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Peter O. Penner Family

108 years in Saskatchewan, 135 years in Canada

 

 

 

Peter O. Penner (1832-1910) and his wife, Margaretha (Friesen) (1832-1891) brought their family from Russia to Canada in 1875, when Peter was forty three years old and his children ranged in age from two years to twenty years. 

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Peter O. Penner homestead house, built 1902 at SE 2-38-5 W3 on Penner Road, Clark’s Crossing, bordering the city of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

Text Box: A MAN CALLED PETER O. By Christina Cowling With Margaretha whom he married, Was this man of long-ago. And the children whom he cherished, Was this man called Peter O. The Moravian that they boarded, Hence to Canada to go, Through the gales that were distorted, All that prayed with Peter O. Safely, not the ship abandoned, He stood proud, his face aglow, For ‘twas in Quebec he landed, God had plans for Peter O. So the prairie soil he planted, With a sickle and a hoe. To him nothing ever handed, But hard work for Peter O. Then Clark’s Crossing late his homestead, At seventy years old. And few years left to tarry, ‘Till God sent for Peter O. Now from him, I surely prosper, This slight man with beard of snow. In your debt, I surely owe you, Great-Great-Grandpa, Peter O. Christina Cowling—Branch 1—page 161) Peter O. Penner’s great-great-granddaughter