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Tobias Voth, a pioneer educator among the Mennonites of [[Russia|Russia]], was born 16 July 1791, at [[Brenkenhoffswalde and Franztal (Lubusz Voivodeship, Poland)|Brenkenhoffswalde]] near Driesen, Mark Brandenburg, where his father was a minister. He attended the local school under teachers who had studied in Leipzig and Berlin. At the age of sixteen he became a teacher of the local school, which position he held for five years. After passing a teachers' examination he taught at Soldin, where he married a Lutheran girl, Maria Skrade. In 1812 he accepted a school in Konigsberg in Neumark. In 1818 he reported in his diary that he and his wife were converted through [[Jung-Stilling, Johann Heinrich (1740-1817) |Jung-Stilling]]'s writings, and then had fellowship with other [[Pietism|Pietists]]. For two years he taught at [[Graudenz (Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland)|Graudenz]]. In 1820 he went to the [[Molotschna Mennonite Settlement (Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine)|Molotschna]] to teach in the [[Ohrloff Mennonitische Zentralschule (Ohrloff, Molotschna Mennonite Settlement, Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine)|Ohrloff Zentralschule]], where he also sponsored reading and mission circles. This school was sponsored by the [[Molotschna Agricultural Association|Agricultural Association]], of which [[Cornies, Johann (1789-1848)|Johann Cornies]] was the chairman. Because of a disagreement with Cornies, Voth resigned after seven years of teaching and went to [[Schönwiese (Chortitza Mennonite Settlement, Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine)|Schönwiese]] near Chortitza, where he taught for a number of years in a private secondary school. After this he taught in a secondary school at Steinbach, Molotschna. He died in [[Berdyansk (Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine)|Berdyansk]]. He was a gifted pioneer educator but did not find enough response and appreciation for his talents and as a result suffered many privations.

= Bibliography =
Friesen, Peter M. Die Alt-Evangelische Mennonitische Brüderschaft in Russland (1789-1910) im Rahmen der mennonitischen Gesamtgeschichte. Halbstadt: Verlagsgesellschaft "Raduga", 1911: 78-79, 569-77.

Görz, H. Die Molotschnaer Ansiedlung. Steinbach, 1950: 102-3.

GRANDMA (The Genealogical Registry and Database of Mennonite Ancestry) Database, 5.05 ed. Fresno, CA: [http://calmenno.org/index.htm California Mennonite Historical Society], 2008: #102102.

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 Tobias Voth, a pioneer educator among the Mennonites of [[Russia|Russia]], was born 16 July 1791, at [[Brenkenhoffswalde and Franztal (Lubusz Voivodeship, Poland)|Brenkenhoffswalde]] near Driesen, Mark Brandenburg, where his father was a minister. He attended the local school under teachers who had studied in Leipzig and Berlin. At the age of sixteen he became a teacher of the local school, which position he held for five years. After passing a teachers' examination he taught at Soldin, where he married a Lutheran girl, Maria Skrade. In 1812 he accepted a school in Konigsberg in Neumark. In 1818 he reported in his diary that he and his wife were converted through [[Jung-Stilling, Johann Heinrich (1740-1817) |Jung-Stilling]]'s writings, and then had fellowship with other [[Pietism|Pietists]]. For two years he taught at [[Graudenz (Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland)|Graudenz]]. In 1820 he went to the [[Molotschna Mennonite Settlement (Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine)|Molotschna]] to teach in the [[Ohrloff Mennonitische Zentralschule (Ohrloff, Molotschna Mennonite Settlement, Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine)|Ohrloff Zentralschule]], where he also sponsored reading and mission circles. This school was sponsored by the [[Molotschna Agricultural Association|Agricultural Association]], of which [[Cornies, Johann (1789-1848)|Johann Cornies]] was the chairman. Because of a disagreement with Cornies, Voth resigned after seven years of teaching and went to [[Schönwiese (Chortitza Mennonite Settlement, Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine)|Schönwiese]] near Chortitza, where he taught for a number of years in a private secondary school. After this he taught in a secondary school at Steinbach, Molotschna. He died in [[Berdyansk (Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine)|Berdyansk]]. He was a gifted pioneer educator but did not find enough response and appreciation for his talents and as a result suffered many privations.
 = Bibliography =
 Friesen, Peter M. <em>Die Alt-Evangelische Mennonitische Brüderschaft in Russland (1789-1910) im Rahmen der mennonitischen Gesamtgeschichte</em>. Halbstadt: Verlagsgesellschaft "Raduga", 1911: 78-79, 569-77.
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 GRANDMA (The <strong>G</strong>enealogical <strong>R</strong>egistry <strong>an</strong>d <strong>D</strong>atabase of <strong>M</strong>ennonite <strong>A</strong>ncestry) Database, 5.05 ed. Fresno, CA: <span class="link-external">[http://calmenno.org/index.htm California Mennonite Historical Society]</span>, 2008: #102102.
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