Roseville Mennonite Church (Roseville, Ontario, Canada)
The Roseville Mennonite congregation near Roseville, ON was Swiss/South German in cultural identity. The language of worship was English; the transition from German occurred in the early 1900s.
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| Interior of restored meetinghouse, 1999 |
The congregation began services in ca. 1822. The first building was occupied in ca. 1830, with a later building in 1855. Jacob Detweiler is considered the founding leader of the group. The congregation originated through immigration from Pennsylvania. The congregation was also known as Detweiler Mennonite Church.
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| Detweiler Meetinghouse in 1855 |
In the congregation's early years there was some rivalry with the Hallman church over where a building should be constructed. In the end two buildings went up, though the Hallman group dissolved about 1886.
The 1855 Roseville building was used for a time in the 1970s by a group of Mennonites from Mexico. See Kitchener Evangelical Mennonite Mission Church.
In 1925 there were 15 members; in 1950, 20; in 1965, 19. The congregation dissolved in 1966. It was affiliated with the Mennonite Conference of Ontario and the Mennonite Church.
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| Restored Meetinghouse, Sept. 1999. S. Steiner photo. |
The building and land was sold to Detweiler Meetinghouse Inc. in 1992, and restoration of the 1855 building as a heritage site began in 1996. The dedication of the restored meetinghouse took place in September 1999.
The church is located on Roseville Rd., 1 km west of Roseville.
Bibliography
Canadian Mennonite (4 January 1957): 4.
Mennonite Reporter (29 February 1988): 10; (22 January 1996): 13.
K-W Record, 6 Oct. 1987.
Burkholder, L. J. A Brief History of the Mennonites in Ontario. Kitchener, ON: Mennonite Conference of Ontario, 1935: 70-71.
Good, Reg. Detweiler's Meetinghouse: a History of Mennonites Near Roseville, Ontario. Roseville, ON : Detweiler Meetinghouse, Inc., 1999.
Church records at Mennonite Archives of Ontario
Additional Information
Detweiler Meetinghouse website
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