ANCESTRY OF JOHN DENVER compiled by William Addams Reitwiesner The following material on the immediate ancestry of John Denver should not be considered exhaustive or authoritative, but rather as a first draft. Most of the information on his paternal ancestry was extracted from the "wiebe" database at http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com. Even though the correct surname is "Deutschendorf", the various entries in the Social Security Death Index all show the surname as "Deutschendor". William Addams Reitwiesner wargs@wargs.com Ancestry of John Denver / Ancestros de John Denver 1 Henry John Deutschendorf ("John Denver"), b. Roswell, N. M., 31 Dec. 1943, d. in the ocean near Monterey Bay, Cal., 12 Oct. 1997 PARENTS / PADRES 2 Henry John Deutschendorf, b. Koop Farm, Washita Co., Ok., 15 Apr. 1920, d. ... 15 March 1982 m. 3 Erma Louise Swope, b. ... 1922 GRANDPARENTS / ABUELOS PATERNOS 4 John Henry Deutschendorf, b. Ekaterinoslav, Russia, 12 Sept. 1895, d. Cordell, Washita Co., Ok., 8 Oct. 1943 m. ... 15 Sept. 1917 5 Anna Elizabeth Koop, b. Cordell, Washita Co., Ok., 8 Aug. 1901, d. Clinton, Ok., 26 Dec. 1985 GREAT-GRANDPARENTS / VISABUELOS PATERNOS 8 Georg Deutschendorf, b. ... , d. ... m. 9 Caroline Elizabeth Katt, b. ... , d. ... 10 Heinrich Koop, b. Tigerweide, Molotschna Colony, South Russia, 31 May 1870, d. Cordell, Washita Co., Ok., 2 Aug. 1913 m. ... 1892 11 Elizabeth Janzen, b. Alexanderwohl, Russia, 24 July 1874, d. Washita Co., Ok., 11 June 1930 GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS / TATARABUELOS PATERNOS 20 Thomas Paul Koop, b. ... Jan. 1834, d. Corn, Washita Co., Ok., 17 Apr. 1908 m. ... 13 Feb. 1857 21 Maria Boese, b. ... , Russia, ... July 1828, d. Corn, Washita Co., Ok., 9 May 1905 22 Martin F ... Janzen, b. Lichtfelde, Molotschna, South Russia, ... 1835, d. Barnaul, Asiatic Russia, ... [after 1880] m. Fuerstenwerder, Molotschna, South Russia, ... [ca. 1860] 23 Anna Reimer, b. Fuerstenwerder, Molotschna, South Russia, 12 Sept. 1840, d. Barnaul, Asiatic Russia, 28 Jan. 1884 GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS / TATARA-TATARABUELOS PATERNOS 40 Paul Johann Koop, b. ... [ca. 1789], d. Munsterburg, Molotschna Colony, Russia, ... 1835 m. 41 Katharina Peters, b. ... [ca. 1798], d. ... 42 Gottlieb Boese, b. Heinrichsdorf, ... [ca. 1785], d. ... m. 43 Katharina Richert, b. ... , d. ... 44 Franz Janzen, b. Insel Kueche, Prussia, 11 Dec. 1787, d. Lichtfelde, Molotschna, South Russia, ... 1847 m. Lichtfelde, Molotschna, South Russia, ... [ca. 1823] 45 Maria Kroeker, b. Prussia, ... [ca. 1807], d. Lichtfelde, Molotschna, South Russia, ... 1847 46 Aaron Reimer, b. ... 17 Jan. 1814, d. ... 1874 m. ... 10 April 1838 47 Anna Warkentin, b. ... 31 Dec. 1818, d. ... 19 Feb. 1891 GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS / TATARA-TATARA-TATARABUELOS PATERNOS 80 Johann Koop, b. ... [ca. 1741], d. Muensterberg, Molotschna, South Russia, ... [before 1812] m. 81 Margaretha Wiens, b. Neustaedterwald, Amt Tiegenhof, Prussia, ... [ca. 1759], d. ... [ca. 1807] 88 Franz Heinrich Janzen, b. Insel Kueche, Prussia, 18 Jan. 1753, d. Insel Kueche, Prussia, 30 March 1809 m. Insel Kueche, Prussia, ... [ca. 1783] 89 Katharina Technau, b. ... , Prussia, ... 1761, d. Insel Kueche, Prussia, 29 Aug. 1814 90 Martin Kroeker, b. Lichtenau, Vistula Delta, Prussia, ... [ca. 1773], d. Lindenau, South Russia, ... 1843 m. 91 Maria ... , b. ... [ca. 1769], d. ... 92 Aaron Reimer, b. ... 14 Nov. 1775, d. ... , Russia, 21 Sept. 1849 m. 93 Elizabeth Graewe, b. ... 11 Nov. 1774, d. ... , Russia, 28 Oct. 1833 94 Johann Warkentin, b. ... 28 Nov. 1786, d. ... 1839 m. ... , South Russia, ... [ca. 1810] 95 Maria Neufeld, b. ... 7 Oct. 1788, d. ... 1850 GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS / TATARA-TATARA-TATARA-TATARABUELOS PATERNOS 176 Heinrich Janzen, b. ... , Prussia, ... 1728, d. ... , Prussia, 25 June 1804 m. 177 ... , b. ... , d. ... 180 Martin Kroeker, b. ... , d. ... m. 181 ... , b. ... , d. ... 188 Johann Warkentin, b. Blumenort, Prussia, 15 May 1760, d. Ladekop, Molotschna, South Russia, ... 1825 m. ... [ca. 1785] 189 Margaretha Thiessen, b. Grubenhagen, Amt Elbing, Prussia, 10 March 1767, d. ... [ca. 1808] GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS / TATARA-TATARA-TATARA-TATARA-TATARABUELOS PATERNOS 376 Johann Warkentin, b. ... , d. ... , Prussia, ... 1805 m. 377 ... , b. ... , d. ... 7/GREAT-GRANDPARENTS 8/GREAT-GRANDPARENTS 9/GREAT-GRANDPARENTS EXTRACTS from the U.S. FEDERAL DECENNIAL CENSUS NOTES SOURCES CONSULTED AND CITED See above. William Addams Reitwiesner wargs@wargs.com