https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Waterloo_County_(Ontario,_Canada)&feed=atom&action=historyWaterloo County (Ontario, Canada) - Revision history2024-03-29T15:01:57ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.35.1https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Waterloo_County_(Ontario,_Canada)&diff=174606&oldid=prevAlfRedekopp: added clarity: Haudenosaunee (Six Nations)2023-01-25T19:24:21Z<p>added clarity: Haudenosaunee (Six Nations)</p>
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</table>AlfRedekopphttps://gameo.org/index.php?title=Waterloo_County_(Ontario,_Canada)&diff=170613&oldid=prevSamSteiner at 11:42, 6 March 20212021-03-06T11:42:09Z<p></p>
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</table>SamSteinerhttps://gameo.org/index.php?title=Waterloo_County_(Ontario,_Canada)&diff=166722&oldid=prevAlfRedekopp at 13:16, 27 February 20202020-02-27T13:16:55Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In the late 1950s the Mennonites of Waterloo County were chiefly an agricultural people. There was, however, no communal organization to aid in the purchase of land. Most Mennonites who came to the cities of Kitchener and Waterloo were industrial workers. The percentage of business and professional people was small. The Mennonites (MC) had a fire insurance organization called the [[Mennonite Aid Union (Ontario)|Mennonite Aid Union]], founded in 1867. Rates were low and membership limited to adherents of this branch of Mennonites and their families. Waterloo County was the first Mennonite community of any real size in Canada, and in the late 1950s contained more Mennonites than any other county in the Dominion, 7,836 members (not counting the UMC), and has had and continues to exert a marked influence on Mennonite religious and cultural life.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In the late 1950s the Mennonites of Waterloo County were chiefly an agricultural people. There was, however, no communal organization to aid in the purchase of land. Most Mennonites who came to the cities of Kitchener and Waterloo were industrial workers. The percentage of business and professional people was small. The Mennonites (MC) had a fire insurance organization called the [[Mennonite Aid Union (Ontario)|Mennonite Aid Union]], founded in 1867. Rates were low and membership limited to adherents of this branch of Mennonites and their families. Waterloo County was the first Mennonite community of any real size in Canada, and in the late 1950s contained more Mennonites than any other county in the Dominion, 7,836 members (not counting the UMC), and has had and continues to exert a marked influence on Mennonite religious and cultural life.</div></td></tr>
</table>AlfRedekopphttps://gameo.org/index.php?title=Waterloo_County_(Ontario,_Canada)&diff=135120&oldid=prevSusanHuebert at 17:04, 18 July 20162016-07-18T17:04:55Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In the late 1950s the remaining Mennonite groups in the county were the [[Amish Mennonites|Amish Mennonites]], [[Reformed Mennonite Church|Reformed Mennonites]], and the "Russian" Mennonites. The Amish Mennonite settlement was located in Wilmot Township. It was begun in 1824 by [[Nafziger, Christian (1776/78-1836)|Christian Nafziger]], who came from [[Bayern Federal State (Germany)|Bavaria]] to America and arranged with Governor Maitland of Upper Canada for the purchase of lands in this township. In 1826 the Ropp family emigrated from [[Alsace (France)|Alsace]] and settled in Wilmot Township. Thus the Amish Mennonites are of both Bavarian and Alsatian origin. Reasons for emigration were desire for new land and exemption from military service. Typical family names among them are [[Nafziger (Nafzger, Naffziger, Nafzinger, Naffzer, Naftziger, Nofziger, Noffsinger, Nofsker, Naftiger) family|Nafziger]], Steinman, [[Bender family|Bender]], Ropp, [[Lichti (Liechty, Lichdi, Lichty, Leichty, Leighty, Leichti, Liechti) family name|Lichty]], Jantzi, Schwarzendruber, [[Roth family|Roth]], Jutzi, Mayer, [[Schulz (Schultz, Schult) family|Schultz]], Wagler, Gascho, [[Miller family|Miller]], and [[Brenneman (Branaman, Brannaman, Brenaman, Breneman, Breniman, Brenman, Brennaman, Brennemann, Brinneman) family |Brenneman]]. In 1957 there were five congregations of this group in Waterloo County and five just outside in [[Perth County (Ontario, Canada)|Perth]] and Oxford, all those in Waterloo County being in the [[Ontario Amish Mennonite Conference (Mennonite Church)|Ontario Amish Mennonite (AM) Conference]]. The total membership in the county was 1,103. The main difference between them and the MC group was in social customs. In addition to this main group of Amish Mennonites there was a small congregation of [[Old Order Amish|Old Order Amish]] in the county with 140 members. They worshiped only in private homes. In 1956 a schismatic group at Millbank under Valentine Nafziger withdrew from the Ontario AM conference to form the [[Bethel Conservative Mennonite Church (Millbank, Ontario, Canada)|Bethel Conservative Mennonite Church]].</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In the late 1950s the remaining Mennonite groups in the county were the [[Amish Mennonites|Amish Mennonites]], [[Reformed Mennonite Church|Reformed Mennonites]], and the "Russian" Mennonites. The Amish Mennonite settlement was located in Wilmot Township. It was begun in 1824 by [[Nafziger, Christian (1776/78-1836)|Christian Nafziger]], who came from [[Bayern Federal State (Germany)|Bavaria]] to America and arranged with Governor Maitland of Upper Canada for the purchase of lands in this township. In 1826 the Ropp family emigrated from [[Alsace (France)|Alsace]] and settled in Wilmot Township. Thus the Amish Mennonites are of both Bavarian and Alsatian origin. Reasons for emigration were desire for new land and exemption from military service. Typical family names among them are [[Nafziger (Nafzger, Naffziger, Nafzinger, Naffzer, Naftziger, Nofziger, Noffsinger, Nofsker, Naftiger) family|Nafziger]], Steinman, [[Bender family|Bender]], Ropp, [[Lichti (Liechty, Lichdi, Lichty, Leichty, Leighty, Leichti, Liechti) family name|Lichty]], Jantzi, Schwarzendruber, [[Roth family|Roth]], Jutzi, Mayer, [[Schulz (Schultz, Schult) family|Schultz]], Wagler, Gascho, [[Miller family|Miller]], and [[Brenneman (Branaman, Brannaman, Brenaman, Breneman, Breniman, Brenman, Brennaman, Brennemann, Brinneman) family |Brenneman]]. In 1957 there were five congregations of this group in Waterloo County and five just outside in [[Perth County (Ontario, Canada)|Perth]] and Oxford, all those in Waterloo County being in the [[Ontario Amish Mennonite Conference (Mennonite Church)|Ontario Amish Mennonite (AM) Conference]]. The total membership in the county was 1,103. The main difference between them and the MC group was in social customs. In addition to this main group of Amish Mennonites there was a small congregation of [[Old Order Amish|Old Order Amish]] in the county with 140 members. They worshiped only in private homes. In 1956 a schismatic group at Millbank under Valentine Nafziger withdrew from the Ontario AM conference to form the [[Bethel Conservative Mennonite Church (Millbank, Ontario, Canada)|Bethel Conservative Mennonite Church]].