by Lorraine RothThe year 1824 was an important moment inhistory for those of us who are members ofor have our roots in the Western OntarioMennonite Conference . Several factors led upto it, and one previous event was especiallydecisive. Continuous turmoil in Europe andthe re-opening of traffic to America follow-ing the American Revolution led many Amishand Mennonites to turn again to migration asa way out of their economic plight and cons-tant violations of religious scruples . A trickleof families and young men of military agefound their way to America in every decadefollowing the American Revolution . However,the arrival of Christian Nafziger from Bavariain Upper Canada in 1822 and his negotiationswith Governor Maitland concerning a sectionof Crown Lands in present-day WilmotTownship set in motion a movement whichhas shaped the destiny of many of us .Amongthe immigrants before 1822 were a

single man and two families . The young manwas Joseph Goldschmidt (Goldsmith)(1798-1876) who was born in Alsace .' He ar-rived in America in 1819, landing atPhiladelphia . Separation from his country andfamily was very discouraging for this youngman who was put to chopping wood .z Thetwo families who arrived in the early 1820swere those of John Brenneman and JacobKropf.John Brenneman was about 55 years old and

his six children ranged in age from about 21to 8 years . It is believed that John was the sonof Nicolaus Brenneman and Barbara Kurzresiding on the estate Hofgut at Braunshardtby Darmstadt, Germany .' A list of 1821 im-migrants at Baltimore includes a John Bren-neman family which very nearly fits the onewith which we are concerned here . Accordingto tradition, the Brenneman family spent sometime in Pennsylvania, but it was not knownhow long .When Jacob Kropf arrived in America, he

was about 37 years old and had four childrenages one to six years old. A fifth child was bornin the United States .4 Jacob's place of birth islikely Epfig near Barr, southwest ofStrasbourg, France .' No arrival date has beenfound for this family in America. DaughterElizabeth's birth in 1822 suggests they came

Goldsmith, Brenneman, Kropf:First Amish Ordinations in Canada

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in 1821 or earlier . Where they lived during thistime is not known, but it can probably beassumed it was in Pennsylvania .On January 4, 1824 Joseph Goldsmith mar-

ried Elizabeth Swartzendruber who had cometo America with her mother in the early 1820s .That spring Joseph decided he wanted to goto Canada . His wife and mother-in-law, it issaid, accompanied him very reluctantly . It wasnot until Mother-in-law Catherine askedwhere her chest was to go while they wereloading the wagon that they were sure shewould go along.bThe details of the migrations to Canada are

very vague . One would suppose that theGoldsmith, Brenneman and Kropf familiesmade the trip together, although it is possiblethat the Brennemans and Kropfs came alreadyin 1823 . It is interesting to note that none ofthe Amish who had been in Pennsylvaniabefore the Revolutionary War pulled up stakesand moved to the Canadian frontier . BishopChristian Stoltzfus had purchased considerableland in Woolwich Township,' but even amongthis family there were no immigrants .

When the Goldsmiths, Brennemans andKropfs arrived in the Waterloo settlement, itmay be that Michael Schwartzentruber and hisfamily, including his nephew Christian, werethe only Amish Mennonites who had alreadybuilt a cabin in Wilmot Township . It is believ-ed they arrived in Canada in the summer orfall of 1823 and that they built their cabinbefore the survey was completed. TheSchwartzentrubers were located on Lot 9,South of Snyders Road, Goldsmith and Kropfchose Lots 14 and 13 respectively on the northside of the road . Today the village of Badenis spread along the front of these lots . JohnBrenneman settled on Lot 13 South of BleamsRoad . The Wilmot Centre School andCemetery are located on the northeast cornerof what was his farm . (See map on next page)John Oesch and his family left Bavaria in

June of 1824 . They probably arrived in Canadain late summer or fall . They located on Lot15 beside Joseph Goldsmith . Castle Kilbridein Baden was later built on this property. JacobSteinman left Bavaria with John Oesch, butit is not known whether Steinman ever cameto Canada .9

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Detweiler Mennonitecongregation 18

Maryborough TownshipMennonite Cemetery 19

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Locations of Amish Mennonite settlers whose arrivals in 1823 and1824 are fairly well documented . When Joseph Goldsmith left in1831, Jacob Kropf also purchased Lot 14 .

The ministry of Goldsmith, Brenneman and Kropf

The historic moment in 1824 was the organiza-tion of the first Amish Mennonite congrega-tion on Canadian soil with the ordination ofJoseph Goldsmith and John Brenneman asministers and Jacob Kropf as deacon . The or-dinations were performed by Bishop JohnStoltzfus of Pennsylvania.'° Exactly where andwhen this took place is not clear. Some havethought that the three were ordained in Penn-sylvania and sent out to establish a congrega-tion . This procedure would have beensomewhat out of character for the Amish. Theother possibility is that Bishop Stoltzfus wentto Canada, either with the group in the springor, at their request, later in the year. If he wentin the spring, did they all meet in MichaelSchwartzentruber's cabin, or were they hostedby the Mennonites in Waterloo Township?Since the Mennonites were at this time replac-ing their log cabins with substantial framehouses, perhaps they allowed the Amish to usetheir cabins until they could build their own.IfBishop Stoltzfus went to Canada in the fall,there may have been a number of new cabinsin which the emerging congregation couldhave met.In 1826 Peter Nafziger, a bishop from

Bavaria, and Christian Nafziger and theirfamilies arrived in the new settlement forwhich Christian had laid the groundwork onhis trip in 1822 . It is quite likely that BishopJohn Stoltzfus or someone else made yearlyor twice yearly visits to Upper Canada to ad-

minister communion until the arrival ofBishop Nafziger .The ministry of the three men ordained in

1824 has been little documented. JosephGoldsmith left Ontario in 1831 for ButlerCounty, Ohio where he was ordained a bishopin 1838 . He later moved to Henry County,Iowa . Jacob R. Bender stated that Goldsmith"left his impress on the young Amish settle-ment during his few years residence inCanada,"" but did not indicate in what way.Perhaps his conclusion was based onGoldsmith's influencial ministry in Ohio andIowa, which is described in the Goldsmithgenealogy.' zThe ministries of John Brenneman and

Jacob Kropf, however, had completely falleninto oblivion . On questionning Brennemandescendants, the author discovered that no oneknew that such an ancestor ever existed . Infact, according to family tradition, the fatherof the Ontario Brennemans was killed in abarn door accident in Germany." Was JohnBrenneman perhaps not active in the ministry,and thus he had been forgotten? Recentresearch in the old newspapers has revealedthat John Brenneman was active-right up tohis dying day, in fact . The CANADAMUSEUM, the first newspaper in Berlin (Kit-chener) lists four funerals in which John Bren-neman had part from 1838 to 1840 . At twoof them he is reported as preaching thesermon . 14 Although Joseph Goldsmith and

Bishop Peter Nafziger had migrated to Ohioin 1831, John Brenneman was not the onlyminister in Wilmot in the late 1830s. JohnOesch had by this time been ordained bishop,and Christian Miller and Rudolph Roth wereministers .

In 1843 John Brenneman deeded a portionof his land (the northeast corner) to thetrustees of School Section Number Five fora schoolhouse and burying ground "for alldenominations of Christians ." In 1840 thenewspaper reported that Maria Wildfong wasburied at Brenneman's . John Brenneman'swife died in September of 1842,' 5 and no doubtshe was buried here also . It is quite likely thatburials took place here even before 1840 .The record of John Brenneman's death in

DER DEUTSCHE CANADIER is evidencethat he was active up to the day of his'deathat the age of 82 . The account in the columnof deaths translates as follows:

On the 21st of October, John Bren-nemann, Senior, in Wilmot at the ageof 82 years, 6 months ; leaving behind5 children, 26 grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren . Old as Mr . Brennemannwas, his end was very sudden, broughton by a mishap . The Friday before, Mr .Jacob Kropf called on him, to take himalong to visit a sick woman. As Mr .Brennemann opened the yard gate forMr . Kropf, the wind blew it aroundagain, which frightened the horse andhe sprang forward trampling the oldman under his feet and broke one of hislegs . The carriage caught on the gate,broke it and went over it and fortunate-ly protected Mr . Brenneman from fur-ther injury . On Friday it did not appearthat there was any danger to his life, buton Saturday he obviously became worseand died the following night. This hap-pened at this son John's place. '6

Here we have the "barn-door" accident, butthe place was Wilmot Centre, not Germany.There is less documentation for Jacob

Kropf's ministry, although the above storyalso indicates that Jacob Kropf, age 64 at thattime, was active in his role as deacon . Jacoband his wife Magdalena (maiden nameunknown) both reached the advanced age of90 years. Jacob's obituary in the HEROLDOF TRUTH also attests to a faithful ministry .

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It reads as follows:

Jan. 29, (1875) in Waterloo Co . Canada,Bro. Jacob Kropf, at the advanced ageof 90 years, 1 month and 26 days . Heenjoyed remarkably good health up tothe 26th of December, 1874, when hehad a stroke of palsy, whereby his rightside and also his tongue became paralyz-ed . He served as deacon in the AmishChurch in Canada about 50 years, dur-ing which time his seat was seldom va-cant when he was able to go . He leavesan aged widow, about two years hisjunior, with whom he lived inmatrimony 64 years."

Jacob's wife died on May 24, 1878 .In 1866 Jacob Kropf deeded a section of his

farm (the southeast corner) to School SectionNumber 13 for a schoolhouse and buryingground for two dollars . There is no longer aschool at this location . Only a vacant lot withseveral tombstones piled in the middle remainsof the burying ground . No doubt, this was alsoused for burials long before the legal transac-tions took place . Two grown sons and twogrown daughters died between 1840 and 1855,and it is quite likely that they were buried here.No doubt, Jacob and Magdalena are buriedhere also, although there are no markers.

