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Jakob Johann Dörksen, a [[Mennonite Brethren Church|Mennonite Brethren]] elder, was born in Rudnerweide, [[Molotschna Mennonite Settlement (Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine)|Molotschna]], South [[Russia|Russia]], 18 June 1853. In his 16th year he moved to Rosenort, where he was baptized a year later. In 1873 he married Aganetha Rempel of Rosenort. In 1885 they immigrated to [[Memrik Mennonite Settlement (Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine)|Memrik]] and settled in the village of [[Nordheim (Memrik Mennonite Settlement, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine)|Nordheim]]. Here he was ordained to the ministry on 8 September 1885 for the Mennonite Brethren congregation at Kotlyarevka, and served until 1905, when he was called to [[Terek Mennonite Brethren Church (Talma, Republic of Dagestan, Russia)|Terek]], where he was ordained to the office of elder by [[Neufeld, Hermann Abram (1860-1931)|Elder Hermann A. Neufeld]]. In 1912 he moved back to Memrik, where he died 29 August 1930.
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