</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Two Mennonite churches were formed in Waterloo County by emigrants from [[Russia|Russia]] in 1922-25, the [[Waterloo-Kitchener United Mennonite Church (Waterloo, Ontario, Canada)|Waterloo-Kitchener United Mennonite Church]] (GCM) with 407 members, in the city of [[Waterloo (Ontario, Canada)|Waterloo]], and the [[Kitchener Mennonite Brethren Church (Kitchener, Ontario, Canada)|Kitchener Mennonite Brethren Church]], with 405 members, in [[Kitchener-Waterloo (Ontario, Canada)|Kitchener]]. In both, services were still conducted in German by the late 1950s. The other emigration from Russia, that of the 1870s, left no churches in Waterloo County, but [[Shantz, Jacob Yost (1822-1909)|Jacob Y. Shantz]], then a leading member of the Mennonite Brethren in Christ, was the guiding spirit in settling these people in the Red River Valley in [[Manitoba (Canada)|Manitoba]], and the whole movement received solid financial support from the Mennonites of Waterloo County.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Two Mennonite churches were formed in Waterloo County by emigrants from [[Russia|Russia]] in 1922-25, the [[Waterloo-Kitchener United Mennonite Church (Waterloo, Ontario, Canada)|Waterloo-Kitchener United Mennonite Church]] (GCM) with 407 members, in the city of [[Waterloo (Ontario, Canada)|Waterloo]], and the [[Kitchener Mennonite Brethren Church (Kitchener, Ontario, Canada)|Kitchener Mennonite Brethren Church]], with 405 members, in [[Kitchener-Waterloo (Ontario, Canada)|Kitchener]]. In both, services were still conducted in German by the late 1950s. The other emigration from Russia, that of the 1870s, left no churches in Waterloo County, but [[Shantz, Jacob Yost (1822-1909)|Jacob Y. Shantz]], then a leading member of the Mennonite Brethren in Christ, was the guiding spirit in settling these people in the Red River Valley in [[Manitoba (Canada)|Manitoba]], and the whole movement received solid financial support from the Mennonites of Waterloo County.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Following are some of the most typical family names in these congregations, although many of these have disappeared from the rolls of active memberships: Betzner, Schoerg (Sherk), Reichert, [[Gingerich (Gingrich, Guengerich, Gingery) family |Gingerich]], [[Bechtel (Bachtel, Bachteil, Bachstel, Bechtold, Böchtel, Baechtold) family |Bechtel]], Kinsey, Rosenberger, Biehn, [[Clemens (Clemons, Clemmens, Cleman, Clementz) family|Clemens]], [[Baer (Baehr, Bähr, Bair, Bar, Bare, Barr, Bear, Beare, Behr, Boehr) family|Bear]], Sararas, Shupe, Livergood, Wismer, Ringler, Correll, Saltzberger, Bricker, [[Erb family|Erb]], Groh, [[Stauffer family|Stauffer]], Kraft, Hammacher, [[Bergey (Bergy, Berke, Berkey, Berki, Berkij, Berky, Birkey, Birki, Birky, Borcki, Borcky, Buerckey, Buercki, Beerie, Buergey, Buergi, Buerki, Burckey, Burcky, Burgey, Burkey, Bürki, Bürky, Burky) family |Bergey]], Scheirich (Shiry), [[Bauman (Baumann, Bowman, Bouman) family|Bauman]] or Bowman, [[Eby (Ebi, Ebie, Uebi, Aby, Aebi, Eaby, Ebee) family|Eby]], Schneider, Cress, Brech, Bliehm, [[Shantz (Schantz, Shanz, Tschantz, Johns) family|Shantz]], Rotharmel, Strohm, [[Cressman family|Cressman]], Bretz, [[Brubacher (Brubacker, Brubaker, Brubaher, Brupacher) family |Brubacher]], Weber, Eckert, [[Pannabecker|Pannebecker]], [[Eshleman family|Eschelman]], Springer, Herner, Bock, [[Martin family name|Martin]], [[Burkholder (Borcholder, Borcholter, Borckholder, Borgholder, Borkholder, Burckhalter, Burckholder, Burgholder, Burgholdter, Burkhalter, Burkalter) family|Burkholder]], Good, [[Burkhart (Burghart, Burckhard, Burkhardt) family|Burkhard]], [[Musselman (Musselmann, Moselmann) family |Musselman]], Shoemaker, [[Detweiler (Dettweiler, Dittwyler, Dettwiler) family |Detweiler]], Hallman, Huber, [[Lichti (Liechty, Lichdi, Lichty, Leichty, Leighty, Leichti, Liechti) family name|Lichty]], Schlichter, Wanner, Hagey, Risser, Clemmer, Groff, Shuh, [[Wenger (Wanger, Winger) family|Wenger]], Hurst, Hoffman, [[Moyer (Moyers, Mayer, Meyer, Meyers, Myers) family|Moyer]], Bingeman, Fried, [[Kolb family|Kolb]], [[Gehman (Geeman, Geyman, Gayman, Gahman, Gauenian) family |Gehman]], Schiedel.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Following are some of the most typical family names in these congregations, although many of these have disappeared from the rolls of active memberships: Betzner, Schoerg (Sherk), Reichert, [[Gingerich (Gingrich, Guengerich, Gingery) family |Gingerich]], [[Bechtel (Bachtel, Bachteil, Bachstel, Bechtold, Böchtel, Baechtold) family |Bechtel]], Kinsey, Rosenberger, Biehn, [[Clemens (Clemons, Clemmens, Cleman, Clementz) family|Clemens]], [[Baer (Baehr, Bähr, Bair, Bar, Bare, Barr, Bear, Beare, Behr, Boehr) family|Bear]], Sararas, Shupe, Livergood, Wismer, Ringler, Correll, Saltzberger, Bricker, [[Erb family|Erb]], Groh, [[Stauffer family|Stauffer]], Kraft, Hammacher, [[Bergey (Bergy, Berke, Berkey, Berki, Berkij, Berky, Birkey, Birki, Birky, Borcki, Borcky, Buerckey, Buercki, Beerie, Buergey, Buergi, Buerki, Burckey, Burcky, Burgey, Burkey, Bürki, Bürky, Burky) family |Bergey]], Scheirich (Shiry), [[Bauman (Baumann, Bowman, Bouman) family|Bauman]] or Bowman, [[Eby (Ebi, Ebie, Uebi, Aby, Aebi, Eaby, Ebee) family|Eby]], Schneider, Cress, Brech, Bliehm, [[Shantz (Schantz, Shanz, Tschantz, Johns) family|Shantz]], Rotharmel, Strohm, [[Cressman family|Cressman]], Bretz, [[Brubacher (Brubacker, Brubaker, Brubaher, Brupacher) family |Brubacher]], Weber, Eckert, [[Pannabecker|Pannebecker]], [[Eshleman family|Eschelman]], Springer, Herner, Bock, [[Martin family name|Martin]], [[Burkholder (Borcholder, Borcholter, Borckholder, Borgholder, Borkholder, Burckhalter, Burckholder, Burgholder, Burgholdter, Burkhalter, Burkalter) family|Burkholder]], Good, [[Burkhart (Burghart, Burckhard, Burkhardt) family|Burkhard]], [[Musselman (Musselmann, Moselmann) family |Musselman]], Shoemaker, [[Detweiler (Dettweiler, Dittwyler, Dettwiler) family |Detweiler]], Hallman, Huber, [[Lichti (Liechty, Lichdi, Lichty, Leichty, Leighty, Leichti, Liechti) family name|Lichty]], Schlichter, Wanner, Hagey, Risser, Clemmer, Groff, Shuh, [[Wenger (Wanger, Winger) family|Wenger]], Hurst, Hoffman, [[Moyer (Moyers, Mayer, Meyer, Meyers, Myers) family|Moyer]], Bingeman, Fried, [[Kolb family|Kolb]], [[Gehman (Geeman, Geyman, Gayman, Gahman, Gauenian) family |Gehman]], Schiedel.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Three schisms resulted in the formation of other Mennonite groups. The first was that of the [[Mennonite Brethren in Christ|Mennonite Brethren in Christ]] in the early 1870s. This was a division on the progressive side, the points at issue being mainly the conducting of [[Prayer Meetings|prayer]] and [[Revival Meetings|revival meetings]] and [[Sunday School|Sunday schools]]. In 1953 this group had 5 congregations in the county with a total of 666 members. In 1948 they changed their name to [[United Missionary Church|United Missionary Church]], thus abandoning entirely the name Mennonite. In the late 1880s occurred the second division, this time on the conservative side, when the [[Old Order Mennonites|Old Order (Wisler) Mennonites]] seceded. They are now subdivided into three groups, namely, the original Old Order, the [[Markham-Waterloo Mennonite Conference|Waterloo-Markham]] conference, and the David Martin group. The difference in these factions concerns the ownership and use of modern inventions, together with some points of attire. No points of faith are involved since all adhere to the [[Dordrecht Confession of Faith (Mennonite, 1632)|Dordrecht Confession of 1632]]. Of these three factions in the late 1950s, the first had five congregations with a total of 1,061 members, the second five congregations and 630 members, and the third three congregations with 116 members, a total of 1,807. None of these factions hold revival meetings. Instead a public invitation is given each year from their pulpits. Those accepting the invitation are then instructed in the Dordrecht Confession and in their own group discipline. The third division occurred in the [[First Mennonite Church (Kitchener, Ontario, Canada)|First Mennonite Church of Kitchener]] in 1924 and resulted in the formation of the [[Stirling <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Ave. </del>Mennonite Church (Kitchener, Ontario, Canada)|Stirling Avenue Mennonite Church]] ([[General Conference Mennonite Church (GCM)|General Conference Mennonite]] [GCM]), which in 1957 had 476 members.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Three schisms resulted in the formation of other Mennonite groups. The first was that of the [[Mennonite Brethren in Christ|Mennonite Brethren in Christ]] in the early 1870s. This was a division on the progressive side, the points at issue being mainly the conducting of [[Prayer Meetings|prayer]] and [[Revival Meetings|revival meetings]] and [[Sunday School|Sunday schools]]. In 1953 this group had 5 congregations in the county with a total of 666 members. In 1948 they changed their name to [[United Missionary Church|United Missionary Church]], thus abandoning entirely the name Mennonite. In the late 1880s occurred the second division, this time on the conservative side, when the [[Old Order Mennonites|Old Order (Wisler) Mennonites]] seceded. They are now subdivided into three groups, namely, the original Old Order, the [[Markham-Waterloo Mennonite Conference|Waterloo-Markham]] conference, and the David Martin group. The difference in these factions concerns the ownership and use of modern inventions, together with some points of attire. No points of faith are involved since all adhere to the [[Dordrecht Confession of Faith (Mennonite, 1632)|Dordrecht Confession of 1632]]. Of these three factions in the late 1950s, the first had five congregations with a total of 1,061 members, the second five congregations and 630 members, and the third three congregations with 116 members, a total of 1,807. None of these factions hold revival meetings. Instead a public invitation is given each year from their pulpits. Those accepting the invitation are then instructed in the Dordrecht Confession and in their own group discipline. The third division occurred in the [[First Mennonite Church (Kitchener, Ontario, Canada)|First Mennonite Church of Kitchener]] in 1924 and resulted in the formation of the [[Stirling <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Avenue </ins>Mennonite Church (Kitchener, Ontario, Canada)|Stirling Avenue Mennonite Church]] ([[General Conference Mennonite Church (GCM)|General Conference Mennonite]] [GCM]), which in 1957 had 476 members.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In the late 1950s the remaining Mennonite groups in the county were the [[Amish Mennonites|Amish Mennonites]], [[Reformed Mennonite Church|Reformed Mennonites]], and the "Russian" Mennonites. The Amish Mennonite settlement was located in Wilmot Township. It was begun in 1824 by [[Nafziger, Christian (1776/78-1836)|Christian Nafziger]], who came from [[Bayern Federal State (Germany)|Bavaria]] to America and arranged with Governor Maitland of Upper Canada for the purchase of lands in this township. In 1826 the Ropp family emigrated from [[Alsace (France)|Alsace]] and settled in Wilmot Township. Thus the Amish Mennonites are of both Bavarian and Alsatian origin. Reasons for emigration were desire for new land and exemption from military service. Typical family names among them are [[Nafziger (Nafzger, Naffziger, Nafzinger, Naffzer, Naftziger, Nofziger, Noffsinger, Nofsker, Naftiger) family|Nafziger]], Steinman, [[Bender family|Bender]], Ropp, [[Lichti (Liechty, Lichdi, Lichty, Leichty, Leighty, Leichti, Liechti) family name|Lichty]], Jantzi, Schwarzendruber, [[Roth family|Roth]], Jutzi, Mayer, [[Schulz (Schultz, Schult) family|Schultz]], Wagler, Gascho, [[Miller family|Miller]], and [[Brenneman (Branaman, Brannaman, Brenaman, Breneman, Breniman, Brenman, Brennaman, Brennemann, Brinneman) family |Brenneman]]. In 1957 there were five congregations of this group in Waterloo County and five just outside in [[Perth County (Ontario, Canada)|Perth]] and Oxford, all those in Waterloo County being in the [[Ontario Amish Mennonite Conference (Mennonite Church)|Ontario Amish Mennonite (AM) Conference]]. The total membership in the county was 1,103. The main difference between them and the MC group was in social customs. In addition to this main group of Amish Mennonites there was a small congregation of [[Old Order Amish|Old Order Amish]] in the county with 140 members. They worshiped only in private homes. In 1956 a schismatic group at Millbank under Valentine Nafziger withdrew from the Ontario AM conference to form the [[Bethel Conservative Mennonite Church (Millbank, Ontario, Canada)|Bethel Conservative Mennonite Church]].