The John Brenneman FamilyThe Brenneman family consisted of three sonsand three daughters when the family arrivedin Canada . The oldest daughter, Elizabeth, wasmarried to Peter Gardner but died in 1844without children . John Jr . married toMagdalena Schultz, received the Wilmot Cen-tre farm . Daniel married Catherine Sommerand settled on Lot 23 South Bleams Road . Thenorthern portion of this farm was incor-porated into the village of New Hamburg in1876 . Daughter Magdalena married GeorgeHelmuth. They settled on Lot 22 besideDaniel, but later moved to East ZorraTownship in Oxford County . They are buriedin the cemetery on the 15th line of East Zorra.Catherine Brenneman married John Meyer (orMayer) . Part of Petersburg developed on thenorthwest corner of their farm (Lot 6 SouthSnyders Road). They had one son, but he pro-bably did not survive . Their youngest son ofJohn Brenneman Sr . was Jacob who marrieda young Irish maiden by the name of LydiaLeonard. They took up farming on the fron-tier in South Easthope, Perth County (Lot 5,Con. II) . They are buried in the cemetery atthe corner of the 19th line in East Zorra. Thiscemetery is located on a portion of what wasone of Jacob Brenneman's farms . All Bren-nemans and Helmuths in Ontario are descen-dants of Minister John Brenneman. A fewBrennemans and Helmuths joined the migra-tions south and west . The ancestral family ofDr . Fred Brenneman, missionary to India, wasamong these .

The Jacob Kropf Family

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John W. Gingerich, JOSEPH GOLDSMITH,1796-1876, AND HIS DESCENDANTS. Kalona,Iowa, 1955 . On page 8, the author quotes the recordfound in the Goldsmith Bible . "Tannsapfen-Muhl, nearRapperswyr" is given as the birthplace of Joseph ;Markirch as the birthplace of his father, Conrad .Ibid ., P. 9 .Albert H. Gerberich . THE BRENNEMANHISTORY. Scottdale, Pa . : Mennonite Pub. Houe,1938 . On pages 843-919 Gerberich lists the family ofNicolaus Brenneman . The fifth son is Johannes Bren-neman, born March 30, 1766, of whom Gerberich hadno further record . Checking the age of John at his deathwith the above birthplace, it coincides within two orthree days with this date . Gerberich did try to includethe Canadian Brennemans, but his information wasconfused and very incomplete (paes 932-934).The 1851 census gives Elizabeth's place of birth as

The death record of Jacob Kropf in Wilmot Townshipgives his place of birth as "Epfig," Canton Barr,France . "Epfig" is probably a misspelling of Epfig.John W. Gingerich . JOSEPH GOLDSMITH . . . pp.9 and 13 .Bishop Christian Stoltzfus invested in Lots 10 and 18(a total of 700 acres) in Woolwich Township . In 1819he sold Lot 18 to Peter Martin . Stoltzfus retained Lot10, and after his death the family sold it to Son Chris-tian in 1835 . Christian Stoltzfus II sold it to PhilipBreckbill in 1839 .Major Peter Swartzemruber . CHRISTIANSCHWARTZENTRUBER - MAGDALENASHOENBECK, 1743-1956, PROGENITORIALPARENTS (New York, ca . 1956) . On page 16 theauthor gives the story of the building of the cabinbefore the survey was complete . Swartzentruber hadto rely on oral tradition ; so many of the details in hisstory are not correct . For example, Benjamin Eby hadbuilt his cabin in the Waterloo settlement in 1806. TheSchwartzentrubers did not stay with the Eby's inHamilton . It is possible that Michael left his family at

Hamilton while he made an initial scouting trip intothe settlement . They may have stayed with the Ebyswhile the men went out to build the Schwattzentruhercabin, but that was at "Ebytown," not at Hamilton .From an undated letter by Jacob Steinman, in the Ar-chives of the Mennonite Church, Goshen, Indiana(His' . Mss. 1-10, Box 2)Bishop John Stoltzfus was a son of Bishop ChristianStoltzfus who owned the property in WoolwichTownship .L. J . Burkholder . A BRIEF HISTORY OF THEMEN-NONITES IN ONTARIO. Mennonite Conference ofOntario, 1935 . Jacob R. Bender wrote the chapter onthe Amish Mennonites . This reference is found on page220.John W. Gingerich . JOSEPH GOLDSMITH . . .In the Jacob Brenneman family, the tradition was thatthe Widow Brenneman came to Canada with three sonsand a daughter who married a Helmuth.The CANADA MUSEUM reported the followingfuneral services in which John Brenneman participated :Daniel Gordner, age 71, died July 1, 1838

service by John Brenneman and John OeschJohannes Lichti, age 83, died Nov. 9, 1839

service by John Brenneman on John 5:28, 29Catharina Kropf, age 20, died Feb. 10, 1840

(dau . of Deacon Jacob Kropf)service by John Brenneman and John Oesch

Heinrich Schultz, 86th year, died Nov. 2, 1840(father-in-law of John Oesch)

"Lehrer" Johannes Brenneman spoke onIf Tim. 4:6-8

The John Brenneman Jr. family record states that"Gross Mutter" died on Sept . 22, 1842 . Unfortunate-ly it does not give her name .

16 The Nov. 3, 1848 issue of DER DEUTSCHECANADIER . John Brenneman Jr. received his father'sfarm at Wilmot Centre .

17 HERALD OF TRUTH, Volume 12, page 46 .

General Notes:

2) For further background information see :

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1)

Locations of farms and information on cemeteries wasobtained from records in the Registry Office,Kitchener .

a) THEAMISH OF CANADA by Orland Gingerichb) 150 YEARS, SESQUICENTENNIAL OF THE

AMISH MENNONITES OF ONTARIO, ed. byDorothy Sauder.

history of theWilmot AmishMennoniteCongregation

Steinman andSt. Agatha Mente

Churches

1824-1984

Lillian Kennel's book is published to celebratethe Wilmot Mennonite Church double anniver-sary - 100 years of the first building, and 160years of the settlement .

Jacob and Magdalena Kropf came to Canadawith three sons and two daughters, the 9

youngest of which had been born in theUnited States . Another son, David, was born 10in 1824 in Canada . Daughter Catherine, age20, died in 1840 . The third son, Jacob Jr ., mar-ried to Jacobena Bender, died in 1848 at the 11

age of 27 . Daughter Elizabeth, who was mar-ried to John L. Lichti, died in 1853 at the age of31, having given birth to seven children .Henry Kropf, the second son, married Anna 12Nafziger . He died in 1855 at the age of 40, leav- 13ing eight children . All of these are probablyburied on the family farm at Baden. Henry'swidow is buried in the Blake Mennonite 14

Cemetery in Huron County . Jacob andMagdalena's sons Christian and David, mar-ried to Eva King and Magdalena Oesch respec-tively, outlived their parents, but had movedto the United States in the 1860s. Both of thesefamilies eventually ended up in Missouri . ThusJacob and Magdalena were bereft of theirchildren in their old age. All Kropfs of AmishMennonite descent in Ontario belong to theJacob Kropf family . Most Kropfs in Oregon 15and Illinois descend from their son David.

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Reunions and AnniversariesThe Schiedel Reunion

by Allan DettweilerThe first reunion for the descendants of Mar-tin Schiedel and his wife, Susannah Ries, tookplace Sunday, September 2, 1984 at the BreslauMennonite Church, Breslau, Ontario. Thiswas 188 years after Martin Schiedel was bornin Wurttemberg, Germany in 1796 .Martin and Susannah had a family of eight

children-first four daughters then four sons.The families of all the daughters-Catharine,whomarried Jacob Zeller ; Sarah, whomarriedPhilip Zeller (brother to Jacob); Hannah, whomarried Rev. Jacob Woolner; and Susannah,who married Henry Reist-were representedat the reunion.

MARTIN SUSANNAHSCHIEDEL

PITS (WEISS)SEPTEMBER 2 .!796

MARCH 21, 1796APRIL. 2-8, 1863DECEMBER 13, 172

MARTIN SCHIEDEL.SON OF HANNES SCHIEDEL, WAS BORNIN WURtTEM8ERG,URMANYalU IZI)AIE M`i EH HIS PARENTSEMlQATED TO XONICOMERY COUNTY, FONSYIVANik

tN 1825 . ABOI'T A. MONTH AFTER. fltS MARRI?'r_ '(+SANNAti RIES 0h EM),THEY CAME TO TLIS ARE .̂ ANDPURCHASED LOT-107 . GERMAN COMPANY TRACT,NORTH EAST OF HERE. : -THEIR CHILDREN WERE :

HARINE, 1825-1909 i , ' MARRIAGE JOHN CRESSMAN2ND MARRIAGE JACOB ZELLER

SAKAI ; . IV -- :99!1 MARRIED PHILIP TELLERNANNAt4,!82°-!34 ; MARRIED Rt,JACOR WOOLNERSUSANNAH 190

MARRIED HENRY REST1OHN,IV.'-1AIh I"MAkRIAGC rL¢AbFTIi SHOEMAKER:'~i' MARRIAGP HANNAH,M11H R 9R ; MARRIAGE EV.A DIELLJAC06,i834-1?li !s" M :SRRIAGF MAGDAHNA MILLER

'~" MARRIAGE MAGDALENA BVHIELISAAC, i63b

M:1RRIO MAGCIE ROCERSN001,1839- 1928 MARRIED NANO fFRREFRERECTED 6Y,THEIR DESCEND ANTSIN IOA4

Iik' Martin and Susannah Schiedel memorial.

