Biographical Sketch

Katie Peters was born in the village of Landskrone, Molotschna, south Russia. She lived through the Russian revolution and its horrible aftermath. In 1925 the family moved to Canada and settled on a farm at Grand Pointe, Manitoba. From 1930–1941 Katie worked in Winnipeg in at various jobs and related closely with the Mary-Martha Home.

After the Mennonite Brethren Bible College opened in 1948, she took evening courses. In 1962 due to health reasons she was forced to work in her home. She was self-employed working at sewing, typing and doing some book-keeping for a local business. She also took care of a few elderly ladies who needed constant care. While doing this work she realized she needed to keep her mind active and so began doing genealogy. First was a Peters book. Other books soon followed. By 1986 her genealogy collection consisted of 65,865 index cards and 600 binders of information, all collected in a short 15 years. She has donated most of the material to the Centre. The item listed below relates more to her own personal history, while the genealogy collection has become its own separate collection at the Centre.