Emerson,
Manitoba
After farming in Gretna, Wilhelm Remus and his wife Maria Deutschlander moved to Emerson MB in October 1910 and
farmed five miles north of the village on the Red River. For the story of their years of
farming in Emerson, click here. Here is a picture of Wilhelm Remus:
And
here is a picture of Wilhelm�s wife Maria Deutschlander:
Here are pictures
of their original farmhouse; the current farmhouse is now relocated on higher
land to avoid the flooding of the river and modernized a bit.
Grains like wheat
are the major crops in this area. Also, Emerson was a minor rail town where an
east-west Canadian railway and a north-south US-Canada railway met. So it was a
great transshipment point as well as a strategic location for sending grains to
the US. Here is a picture of the old main street as well as a railway bridge in
the village of Emerson.
During this period, Wilhelm was also
instrumental in the building of the Emerson Lutheran Church shown in the next
picture:
Emerson Lutherans were also served by the
Zion Lutheran Church in Friedenstal, Manitoba. Here
is a picture of that church:
Wilhelm Remus and
his wife Maria Deutschlander eventually retired in
1925 to the house shown below, located in Emerson village. For the story of their years in
retirement, click here. It is now occupied by his grandson Arthur Remus
shown on the right; his great grandson Joseph Remus is on the left.
On my visit to
Emerson, I was hosted by Wilhelm's grandson Joe Remus (lower right - son of
William Carl Remus) and was pleased to meet Wilhelm's other grandsons Dick
Remus (upper right - son of Walter Remus) and Arthur Remus (lower left - son of
Reinhold Remus) (I am in the upper left and the grandson of Wilhelm's brother
Eduard). We are all shown in this picture on the steps of Wilhelm's farm in
Emerson:
Click here to see the location of Emerson on the southern edge of Manitoba
Please
send any information and queries to Bill Remus at
August
22, 2011