Relatives Overload???

June 1, 1930  We slept well at John F. Reimers.  Then we went to D. P. Reimers and then to church.  For dinner we went to the parents and also stayed there for faspa.  The visitors there were D. K. Siemens, J. Kornelsens, John Warkentins, Jacob Pletts, Klaas P. Reimers, Peter Klassens, Johan N. Koops, Aunt Klassen, and K. R. Friesens.  For the evening we went to John Warkentins and Jacob Pletts.  For night back to the parents ________

Most of us would have had relatives-overload by this point, but Cornelius and Margaret were just hitting their stride.  They had breakfast at the David P. Reimers – he was Margaret’s second cousin and his wife, Maria L. Plett, was an aunt to Cornelius’ first wife Katie.  Then they managed to squeeze a worship service at the Blumenort Kleine Gemeinde fellowship.  After that they went to Jacob L. Plett’s, Cornelius former parents-in-law, to whom he remained close all his life.  His brother David came over – his wife Sarah was Katie’s sister.  Johann U. Kornelsens were there, and their daughter Betty, who was not born yet, would marry Cornelius and Margaret’s son Elmer twenty-four years later.  I will not bore you with the details, but most of the rest were relatives to either Cornelius or Margaret or to both.