Johanna Annetta Wiechmann (Wiegmann) the daughter of Diedrich Wiechmann and Gesina Bartels, was born on 25 January 1880 at Bremen, Germany.
In 1896, after the accidental death of her father she immigrated to Halstad, Kansas, USA, where she lived with her aunt Katie Wiechmann (Schultz) and family.  In about 1901 she moved to Treherne, Manitoba where she worked for her uncle, Christian Wiechman and his family.

She married Frances James Harper, son of James Harper and Elizabeth Ann Thompson, on 8 June 1904 at Rathwell, South Norfolk, Manitoba.

They moved  to  Port Perry, Ontario on 9 Jun 1904 and in Apr 1905 he moved to Kinistino, Saskatchewan and she followed a short time later,

She died on 21 December 1956, at Kinistino, Saskatchewan, at age 76 and was buried on 24 December 1956, at Kinistino Cemetery, Kinistino, Saskatchewan.

They had 5 children:
 

              2. Gordon James Harper was born on 9 September 1906 in Kinistino,
               Saskatchewan.  He married Irene Frances Gilbertson, daughter of Karl
               Johan Gilbertson and Bertha Stenitta Lovaas, on 9 Nov 1934 in the
               United  Church Manse, Kinistino.  He died on 19 Apr 1956, in the Kinistino
               Hospital, Kinistino, Saskatchewan, at age 49 and was buried on 23 Apr
               1956 in the Kinistino Cemetery.
 
               3. Florence Mildred Harper was born on 9 Dec 1908 in Kinistino. She
               married Victor Alfred Spencer on 6 Apr 1933 at Kinistino, Saskatchewan.

               4. Frieda Jane Harper was born on 11 Feb 1911 Kinistino. She married
               Leslie Gillingham on 13 Aug 1942 at Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. She died
               in Oct 1975, in Kinistino, Saskatchewan, at age 64.

               5. Louise Ethel Harper was born on 11 Sep 1917 at Kinistino,
               Saskatchewan. She died on 8 Jan 1928, at Kinistino, Saskatchewan, at age
               10. She was buried on 11 Jan 1928, in the Kinistino Cemetery.