canister
i canister
Donated Date: August 13, 1992
Donor: Mr. and Mrs. C. Hamm
Accession Number: 992.99.2a-I
Household Item: Instrument for putting a ring ………….
Description: an instrument resembling pliers with an attachment to
insert a ring through a pig’s nose to prevent it from
rutting in the garden
Date Donated: Jan.07/03
Donor: Peter J.Toews
Location: On display shelf
Accession Number: 003.422.2
Household Item: Ironing Board
Description: a small wooden ironing board sleeve
Donated Date: May 3, 1994
Donor: Et Cetera Shoppe
Location: on display
Accession Number: 994.22.21
Household Item: Kettle
Description: Enamel kettle - wedding gift to Lena Adrian who
married widower Gerhard Warkentin in Lichtenau, Molotschna 1902;
given to his nephew David Derksen as a memorial; shades of grey
with pink and white flowers and green leaves
Donated Date: March 7, 1994
Donor: Rev. David Derksen (of MB Church)
Location: on display
Accession Number: 994.321.1
Household Item: Kitchen Utensils
Description: a small handled metal strainer
b a metal lid lifter and ash shaker used on the old, big
wood stoves
c small metal shredder
d metal grinder (manual)
Donated Date: November 21, 1995
Donor: Etcetera Shoppe
Location: display
Accession Number: 995.22.24
Household Item: Knife
Description: Knife used for peeling tomatoes. Has a carved wooden
handle, metal scoop-knife on one end and a black/beige patterned
string on the other end.
Donated Date: August 10, 1992
Donor: Margaret Driedger
Located: archival box
Accession Number: 992.84.2
Household Item:Leather Wallet
Description:-brown black leather wallet with black over-
Stitch. Monogram etched in the leather
Date Donated:April/06
Donor:Carol Froese
Location:on display in the medical bag of Dr.A.D.Froese
Accession Number:006.444.3
Household Item: Laundry Bag
Description: Laundry bag made from used flour bag by Mary Koop
Tiessen. Embroidered in blue is a flower basket with the word
"Waesche" below. c. 1930's
Donated Date:
Donor: Elizabeth Janzen Dick
Located: display shelf
Accession Number: 993.312.1
Household Item:Linen Smoother
Description:Used to soften linens after drying. Two piece hand machine carved wood, used to wrap linen around cylindrical piece
And roll ribbed rectangular piece over linen.
Date Donated:April/06
Donor:Unknown
Location:
Accession Number:006.381.10
Household Item:Liquer shot glass
Description: - a 4.5 cm clear blue glass liqueur shot glass
Donated Date: - white flower motif across the glass
Donor: Gerhard Tiessen Sr.
Location: Cabinet
Accession Number:000.408.3
Household Item: Luggage Cover
Description: covering is embroidered in blue on grey linen: Ziet
Frollich Hinaus!Komm Glucklich Nach Haus S.S. (Sarah
Suderman), used on her trip to Cananda.
Date Donated: Apr.29/03
Donor: Elfrieda Driedger
Location: stored in grey box assigned to Elfrieda
Accession Number: 003.425.4
Household Item: Machinery
Description: Part of block and tackle
Date Donated: Mar. 19/02
Donor: Etc. Shoppe
Location: Hanging beside the scythe on the wall
Accession Number:002.22.32
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Household Item: Mangel
Description: Mangel made by Henry B. Wiens (1874-1967) in
Schönfeld, South Russia. The two-piece "hand-machine" made of
carved wood, one is a cylindrical piece, the other rectangular
with a handle and "Ribbed" edges. Linen was wrapped around the
cylindrical piece and the ribbed piece was rolled over linen.
This was used to soften linen after washing and drying.
Donated Date: August 10, 1992
Donor: Henry Derksen
Located: display shelf
Accession Number: 992.85.4a-b
Household Item:Mammoth Scribbler
Description:Lined scribbler typically used in public schools
For various purposes. This one may have been used as
A scrap book. There is a picture of King George V and Queen
Mary in the front, and a picture of King George VI and Queen
Elizabeth in the back.
Date Donated:April/06
Donor:unknown
Location:In display case
Household Item: Mangel
Description: made from Mulberry wood around 1910 by John Henry
Tiessen, father of Arthur Tiessen, grandfather of Philip Tiessen
Donated Date: May 27, 1994
Donor: Philip Arthur Tiessen and Margaret D. Tiessen
Location: on display
Accession Number: 994.319.1a-b
Household Item: Meat Grinder
Description:used by the Schmidt family (Barb Martens)
Date Donated:Jan.7/03
Donor: Barbara Schmidt Martens
Location:on display shelf
Accession Number:003.351.3
Household Item: Metal Coffee Kettle
Description: large metal kettle used to make coffee, first
kettle used at the Mennonite Home - heavy glass
creamer first used at the Mennonite Home
Donated Date: Dec. 15/98
Donor: Leamington Mennonite Home
Location: displayed on the shelf
Accession Number: 998.256.2&3
HOusehold Item: Metal Plate
Description: a copper decorative plate
- 26 cm wide
- an embossed scene of Michael Sattler, martyred
in 15'th century
- originated in Rottenburg, Germany
Donated date: Nov. 28 00
Donor: John & Helen Dick
Location: Glass Shelf
Accession Number: 000.24.23
Household Item: Milk Separator
Description: Milk separator – last used in 1936
Manufactured by Domo
Date Donated: Mar. 22 2001
Donor: Mrs.Peter Langeman (Irene)
Location: Floor display
Accession No. 001.409.1
Household Item: Mould to make shoes
Description: Mold used by the mother of Henry Derksen jr. to make
shoes. It is a tiny hand-carved wooden mold in the shape
of a shoe, used for children's sizes. There is a leather piece on
the toe and nails to fasten. c 1926-27
Donated Date: August 11, 1992
Donor: Henry Derksen family
Located: display shelf
Accession Number: 992.92.6
Household Item: Napkin
Description: One napkin of a set circa 1904, of white line, with a
blue border.
Donated Date: October 27, 1992
Donor: Gertrude Koop
Located: archival box
Accession Number: 992.124.1
Household Item: Napkins
Description: Four napkins of white linen, with fringed borders, two
with red borders, two with red and blue borders.
Donated Date: November 3, 1992
Donor: Anne Fast (Margarethe Fast)
Located: archival box
Accession Number: 992.126.4a-d
Household Item: Needle (for cows)
Description:needle used to drain milk from cow’s udder (if
injured)
Donated: Jan 5/02
Donor: Harold Thiessen
Location: Display shelf
Accession number: 002.410.12
Household Item: Needle holder
Description: A small stainless steel needle holder which belonged
to Mrs. John Martens (nee Elizabeth Dick, mother of Betty). This
came to Canada from Russia in 1925.
Donated Date: July 13, 1993
Donor: Betty Martens
Located: archival box
Accession Number: 993.286.1
Household Item: Pant hangers
Description: Two miniature pant hangers with orange felt cloth
wrapped around base.
Donated Date: July 12, 1993
Donor: Etcetera Shoppe
Located: display shelf
Accession Number: 993.22.3a-b
Household Item: Pillow
Description: Two feather and down pillows with white cotton lace
cases which have crocheted insert and buttoned edges. Blue lining
inside pillow. Used in Kleefeld, Molotschna, Russia.
Donated Date: