Important September dates

September Events: In 1929, 80 years ago, Emil and Adolina are continuing their work on Saskatchewan farms. Interestingly, the month of September has dates of significance for all five of Emil’s wives, and for Emil, himself, as it is the month during which he made one of his big moves (1946), and the month when he died in 1993. Here are some family related events for this month:

Sept 1st
1977: Marc is born in The Pas, Manitoba.

Sept 2nd
Today is the birth date for Joan, mother of Justin and Jacqueline, Emil’s grandchildren.

Sept 4th
1993: Tracy Neumann marries Christopher Levett in Brantford. Their children Duncan and Miriam are Emil’s grandchildren
1910: Adolina, first wife of Emil, born in Anopol, Russia.

Sept 7th
1993: Birth date for Connor, son of Ronald and Tammy Neumann, and grandson for Emil.

Sept 10th
1965: Eva Neumann (nee Kasper), 3rd wife of Emil, and mother to Elfrieda, dies from cancer in Simcoe.

Sept 16th
1946: Emil leaves the employment of the Continental Can Co. of Montreal. A letter of commendation is given to him in preparation for the family move to Ontario. Ghere’s a excerpt from that letter:
Emil Neumann has been in our employ since January 31, 1938, as millwright and painter. We have always found Mr. Neumann to be a sober, capable, and industrious worker and is leaving of his own accord.
1948: Helen Sterligow (nee Kasper), Emil’s 5th wife, arrives in Canada as a landed immigrant from Germany, having left Ukraine, USSR, where she was born.

Sept 20th
1997: Duncan Alexander Levett is born in Brantford. He is Emil’s grandson, and the first child for Tracy and Chris, and a first grandchild for David and Elfrieda.

Sept 24th
1967: Gertrude Neumann (formerly Dennis), Emil’s 4th wife, dies from cancer. It had been in remission when they married in January1967, and returned in March after the newly married couple returned from Florida.

Sept 25th
1946: The Neumanns leave Montreal for Ontario: Emil Neumann, his 2nd wife, Elizabeth, six Neumann children, and a puppy dog named Teddy, pack into a car and leave Ville St Laurent for Waterford, Ontario to start a new life on a farm. The furniture was shipped by train. They all stayed with the Emrich family for a few days, until Emil could fulfill his dream and buy a farm (Villa Nova).
Sept 26th
1942: Betty Neumann, is born in Ville St Laurent (Montreal) a second child for Emil and Elizabeth.
1946: The Neumann family celebrate Betty’s 4th birthday somewhere en route to Ontario.

Sept 27th
1946: The Neumanns arrive in Ontario and prepare to settle into temporary accommodation with the Emrich family, near Rockford (south of Villa Nova).

Sept 28th
1940: Emil Neumann marries his 2nd wife, Elizabeth Blume, in Montreal. She becomes a new mother for his four children, Arthur, Selma, William and Linda.

Sept 29th
1993: Emil dies in the John Noble Home, Brantford. He was born November 24, 1900, near Ufa, Russia. He is buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Waterford.
1955: Birth date for Donald Neumann, first son for Arthur Neumann, and second grandchild for Emil.

Sept 30th
1936: Emil’s mother dies in USSR. Elizabeth Neumann (nee Albrecht) wife of the late Johann Neumann, and mother to Emil Neumann (and five siblings) passes away in Russia. She became a single parent mom after 1905 when her husband Johann Neumann died suddenly of typhoid fever. Elizabeth Albrecht was born in the Weichsel River region of Poland on the 27 October 1865.