Biography
The Rev. Johannes Erbes, son of Johannes Erbes & Christina Elisabeth Kurtz, was born 27 March 1868 [some sources state 1869] in Dönhof and died 26 February 1932 Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan. He attended the seminary in Dorpat from 1894-1899. He was ordained on 10 May 1901 in Krasnoyar. He served the congregation in Kukkus from 1902 to 1930. In 1930 he was arrested and sent to Semipalatinsk where he died of typhus.
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Sources
- Schleuning, Johannes. "Pastor Johannes Erbes, †1932." Heimatbuch der Deutschen aus Russland (1958): 138-140.
- Schnurr, Joseph. Die Kirchen und das Religiöse Leben der Russlanddeutschen - Evangelischer Teil (Stuttgart: Landsmanns
- Schnurr, Joseph. Die Kirchen und das Religiöse Leben der Russlanddeutschen - Evangelischer Teil (Stuttgart: Landsmanns