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Born 15 April 1877 at Neu-Schönsee, [[Chortitza Mennonite Settlement (Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine)|Chortitza Colony]], [[Russia|Russia]], Peter Wiens was the son of Jacob J. and Maria Quapp Wiens. (Maria was daughter of Johann Wiens [1814-1891], and Helen Quapp [1818-1882]. Peter attended the Zentralschule at Neu-Schoensee. He was one of four Russian Mennonite young people who were encouraged by [[Goerz, David (1849-1914)|David Goerz]] to come to [[Bethel College (North Newton, Kansas, USA)|Bethel College]] in 1901; he graduated from Bethel Academy in 1904, then studied medicine in Brooklyn, New York. In 1906 Wiens married [[Wiens, Aganetha "Agnes" Harder (1884-1951)|Agnes Harder]], with whom he served as a missionary in [[Mauhadih Mennonite Mission Station (Mauhadih, Champa, India)|Mauhadih]] and Basna ([[Jagdeeshpur Mission (Garh Phuljhar, Madhya Pradesh, India)|Jagdeeshpur]]), [[India|India]], 1906-1915, 1917-1925, 1927-1937, working as an evangelist, educator, builder, and horticulturist. Wiens frequently joked that he was a PhD, a "poor Hindi doctor.” He was pastor at Upland, [[California (USA)|California]] (1915), and [[Hutchinson (Kansas, USA)|Hutchinson]], [[Kansas (USA)|Kansas]], (1926), during furloughs. He worked in the [[Mennonite Library and Archives (North Newton, Kansas, USA) |Mennonite Historical Library]] at [[Bethel College (North Newton, Kansas, USA)|Bethel College]] and preached in congregations, 1937-1945. Peter J. Wiens died 7 June 1945.
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Born 15 April 1877 at Neu-Schönsee, [[Chortitza Mennonite Settlement (Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine)|Chortitza Colony]], [[Russia|Russia]], Peter Wiens was the son of Jacob J. and Maria Quapp Wiens. (Maria was daughter of Johann Wiens [1814-1891], and Helen Quapp [1818-1882]). Peter attended the Zentralschule at Neu-Schoensee. He was one of four Russian Mennonite young people who were encouraged by [[Goerz, David (1849-1914)|David Goerz]] to come to [[Bethel College (North Newton, Kansas, USA)|Bethel College]] in 1901; he graduated from Bethel Academy in 1904, then studied medicine in Brooklyn, New York. In 1906 Wiens married [[Wiens, Aganetha "Agnes" Harder (1884-1951)|Agnes Harder]], with whom he served as a missionary in [[Mauhadih Mennonite Mission Station (Mauhadih, Champa, India)|Mauhadih]] and Basna ([[Jagdeeshpur Mission (Garh Phuljhar, Madhya Pradesh, India)|Jagdeeshpur]]), [[India|India]], 1906-1915, 1917-1925, 1927-1937, working as an evangelist, educator, builder, and horticulturist. Wiens frequently joked that he was a PhD, a "poor Hindi doctor.” He was pastor at Upland, [[California (USA)|California]] (1915), and [[Hutchinson (Kansas, USA)|Hutchinson]], [[Kansas (USA)|Kansas]], (1926), during furloughs. He worked in the [[Mennonite Library and Archives (North Newton, Kansas, USA) |Mennonite Historical Library]] at [[Bethel College (North Newton, Kansas, USA)|Bethel College]] and preached in congregations, 1937-1945. Peter J. Wiens died 7 June 1945.
 
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Born 15 April 1877 at Neu-Schönsee, Chortitza Colony, Russia, Peter Wiens was the son of Jacob J. and Maria Quapp Wiens. (Maria was daughter of Johann Wiens [1814-1891], and Helen Quapp [1818-1882]). Peter attended the Zentralschule at Neu-Schoensee. He was one of four Russian Mennonite young people who were encouraged by David Goerz to come to Bethel College in 1901; he graduated from Bethel Academy in 1904, then studied medicine in Brooklyn, New York. In 1906 Wiens married Agnes Harder, with whom he served as a missionary in Mauhadih and Basna (Jagdeeshpur), India, 1906-1915, 1917-1925, 1927-1937, working as an evangelist, educator, builder, and horticulturist. Wiens frequently joked that he was a PhD, a "poor Hindi doctor.” He was pastor at Upland, California (1915), and Hutchinson, Kansas, (1926), during furloughs. He worked in the Mennonite Historical Library at Bethel College and preached in congregations, 1937-1945. Peter J. Wiens died 7 June 1945.


Author(s) Muriel T Stackley
Date Published 1989

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Stackley, Muriel T. "Wiens, Peter Jacob (1877-1945)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1989. Web. 16 Apr 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Wiens,_Peter_Jacob_(1877-1945)&oldid=136171.

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Stackley, Muriel T. (1989). Wiens, Peter Jacob (1877-1945). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 16 April 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Wiens,_Peter_Jacob_(1877-1945)&oldid=136171.



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