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Sara Siemens Janzen, Mennonite pioneer, was born on 27 January 1809 in the village of Rosenort, [[Molotschna Mennonite Settlement (Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine)|Molotschna Colony]], South Russia. She was the ninth of ten children born to Klaas J. Siemans (ca.1758-1834) and Katharina Friesen (born 1763). Sara was baptized into the membership of the [[Kleine Gemeinde|Kleine Gemeinde]]. On 20 November 1832 she married Cornelius Janzen (1812-1864). Together they had nine children, six of which survived to adulthood. Sara and her husband purchased a <em>Wirtschaft</em> (farmstead) in [[Neukirch (Molotschna Mennonite Settlement, Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine)|Neukirch]], Molotschana where they lived until Cornelius died in 1864. Sara then lived with her children in Steinbach, Borosenko until 1874 when she immigrated with three of her daughters to [[Jansen (Nebraska, USA)|Jansen]], [[Nebraska (USA)|Nebraska]] in the [[United States of America|United States]]. Sara died on 13 January 1885 in Blumenhof, Manitoba, Canada while visiting her son Johann S. Janzen (1840-1905).

Two letters remain of Sara’s correspondence with her son and his family in [[Manitoba (Canada)|Manitoba]] while she was living in Nebraska. They give the reader a glimpse into the faith and life of a Mennonite women’s pioneer experience.
= Bibliography =
Plett, Delbert F. "Sara Siemens Janzen (1809-85)." <em class="gameo_bibliography">Preservings </em>No. 10 Part II (June 1997): 18.
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