Descendants of the two oldest Schiedel sons,John and Jacob, were also included among theapproximately 300 persons in attendance . Ef-forts are still being made to locate descendantsof the two youngest sons, Isaac and Noah .Family names at the reunion included :

Zeller, Woolner, Reist, Sauder and Dessler, aswell as 70 persons still bearing the Schiedelname .Approximately 20 descendants of Martin's

brother, John Schiedel, and his wife, MaryKuehler, also attended . Most of these werefrom Michigan .The states of New York and Michigan,

Washington, D.C ., and the provinces ofManitoba and Alberta were represented, andIan and Hazel Schiedel travelled all the wayfrom British Columbia .The highlight of the day was the unveiling

and dedication of a new memorial honouringMartin and Susannah, the ancestors of mostCanadian Schiedels. They came to Canada in1825 from Pennsylvania a month after their

We are very happy to be able to notea number of anniversaries and re-unions this fall .We encourage all congregations

with special celebrations to reportthem for possible inclusion inMennogesprach.

Display table at the Schiedel reunion.

marriage, and purchased Lot 107 of the Ger-man Company Tract northeast of Breslau .They were among the first worshippers in theCressman Mennonite (now Breslau Men-nonite) Church .The dedication

Woolner, a greatSchiedel .Allen Schiedel of Cambridge, aged 94, was

the oldest descendant in attendance, closelyfollowed by his cousin, 90 year old HannahMartin of Elmira . Both are grandchildren ofDeacon John Schiedel who served in theCressman congregation, but later joined theOld Order Mennonites .Five week old Scott Mader, son of Doug and

Connie (Schiedel) Mader and grandson ofRichard and Shirley Schiedel was the youngestdescendant in attendance .The Schiedel reunion will next be held in

1989 .

was led by Rev. A. Wardgreat grandson of Martin

Correction :Two errors occurred in the firstparagraph of "The Breslau MennoniteChurch : a brief history," published inthe last issue of Mennogesprach .Breslau is a village, not a town, and

is no longer in Waterloo Township .The U.S . half of the writing team isresponsible for the difficulties .

Correction and clarification ofinformation appearing in "The MennoniteCommunity of Port Elgin" (Vol . 1, no . 1, page2, column 2, last paragraph) . The sentence inquestion reads: "Two of the delegates wereJohn Bear and David Wismer." The lattershould be Daniel Wismer . The author regretsthis error and has prepared the followingresumes of Daniel and David Wismer, bothordained to the ministry in the MennoniteConference of Ontario.

Daniel Wismer1820-1909

Daniel was a son of pioneers Henry andMary (Cressman) Wismer who came fromBucks County, Pennsylvania in 1815 . He wasmarried to Sallie Erb, daughter of pioneersPeter and Susannah (Bomberger) Erb, whocame from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania in1807 .

Daniel U smer

In 1860 Daniel was ordained a minister inthe Berlin (now Kitchener) Mennonite con-gregation . He was a member of the delegationsent by conference leaders to visit the PortElgin congregation in 1869, which wasreported to be holding weekly prayer andtestimony meetings . As well were heldevangelistic meetings under the leadership ofSolomon Eby, who in 1874 affiliated with theReformed Mennonites in Indiana who wereunder Daniel Brenneman's leadership . Around1877 Daniel Wismer moved his family toMarion County, Kansas where he was ordain-ed bishop by Daniel Brundage in 1887 . Hiswife having died in 1885, he returned to Berlin .Wismer married Lydia Musselman in 1889 .

She was the widow of Samuel Brubacher. Inthese later years in Ontario he was recogniz-ed as a bishop with no particular field ofresponsibility . He preached the gospel fornearly 50 years.

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David Wismer1861-1949

David Wismer was married to Esther Shantzin 1889 . They resided on a farm near Blair. Hewas ordained a minister for the Hagey con-gregation in 1902 . Six years later they movedto Berlin where she died in 1922 .When First Mennonite Church divided in

1924, David Joined the Stirling Ave. group. Hewas called upon to preach occasionally . Hissermons were appreciated by the congregation .

- Lorna Bergey

Genealogical Resourcesat the Conrad Grebel Libraryand Archives

by Sam Steiner

(based on a talk to the Genealogy Committeeof the Mennonite Historical Society of On-tario, April 23, 1984).The formal name of the Archives at Con-

rad Grebel College is Mennonite Archives ofOntario. That name tells you two limitationsyou should be aware of . We're a Mennonitearchives, we're not a local history archives . Tosome extent there is overlap, but we can't helpa local genealogist with German Lutheran orCatholic background . Secondly we're an On-tario archives . We collect genealogies beyondOntario, but our primary purpose is to workin the area of Ontario Mennonite history . Wewill not have church records from congrega-tions in Pennsylvania for example; to doresearch on family connections there willmean use of archives in the U.S .Much of the material in our Archives is not

of interest to genealogists . 90% or more of theoriginal archival material is from the 20th cen-tury . This would be true of all archives . Mostgenealogists have their family informationfrom the 20th century; it's the 19th centuryand earlier that is of interest . Many people aresurprised that archival materials are not oldfor the most part .Asecond fact that genealogists often do not

appreciate, is that contrary to popular opinion,Mennonites have never been all that interestedin their own church history, at least after thefirst decades in Europe . Oh yes, we knowabout the Martyrs' Mirror, and nowwe knowthat Mennonites came to North America in1683 . But we haven't known much aboutMennonites in the 17th, 18th and 19th cen-turies . This lack of interest included the leader-ship of the church over the years . Very fewrecords were kept by Mennonite ministers .Was it because of persecution? Well, not real-ly, after the early years . In one sense a stablerural community made record keeping un-necessary for day to day life . Oneknew whowas part of the church .This attitude extended into this century. My

grandfather, a bishop in eastern Ohio for manyyears, did not keep good track of the weddingsand baptisms he performed . He felt the Lordkept track of these things, and it wasn'tnecessary for him to do so . This same patternis true in Ontario. For the first 75 years ofMennonite existence in Ontario we have vir-tually no church records, except for a few landrecords . The Mennonites have never been therecord keepers for the government, asLutherans or Catholics or Anglicans have beenin other settings .But there are some resources we do have for

the genealogist. We have a growing collectionof published genealogies . We buy some, othersare donated. If you know of a relevantgenealogy not the list attached, that is stillavailable, let us know .

Sam Steiner

We have some bishop books. These booksgenerally contain one or two kinds of infor-mation . If any record is kept at all, it is pro-bably of baptisms . It may also contain mar-riages . Bishop books we have include those ofAmos Cressman, Elias Weber, Joseph Hagey,Johannes Gascho and Daniel Steinmann.Some congregations now have good

membership lists . The March 1984 Men-nogrespräch published a 1902 list of First Men-nonite Church in Kitchener.When you look at these records, however,

you'll see the limitations . A date of baptismgives only the roughest idea of the baptismalcandidate's age. Most baptismal lists give noindication of the parentage of those baptized.Marriage records tell more, but are usually notprecise about birth dates, etc .Church membership records are also pro-

blematic. Even today many Mennonite chur-ches are hazy about who is or isn't a member .I am secretary of the Mennonite Conferenceof Ontario & Quebec . Not a year goes bywhen at least one congregation does not makea drastic alteration in its membership numbers,as they struggle to determine who the member-ship actually includes. My home congregationhas done this a time or two, which isn't fun-ny when you consider the congregation beganin 1960 .What other original materials do we have?

Well, there are cemetery records, though manyof these are retained with the congregation . Wedo have First Mennonite (Kitchener) records,as well as some listings developed by others .The Genealogy Committee is working onrecording cemeteries, and we hope to publishsome of these as they are completed.We have some Sunday school records going

back to the 1870s. Some list subscribers to theschool, others list scholars. These are more fre-quent than membership lists .

Page 1 3There are some land records, some wills, etc .

I confess to not knowing what all we have inthis area .There are some family Bibles-though my

faith in family bibles is not as great as it oncewas. I had occasion several years ago to see thefamily bible of my great grandfather ChristianSteiner, which passed into the hands of mygrandfather, A.J . Steiner . In that bible, in hisown hand, my grandfather incorrectly statedthe year of his first marriage . It is possible totell this was written in 30 years after the fact,and I knew the correct date from preciseevidence . Because of this error, the date ofgrandfather's first marriage is misstated in vir-tually every document relating to him, in-cluding his obituary . He made a similar erroron his ordination date, which was misstatedfor years in the Mennonite Yearbook .What of other aides. We have on microfilm

census records of 1842, 1851, 1861 and 1871for areas of Ontario in which Mennonites wereconcentrated in any numbers. We have an in-dex of obituaries recorded in the GospelHerald, if they relate to Ontario. We havesome microfilm of ship lists for Russian Men-nonite immigrants of the 1870s.

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One of the older genealogies in the ConradGrebe] collection .

Lastly we have names and addresses of otherMennonite historical libraries and archives thatmight be helpful to an Ontario genealogist .Check us out. We'll try to help .During the summer our hours are 9-5, Mon-

day to Friday . In the fall and winter, we'reopen 9-9 Monday to Thursday, 9-5 Friday . Ifyou wish to use the archives, it is best to makean appointment .

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Genealogical Resources at Conrad Grebel College The Friesens 1768-1983 by Helen E. Regier,1983

Funk -AltesterJohann Funk : a family tree. . .Genealogies by Mary Dueck Jeffrey, 1980The Alderfers of Ameria County and Ontarioby Helen Alderfer Stanley, 1972 by Calvin B. Brubaker, 1975 The Gehman-Gayman family history

Augsburger - Descendants of Christian The Brundage family history, 1633-1983 by Anna M. Gehman, n .d.Gerig - Benjamin Gerig and Lydie Schrock:

Augsburger . . . by Joseph D . & Mary F. Brundage, 1983by Homer D. Augsburger, 1981 Brunk - The progeny of Jacob Brunk I the their life and times by Roy Wenger, 1976

Baer - Ephraim Baer family, 1876-, n.d . will-maker by Harry Anthony Brunk, 1978 Gingerich -Family, history and genealogy of

Baer - The Henry Baer family history Brunk - Jacob's ladder Jacob (Wagner) Gingerich and Veronica

by Betty Lou Eby Robbins, 1977 by Ivan W. Brunk, 1982 Litwiller, 1825-1975 by Clara Roth, et al,

A Bargen-Neufeld genealogy Buhr - Jakob Buhr family 1805-1977 1975by Bernhard Bargen, 1962 by Helen E. Regier, 1977 Gingrich family genealogy . . .

Bauman - Family records mostly of three Burkhart -History ofthe family ofDavidZ. John Edmund Gingrich, 1981

distinct groups and descendants ofJoseph, and Mary Ann Burkhart Goertzen by Peter Goertzen, 1976

David and Henry Bauman . . . by B. Le Roy Burkhart, 1980 Goldsmith -Joseph Goldsmith, 1796-1876

by Angus S. Bauman, 1941 Burkhart - Reminiscences and records of the and his descendants by a committee, 1955

Bauman -Family records ofthe descendants family of Enoch and Hannah (Eby) Burk- Good - The family history of Jonas Good

ofpioneer Joseph Bauman hart by Irvin Enoch Burkhart, 1970 and Elizabeth Snyder Good . . .

by Sarah Bauman, 1967 The Burkholder family reunion, part III, by Cranson Good, 1976

Bauman - The Martin H. Bauman family 1928 Good - History of the "Good" ancestry

history by Roy G. Bauman and Salome Burkholder - Daniel S. and Anna W. Burk- by Elias H. Good, 1929

Bauman, 1969 holder family, 1833-1957 by Mrs. Amos Goodall family history by Ann Goodall, 1964

Bechtel family . . . Hoover, Mrs. -Adam Burkholder, et al, 1957 Groff- A family history ofAbraham Groff

by Gary and Ruth Bechtel, 1981 Burkholder - Daniel S. Burkholder family by Roy Groff Bauman, 1970

Bender - Daniel Bender (1835-1918) and history by Anna H. Weaver Burkholder, Groh - My family, tree by Ivan Groh, 1969

Veronica Roth (1839-1912) and descendants 1981 Hahn - The family history ofJohn Hahnby Edwin and Mary Bender, 1970 Clemens by Zena Clemens, 1948 by Vera Schweitzer Dahms, 1952

Bender - Familien-Register von Jakob and Clemens - Genealogical history of the Hallman reunion programme, 1966Magdalena Bender . . . bis 1897 Clemens family and descendants of the The Hallman-Clemens genealogy . . .von Jakob and David Bender, 1897 pioneer Gerhart Clemens by Jacob Cassel by E.S . Hallman, n.d .

Bender - Family register ofJacob and Clemens, 1948 Hallman- History of the Hallman family inMagdalena Bender . . . to the sixth Cornies - Johann Cornies by Jacob Corn . Canada by H.S . Hallman, n.d .generation to 1925 Toews, 1953 Harder heritage, 1974by David M. and Noah R. Bender, 1925 Cressman - History ofDaniel E. Cressman Heatwole - History ofthe Heatwole family

Bender - Genealogy ofJacob and family by Orpha Cressman, 1967 from the beginning of the seventeenthMagdalena Bender . . . until . . . 1946 Detweiler - The history of descendants of century, to the present timeby Jacob R. Bender, 1947 Heinrich Detweiler by Jay Shook, 1981

by Cornelius J. Heatwole, 1907Bergey - Genealogy of the Bergey, family Derstine - Our father's lamp and mother's Heese - Genealogy ofHeinrich Heese, 1787-compiled by David Hendricks Bergey, 1925 light by joy (Derstine) Harris, 1981 1977 by K. Peters, 1978

Blank - Bishop John Blank and family Dueck - The Dueck family genealogy Heinrichs -Kornelius Heinrichs and his des-by Sadie R. Blank Mast, 1963 by Jacob P. Dick, 1979 cendants 1782-1979

Boshart - Christian E. Boshart and Eby - A biographical history of the Eby by Neil Heinrichs . . ., 1980Catherine Buerge family history family by Ezra E. Eby, 1970 reprint Herr - Genealogical record ofReverendHansby Lucile Boshart-Cart, Shirley Jantzi- Eby - David E. Eby, Leah Eby family Herr and his direct lineal descendants . . .Boshart and Lorraine Roth, 1978 history by Betty Lou Eby Robbins, 1978 by Theodore W. Herr, 1908, 1980 printing

Braun - The Brauns of Osterwick Edler- Family history ofKarl Edler and his Hess -Descendants of John Hess, 1809-1888,by Peter Braun, 1974 descendants 1775-1975 by Rita M. Bean, 1976 1980?

Brenneman-History, and genealogy of Jacob The Ens family, the descendants of Gerhard Hess -A genealogy of the Hess family fromand Lydia (Leonard) Brenneman family, Ens and Margaretha Rempel by Gerhard J. the first emigrant to this country down to1843-1963 by Lorraine Roth, 1963 Ens and Heidi M. Harms, 1980 present time . . . by John H. Hess, 1896

Brenneman - Family tree of Daniel & Ens: a family heritage by Johann J. Klassen, Histand-Family directory ofSamuel SwartzBarbara Brenneman up to June, 1979 1983 Histand and Susan Overholt Landis . . .by Lily Mae Yantzi, 1979 Epp -Familien Stammbaum gesammelt von by Ruth Histand Mosemann, 1969

The Brubacher genealogy in America D.D . Epp, 1958 Hoch-High family in America by J. Hamptonby Jacob N. Brubacher, 1884 Epp -Johann Epp ancestors by Anna (Epp) Hoch, 1962

Brubacher - History and genealogy of the Ens, 1978 Hoover -A record ofa branch ofthe HooverBrubaker-Brubacher-Brewbaker family in Epp - The house of Heinrich family by Anna Burkholder, 1899 (See Hist .America by Phares Brubaker Gibble, 1951 by Anna (Epp) Ens, 1980 Mss. 1.19.9)

Brubacher - Descendants of John Hess Fisher -Descendants and history ofChristian Horst - Roots to (Curly) Jacob H. Horst,Brubacher . . . and his nephew "Cooper" Fisher family by John M . Fisher, 1957 1836-1906, and Rebecca Miller Horst,John Sherk Brubacher, 1807-1887 of Fisher -Descendants of Christian Fisher and 1837-1931 by Mildred W. (Horst) Nolt,Ontario, Canada by Landis H. Brubacher, other Amish-Mennonite pioneer families 19791977 by Janice A. Egeland, 1972 Hostetler - Descendants of Barbara Hoch-

Brubacher-A briefhistory and genealogy of Fretz-A briefhistory of John and Christian stedler and Christian Stutzmanthe Brubacher families in Waterloo County Fretz . . . by A.J . Fretz, 1890, by Harvey Hostetler, 1980s reprintin Ontario by Calvin Brubacher, n.d . 1971 printing

Brubacher-Family record of Anson Beechy Frey - Genealogy ofthe Frey family 1772 to Jantzi - Christian B. Jantzi and Anna LichtiBrubacher 1863-1926 by Calvin B. Brubaker, 1965 by Elizabeth Wideman, 1966 by Fannie Eash, n.d .1967 Friesen -Perseverance, prayer Xprogress: the Jantzi -Family history and genealogy ofJohn

Brubacher- The history andgenealogy ofthe Friesen story, Canada 1967 by Benno C. Jantzi and Elizabeth Gerber by Mrs. MennoBrubacher Brubaker families in Waterloo Friesen and Alfred Wieler, 1967 W. Kuepfer and Lorraine Roth, 1974

Jantzi - The family history and genealogy ofJoseph and Catherine (Boshart) Jantzi,Christian and Catherine (Boshart, Jantzi)Riser, John and Anna (fausi) Ulrich by RuthYantzi Ryan and Lorraine Roth, 1982

Janzen - Genealogy ofJohann Janzen, 1752-1977 by K. Peters, 1977

Janzen - Genealogy of the SchoenwieserJanzens, 1752-1979 by K. Peters, 1979

Kauffman - A genealogy and history of theKauffman-Coffman families of NorthAmerica, 1584-1937by Charles Fahs Kauffman, 1980 printing

Kinzie family historyby Lester Kinzie, 1982 ed .

Kipfer -John S. and Maria (Gerber) Kipferancestors and descendants by Alfred Kipferand Lorraine Roth, 1983

Klaassen - A brief history and familyregisters of the Klaassen family by HenryT. Klaassen, Jacob Klaassen, n.d .

Klassen: a family heritageby Johann J. Klassen, 1980

Koller - The Mennonite family Daniel Kollerby Howard Daniel Raid, 1970

Kornelsen - Genealogy of HeinrichKornelsen, 1807-1975 by K. Peters, 1975

Kroeker - Genealogy ofJacob Kroeker,1754-1980 by K. Peters, 1980

Kuepfer-Historyand genealogy ofAndrewand Lydia (Getz or Goetz) Kuepferby Mrs. Menno W. Kuepfer, AlvinN. Roth,n.d .

Kuepfer - Family, history and genealogy ofJacob and Marie (Lichti) Kuepferby Mrs. Menno W. Kuepfer, AlvinN. Roth,Lorraine Roth, 1976

Leis - The John B. Leis family history &genealogy by Ralph A. Lebold, 1979

Litwiller - Christian Litwiller genealogy1848-1966 by Phoebe Sanders, 1966

Litwiller - Peter Litwiller and ElizabethLichti family history and genealogyby Mary and Earl Litwiller, 1981

Loewen -Abraham Jacob Loewen 100 yearsbirthday celebration 1874-1974by Tina Loewen, 1975

Mack-Alexander Mack the Tunker and des-cendants by Freeman Ankrum, 1943

Martens - Genealogy of Aron Martens,1754-1977 by K. Peters, 1977

Martin - History of the descendants ofChristian B. Martin 1834-1912by Menno Martin, 1964

Martin - A history of the ancestors & des-cendants of Peter P. Martin, also a shortsketch of the DanielM. Brubacher familyby Mrs. Aaron Ruby, 1966

A Martin family genealogy : a detailedrecord ofthe descendants ofIsaac D. Martin(1844-1931) by M.R . Good, 1968

Martin - The Peter G. Martin family historyby Mrs. Henry K. Brubacher, 1968

Martin -A record of the ancestors and des-cendants of David B. Martin, 1838-1920supplement : John C. Weber family, theHoover family by Peter Hoover, 1973

Miller - S.D . Miller family historyby D.W . Miller, 1969

Miller - The David and Anna Miller storyby a committee, 1979

Moyer - A genealogical record of the des-

cendants of Christian and Hans Meyer andother pioneers by A.J . Fretz, 1896

Moyer -A record of the ancestors and des-cendants of Isaac Moyer and wife EstherWeber by Allan M. Buehler, 1970

Nahrgang - Joseph Nahrgang genealogy,198?

Nice - The Nice family history : des-cendants ofBishopjohn T. Nice (1858-1931)and Elizabeth (Dutcher) Nice (1864-1950)by Hazel Nice Hassan, 1983

Oesch -John and Barbara (Schultz) Oeschfamily history and genealogy by LorraineRoth, 1969

The Otterbein family history: the descendantsof Valentine and Elisabetha Herrman Otter-bein . . . by Betty Lou Robbins, 1981

Petersheim - Descendants and history ofGeorg Petersheim familyby Petersheim descendants, 1979

The Redekop(p) book: the descendants ofBenjamin Redekopp (1833-1907) and Anna(Wiebe nee Berg) Redekopp (1819-1899)by Freda Pellman Redekop, 1984

The Reesor family in Canada : genealogical andhistorical records, 1804-1950, 1950

The Reesor family in Canada : genealogicaland historical records, 1804-1980, 1980

Riediger - Genealogy ofAbraham Riediger,1782-1978 by K. Peters, 1978

Rohrbach genealogy by Lewis Bunker Rohr-baugh, 1970-1982

Roth - A genealogical study of the Nicolausand Veronica (Zimmerman) Roth family-1834-1954 by Ruth C. Roth, 1955

Roth -History andgenealogy ofJoseph andAnna (Kauffman) Roth 1851-1966by Lorraine Roth, 1966

Roth - History, and a partial genealogy ofMichael and Magdalena (Lichti) Roth andhistory and full genealogy of John andCatharina (Boshart) Roth by Alvin Roth,1972

Roth - Family history and genealogy ofBenjamin S. and Barbara (Lichti) Roth, AnnaRoth and Christian Lichti, Catherine Rothand Rudolph Schwartzentruber, John E. andAnnie (Kropo Lichtiby Olivia Roth, Verdella Harloff, 1984

Ruth - The Ruth familiesby Warren R. Kriebel, 1981

Schartner family, reunion records, 1970The Schlabach family of NorthamptonCounty, Pennsylvaniaby George Pendleton Slayback, 1969

Schmidt - History of the Jacob B. Schmittfamily, n.d.

Schmidt - Jacob and Barbara (Boshart)Schmitt genealogyby Nicholas J. Schmidt, 1980

Schrag -Daniel Schrag genealogy 1813-1964by Keith G. Schrag, 1964

Schroeder - Genealogy of Isaak Schroeder,1738-1973 by K. Peters, n.d .

Schwartzentruber - Christian Schwartzen-truber : Magdelena Shoenbeck 1743-1956by P. Swartzentruber, n.d.

Schwartzentruber -Family, history, and gene-alogy of Jacob and Catherine (Roth)Schwartzentruber, 1835-1969 by LorraineRoth, 1969

Schweitzer - The family, history of Jacob

Page 15and Catharine Schweitzer 1834-1972by Vera E. Schweitzer Dahms, 1972

The Shantz family: being an outline offamilyhistory beginning with Jacob Shantz in . . .1710, 1930

Shantz -Family history of Joseph Y. Shantzand Elizabeth (Stauffer) Shantz, 1971

Shantz - History of the Noah W. Shantz andRachel Shantz descendants by Orvie W.Shantz, 1974

Shantz - Family history ofJonas C. Shantzand Hannah (Snyder) Shantz, 1710-1980,1980

The Sherk family by Thomas A . Sherk, 1982Smith family history by Clarence J. Smith, n.d .Smucker - Jonas Smucker, ancestors anddescendants by John R. Smucker, 1975

Smucker - A collection of Smucker des-cendants prepared for 1981 North AmericanSmucker reunion by John R. Smucker, 1981

Smucker - Descendants of David RennoSmoker and Lydia Stoltzfus Smoker, Lan-caster Pennsylvania by Jane LouiseSmoker Davidson, 1978

Smucker - Ancestors and descendants ofJonathan P . Smucker by Silas J. and EstherV. Smucker, 1976

Snyder - Hannes Schneider and his wifeCatherine Haus Schneider: their descen-dants and times, 1534-1939, 1941

Snyder family history, 1958Snyder - Family history of the WilliamHenry and Laura Frances Snyder family1534-1969 by Grace Edith (Snyder) Rhodes,1969

Snyder - A historical account of theSchneider-Snider-Snyder familyby June Shaull Lutz, 1981

Stauffer - John Stauffer-Anna Steiner:their ancestral charts forfour generations inEurope and their descendants in Americaby Allen E. Rupp, 1973

Steckle - The Henry B . Steckle familyby Eldon D. Weber, 1967

Streicher - The Streicher's, 1812-1970by David L. Erb, 1970

Stucky -Joshua P. Stucky, family recordby Harley J. Stucky, 1972

Teichroeb : a family history and genealogy ofPeterJohann andJustina (Wolf) Teichroeband their descendantsby Peter Goertzen, 1979

Thut -Descendants of Bishop John Thut,1801-1867 by John Thut, 1978

Wagler - Christian Wagler familyby Lorraine Roth, 1983

Wall family, branch 2-H by Aron Wall andAganetha Dick, 1958

Warkentin family historyby Hugo Tiessen, 1982

Weaver -Descendants ofFrancisB. Weaverby David H. Weaver, 1966

Weber -History ofthe descendants ofDanielM. Weber, 1836-1888 by Angus Weber, 1967

Weber - Joseph S. Weber family, historyby Tillie Hunsberger, updated by Paul Burk-holder, 1968

Weber - History of the ancestors and des-cendants of Daniel H. Weber (1797-1864)by Leonard Freeman, 1971

Weber - Descendants of pioneer HH214Henry Hershey Weber (1793-1862) and

Page 16Salome (Baer) Bauman (1793-1868)by Eldon Weber, 1981

The Wenger book : a foundation book ofAmerican Wengers by Samuel S. Wenger,1978

The Wideman family in Canada and UnitedStates: a genealogical record, 1803-1955by Norman E. Wideman, Enoch MartinWideman, 1955

Wideman - Henry Wideman family historyby Mrs. Barkis Reesor (see Hist.Mss .1.19.9)

Wiens -Genealogy of Wiens by Irene FriesenPetkau, 1977

Willms - Genealogy of Cornelius Willms,1730-1972 by K. Peters, 1973

Wismer -Descendants ofJohn Wismer andhis wife Agnes Honsberger of LincolnCounty, Ontario, Canadaby Orpha McChesney Smith, 1974

The Witmer story by Roy C. Spaetzel, 1962Witmer - History and genealogy of theWitmer family by Roy C. Spaetzel, 1977

Witmer - "Record of the descendants ofAbraham Witmer" by Leslie Witmer(Manuscript in Hist-Mss . 1.14.5)

Yoder -Descendants ofDanielM. and Susan(Kauffman) Yoder . . . by Eli D. Yoder, 1973

Yoder - Manasses Yoder family historyby Pauline Yoder, Carol Diller, 1978

Zehr - Family history and genealogy ofJoseph C. Zehr and Barbara Wutherick,Henry Oakley and Katherine Yoder, JosephC. Zehr and Katherine Yoder by Emanueland Laurene Albrecht et al., 1980

Zimmerman family history, 1865-1983 by Mrs.Willis Martin and dau. Darlene, 1983

Multiple family genealogiesRoth, Lorraine . Summaries of Ontario(Amish) Mennonite families, 1980-

Graber, Arthur . Swiss Mennonite ancestorsand their relationship from 1775, 1980

Fieguth, Hans-Otto. Familienbuch : Wiebe,Behrends, Epp, Froese, Jansson, Regier,1979

Eby, Ezra . A biographical history of earlysettlers and their descendants in WaterlooTownship, 1971 ed .

