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Birth	:	16 Apr 1890 Manitoba, Canada
Death	:	14 Aug 1971 Manitoba, Canada
Burial	:	Church of God in Christ Mennonite Cemetery, Sinclair, Virden Census Division, Canada
Coordinate	:	49.6284100, -101.3023350
Description	:	Peter A. Braun of Mt. Lehman, B. C., was born to John F. and Helena Abrams Braun on April 16, 1890 in Grunthal, Manitoba. He passed on to his reward on Aug. 14, 1971, while on a visit to his children at Sinclair, Manitoba. He married Lena Friesen on Dec. 19, 1911. The Lord blessed this union with ten children, of which one died in infancy. Responding to the "call" of God, father found forgiveness in the precious book of Jesus Christ, and through baptism was received into the Church of God in Christ, (Mennonite) in 1921. He leaves to mourn his passing... Read More	Peter A. Braun of Mt. Lehman, B. C., was born to John F. and Helena Abrams Braun on April 16, 1890 in Grunthal, Manitoba. He passed on to his reward on Aug. 14, 1971, while on a visit to his children at Sinclair, Manitoba. He married Lena Friesen on Dec. 19, 1911. The Lord blessed this union with ten children, of which one died in infancy. Responding to the "call" of God, father found forgiveness in the precious book of Jesus Christ, and through baptism was received into the Church of God in Christ, (Mennonite) in 1921. He leaves to mourn his passing his beloved wife and nine children: John and wife Helen, Calgary, Alberta; Minnie, Philadelphia, Penn.; Andrew and wife Helen, Mt. Lehman, B. C.; Walter and wife Justine, Sinclair, Man.; Nellie and husband Ed. Isaac, Sinclair, Man.; Lydia and husband Carl Thiessen, Mt. Lehman, B. C.; and Ruby and husband Jacob Thiessen, Ebor, Man.; also 46 grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren and an older brother Abram of Paraguay, South America. Funeral services were held at Sinclair, Man. with interment in the adjoining cemetery. __________________________________________________________ Entry in GAMEO: Peter A. Braun: business entrepreneur, born 16 April 1890 in Gnadenfeld, Manitoba, Canada to immigrant parents Johann F. Braun (1857-1925) and Helena S. (Abrams) Braun (1861-1919). He was the sixth of 11 children. After completing most of his early education in Gnadenfeld and Grünthal, he was a teacher for a short time and then briefly attended a public school in Winnipeg. In 1910 he and his friend Peter Trylinski, whom he had met while working at the Grunthal post office, went to Alberta to help farmers during the harvest season. Here he met and married Minnie "Lena" Friesen (1893-1991), the daughter of Abram and Cornelia Friesen, in Sunnyslope, Alberta on 19 December 1911. He tried homesteading in Montana, USA in 1914 and in the Peace River area of Alberta, Canada in 1918, but neither of these ventures succeeded. The family moved to Grunthal, Manitoba in 1919 so that Peter could be closer to his ailing parents. Peter A. Braun bought land near the short-lived village of Friedrichsthal and a house in Grunthal, later moving the house close to his grandparents’ home before relocating to Hochstadt in July 1922. In 1923 he began a trucking company to transport cream and other dairy products from the farms to Winnipeg. Around this time, Braun began to manage the International Harvester agency, selling machines to farmers. In 1926 he became an agent for the Intercontinental Trust Company, helping new Mennonite immigrants from Russia acquire farmland vacated by families moving to Paraguay. A store and a cheese-making factory were two more of his ventures. He worked as a bookkeeper in the Steinbach Hatchery as well. While living in the Grunthal/Gnadenfeld area, he managed the telephone exchange there and after 1938 he did the same in Kleefeld. Peter was also involved with the establishing of the Mennonite Heritage Village (museum) in Steinbach. In 1956, Peter A. and Lena Braun moved to the Fraser Valley, British Columbia, Canada. Peter and Lena Braun had ten children, all of whom survived childhood. Peter died on 14 August 1971 in Sinclair, Manitoba a few months after celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary, which they did early due to his failing health. Minnie "Lena" (Friesen) Braun died on 4 February 1991. Huebert, Susan. "Braun, Peter A. (1890-1971)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. November 2007. Web. 22 Apr 2017. http://gameo.org/index.php?title=Braun,_Peter_A._(1890-1971)&oldid=94118

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Peter A Braun's memorial is located at: Church of God in Christ Mennonite Cemetery, Sinclair, Virden Census Division, Canada.
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Peter A Braun death on 14 Aug 1971 in Manitoba, Canada
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Latitude: 49.6284100
Longitude: -101.3023350

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Spouse

Minnie Lena Friesen Braun

(1893 - 1991)

Children

Wilhelmina Lena “Minnie” Braun

(1913 - 2015)

Walter F. Braun

(1918 - 2013)

Cornelia Eva “Nellie” Braun Isaac

(1923 - 2017)

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