Marriage date: 4 May 1848
Marriage place: Schidlitz, Danzig, West Prussia

Wife: Helena von RIESEN
Birthdate: 1 December 1822
Birthplace: Schidlitz, Danzig, West Prussia
Death date: 2 December 1897
Place of death: Beatrice, Gage Co, NE
Burial: First Mennonite cem., Beatrice, Gage, NE
Father: Peter VON RIESEN
Mother: Margaretha HARDER

CHILDREN

Child No. 1: Margaretha JANSEN
Sex: F
Birthdate: 12 February 1849
Birthplace: Schidlitz, Danzig, West Prussia
Death date: 19 January 1875
Place of death: Mount Pleasant, Henry Co., Iowa
Burial: Mount Pleasant, Henry Co., Iowa
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Child No. 2: Peter JANSEN
Sex: M
Birthdate: 21 March 1852
Birthplace: Berdiansk, Ukraine, So. Russia
Death date: 6 June 1923
Place of death: Beatrice, Gage Co, NE
Burial: First Mennonite cem., Beatrice, Gage, NE
Marriage date: 4 May 1877
Marriage place: Beatrice, Gage Co, NE
Spouse's name: Gertrude PENNER

Child No. 3: Anna JANSEN
Sex: F
Birthdate: 23 March 1856
Birthplace: Wickerau, West Prussia
Death date: 17 October 1924
Place of death: Beatrice, Gage Co, NE
Burial: First Mennonite cem., Beatrice, Gage, NE
Marriage date: 9 January 1879
Marriage place: Beatrice, Gage Co, NE
Spouse's name: Aron CLAASSEN

Child No. 4: John JANSEN
Sex: M
Birthdate: 16 October 1857
Birthplace: Berdiansk, Ukraine, So. Russia
Death date: 10 February 1932
Place of death: Jansen, Saskatchewan, Canada
Burial: Jansen, Saskatchewan, Canada
Marriage date: 24 August 1882
Marriage place: Beatrice, Gage Co, NE
Spouse's name: Albertine PENNER

Child No. 5: Helena JANSEN
Sex: F
Birthdate: 14 November 1858
Birthplace: Berdiansk, Ukraine, So. Russia
Death date: 9 November 1937
Place of death: Pasadena, Los Angeles Co., CA
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Burial: Pasadena, Los Angeles Co., CA
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Child No. 6: Cornelius JANSEN
Sex: M
Birthdate: 30 April 1863
Birthplace: Berdiansk, Ukraine, So. Russia
Death date: 22 August 1954
Place of death: Pasadena, Los Angeles Co., CA
Burial: Pasadena, Los Angeles Co., CA
Marriage date: 21 June 1906
Marriage place: Lincoln, Lancaster Co., NE
Spouse's name: Christine FOSSLER
 

Documentation:
* Memoirs of Peter Jansen, 1921, Beatrice, NE.
* Exiled by the Czar, Reimer & Gaeddert, 1956, Mennonite Press, North Newton, KS.
* The Cornelius Jansen Family History 1822-1973; Miller & Miller, 1974, Berlin, OH.
* Miscellaneous private family papers, letters and Bibles.