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St. Jacobs is a village (pop. in 1959, 725) 9 miles north of [[Waterloo (Ontario, Canada)|Kitchener]], Waterloo County, Ontario (coordinates: <span title="Latitude">43° 32′ 22.5″ N</span>, <span title="Longitude">80° 33′ 11″ W)</span>. In the late 1950s approximately 250 Mennonites lived in the village with another 1,000 or so near by. The Mennonite Church group had a church of 400 members in the village. Three Wisler Old Order Mennonite churches were within two miles of the village. Mennonites owned a blacksmith shop, a general store, a produce market, two woodworking shops, two garages, an implement agency, a paint shop, and a weaver shop. Practically all the inhabitants spoke the Pennsylvania-German language. | St. Jacobs is a village (pop. in 1959, 725) 9 miles north of [[Waterloo (Ontario, Canada)|Kitchener]], Waterloo County, Ontario (coordinates: <span title="Latitude">43° 32′ 22.5″ N</span>, <span title="Longitude">80° 33′ 11″ W)</span>. In the late 1950s approximately 250 Mennonites lived in the village with another 1,000 or so near by. The Mennonite Church group had a church of 400 members in the village. Three Wisler Old Order Mennonite churches were within two miles of the village. Mennonites owned a blacksmith shop, a general store, a produce market, two woodworking shops, two garages, an implement agency, a paint shop, and a weaver shop. Practically all the inhabitants spoke the Pennsylvania-German language. | ||
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Revision as of 19:33, 20 August 2013
St. Jacobs is a village (pop. in 1959, 725) 9 miles north of Kitchener, Waterloo County, Ontario (coordinates: 43° 32′ 22.5″ N, 80° 33′ 11″ W). In the late 1950s approximately 250 Mennonites lived in the village with another 1,000 or so near by. The Mennonite Church group had a church of 400 members in the village. Three Wisler Old Order Mennonite churches were within two miles of the village. Mennonites owned a blacksmith shop, a general store, a produce market, two woodworking shops, two garages, an implement agency, a paint shop, and a weaver shop. Practically all the inhabitants spoke the Pennsylvania-German language.
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| Author(s) | Roy S Koch |
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| Date Published | 1959 |
Cite This Article
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Koch, Roy S. "St. Jacobs (Ontario, Canada)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1959. Web. 27 Apr 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=St._Jacobs_(Ontario,_Canada)&oldid=85240.
APA style
Koch, Roy S. (1959). St. Jacobs (Ontario, Canada). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 27 April 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=St._Jacobs_(Ontario,_Canada)&oldid=85240.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 4, p. 402. All rights reserved.
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