Bibles containing family registersOberholtzer family bible, 1891Jacob M. Oberholtzer family bible, 1819John Baer family bible, 1831Abraham Eby family bible, 1843'Joseph Schneider family bible, 1854John Gerber family bible, 1854Christian Gascho family bible, 1856Samuel S. Bowman family bible, 186?Joseph Leis family bible, 187?Daniel Schrage family bible, 1871Christian Schrag family bible, n.d .Noah Detweiler family bible, 1879David Scheirich family bible, 1874

German language publicationsBraun, Fritz . Auswanderer aus Steinweiler in

drei Jahrhunderten, 1968Braun, Fritz. Amerika-Auswanderer des 18 .Jahrhunderts aus Sudpfilzischen Ge-meinden, 1956

Braun, Fritz . Auswanderer aus der Menno-nitengemeinde Friedelsheim im 19 . Jahr-hundert, 1950

Driedger, Burkhard . Stammtafel der FamilieDriedger, 1962

Register-Heft des Gerhard Neufeld, 1897Goertz, Adalbert . [Excerpts from OstdeutscheFamilienkunde], 1975-

BOOKSGenealogical research in German-speakinglands: a symposium, 1958 (CS16.G4)

Lichtman, Allan J. Your family history: howto use oral history, personal family archives,and public documents to discover yourheritage, 1978 (CS16.L53)

Wellauer, Maralyn A. Tracing your Swissroots, 1979 (CS16.W4)

Jonasson, Eric . The Canadian genealogicalhandbook : a comprehensive guide to findingyour ancestors in Canada, 1978 ed .(CS82.J66)

Public Archives Canada . Tracing yourancestors in Canada, 1981 ed . (CS82.T7)

Phillimore, William P .W . An index tochanges of name: under authority of act ofParliament or Royal license, . . , 1968reprnt . (CS2327.G7P5)

.Baring-Gould, Sabine . Family names and their

story, 1968 reprnt . (CS2501 .B35)Faust, Albert & Gaius Brumbaugh. Lists ofSwiss emigrants in the eighteenth century tothe American colonies, 1968 reprnt .(E184.91`22)

Egle, William H. Names of foreigners whotook the oath of allegiance to the provinceand State of Pennsylvania, 1727-1775, withthe foreign arrivals, 1786-1808, 1967 reprnt .(F148 .E3)

Emigrants to Pennsylvania, 1641-1819: aconsolidation ofship passenger listsfrom thePennsylvania magazine of history and bio-graphy, 1975 (F148.E5)

Pennsylvania marriages prior to 1790 : namesofpersons for whom marriage licenses wereissued in the Province of Pennsylvania,previous to 1790, 1968 reprnt . (F148.P45)

Rupp, Israel Daniel . A collection of upwardsof thirty thousand names ofGerman, Dutch,French, and other immigrants in Pennsyl-vania from 1727 to 1776, 1965 rprnt.(F152.R9614)

Heads of families at the first census of theUnited States taken in the year 1790:Pennsylvania, 1966 reprnt . (F153 .U5)

Mayhill, R. Thomas . Index and abstract ofdeeds, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, deedbooks A through K, 1729-1766, 1965(17157.1_2M35)

Yoder, Don. Pennsylvania German immi-grants, 1709-1786: lists consolidated fromyearbooks of the Pennsylvania GermanFolklore Society, 1980 (F160 .G3P43)

Strassburger, Ralph B. Pennsylvania Germanpioneers: a publication ofthe original lists ofarrivals in the port of Philadelphia from1727-1808, 1966 reprnt . (F160.G3S8)

Cross, Harold E. Ohio Amish genealogy:Holmes County and vicinity, n.d .

(F497.H74C7)Gingerich, Eli E. & Harold E. Gross.Indiana Amish directory: Elkhart andLagrange Counties, 1971 (F532.E4G5) Also1980 edition .

Miller, D. Paul . The Illinois Amish, 1980(F549.A7M5)

Gingerich, Mary A. Cemetery directory ofAmish and Mennonites in Iowa, Johnson,and Washington counties of Iowa, 1972(F627.I6G5)

Stucky, Harley J. The Swiss (Volhynian)Mennonite ship list of the immigrants whocame from Russia 1874, n.d . (F680.S8)

Burgert, Annette K. Eighteenth century emi-grants from German-speaking lands toNorth America, 1983(GR110.P4A372 vol . 16)

In addition the library holds numerous com-munity and congregational histories that couldassist the researcher .

MICROFORMSPublic Archives of Canada . "Quebec passengerlists, no's 9, 10 & 11, 1872-1880"(Three 35 mm microfilm rolls)

Public Archives of Canada. Census returns .Ontario (For following counties)Niagara District 1842

Ontario Archives . Land Record Index: NameIndex & Township Listing

PERIODICALS WITH GENEALOGICALCONTENTOntario Genealogical Society .Families (1976- ).

Ontario Genealogical Society .Newsleaf (1976- )

Mennonite Family History (1982- )Mennogrespräch (1983- )Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage (1978- )American Historical Society of Germans fromRussia . Clues (1976- )

American Historical Society of Germans fromRussia . Journal (1978- )

The library also has sets of the major Men-nonite periodicals which contain numerousobituaries, e.g . Gospel Herald, The Men-nonite, Der Bote, Mennonitische Rundschau,etc .

ARCHIVAL LISTS & INDEXESGospel Herald Ontario obituaries (card index

of all Ontario Mennonite obituaries)"Lists of Mennonites who moved toManitoba, 1874"(Jacob Y. Shantz Collection)

"Lists of Immigrants from Russia to Ontario,1924" (Canadian Mennonite Board ofColonization Collection"

The Archives also contains numerouscemetary lists, which are being added tothrough an ongoing project of the GenealogyCommitte of the Society . Also found in theArchives will be bishops' books (marriages &baptisms), membership lists of congregations,and other items to assist the researcher .

August 21, 1984

Haldimand County 1851 1861 1871Lincoln County 1851 1861 1871Oxford County 1851 1861 1871Perth County 1851 1861 1871Waterloo County 1851 1861 1871Welland County 1851 1861 1871York County 1851 1861 1871Niagara County 1871

Anniversaries, continued

Maple ViewMennonite Church,Wellesleyby Beatrice SchultzIn 1859 the early settlers came to the Wellesley(Schmidsville) area and settled along the 3rd& 5th Lines, and the boundary betweenWellesley and North Easthope Township . Astypical Amish, they held a biweekly worshipservice followed by a fellowship meal .

1867 saw the congregation build a very smallframe structure close to the road on the siteof the cemetery on the 3rd Line . The buildingwas used only in connection with funerals asa shelter from the weather for the immediatefamily . The funeral chapel and cemetery wereused not only by the Amish but also theLutherans, Presbyterians, and others . The firstbishop for the congregation was John Jantzi,the ministers were Joseph L. Lichti and JohnGerber, and John Jausi served as deacon .

Stirling AvenueMennonite Church,Kitchener(From the anniversary brochure)by Alson WeberStirling Avenue Mennonite Church wasfounded in 1924 as a result of tensions betweensome members of First Mennonite Churchwho were adjusting to urban life, and ruralbishops of the Ontario Conference whoseauthoritarian edicts left no room forcompromise .The church building was dedicated in

February, 1925 . The members adopted a formof congregational government in which laypersons were elected to the various boards andorganizations . As early as 1932 this includedwomen. The founding pastor wasU.K . Weber,pastor of First Church, whose ministeriallicense was revoked because of his support forthe dissident group. There were 133 chartermembers, 17 of whom are alive today.

In 1928 Stirling declined an invitation to jointhe Evangelical United Brethren Conference .After a period of aloofness, during which timeinterest in outreach moved in non-Mennonitedirections, Stirling again became interested incooperative Mennonite ventures such as theNon-Resistant Relief Organization, MCC andthe House of Friendship . Along with these in-terests Stirling became active in inter-denominational activities in the community.In 1946 Stirling joined the Eastern District

of the General Conference of Mennonites aswell as the parent body . We gave support toBluffton College and Mennonite Biblical

The congregation decided to build a meetinghouse as a permanent location for the worshipservice of the growing congregation . Beginn-ing in 1871 donations were collected towardfinancing the new building . These ranged from$2~0 to $100 . By 1873 $598 .21 had beencollected.

It was not until 1886 that the congregationdecided to go ahead with their plans to removethe small funeral chapel and replace it with alarger building. The ministers who led theworship in the new meetinghouse were BishopJacob Wagler, Joseph L. Lichti and JohnGascho .The present building was erected in 1928,

and was expanded in 1976 . This expansion pro-vided more Sunday school rooms and a lob-by area . The present ministers are Alvin Leis,Glen Jantzi and Deacon Allan Nafziger .Plans were made for 125th anniversary

celebrations the weekend of September 22-23.Special features included an AnniversaryChorus, a 125th anniversary booklet, an an-niversary cookbook, and a former Maple ViewQuartette.Scheduled speakers included Lorraine Roth,

Alvin Roth and Orland Gingerich. Sundayevening a showing of the film, "Trail of theConestoga," was planned.

Seminary . Stirling was a significant force in thefounding of Conrad Grebel College, and alongwith the UM Conference, we assisted theWaters Mennonite Church after the OntarioConference withdrew their support.

Eventually the Ontario Conference adoptedall of the controversial positions which hadcaused the division in 1924 . Also, the languagebarrier which had made full communicationwith the United Mennonites difficult, largelydisappeared . So Stirling felt comfortable injoining both conferences in 1970 .

Stirling's original membership was almost100% of Swiss Mennonite origin . We soonbecame a home for Mennonites of variedbackgrouns : Swiss, Amish and Russian Men-nonites, as well as for many persons of non-Mennonite origin who appreciated thedemocratic climate where the expression of in-dividual gifts was encouraged .As evidence of our Mennonite ecumensim,

we have had pastors with backgrounds in theOld Mennonite, General Conference andWestern Ontario Mennonite conferences. Wehave pioneered in Ontario in "Women inMinistry" as well as in the use of lay personsin the pulpit .

Stirling has been a pioneering, innovativecongregation, introducing to the Ontario Men-nonite scene congregational government, theuse of instrumental and choir music and theabolition of a distinctive dress code . We haveexperienced a variety of worship forms. Wehave encouraged Inter-Mennonite cooperationas being the most effective way of witnessingto society .There is evidence that God has led us in this

venture. We pray for the continuing leadingof the Spirit in the days ahead.

