31. (E2)Peter and Anna Friesen - Newlyweds

 

Anna and Peter were married November 2, 1913.

           
One wonders what Peter and Anna, at ages 26 and 24 when they married, saw in their future.  By 1914 there were 15,000 Mennonite settlers in South Siberia.  Omsk was a thriving city.  Is this where they would raise their family?

                 This beautiful picture was taken shortly after their marriage.                     

Peter and Anna's first home was an apartment on the second floor (X) above the farm machinery company where Peter worked.

The Farm Machinery Building in Omsk.

          Their first child, Betty was born in that apartment in Omsk in 1914.  Two years later Vanya (John) was also born there.