</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In the late 1950s the remaining Mennonite groups in the county were the [[Amish Mennonites|Amish Mennonites]], [[Reformed Mennonite Church|Reformed Mennonites]], and the "Russian" Mennonites. The Amish Mennonite settlement was located in Wilmot Township. It was begun in 1824 by [[Nafziger, Christian (1776/78-1836)|Christian Nafziger]], who came from [[Bayern Federal State (Germany)|Bavaria]] to America and arranged with Governor Maitland of Upper Canada for the purchase of lands in this township. In 1826 the Ropp family emigrated from [[Alsace (France)|Alsace]] and settled in Wilmot Township. Thus the Amish Mennonites are of both Bavarian and Alsatian origin. Reasons for emigration were desire for new land and exemption from military service. Typical family names among them are [[Nafziger (Nafzger, Naffziger, Nafzinger, Naffzer, Naftziger, Nofziger, Noffsinger, Nofsker, Naftiger) family|Nafziger]], Steinman, [[Bender family|Bender]], Ropp, [[Lichti (Liechty, Lichdi, Lichty, Leichty, Leighty, Leichti, Liechti) family name|Lichty]], Jantzi, Schwarzendruber, [[Roth family|Roth]], Jutzi, Mayer, [[Schulz (Schultz, Schult) family|Schultz]], Wagler, Gascho, [[Miller family|Miller]], and [[Brenneman (Branaman, Brannaman, Brenaman, Breneman, Breniman, Brenman, Brennaman, Brennemann, Brinneman) family |Brenneman]]. In 1957 there were five congregations of this group in Waterloo County and five just outside in [[Perth County (Ontario, Canada)|Perth]] and Oxford, all those in Waterloo County being in the [[Ontario Amish Mennonite Conference (Mennonite Church)|Ontario Amish Mennonite (AM) Conference]]. The total membership in the county was 1,103. The main difference between them and the MC group was in social customs. In addition to this main group of Amish Mennonites there was a small congregation of [[Old Order Amish|Old Order Amish]] in the county with 140 members. They worshiped only in private homes. In 1956 a schismatic group at Millbank under Valentine Nafziger withdrew from the Ontario AM conference to form the [[Bethel Conservative Mennonite Church (Millbank, Ontario, Canada)|Bethel Conservative Mennonite Church]].</div></td></tr>
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These congregations are [[First Mennonite Church (Kitchener, Ontario, Canada)|First Mennonite]], 1813; [[Bloomingdale Mennonite Church (Bloomingdale, Ontario, Canada)|Snyder]] (Bloomingdale), 1826; [[Wanner Mennonite Church (Cambridge, Ontario, Canada)|Wanner]] (Hespeler), 1829; [[Roseville Mennonite Church (Roseville, Ontario, Canada)|Detweiler]] (Roseville), 1830; [[Geiger Mennonite Church (New Hamburg, Ontario, Canada)|Geiger]] (New Hamburg), 1831; [[Breslau Mennonite Church (Breslau, Ontario, Canada)|Cressman]] (Breslau), 1834; [[Mannheim Mennonite Church (Petersburg, Ontario, Canada)|Latschar]] (Mannheim), 1839; [[Blenheim Mennonite Church (New Dundee, Ontario, Canada)|Blenheim]] (New Dundee), 1839; Weber (Strasburg), 1840; [[Shantz Mennonite Church (Baden, Ontario, Canada)|Shantz]] (Baden), 1840; Hagey, now called [[Preston Mennonite Church (Cambridge, Ontario, Canada)|Preston]], 1842; [[St. Jacobs Mennonite Church (St. Jacobs, Ontario, Canada)|St. Jacobs]], 1844; [[<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">E72me.html</del>|Waterloo]] (David Eby), 1851; [[Nith Valley Mennonite Church (New Hamburg, Ontario, Canada)|Biehn]] (New Hamburg), 1865; [[Floradale Mennonite Church (Floradale, Ontario, Canada)|Floradale]], 1896; [[Baden Mennonite Church (Baden, Ontario, Canada)|Baden]], 1913; [[Elmira Mennonite Church (Elmira, Ontario, Canada)|Elmira]], 1924; [[Hawkesville Mennonite Church (Hawkesville, Ontario, Canada)|Hawkesville]], 1950. With the exception of Kitchener, which is 70 per cent urban and 30 per cent rural, and Waterloo, which is 50 per cent of each, these are all rural congregations. Each of these churches, except Hawkesville, has its own cemetery.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'']] In 1957 there were 18 active [[Mennonite Church (MC)|Mennonite Church]] (MC) congregations in the county with a membership of 2,899. Dates given are those of the erection of church buildings, as closely as can be determined, although in many cases services were held in homes prior to the building of a church. Names of congregations are listed as in the Mennonite Yearbook, being both family and place names. The former are the survival of the pioneer custom of naming a church after the family from whose land the property was secured, either by purchase or donation. These congregations are [[First Mennonite Church (Kitchener, Ontario, Canada)|First Mennonite]], 1813; [[Bloomingdale Mennonite Church (Bloomingdale, Ontario, Canada)|Snyder]] (Bloomingdale), 1826; [[Wanner Mennonite Church (Cambridge, Ontario, Canada)|Wanner]] (Hespeler), 1829; [[Roseville Mennonite Church (Roseville, Ontario, Canada)|Detweiler]] (Roseville), 1830; [[Geiger Mennonite Church (New Hamburg, Ontario, Canada)|Geiger]] (New Hamburg), 1831; [[Breslau Mennonite Church (Breslau, Ontario, Canada)|Cressman]] (Breslau), 1834; [[Mannheim Mennonite Church (Petersburg, Ontario, Canada)|Latschar]] (Mannheim), 1839; [[Blenheim Mennonite Church (New Dundee, Ontario, Canada)|Blenheim]] (New Dundee), 1839; Weber (Strasburg), 1840; [[Shantz Mennonite Church (Baden, Ontario, Canada)|Shantz]] (Baden), 1840; Hagey, now called [[Preston Mennonite Church (Cambridge, Ontario, Canada)|Preston]], 1842; [[St. Jacobs Mennonite Church (St. Jacobs, Ontario, Canada)|St. Jacobs]], 1844; [[<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Erb Street Mennonite Church (Waterloo, Ontario, Canada)</ins>|Waterloo]] (David Eby), 1851; [[Nith Valley Mennonite Church (New Hamburg, Ontario, Canada)|Biehn]] (New Hamburg), 1865; [[Floradale Mennonite Church (Floradale, Ontario, Canada)|Floradale]], 1896; [[Baden Mennonite Church (Baden, Ontario, Canada)|Baden]], 1913; [[Elmira Mennonite Church (Elmira, Ontario, Canada)|Elmira]], 1924; [[Hawkesville Mennonite Church (Hawkesville, Ontario, Canada)|Hawkesville]], 1950. With the exception of Kitchener, which is 70 per cent urban and 30 per cent rural, and Waterloo, which is 50 per cent of each, these are all rural congregations. Each of these churches, except Hawkesville, has its own cemetery.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Following are some of the most typical family names in these congregations, although many of these have disappeared from the rolls of active memberships: Betzner, Schoerg (Sherk), Reichert, [[Gingerich (Gingrich, Guengerich, Gingery) family |Gingerich]], [[Bechtel (Bachtel, Bachteil, Bachstel, Bechtold, Böchtel, Baechtold) family |Bechtel]], Kinsey, Rosenberger, Biehn, [[Clemens (Clemons, Clemmens, Cleman, Clementz) family|Clemens]], [[Baer (Baehr, Bähr, Bair, Bar, Bare, Barr, Bear, Beare, Behr, Boehr) family|Bear]], Sararas, Shupe, Livergood, Wismer, Ringler, Correll, Saltzberger, Bricker, [[Erb family|Erb]], Groh, [[Stauffer family|Stauffer]], Kraft, Hammacher, [[Bergey (Bergy, Berke, Berkey, Berki, Berkij, Berky, Birkey, Birki, Birky, Borcki, Borcky, Buerckey, Buercki, Beerie, Buergey, Buergi, Buerki, Burckey, Burcky, Burgey, Burkey, Bürki, Bürky, Burky) family |Bergey]], Scheirich (Shiry), [[Bauman (Baumann, Bowman, Bouman) family|Bauman]] or Bowman, [[Eby (Ebi, Ebie, Uebi, Aby, Aebi, Eaby, Ebee) family|Eby]], Schneider, Cress, Brech, Bliehm, [[Shantz (Schantz, Shanz, Tschantz, Johns) family|Shantz]], Rotharmel, Strohm, [[Cressman family|Cressman]], Bretz, [[Brubacher (Brubacker, Brubaker, Brubaher, Brupacher) family |Brubacher]], Weber, Eckert, [[Pannabecker|Pannebecker]], [[Eshleman family|Eschelman]], Springer, Herner, Bock, [[Martin family name|Martin]], [[Burkholder (Borcholder, Borcholter, Borckholder, Borgholder, Borkholder, Burckhalter, Burckholder, Burgholder, Burgholdter, Burkhalter, Burkalter) family|Burkholder]], Good, [[Burkhart (Burghart, Burckhard, Burkhardt) family|Burkhard]], [[Musselman (Musselmann, Moselmann) family |Musselman]], Shoemaker, [[Detweiler (Dettweiler, Dittwyler, Dettwiler) family |Detweiler]], Hallman, Huber, [[Lichti (Liechty, Lichdi, Lichty, Leichty, Leighty, Leichti, Liechti) family name|Lichty]], Schlichter, Wanner, Hagey, Risser, Clemmer, Groff, Shuh, [[Wenger (Wanger, Winger) family|Wenger]], Hurst, Hoffman, [[Moyer (Moyers, Mayer, Meyer, Meyers, Myers) family|Moyer]], Bingeman, Fried, [[Kolb family|Kolb]], [[Gehman (Geeman, Geyman, Gayman, Gahman, Gauenian) family |Gehman]], Schiedel.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Following are some of the most typical family names in these congregations, although many of these have disappeared from the rolls of active memberships: Betzner, Schoerg (Sherk), Reichert, [[Gingerich (Gingrich, Guengerich, Gingery) family |Gingerich]], [[Bechtel (Bachtel, Bachteil, Bachstel, Bechtold, Böchtel, Baechtold) family |Bechtel]], Kinsey, Rosenberger, Biehn, [[Clemens (Clemons, Clemmens, Cleman, Clementz) family|Clemens]], [[Baer (Baehr, Bähr, Bair, Bar, Bare, Barr, Bear, Beare, Behr, Boehr) family|Bear]], Sararas, Shupe, Livergood, Wismer, Ringler, Correll, Saltzberger, Bricker, [[Erb family|Erb]], Groh, [[Stauffer family|Stauffer]], Kraft, Hammacher, [[Bergey (Bergy, Berke, Berkey, Berki, Berkij, Berky, Birkey, Birki, Birky, Borcki, Borcky, Buerckey, Buercki, Beerie, Buergey, Buergi, Buerki, Burckey, Burcky, Burgey, Burkey, Bürki, Bürky, Burky) family |Bergey]], Scheirich (Shiry), [[Bauman (Baumann, Bowman, Bouman) family|Bauman]] or Bowman, [[Eby (Ebi, Ebie, Uebi, Aby, Aebi, Eaby, Ebee) family|Eby]], Schneider, Cress, Brech, Bliehm, [[Shantz (Schantz, Shanz, Tschantz, Johns) family|Shantz]], Rotharmel, Strohm, [[Cressman family|Cressman]], Bretz, [[Brubacher (Brubacker, Brubaker, Brubaher, Brupacher) family |Brubacher]], Weber, Eckert, [[Pannabecker|Pannebecker]], [[Eshleman family|Eschelman]], Springer, Herner, Bock, [[Martin family name|Martin]], [[Burkholder (Borcholder, Borcholter, Borckholder, Borgholder, Borkholder, Burckhalter, Burckholder, Burgholder, Burgholdter, Burkhalter, Burkalter) family|Burkholder]], Good, [[Burkhart (Burghart, Burckhard, Burkhardt) family|Burkhard]], [[Musselman (Musselmann, Moselmann) family |Musselman]], Shoemaker, [[Detweiler (Dettweiler, Dittwyler, Dettwiler) family |Detweiler]], Hallman, Huber, [[Lichti (Liechty, Lichdi, Lichty, Leichty, Leighty, Leichti, Liechti) family name|Lichty]], Schlichter, Wanner, Hagey, Risser, Clemmer, Groff, Shuh, [[Wenger (Wanger, Winger) family|Wenger]], Hurst, Hoffman, [[Moyer (Moyers, Mayer, Meyer, Meyers, Myers) family|Moyer]], Bingeman, Fried, [[Kolb family|Kolb]], [[Gehman (Geeman, Geyman, Gayman, Gahman, Gauenian) family |Gehman]], Schiedel.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'']] In 1957 there were 18 active [[Mennonite Church (MC)|Mennonite Church]] (MC) congregations in the county with a membership of 2,899. Dates given are those of the erection of church buildings, as closely as can be determined, although in many cases services were held in homes prior to the building of a church. Names of congregations are listed as in the Mennonite Yearbook, being both family and place names. The former are the survival of the pioneer custom of naming a church after the family from whose land the property was secured, either by purchase or donation. These congregations are [[First Mennonite Church (Kitchener, Ontario, Canada)|First Mennonite]], 1813; [[Bloomingdale Mennonite Church (Bloomingdale, Ontario, Canada)|Snyder]] (Bloomingdale), 1826; [[Wanner Mennonite Church (Cambridge, Ontario, Canada)|Wanner]] (Hespeler), 1829; [[Roseville Mennonite Church (Roseville, Ontario, Canada)|Detweiler]] (Roseville), 1830; [[Geiger Mennonite Church (New Hamburg, Ontario, Canada)|Geiger]] (New Hamburg), 1831; [[Breslau Mennonite Church (Breslau, Ontario, Canada)|Cressman]] (Breslau), 1834; [[Mannheim Mennonite Church (Petersburg, Ontario, Canada)|Latschar]] (Mannheim), 1839; [[Blenheim Mennonite Church (New Dundee, Ontario, Canada)|Blenheim]] (New Dundee), 1839; Weber (Strasburg), 1840; [[Shantz Mennonite Church (Baden, Ontario, Canada)|Shantz]] (Baden), 1840; Hagey, now called [[Preston Mennonite Church (Cambridge, Ontario, Canada)|Preston]], 1842; [[St. Jacobs Mennonite Church (St. Jacobs, Ontario, Canada)|St. Jacobs]], 1844; [[E72me.html|Waterloo]] (David Eby), 1851; [[Nith Valley Mennonite Church (New Hamburg, Ontario, Canada)|Biehn]] (New Hamburg), 1865; [[Floradale Mennonite Church (Floradale, Ontario, Canada)|Floradale]], 1896; [[Baden Mennonite Church (Baden, Ontario, Canada)|Baden]], 1913; [[Elmira Mennonite Church (Elmira, Ontario, Canada)|Elmira]], 1924; [[Hawkesville Mennonite Church (Hawkesville, Ontario, Canada)|Hawkesville]], 1950. With the exception of Kitchener, which is 70 per cent urban and 30 per cent rural, and Waterloo, which is 50 per cent of each, these are all rural congregations. Each of these churches, except Hawkesville, has its own cemetery.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'']] In 1957 there were 18 active [[Mennonite Church (MC)|Mennonite Church]] (MC) congregations in the county with a membership of 2,899. Dates given are those of the erection of church buildings, as closely as can be determined, although in many cases services were held in homes prior to the building of a church. Names of congregations are listed as in the Mennonite Yearbook, being both family and place names. The former are the survival of the pioneer custom of naming a church after the family from whose land the property was secured, either by purchase or donation. These congregations are [[First Mennonite Church (Kitchener, Ontario, Canada)|First Mennonite]], 1813; [[Bloomingdale Mennonite Church (Bloomingdale, Ontario, Canada)|Snyder]] (Bloomingdale), 1826; [[Wanner Mennonite Church (Cambridge, Ontario, Canada)|Wanner]] (Hespeler), 1829; [[Roseville Mennonite Church (Roseville, Ontario, Canada)|Detweiler]] (Roseville), 1830; [[Geiger Mennonite Church (New Hamburg, Ontario, Canada)|Geiger]] (New Hamburg), 1831; [[Breslau Mennonite Church (Breslau, Ontario, Canada)|Cressman]] (Breslau), 1834; [[Mannheim Mennonite Church (Petersburg, Ontario, Canada)|Latschar]] (Mannheim), 1839; [[Blenheim Mennonite Church (New Dundee, Ontario, Canada)|Blenheim]] (New Dundee), 1839; Weber (Strasburg), 1840; [[Shantz Mennonite Church (Baden, Ontario, Canada)|Shantz]] (Baden), 1840; Hagey, now called [[Preston Mennonite Church (Cambridge, Ontario, Canada)|Preston]], 1842; [[St. Jacobs Mennonite Church (St. Jacobs, Ontario, Canada)|St. Jacobs]], 1844; [[E72me.html|Waterloo]] (David Eby), 1851; [[Nith Valley Mennonite Church (New Hamburg, Ontario, Canada)|Biehn]] (New Hamburg), 1865; [[Floradale Mennonite Church (Floradale, Ontario, Canada)|Floradale]], 1896; [[Baden Mennonite Church (Baden, Ontario, Canada)|Baden]], 1913; [[Elmira Mennonite Church (Elmira, Ontario, Canada)|Elmira]], 1924; [[Hawkesville Mennonite Church (Hawkesville, Ontario, Canada)|Hawkesville]], 1950. With the exception of Kitchener, which is 70 per cent urban and 30 per cent rural, and Waterloo, which is 50 per cent of each, these are all rural congregations. Each of these churches, except Hawkesville, has its own cemetery.