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My grandmother Agusta Gertrude "Gussie" Claassen was born in Harvey, Newton, Kansas in 1889. Her parents came with the Mennonites to Newton, KS from the Ukraine. I think it was in the 1870's. Her father was Aaron/Arendt Claassen(b. 18540. her mother was Anna Kliewer (b. 1856) there is information in the Michelin, Kiev, Russia Churchbook . Nichols was another name in this group of people--and my ancestors. They came when the RR was offering free land because the new czar was going to require that they become Russian citizens and pay taxes. They had been exempt because of earlier promises by an earlier Czar who enticed them to move to the Ukraine from Prussia/Germany.
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I am interested in any information on the CLAASSEN family which settled in New Orleans.
BENJAMIN M.1 CLAASSEN, SR. was born Abt. 1849 in New Orleans, Louisiana, and died November 18, 1931 in New Orleans, Louisiana. He married MARY ANN SCHROUT February 17, 1881 in New Orleans, Louisiana. She was born Abt. 1861 in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Children of BENJAMIN CLAASSEN and MARY SCHROUT are:
i. MARY ANN2 CLAASSEN, b. November 12, 1881, New Orleans, Louisiana; d. November 26, 1883, New Orleans, Louisiana.
ii. JOHANNA CLAASSEN, b. February 07, 1882, New Orleans, Louisiana; m. ADAM GILBERT, November 12, 1902, New Orleans, Louisiana; b. Abt. 1880.
iii. GERHARD CLAASSEN, b. October 04, 1885, New Orleans, Louisiana; d. August 12, 1962, New Orleans, Louisiana.
iv. BENJAMIN CLAASSEN, JR., b. April 09, 1889, New Orleans, Louisiana; d. November 18, 1917, New Orleans, Louisiana; m. HELENE SCHOENDORF, June 14, 1911, New Orleans, Louisiana; b. Abt. 1890.