The first church building in Molotschna was begun in Ohrloff in 1809. Although
it was often modified and enlarged, this is that first building. Until recently, it
housed a mental institution.
 Compared with later churches, the simpler design of this window places it in
the 19th century.Great-great
grandparents Kornelius and Katharina Thiessen Harms were married in the Kleine
Gemeinde Church. Later, however, they became part of the Ohrloff congregation
through the last three decades of the 19th century. Kornelius' father, Isaak, came
to Jansen, Nebraska, in 1874, and his son, Peter T. of Rückenau, came to Henderson,
Nebraska in 1892. Kornelius only came to the U.S. in 1905, citing the unsettledness
they felt after the attempted revolution. |