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> </del>Mennonite settlement began in Waterloo County in the spring of 1800 when Joseph Schoerg and Samuel Betzner, with their families, arrived on the banks of the Grand River in what was then Upper Canada, from [[Franklin County (Pennsylvania, USA)|Franklin County]], [[Pennsylvania (USA)|Pennsylvania]]. They were the first white settlers in this county. The settlement grew steadily until by 1828 there were 1,000 Mennonite members and 2,000 hearers. The land was taken from the Beasley Tract, this being 94,012 acres of Six Nations Indians' lands in the Grand River Basin purchased from them by one Richard Beasley through the government of Upper Canada which acted as trustee. In November 1803 an agreement was signed between the German Company on the one hand, representing the Mennonites, and Beasley, on the other hand, for the purchase of 60,000 acres of his land for the sum of 10,000 pounds. On this land there was a mortgage of $20,000. Precisely when this fact was discovered is a matter of some doubt. Suffice it to say that Joseph Sherk and Samuel Bricker went to Pennsylvania to procure this money. In April 1803 a joint stock company was organized in the home of "Hannes" Eby in [[Lancaster County (Pennsylvania, USA)|Lancaster County]] to raise the mortgage money. This was done within two years, for on 29 June 1805 the deed for the 60,000 acres was executed in the Registry at Berlin, Ontario. Mutual faith and co-operation motivated this transaction. Most likely it was "Hannes" Eby who persuaded his brethren in Lancaster to aid their brethren in Waterloo. Most of the early settlers came from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and some from the Franconia area - [[Bucks County (Pennsylvania, USA)|Bucks]], [[Montgomery County (Pennsylvania, USA)|Montgomery]], and (a few) Franklin counties.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Mennonite settlement began in Waterloo County in the spring of 1800 when Joseph Schoerg and Samuel Betzner, with their families, arrived on the banks of the Grand River in what was then Upper Canada, from [[Franklin County (Pennsylvania, USA)|Franklin County]], [[Pennsylvania (USA)|Pennsylvania]]. They were the first white settlers in this county. The settlement grew steadily until by 1828 there were 1,000 Mennonite members and 2,000 hearers. The land was taken from the Beasley Tract, this being 94,012 acres of Six Nations Indians' lands in the Grand River Basin purchased from them by one Richard Beasley through the government of Upper Canada which acted as trustee. In November 1803 an agreement was signed between the German Company on the one hand, representing the Mennonites, and Beasley, on the other hand, for the purchase of 60,000 acres of his land for the sum of 10,000 pounds. On this land there was a mortgage of $20,000. Precisely when this fact was discovered is a matter of some doubt. Suffice it to say that Joseph Sherk and Samuel Bricker went to Pennsylvania to procure this money. In April 1803 a joint stock company was organized in the home of "Hannes" Eby in [[Lancaster County (Pennsylvania, USA)|Lancaster County]] to raise the mortgage money. This was done within two years, for on 29 June 1805 the deed for the 60,000 acres was executed in the Registry at Berlin, Ontario. Mutual faith and co-operation motivated this transaction. Most likely it was "Hannes" Eby who persuaded his brethren in Lancaster to aid their brethren in Waterloo. Most of the early settlers came from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and some from the Franconia area - [[Bucks County (Pennsylvania, USA)|Bucks]], [[Montgomery County (Pennsylvania, USA)|Montgomery]], and (a few) Franklin counties.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In the late 1950s the Mennonites of Waterloo County were chiefly an agricultural people. There was, however, no communal organization to aid in the purchase of land. Most Mennonites who came to the cities of Kitchener and Waterloo were industrial workers. The percentage of business and professional people was small. The Mennonites (MC) had a fire insurance organization called the [[Mennonite Aid Union (Ontario)|Mennonite Aid Union]], founded in 1867. Rates were low and membership limited to adherents of this branch of Mennonites and their families. Waterloo County was the first Mennonite community of any real size in Canada, and in the late 1950s contained more Mennonites than any other county in the Dominion, 7,836 members (not counting the UMC), and has had and continues to exert a marked influence on Mennonite religious and cultural life.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In the late 1950s the Mennonites of Waterloo County were chiefly an agricultural people. There was, however, no communal organization to aid in the purchase of land. Most Mennonites who came to the cities of Kitchener and Waterloo were industrial workers. The percentage of business and professional people was small. The Mennonites (MC) had a fire insurance organization called the [[Mennonite Aid Union (Ontario)|Mennonite Aid Union]], founded in 1867. Rates were low and membership limited to adherents of this branch of Mennonites and their families. Waterloo County was the first Mennonite community of any real size in Canada, and in the late 1950s contained more Mennonites than any other county in the Dominion, 7,836 members (not counting the UMC), and has had and continues to exert a marked influence on Mennonite religious and cultural life.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Eby, Ezra E. <em>A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and Other Townships of the County, Being a History of the Early Settlers and Their Descendants Mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch Origin, and also Other Unpublished Historical Information Chiefly of a Local Character</em>. 2 vols. Berlin, Ont., 1895-96.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Eby, Ezra E. <em>A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and Other Townships of the County, Being a History of the Early Settlers and Their Descendants Mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch Origin, and also Other Unpublished Historical Information Chiefly of a Local Character</em>. 2 vols. Berlin, Ont., 1895-96.</div></td></tr>