Elmira MennoniteChurch: 60thanniversary

Book Note

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by Ken BechtelOn August 31, 1924 58 persons covenantedtogether to form a new congregation onElmira's west side . Sunday, September 9, 1984their spiritual descendants gathered toreminisce and to celebrate sixty years of lifetogether .The day's program had been planned to reac-

tiviate memories and to stimulate dreams .Preludes for the morning and afternoon ser-vices included tapes from 1955-58 JuniorChoirs ; there seemed a bit more grey on thechoir's "teenagers" as they reassembled to singsome of their favourites that afternoon . In themorning service, Simeon Hurst, the congrega-tion's first missionary son, led the devotionalperiod and 1945-66 pastor, Howard Bauman,preached on "Learning from the Past ." Theevening service featured current musical talentand provided opportunities for members andguests to share memories . Many did. HowardBauman and Vernon Leis (pastor, 1966-80)responded to pastor Ray Brubacher's questionsabout high points, embarrassing moments andmajor challenges . Three youth gave both flip-pant and serious visions for the future .

In preparation for this occasion associatepastor Ken Bechtel had been commissioned toprepare a written history, Three Score Years.This newly printed 67 page book proved tobe a popular momento and reading short selec-tions from it provided a structure for the after-noon session . Sitting on the "proper sides,"kneeling for prayer, tapes of earlier leaders, oldhymns, snippets from a 1938 Young People'sBible Meeting paper on plain dress (read bya properly attired young lady) - these werebut a few of the stimuli . Though rain cancell-ed the 4:30 cemetery tour, guests spent yetmore time studying the displays of pictures andmemorabilia . Judging by the conversationsoverheard during the 5:30 potluck supper, theday achieved its purposes . Members andformer Elmira-ites from near and far used theoccasion to renew acquaintances, refurbishmemories and rekindle commitments to thefaith of our foreparents .

Three score years by Ken Bechtel (Elmira:Elmira Mennonite Church, 1984), 67 p. $6 .00 .This remarkable congregational history

avoids the common failing of ignoring dissen-sion and "comings and goings" that are notalways happy. Furthermore Bechtel managesthis without being judgemental or taking sides.The collage of faces on the cover is an ex-

cellent symbol for a congregation . My com-plaints are minor- the photographs are a bitsmall, I don't care for the two column format,and I wish more of the later chapters had beenwoven into the chronology of "scores" usedin the opening chapters .A book to be commended to church

historians .

- S. Steiner

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The Detweiler Mennonite Congregation near Roseville, Ontario :1830-1966

by Norman ShantzFamily names in this early Mennonite settle-ment included Detweiler, Gehman andHallman, who came in the 1820s from Mont-gomery County and settled lands in the nor-thern section of North Dumfries Township,southwest of the first Mennonite settlementin Waterloo Township near Blair. Other ear-ly names were Bricker, Clemens, Shantz andSnyder, second generation descendants of theearly Waterloo Township settlers .A deed for the church property dated 1830

was registered in 1842 . Trustees named wereJacob Detweiler, Henry Shantz and HenryClemens. Samuel C. Snyder conveyed the land,and witnesses to the transaction were EnochDetweiler and Benjamin Eby. It was for "aparcel of land . . . and of thereon or to beerected meetinghouse and school house andburying ground of the Mennonite Society inthe township of Dumfries." One acre, thenorthwest corner of Lot 37, Con. 10 of NorthDumfries Township (1/2 mile west of Rose-ville) was transferred .The history of the Detweiler congregation

really began in 1822 when Jacob Detweiler andhis family arrived from Montgomery Coun-ty, Pennsylvania, and settled near Roseville,purchasing 200 acres of land (parts of Lots 44,45, and 46 in Concession 12) across the roadfrom where the church was later built . He wasthe first minister of the congregation . No or-dination date is known, but it is known he wasordained before coming to Canada.' Detweilerwas born in 1778, came to Canada at age 43,and died in 1858 in his 80th year .Henry Shantz, the second trustee named on

the deed, came to Canada with his parents in1810 at the age of six, and grew up on hisfather's farm at Freeport . He married LydiaMartini in 1828, and settled on Lot 35, Con-cession 10 in North Dumfries Township in1829 .' He was ordained in 1838 as a ministerfor the Detweiler congregation, and was or-dained bishop in 1842 to assist Benjamin Eby.He died in 1877 .Enoch Detweiler, a son of pioneer Jacob

Detweiler, was ordained to the ministry forthe Detweiler congregation in 1859 . In hispreaching "he urged upon his followersholiness of life, and uprightness and godlinessin all manner of conversation . What shouldit benefit one to be a full believer in the tenetsof Simon Menno if his actions did not con-form thereto and his walk be upright andpure."° Detweiler was born in 1818 and diedin 1874 .The fourth minister for Detweiler congrega-

tion was Solomon Gehman . His farm wasabout three miles east of Roseville on Lot 31,Concession 11 5 , to which his parents had comein 1826 from Montgomery County . He wasordained in 1882 . He preached in both Englishand German, and was said to be fearless,energetic and aggressive .e In his later yearsGehman lived north of Waterloo, but he came

to Detweiler once a month to keep thepreaching appointment. He was born in 1841and died in 1912 .John Z . Detweiler, eldest son of deacon

Jacob Detweiler', was ordained as deacon forHallmanse and Detweilers in 1865 . He wasborn in 1817 and died in 1904 .George Hallman, born in 1856, was a descen-

dant of pioneer Jacob Hallman who camefrom Pennsylvania in 1826 . George was or-dained deacon for Detweilers in 1895 .

The Detweiler (Roseville) meetinghouse built 1855.

Although he moved from the immediatevicinity he continued to serve the congrega-tion until his death in 1934 . No deacon wasordained at Detweilers after that time . VeraHallman, daughter of George, was active inthe work of the congregation upon her returnfrom the mission field in Argentina.Samuel Snyder,9 who conveyed the land for

the church property, was a son of pioneerChristian Schneider at Doon . Additional landfor cemetery purposes was granted by MelvinBecker, a great grandson of Samuel, in 1958 .The first meetinghouse was a log building .

This was replaced with a stone building thatwas dedicated by Jacob Detweiler onNovember 2, 1855 .Dr . John Detweiler, a great grandson of

preacher Jacob Detweiler, described thebuilding and interior in the Ayr News onMarch 4, 1965 :'° "The old church buildingfaces the north. It originally had two frontdoors-the east one for women; and the westentrance for men. These doors opened out-ward on a roofless porch and provided a tidyentrance for these orderly people . . . [Inside]along the south wall and facing the front doors

was the pulpit . . . It was a long (some ten ortwelve feet) kitchen-counter-like affair . . .[but] the top was some five or six feet abovethe floor-level . . . Behind the pulpit was thepulpit bench . . . Facing the pulpit was a ratherlarge open space. This was for the convenienceof funerals and the occasional overflowmeeting. When required for these purposes,the mourners or the worshippers, were pro-vided with more benches. These were the com-mon backless kind .

"The basic plan of the seating was that ofa three-sided amphitheatre . In front of thepulpit there was a long tier of benches, parallelto the north wall, divided along the middle byan aisle into which the men's entrance-dooropened . The east tier was the women's and thewest the men's. The spacious middle aisle wasused for the men only . Access to the women'ssection was by way of a corresponding aislealong the other end of the benches. To theright and left of the open space there rangedtwo more tiers of benches. . . . the former forthe women and the latter for the men . . ."All of the men's benches, except the floor-

based ones of each tier, were provided withhat-racks, . . . suspended from the ceiling andequipped with large wooden pegs for the hats .Each of the benches, except the floor-basedones, was also provided with hymn-book restsor racks . These were about six inches wide .Since these rests were faced with atrim . . . . they provided a back-rest for oc-cupants immediately in front . The space belowthe benches was left entirely open except forthe bench scaffolding and the rather wide foot-planks ."

Interior of the Roseville meetinghouse.

The building was somewhat remodelled in1921, with an entrance made in the east end,the pulpit placed at the west end, and the ben-ches all at floor level .

In the early days services were listed forevery four weeks. Meetings rotated betweenthe district's various meetinghouses. Allmembers had a conference calendar which in-dicated the place and time of meeting, andwhether services were scheduled on a monthly,semimonthly or weekly basis."After Solomon Gehman's death, Deacon

George Hallman provided leadership for theDetweiler congregation . In 1915 the Men-nonite Conference of Ontario organized theRural Mission Board to give assistance to thesmaller outlying churches . In 1929 thisorganization became the Mennonite MissionBoard of Ontario, and this board made thepreaching appointments for a number of con-gregations, including Detweilers .Names of ministers at Detweilers during this

period, and the dates they first appeared in aSunday school attendance book are:J. Wesley Witmer (Latschar minister) 1924Moses H. Shantz (Blenheim minister) 1932Lorne Schmitt (Latschar minister) 1935Moses Bowman (First Mennonite layman)

1938Moses Bowman was ordained to serve at

Detweilers under appointment of the Men-nonite Mission Board of Ontario. Under hisleadership Detweilers regained congregationalstatus in 1954 .Sunday school was not held in the Detweiler

congregation until 1924 . Young People's Bi-ble Meetings were held in cooperation withthe Blenheim congregation from 1933 . A Sun-day school room and oil furnace were addedin 1956 . Many activities, other than the Sun-day morning service, were held jointly withBlenheim, e.g . WMSC and MYF .After Moses Bowman passed away in 1964

the little congregation was served by visitingministers until they disbanded in 1966 . Ver-

non Leis, then pastor of the Blenheim con-gregation, was called upon most frequently .Finally services were terminated ; Bishop C.F .Derstine preached the final service in January,1966 .(Norman Shantz is a great grandson of

Bishop Henry Shantz . This resume wasprepared at the request of the MennoniteHistorical Society of Ontario, and presentedat their annual meeting, June 9, 1984 .)

NOTES1

J.C . Wenger writes that Jacob Detweiler wasa Funkiteminister in Pennsylvania before coming to Canada in1822 . See History of the Mennonites of the FranconiaConference (Telford : Franconia Mennonite HistoricalSociety, 1937), p. 351. See the Mennonite Encyclopediafor a description of the Funkites .

2

Lydia Martin was one of pioneer Peter Martin's fami-ly of seventeen.

