Danksheen, Mutti Thank you, Mom
Dominion Land Grant This act allowed each applicant 160 acres of land, which is 65 hectares, at no cost except for a ten dollar fee to cover administrative costs. The applicant had to be a man of at least twenty-one years and he had to agree to cultivate at least forty acres of his land and build a permanent dwelling within three years. It was referred to as ‘proving up the homestead’.
Gesangbuch Mennonite hymn book
Groottaunte great aunt
Grootonkle great uncle
Grosspape Grandfather/Grandpa
Grossmama Grandmother/Grandma
Kjinja children
Mome Mom
Oberschulze overseerer of Mennonite colony in Mexico
Oma grandmother
Onkle Uncle
Opa grandfather
Pape Dad
Shiplap fit (boards) together by halving so that each overlaps the one below.
"shiplapped pine used as facing for the first floor"
Taunte Aunt
Vorsängers men who lead the hymns in church, also called choristers