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<p><b>New page</b></p><div> Mennonite settlement began in Waterloo County in the spring of 1800 when Joseph Schoerg and Samuel Betzner, with their families, arrived on the banks of the Grand River in what was then Upper Canada, from [[Franklin County (Pennsylvania, USA)|Franklin County]], [[Pennsylvania (USA)|Pennsylvania]]. They were the first white settlers in this county. The settlement grew steadily until by 1828 there were 1,000 Mennonite members and 2,000 hearers. The land was taken from the Beasley Tract, this being 94,012 acres of Six Nations Indians' lands in the Grand River Basin purchased from them by one Richard Beasley through the government of Upper Canada which acted as trustee. In November 1803 an agreement was signed between the German Company on the one hand, representing the Mennonites, and Beasley, on the other hand, for the purchase of 60,000 acres of his land for the sum of 10,000 pounds. On this land there was a mortgage of $20,000. Precisely when this fact was discovered is a matter of some doubt. Suffice it to say that Joseph Sherk and Samuel Bricker went to Pennsylvania to procure this money. In April 1803 a joint stock company was organized in the home of "Hannes" Eby in [[Lancaster County (Pennsylvania, USA)|Lancaster County]] to raise the mortgage money. This was done within two years, for on 29 June 1805 the deed for the 60,000 acres was executed in the Registry at Berlin, Ontario. Mutual faith and co-operation motivated this transaction. Most likely it was "Hannes" Eby who persuaded his brethren in Lancaster to aid their brethren in Waterloo. Most of the early settlers came from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and some from the Franconia area - [[Bucks County (Pennsylvania, USA)|Bucks]], [[Montgomery County (Pennsylvania, USA)|Montgomery]], and (a few) Franklin counties.<br />
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'']] In 1957 there were 18 active [[Mennonite Church (MC)|Mennonite Church]] (MC) congregations in the county with a membership of 2,899. Dates given are those of the erection of church buildings, as closely as can be determined, although in many cases services were held in homes prior to the building of a church. Names of congregations are listed as in the Mennonite Yearbook, being both family and place names. The former are the survival of the pioneer custom of naming a church after the family from whose land the property was secured, either by purchase or donation. These congregations are [[First Mennonite Church (Kitchener, Ontario, Canada)|First Mennonite]], 1813; [[Bloomingdale Mennonite Church (Bloomingdale, Ontario, Canada)|Snyder]] (Bloomingdale), 1826; [[Wanner Mennonite Church (Cambridge, Ontario, Canada)|Wanner]] (Hespeler), 1829; [[Roseville Mennonite Church (Roseville, Ontario, Canada)|Detweiler]] (Roseville), 1830; [[Geiger Mennonite Church (New Hamburg, Ontario, Canada)|Geiger]] (New Hamburg), 1831; [[Breslau Mennonite Church (Breslau, Ontario, Canada)|Cressman]] (Breslau), 1834; [[Mannheim Mennonite Church (Petersburg, Ontario, Canada)|Latschar]] (Mannheim), 1839; [[Blenheim Mennonite Church (New Dundee, Ontario, Canada)|Blenheim]] (New Dundee), 1839; Weber (Strasburg), 1840; [[Shantz Mennonite Church (Baden, Ontario, Canada)|Shantz]] (Baden), 1840; Hagey, now called [[Preston Mennonite Church (Cambridge, Ontario, Canada)|Preston]], 1842; [[St. Jacobs Mennonite Church (St. Jacobs, Ontario, Canada)|St. Jacobs]], 1844; [[E72me.html|Waterloo]] (David Eby), 1851; [[Nith Valley Mennonite Church (New Hamburg, Ontario, Canada)|Biehn]] (New Hamburg), 1865; [[Floradale Mennonite Church (Floradale, Ontario, Canada)|Floradale]], 1896; [[Baden Mennonite Church (Baden, Ontario, Canada)|Baden]], 1913; [[Elmira Mennonite Church (Elmira, Ontario, Canada)|Elmira]], 1924; [[Hawkesville Mennonite Church (Hawkesville, Ontario, Canada)|Hawkesville]], 1950. With the exception of Kitchener, which is 70 per cent urban and 30 per cent rural, and Waterloo, which is 50 per cent of each, these are all rural congregations. Each of these churches, except Hawkesville, has its own cemetery.<br />
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Following are some of the most typical family names in these congregations, although many of these have disappeared from the rolls of active memberships: Betzner, Schoerg (Sherk), Reichert, [[Gingerich (Gingrich, Guengerich, Gingery) family |Gingerich]], [[Bechtel (Bachtel, Bachteil, Bachstel, Bechtold, Böchtel, Baechtold) family |Bechtel]], Kinsey, Rosenberger, Biehn, [[Clemens (Clemons, Clemmens, Cleman, Clementz) family|Clemens]], [[Baer (Baehr, Bähr, Bair, Bar, Bare, Barr, Bear, Beare, Behr, Boehr) family|Bear]], Sararas, Shupe, Livergood, Wismer, Ringler, Correll, Saltzberger, Bricker, [[Erb family|Erb]], Groh, [[Stauffer family|Stauffer]], Kraft, Hammacher, [[Bergey (Bergy, Berke, Berkey, Berki, Berkij, Berky, Birkey, Birki, Birky, Borcki, Borcky, Buerckey, Buercki, Beerie, Buergey, Buergi, Buerki, Burckey, Burcky, Burgey, Burkey, Bürki, Bürky, Burky) family |Bergey]], Scheirich (Shiry), [[Bauman (Baumann, Bowman, Bouman) family|Bauman]] or Bowman, [[Eby (Ebi, Ebie, Uebi, Aby, Aebi, Eaby, Ebee) family|Eby]], Schneider, Cress, Brech, Bliehm, [[Shantz (Schantz, Shanz, Tschantz, Johns) family|Shantz]], Rotharmel, Strohm, [[Cressman family|Cressman]], Bretz, [[Brubacher (Brubacker, Brubaker, Brubaher, Brupacher) family |Brubacher]], Weber, Eckert, [[Pannabecker|Pannebecker]], [[Eshleman family|Eschelman]], Springer, Herner, Bock, [[Martin family name|Martin]], [[Burkholder (Borcholder, Borcholter, Borckholder, Borgholder, Borkholder, Burckhalter, Burckholder, Burgholder, Burgholdter, Burkhalter, Burkalter) family|Burkholder]], Good, [[Burkhart (Burghart, Burckhard, Burkhardt) family|Burkhard]], [[Musselman (Musselmann, Moselmann) family |Musselman]], Shoemaker, [[Detweiler (Dettweiler, Dittwyler, Dettwiler) family |Detweiler]], Hallman, Huber, [[Lichti (Liechty, Lichdi, Lichty, Leichty, Leighty, Leichti, Liechti) family name|Lichty]], Schlichter, Wanner, Hagey, Risser, Clemmer, Groff, Shuh, [[Wenger (Wanger, Winger) family|Wenger]], Hurst, Hoffman, [[Moyer (Moyers, Mayer, Meyer, Meyers, Myers) family|Moyer]], Bingeman, Fried, [[Kolb family|Kolb]], [[Gehman (Geeman, Geyman, Gayman, Gahman, Gauenian) family |Gehman]], Schiedel.<br />
