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Aganetha Barkman Reimer

Birth	:	5 Aug 1863 Russia
Death	:	5 Mar 1938 Manitoba, Canada
Burial	:	Steinbach Pioneer Cemetery, Steinbach, Steinbach Census Division, Canada
Coordinate	:	49.5249158, -96.6875950
Plot	:	Block 6-5
Description	:	Aganetha Reimer, born in 1863, was a community midwife in Steinbach, Manitoba until 1938 when, after a hospital was built, her career gradually came to an end. She had taken a three-week course in birthing and the use of home remedies from a Minnesota woman, who was summoned to Manitoba in the late 19th century when the need for a midwife amongst the new immigrants was felt “very badly.” Aganetha assisted at the delivery of close to 700 babies, in one case attending a birth only three days after giving birth herself. She also performed the function of undertaker, bathing... Read More	Aganetha Reimer, born in 1863, was a community midwife in Steinbach, Manitoba until 1938 when, after a hospital was built, her career gradually came to an end. She had taken a three-week course in birthing and the use of home remedies from a Minnesota woman, who was summoned to Manitoba in the late 19th century when the need for a midwife amongst the new immigrants was felt “very badly.” Aganetha assisted at the delivery of close to 700 babies, in one case attending a birth only three days after giving birth herself. She also performed the function of undertaker, bathing and clothing the bodies of the dead, and helping to arrange their coffins. The services of Aganetha Reimer included baking biscuits and making chicken noodle soup.Midwives also offered women knowledge about non-medicinal methods to deal with the harsh effects on their bodies of almost constant childbirth: this included such things as chamomile tea to ease cracked nipples during breastfeeding, and rubbing pig fat on bellies and legs to “loosen everything” in anticipation of labor. In reflecting on Aganetha Reimer’s life, her grandson commented: “It seems entirely fitting to me that in pioneer times the local midwife usually served also as an unofficial, behind-the-scenes undertaker. Who would understand better than a midwife that the squirming, squalling new human emerging so eagerly from the womb must someday end in the marble dignity of the dead, all care, woes and fleeting joys gone forever.

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Aganetha Barkman Reimer's memorial is located at: Steinbach Pioneer Cemetery, Steinbach, Steinbach Census Division, Canada.
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Aganetha Barkman Reimer death on 5 Mar 1938 in Manitoba, Canada
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Latitude: 49.5249158
Longitude: -96.6875950

Family Members:

Parent

Rev Jacob Barkman

(1824 - 1875)

Katharina Thiessen Warkentin Barkman Loewen

(1829 - 1889)

Spouse

Johann Rempel Reimer

(1848 - 1918)

Siblings

(1861 - 1923)

(1865 - 1874)

(1868 - 1941)

(1870 - 1874)

Katharina Barkman Goossen

(1851 - 1912)

Martin G Barkman

(1853 - 1896)

Jacob G. Barkman

(1856 - 1899)

Johann G Barkman

(1858 - 1937)

Children

Susanna B Reimer Groening

(1892 - 1976)

Jacob JB Reimer

(1894 - 1920)

Rev Peter J.B. Reimer

(1902 - 1988)

Sara Reimer Kroeker

(1905 - 1989)

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1. Steinbach Pioneer Cemetery
Steinbach, Steinbach Census Division, Canada
Coordinate: 49.5249158, -96.6875950

2. Steinbach Memorial Cemetery
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Coordinate: 49.5170200, -96.6928400

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7. Evangelical Lutheran Brethren Church Cemetery
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Coordinate: 49.5339200, -96.7694000

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Coordinate: 49.4753910, -96.7337900

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Coordinate: 49.4699990, -96.6487440

13. Blumenort E.M.C. Cemetery
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Coordinate: 49.5896100, -96.6892100

14. Blumenhof Community Cemetery
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Coordinate: 49.5896000, -96.6633200

15. Ridgewood Evangelical Mennonite Cemetery
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Coordinate: 49.5750710, -96.6149710

16. Bergthal Chortitzer Mennonite Cemetery
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Coordinate: 49.5741870, -96.7740270

17. Rosengard CMC Cemetery
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Coordinate: 49.4739920, -96.7735030

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Coordinate: 49.6051800, -96.6895800

19. Blumenort Evangelical Mennonite Cemetery
Blumenort, Steinbach Census Division, Canada
Coordinate: 49.6041260, -96.7192820

20. Hochfeld CMC Cemetery
Hanover, Steinbach Census Division, Canada
Coordinate: 49.5918670, -96.7675670

21. Kihn Family Cemetery
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Coordinate: 49.4428100, -96.6392180

22. Burwalde Mennonite Cemetery
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Coordinate: 49.4389270, -96.7365690

23. Randolph CMC Cemetery
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Coordinate: 49.5455430, -96.8300100

24. Original Greenland Mennonite Church Cemetery
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Coordinate: 49.6190280, -96.7435600