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[[File:NeufeldJustinaBergen.jpg|300px|thumb|right|''Gerhard and Justina (Loewen) Neufeld.<br />
Source: Preservings.'']]

Gerhard Neufeld: minister and elder; born 23 October 1827 in Fürstenau, [[Molotschna Mennonite Settlement (Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine)|Molotschna Mennonite Settlement]], South Russia. He was the son of Peter Neufeld (12 April 1789, [[Neukirch (Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland)|Neukirch]], Gross Werder, Prussia – 17 January 1846, Fürstenau, Molotschna, South Russia) and Katharina (Peters) Neufeld (26 December 1789 – 28 December 1852, Fürstenau, Molotschna, South Russia). He was the youngest of 7 children. Gerhard married Anna Teichroew (10 November 1830, Wernersdorf, Molotschna – 14 March 1869, Fürstenau, Molotschna) on 24 January 1850 in Wernersdorf, Molotschna. She was the daughter of Peter Johann Teichroew (ca. 1794-1839) and Justina (Friesen) Teichroew (ca. 1797-1843). Gerhard and Anna had six children: Katharina, Anna, Maria, Gerhard, Peter, and Heinrich. After Anna’s death, Gerhard married [[Neufeld, Justina Bergen (1826-1905)|Justina (Loewen) Bergen]] (1 March 1826, Tiegenhagen, Molotschna, South Russia - 11 January 1905, [[Mountain Lake (Minnesota, USA)|Mountain Lake]], Minnesota, USA) on 13 November 1875. Gerhard died on 15 December 1916 in Mountain Lake, Minnesota, where he was buried.

Gerhard was baptized in 1847 in [[Schönsee (Molotschna Mennonite Settlement, Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine)|Schönsee]], Molotschna, South Russia. He became a minister in 1869 and upon his arrival in Mountain Lake, Minnesota in 1878, was elected elder of the [[First Mennonite Church (Mountain Lake, Minnesota, USA)|First Mennonite Church]] in Mountain Lake. He was installed by Elder [[Wiebe, Gerhard (1827-1900)|Gerhard Wiebe]] of Manitoba. Neufeld served for 32 years, retiring in 1910.
= Bibliography =
GRANDMA (The Genealogical Registry and Database of Mennonite Ancestry) Database, 7.02 ed. Fresno, CA: California Mennonite Historical Society, 2013: #42474.

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 Gerhard was baptized in 1847 in [[Schönsee (Molotschna Mennonite Settlement, Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine)|Schönsee]], Molotschna, South Russia. He became a minister in 1869 and upon his arrival in Mountain Lake, Minnesota in 1878, was elected elder of the [[First Mennonite Church (Mountain Lake, Minnesota, USA)|First Mennonite Church]] in Mountain Lake. He was installed by Elder [[Wiebe, Gerhard (1827-1900)|Gerhard Wiebe]] of Manitoba. Neufeld served for 32 years, retiring in 1910.
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-GRANDMA (The Genealogical Registry and Database of Mennonite Ancestry) Database, 7.02 ed. Fresno, CA: California Mennonite Historical Society, 2013: #42474.
+GRANDMA (The '''G'''enealogical '''R'''egistry '''an'''d '''D'''atabase of '''M'''ennonite '''A'''ncestry) Database, 7.02 ed. Fresno, CA: California Mennonite Historical Society, 2013: #42474.
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