Klopfenstein family
Klopfenstein was an Amish Mennonite family originally from Switzerland. In the 18th century some members of this family were found in the Normanvillars congregation in Alsace, where Peter Klopfenstein was a preacher in the early 18th century. In the 1830s, when most Mennonites left Normanvillars for the United States, most of the Klopfenstein family remained. They gradually left the Mennonite church. J. Klopfenstein was the editor of an almanac for Mennonite farmers, l'Anabaptiste ou le Cultivateur par experience, on the title page of which is found a curious picture of a Swiss Mennonite farmer in ancient costume with a plow, published at Belfort, France, 1812-1821.
Bibliography
Gratz, Delbert L. Bernese Anabaptists and their American descendants. Goshen, IN: Mennonite Historical Society, 1953. Reprinted Elverson, PA: Old Springfield Shoppe, 1994: 92-94, 135, note 83.
Catalogus der werken over de Doopsgezinden en hunne geschiedenis aanwezig in de bibliotheek der Vereenigde Doopsgezinde Gemeente to Amsterdam. Amsterdam: J.H. de Bussy, 1919: 23.
Yoder, John Howard. "Mennonites in a French Almanac." Mennonite Life 9 (1954): 154-156.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Scottdale, Pennsylvania, and Waterloo, Ontario, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 3, p. 206. All rights reserved. For information on ordering the encyclopedia visit the Herald Press website.
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