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Johann 'John D.' Quast

Male 1874 - 1968  (93 years)


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  • Name Johann 'John D.' Quast 
    Birth 23 Sep 1874  Rosenfeld, Bessarabia, Russia Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Male 
    Immigration 28 Oct 1905  Galveston, Galveston, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5] 
    Occupation Nov 1908  Spondin, Special Area No. 2, Alberta, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    • took out a homestead at SW19 TW33 RG11 W4 which was close ||They raisedtheir family and farmed here until they retired.
    Reference Number 557 
    Reference Number Q1 
    Death 22 Jun 1968  Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Burial 26 Jun 1968  Mountainview Memorial Gardens Cemetary, Calgary, Rocky View, Alberta, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 9] 
    Person ID I557  klaiber
    Last Modified 10 Feb 2015 

    Family 1 Dorothea Wonnenberg,   b. 15 Oct 1877, Kronental, North Caucasus, Russia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Oct 1954, Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years) 
    Marriage 17 Nov 1894  North Caucasus, Russia Find all individuals with events at this location  [10, 11] 
    Children 
     1. Karolina Quast,   b. 08 Feb 1894, Russia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1918, Castor, Paintearth, Alberta, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 23 years)
    +2. Alexander 'Alex' Quast,   b. 19 Jun 1901, North Caucasus, Russia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 01 Mar 1977, Hanna, Special Area No. 2, Alberta, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)
     3. Edward Quast,   b. Abt 1903, North Caucasus, Russia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Oct 1905 (Age ~ 2 years)
     4. Johann 'John' Quast, Jr.,   b. 09 Oct 1906, Alva, Woods, Oklahoma, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Aug 1984, Edmonton, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years)
     5. Heinrich Quast,   b. 28 Jan 1910, Spondin, Special Area No. 2, Alberta, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Jul 1931, Spondin, Special Area No. 2, Alberta, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 21 years)
    +6. Leantina 'Leah' Quast,   b. 30 Jul 1911, Richdale, Special Area No. 2, Alberta, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Jan 1979, Kamloops, Thompson-Nicola Regional District, British Columbia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years)
    +7. Ema 'Emma' Wilhelmina Quast,   b. 07 Dec 1914, Richdale, Special Area No. 2, Alberta, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Sep 2011, Prince George, Fraser-Fort George, British Columbia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 96 years)
    +8. Ottilie 'Delia' Quast,   b. 30 Dec 1916, Richdale, Special Area No. 2, Alberta, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 May 2010, Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 93 years)
    +9. Miriam 'Marian' Alice Quast,   b. 23 Dec 1922, Richdale, Special Area No. 2, Alberta, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Aug 2011, Prince George, Fraser-Fort George, British Columbia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years)
    Family ID F133  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 6 Mar 2015 

    Family 2 Maud Anderst,   b. 22 May 1891, Durham, Marion, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Sep 1969, Twin Falls, Twin Falls, Idaho, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years) 
    Marriage 18 Jan 1955  Twin Falls, Twin Falls, Idaho, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [12] 
    Family ID F134  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 6 Mar 2015 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 23 Sep 1874 - Rosenfeld, Bessarabia, Russia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 17 Nov 1894 - North Caucasus, Russia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsImmigration - 28 Oct 1905 - Galveston, Galveston, Texas, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Nov 1908 - Spondin, Special Area No. 2, Alberta, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 18 Jan 1955 - Twin Falls, Twin Falls, Idaho, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 22 Jun 1968 - Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Notes 
    • raised Lydia Koenig after her mother died || until she married at age 18.Our understanding is that Lydia helped around the house and farm duringher stay

  • Sources 
    1. [S85] Bible 1, Quast J, (Review and Herald, Chicago, Illinois, 1896), date from the bible; Q1, page 3, Q1, pages 3-12.

    2. [S102] Obituary of John Quast, (June, 1968), Q1, page 27, Q1, page 27.

    3. [S103] GRHS, Odessa Digital Library, Compiler: GRHS, St. PetersburgArchives/Besserabian Collection, GRHS, Odessa Digital Library, 2004, (2004), Q1, page 29.

    4. [S84] M Quast Wathen, Interview, Quast M Wathen 2004, (26 march 2004), Marian recounted her mother's story that they were originally planned tocome to USA with her family (Wonnenbergs) in 1899, but stayed behind totravel with her husband's family. Her mother said that this almost endedin tragedy as the Russian army was recruiting all the men in theCaucasus area for the army and the Quast family had to run out duringthe night and take a very old rusty boat to America where they landed inGalveston Tx in 1905. They then went to Oklahoma to meet the Wonnenbergfamily and found out that Dorothea's father had passed away. Marian saidthat the trip was miserable and they lost one child (buried at sea)during the voyage.; Q1, page 22a, Q1, page 21,22.

    5. [S223] Ship Manifest - Bremen 1905 - Quast, (October 5, 1905), Q1, page 1, Q, page 1.

    6. [S84] M Quast Wathen, Interview, Quast M Wathen 2004, (26 march 2004), Marian said that her mother told her that she came from a well to dofamily and had servants in their home. She had never worked out in thefields and did not when they came to Canada, even though the girls allhad to help with the farming, her Mom had a garden by the house.; Q1,page 21, 22a, Q1, page 21,22.

    7. [S377] Death Registration, Died in the Calgary General Hospital; Address at the time of death was1318 Colgrove Ave NE, Calgary; Q1, page 41, Q1, page 41.

    8. [S377] Death Registration, Mountain View Memorial Garden; Q1, page 41, Q1, page 41.

    9. [S403] Mountain View Memorial Gardens, Cemetery record, Mountain View, Calgary, (Mountain View, 1515 100 St SE, Calgary, AB, Canada, July 2009), Plot: Garden of Christus, Lot 172, Section C, Grave 1; Q1, page 22d, 22e, various books.

    10. [S84] M Quast Wathen, Interview, Quast M Wathen 2004, (26 march 2004), Q1, page 21,22.

    11. [S86] Bible 2, Quast J, (International Craktatgessellschaft, Hamburg, Germany, 1908), page 15, Q1, pages 13-18.

    12. [S390] Marriage Certificate, Minister of the S.D.A Church was Fred H. Wagner, Twin Falls, ID; Q1, page40, Q1, page 40.


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