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

Johann was elected minister in the [[Ladekopp (Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland)|Ladekopp Mennonite Church]] in [[West Prussia|West Prussia]] in 1832 and Ältester (Elder) in 1853. He eventually (possibly in 1869) joined the Mennonites who migrated to [[Russia|Russia]] and established the [[Am Trakt Mennonite Settlement (Samara Oblast, Russia)|Am Trakt Mennonite Settlement]] and church, of which [[Wall, Johann (d. 1860)|Johann Wall]] was the elder. Johann Toews functioned as honorary elder. Little is known about his life.
= Bibliography =
<em>Mennonitische Blätter</em> (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 http://www.mennonitegenealogy.com/prussia/prediger.htm].
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