3

The author resides on a portion of the lot settled byhis great grandfather .

4

Ezra Eby, A biographical history of . . . WaterlooTownship (Kitchener: Eldon Weber, 1971), p. 129.

5

The lovely old stone farmhouse is still standing.6

Enoch Gingerich told his grandson, Arnold Cressman,that he was present at Detweilers one Sunday whenGehman was preaching on a controversial subject .Finally one of the members could contain himself nolonger and exclaimed audibly in dialect, "Sei schtill,Gehman ." Without missing a beat Gehman retorted,"Doo sei schtill, des iss mei tzeit tzu schwetza."

7 D.K . Cassel, a lay historian in Germantown, Penn-sylvania, published the first extensive history ofAmerican Mennonites in 1888. He says that JacobDetweiler (1789-1875) was the first deacon in the Dum-fries church .

8

InA briefhistory of the Mennonites in Ontario, L.J . Burkholder wrote, "When the Detweiler congrega-tion built the stone meetinghouse in 1855, families dif-fered in opinion as to where the church should bebuilt . . . with the result that two churches were erectedtwo miles from each other. Services at the Hallmanmeetinghouse were discontinued about 1886 ." It is ofinterest that they did share a deacon .

9

Sam's brother, Benjamin, settled on the lot west of theDetweiler meetinghouse and cemetery.

10 John D. Detweiler, "The Detweiler meetinghouse-the old stone church," The Ayr News (March 4, 1965),p. 6 .

11 Services were held Sunday afternoons at Detweilersduring the time they were served by pastors of neighor-ing congregations .

The Old MennoniteCemeteryin MaryboroughTownship,Wellington County

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by Helen FreemanA Mennonite settlement in MaryboroughTownship had its beginnings as early as 1872,at which time meetings were held in the homeof Jacob Good . L.J . Burkholder, in A BriefHistory of the Mennonites in Ontario citedcheaper lands and easier homes for the youngpeople as the cause of this settlement . In theearly 1880's, Isaac Hallman and Isaac Weberwere commissioned by the Annual Conferenceheld in Berlin to hold preaching services onSunday afternoons for this settlement inMaryborough Township .A church building was constructed for

meetings on the land owned by Amos Eby,on Lot 6, Con . 5. This congregation soonbecame part of the Mennonite Brethren inChrist movement . By 1923, the building wasin need of repair and there had been an increasein attendance derived from the MethodistChurch in Wallaceville . A new and largerchurch building was built along with a per-sonage and church sheds. Attendance at thisMBIC Church began to dwindle, however andthe church was closed in 1949 . The churchbuilding was moved to Palmerston in Januaryof 1950, where it was used for another 22 yearsby the Palmerston Missionary Church . Thischurch building has since been sold to theWellington County Board of Education andis still in use today.The (Old) Mennonite Cemetery remains at

the former site of the Maryborough Men-nonite Church . It is located in part of the EastHalf of Lot 6, Concession 5 in MaryboroughTownship of Wellington County. It comprises.118 of an acre as surveyed in 1983 . It ispresently owned by the Township ofMaryborough, having been purchased inSeptember of 1983 . The Township will nowassume the responsibility for maintaining thecemetery . The parsonage and shed remain ad-jacent to the cemetery and are still in use byprivate owners .Much of the writing on the tombstones is

almost indiscernible . The earliest burial seemsto have been in 1878, and the most recentburial took place in 1950 . Many were thoseof young children . Some of the inscriptionsare written in German, others are written inEnglish. Several of the burials have been fromthe community.The following is a listing of the inscriptions

on the gravestones as they can be read today.1 .

Weaver, Jacob . In Memory of/Jacob/son of/Abraham& Mary/Weaver/died July 2, 1889/aged 6 yrs. & 21days .

2. Heckerdorn, Isaac . Isaac/son of/Menno & Lucy/Heckerdorn/died June 21, 1888/aged/7 mos. & 9days .

3.

Good, David. Hier ruhet/David/sohn of/Joseph B &Anna/Good/Geb 10 Mai 1883/Alt 6 Jah 5 Mu &-.

cont . on page 20

Page 20Old Mennonite Cemetery(continued from Page 19)

4.

Hostetler, Hannah . In/Memory of/Hannah/Daniel &Lydia/Hostetler/died Jan. 31, 1887/2 Yrs. 8 Mo .10 D.

5. Hostetler, MinervaHostetler, Maranda. Minerva/died/Apr . 9, 1883/aged/7 Yrs. 2 Ms./Maranda/died/Apr . 2, 1883/aged/ 4Yrs. & 28 Ds ./children of Daniel & Lydia Hostetler .

6. Sanders, Emily May. Emily May/Dau. of Wm . &Mary/Sanders/Died/Aug. 9, 1885 /Aged 29 Days.

7. Beisel, WilliamBeisel, Catherine. William/Died Dec. 10, 1885/in in-fancy/Catherine/Died May 13, 1891/Aged 8 Mos. &11 Ds./Children of/Wm. & Annie Beisel .

8.

Good, Flo . Elo/Son of/Jacob & Elizabeth/Good/DiedMar. 21, 1888/Aged/9 Mos. & 5 Ds .

9. Cressman, IsaacMiller, MagdalinaCressman, Angeline . Cressman/Isaac Cressman/died/June 12, 1921/aged 84 years/His wife/MagdalinaMiller/died Jan. 1, 1923 ./Angeline Cressman/diedNov. 8, 1921/aged 61 years.

10 . Cressman, Sarah Jane . In/Memory of/Sarah Jane/Dau .of/Isaac &Magdalina/Cressman/died Feb. 9, 1899/aged 17 Yrs. 9 Ms ./8 Days.

11 . Cressman, William John . In/Memory of/Wm. John/Son of/Isaac/and/Magdaline/Cressman/died/Dec .6, 1878/aged/8 Mos.

12 . Cressman, Mary. In/Memory of/Mary/wife of/AmosCressman/Died Nov. 8, 1884/Aged 72 Yrs./& 26Dys.

13 . Luckhardt, Emma, Emma/dau . of/Jacob &Catherine/Luckhardt/died Jan. 12, 1878/Aged/6 Yrs./I M. 21 D.

14. Luckhardt, Mary E. In Memory of/Mary E./Dau. of/Jacob &Catherine/Luckhardt/Died Aug. 20, 1887/Aged/20 Yrs. 7 M. 20 D.

15 . Richert, MagdaleneRichert, Catharine. In/Memory of/Magdalene/DiedOct. 27, 1881/Aged/6 Y's, 8 M's. & 7 D's/InMemory of/Catharine/Died Dec. 7, 1881/Aged/2 Y's. 8 M's. & 12 D./Children of Jacob andCatharine Richert .

16. Moyer, Adline . Adline/Daughter of/David & Sarah/Moyer/Died Dec. 25, 1899/Aged/4 Ys . 2 Ms. &13 D.

17. Moyer, Urias. Urias/Son of/David & Sarah/Moyer/Died April 4, 1880/Aged/9 Yrs. 9 Ms . & 13 Ds .

18. Moyer, Sarah. In Memory of/Sarah/Beloved Wife of/David Moyer/who died/Mar . 1st 1880/Aged 32 Yrs.10 M. &5 Ds.

19 . Eby, Josiah . Josiah/Son of/Amos & Esther Eby/died Oct. 23 --/Aged 2 Yrs. 6 Mo .

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ADDRESS

ACTIVITIES

Memberships:

20 . Hoffman, Loretta . Loretta/Dau . of John & Leah/Hoffman/Died Apr. 4, 1883/Aged/2 Yrs. 5 M's& 28 Ds.

21 . Karcher, Leah . Hier ruhet in Gott/Lea Hoffman/--von Johannes Hoffman/eine geborne Karcher/gestorben/den 12 Marz 1882/Alt 27 Jab 9 Mo .

22 . Kirschbaum, Christian F. Christian F./Kirschbaum/died/Sep. 11, 1923/aged/96 Years.

Kirschbaum, Christena. In Memory of/Christena/Dorothea/wife of/Christian/Kirschbaum/died/June20, 1900/Aged 70 Yrs./11 Mo . & -- Ds .

23 . Ballard, Alfred.Ballard, Jane . Alfred Ballard/Died Nov. 23, 1910/Aged/84 Yrs. 5 Mos./Jane,/Wife of/Alfred Ballard/Died Oct. 14, 1900/aged/64 Yrs. 9 Mos.

24 . Cherrey, John A. John A. Cherrey/Died Jan. 24,1950/Aged 57 Yrs.

Cherrey, RobertCummings, Sarah . Robert Cherrey/Died Apr. 24,1918/Aged 61 Yrs . 7 Mo ./His wife/Sarah Cummings/Died Jan. 27, 1942/Aged 76 Yrs.

25 . Cherrey, John A. In/Memory of/John A. Cherrey/Died/Feb . 16, 1901/Aged/79 Yrs. l l Mos./& 14 Dys.

Cherrey, Charley C. Charley C/Son of/Wm. &Fannie/Cherrey/Died June 6, 1908/Aged 4 Yrs. 3 Ms.

Cherrey, Hannah M. In/Memory of/Hannah M./Wifeof/John A. Cherrey/Died Feb. 25, 1889/Aged 63Yrs.& 23 Dys.

26 . Piper, Frank. Driver/Frank Piper/C.R .T . C.E .P ./22nd Nov. 1947 .

There are several other gravestones andmarkers which in the summer of 1982 werefound in the horse shed adjoining thecemetery . These stones presently lie under theapple tree. They include several fragments ofstones, several with initials on them, sixmarkers with Mother or Father written onthem, nine stones with nothing inscribed onthem, and one stone which is inscribed asfollows:Stauffer, Fannie . Fanme/Dau. of Isaac & Fan-nie/Stauffer/Died Aug. - 1890/Aged 15 Yrs.5 Ms .

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