Born in Jugovka, Samara, Russia, in 1905, Peter and his family moved to Siberia when he was four years old. Fluent in both Russian & German, Peter and his family moved to Canada in 1926, settling in the Margaret area.
He married Elizabeth in 1944 and for a few years they rented land in the Minto area.
In 1948 they bought this land and lived here until 1971.
They raised two girls on this farm and upon retirement, moved to Boissevain.
I stumbled upon this place while driving around aimlessly in the area. The sun was just going down and every angle gave me different lighting.
It was a beautiful night but the skeeters were AWFUL and my family kept calling, worried that I had fallen in a well or rotten old floor. To add to my fear, I have now been told that an old house I’ve been waiting anxiously to photograph and just got permission for, has wild boars living across the road in a wooded area. Ya, that’s not scary at all.
CRUMBLING MEMORIES 