Toews, Johann (1803-1887)

Johann Toews: Ältester of the Ladekopp Mennonite Church; born 10 February 1803 in Schönsee, West Prussia and died on 19 February 1887 in Fresenheim, Am Trakt Mennonite Settlement, Russia.

Johann was elected minister in the Ladekopp Mennonite Church in West Prussia in 1832 and Ältester (Elder) in 1853. He eventually (possibly in 1869) joined the Mennonites who migrated to Russia and established the Am Trakt Mennonite Settlement and church, of which Johann Wall was the elder. Johann Toews functioned as honorary elder. Little is known about his life.

Bibliography

Mennonitische Blätter (1860): 21; (1862): 15; (1867): 54; (1889): 59.

Goertz, Adalbert. "List of Mennonite Ministers in Prussia." 23 May 2005. Web. 6 November 2012. http://www.mennonitegenealogy.com/prussia/prediger.htm.

Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, and Waterloo, Ontario, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 4, pp. 1129-1130. All rights reserved. For information on ordering the encyclopedia visit the Herald Press website.

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MLA style: Krahn, Cornelius. "Toews, Johann (1803-1887)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1959. Web. 19 June 2013. http://www.gameo.org/encyclopedia/contents/toews_johann_19th_century.

APA style: Krahn, Cornelius. (1959). Toews, Johann (1803-1887). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 19 June 2013, from http://www.gameo.org/encyclopedia/contents/toews_johann_19th_century.

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