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Three schisms resulted in the formation of other Mennonite groups. The first was that of the [[Mennonite Brethren in Christ|Mennonite Brethren in Christ]] in the early 1870s. This was a division on the progressive side, the points at issue being mainly the conducting of [[Prayer Meetings|prayer]] and [[Revival Meetings|revival meetings]] and [[Sunday School|Sunday schools]]. In 1953 this group had 5 congregations in the county with a total of 666 members. In 1948 they changed their name to [[United Missionary Church|United Missionary Church]], thus abandoning entirely the name Mennonite. In the late 1880s occurred the second division, this time on the conservative side, when the [[Old Order Mennonites|Old Order (Wisler) Mennonites]] seceded. They are now subdivided into three groups, namely, the original Old Order, the [[Markham-Waterloo Mennonite Conference|Waterloo-Markham]] conference, and the David Martin group. The difference in these factions concerns the ownership and use of modern inventions, together with some points of attire. No points of faith are involved since all adhere to the [[Dordrecht Confession of Faith (Mennonite, 1632)|Dordrecht Confession of 1632]]. Of these three factions in the late 1950s, the first had five congregations with a total of 1,061 members, the second five congregations and 630 members, and the third three congregations with 116 members, a total of 1,807. None of these factions hold revival meetings. Instead a public invitation is given each year from their pulpits. Those accepting the invitation are then instructed in the Dordrecht Confession and in their own group discipline. The third division occurred in the [[First Mennonite Church (Kitchener, Ontario, Canada)|First Mennonite Church of Kitchener]] in 1924 and resulted in the formation of the [[Stirling Ave. Mennonite Church (Kitchener, Ontario, Canada)|Stirling Avenue Mennonite Church]] ([[General Conference Mennonite Church (GCM)|General Conference Mennonite]] [GCM]), which in 1957 had 476 members.<br />
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In the late 1950s the remaining Mennonite groups in the county were the [[Amish Mennonites|Amish Mennonites]], [[Reformed Mennonite Church|Reformed Mennonites]], and the "Russian" Mennonites. The Amish Mennonite settlement was located in Wilmot Township. It was begun in 1824 by [[Nafziger, Christian (1776/78-1836)|Christian Nafziger]], who came from [[Bayern Federal State (Germany)|Bavaria]] to America and arranged with Governor Maitland of Upper Canada for the purchase of lands in this township. In 1826 the Ropp family emigrated from [[Alsace (France)|Alsace]] and settled in Wilmot Township. Thus the Amish Mennonites are of both Bavarian and Alsatian origin. Reasons for emigration were desire for new land and exemption from military service. Typical family names among them are [[Nafziger (Nafzger, Naffziger, Nafzinger, Naffzer, Naftziger, Nofziger, Noffsinger, Nofsker, Naftiger) family|Nafziger]], Steinman, [[Bender family|Bender]], Ropp, [[Lichti (Liechty, Lichdi, Lichty, Leichty, Leighty, Leichti, Liechti) family name|Lichty]], Jantzi, Schwarzendruber, [[Roth family|Roth]], Jutzi, Mayer, [[Schulz (Schultz, Schult) family|Schultz]], Wagler, Gascho, [[Miller family|Miller]], and [[Brenneman (Branaman, Brannaman, Brenaman, Breneman, Breniman, Brenman, Brennaman, Brennemann, Brinneman) family |Brenneman]]. In 1957 there were five congregations of this group in Waterloo County and five just outside in [[Perth County (Ontario, Canada)|Perth]] and Oxford, all those in Waterloo County being in the [[Ontario Amish Mennonite Conference (Mennonite Church)|Ontario Amish Mennonite (AM) Conference]]. The total membership in the county was 1,103. The main difference between them and the MC group was in social customs. In addition to this main group of Amish Mennonites there was a small congregation of [[Old Order Amish|Old Order Amish]] in the county with 140 members. They worshiped only in private homes. In 1956 a schismatic group at Millbank under Valentine Nafziger withdrew from the Ontario AM conference to form the [[Bethel Conservative Mennonite Church (Millbank, Ontario, Canada)|Bethel Conservative Mennonite Church]].<br />
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The Reformed Mennonites are a small, closely knit group with two meetinghouses ([[Hostetler's Reformed Mennonite Church (Baden, Ontario, Canada)|Hostetler's&gt;]] near New Hamburg, 1844, and [[Kingwood Reformed Mennonite Church (Wellesley, Ontario, Canada)|Kingwood]] near [[Wellesley (Ontario, Canada)|Wellesley]], 1850) and 77 members in the county.<br />
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Two Mennonite churches were formed in Waterloo County by emigrants from [[Russia|Russia]] in 1922-25, the [[Waterloo-Kitchener United Mennonite Church (Waterloo, Ontario, Canada)|Waterloo-Kitchener United Mennonite Church]] (GCM) with 407 members, in the city of [[Waterloo (Ontario, Canada)|Waterloo]], and the [[Kitchener Mennonite Brethren Church (Kitchener, Ontario, Canada)|Kitchener Mennonite Brethren Church]], with 405 members, in [[Kitchener-Waterloo (Ontario, Canada)|Kitchener]]. In both, services were still conducted in German by the late 1950s. The other emigration from Russia, that of the 1870s, left no churches in Waterloo County, but [[Shantz, Jacob Yost (1822-1909)|Jacob Y. Shantz]], then a leading member of the Mennonite Brethren in Christ, was the guiding spirit in settling these people in the Red River Valley in [[Manitoba (Canada)|Manitoba]], and the whole movement received solid financial support from the Mennonites of Waterloo County.<br />
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In the late 1950s the Mennonites had the following institutions in Waterloo County: Rockway Mennonite School (MC, 1945) and [[Golden Rule Bookstore (Kitchener, Ontario, USA)|Golden Rule Bookstore]] (MC, 1938), both in Kitchener, [[Fairview Mennonite Home (Cambridge, Ontario, Canada)|Fairview Mennonite Home]] (MC, 1943, 1956) in Preston, and the Mennonite Brethren Bible School in Kitchener (formerly [[Virgil Bible School (Virgil, Ontario, Canada)|Virgil Bible School]]). The [[Mennonite Central Committee Canada|Mennonite Central Committee Canadian]] headquarters office had been in Waterloo since 1948 (1944-48 in Kitchener). The [[United Missionary Church|United Missionary Church]] (UMC) established [[Emmanuel Bible College (Kitchener, Ontario, Canada)|Emmanuel Bible College]] here in 1940.<br />
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In the late 1950s the Mennonites of Waterloo County were chiefly an agricultural people. There was, however, no communal organization to aid in the purchase of land. Most Mennonites who came to the cities of Kitchener and Waterloo were industrial workers. The percentage of business and professional people was small. The Mennonites (MC) had a fire insurance organization called the [[Mennonite Aid Union (Ontario)|Mennonite Aid Union]], founded in 1867. Rates were low and membership limited to adherents of this branch of Mennonites and their families. Waterloo County was the first Mennonite community of any real size in Canada, and in the late 1950s contained more Mennonites than any other county in the Dominion, 7,836 members (not counting the UMC), and has had and continues to exert a marked influence on Mennonite religious and cultural life.<br />
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= Bibliography =<br />
Burkholder, L. J. <em>A Brief History of the Mennonites in Ontario</em>. n.p., 1935.<br />
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Eby, Ezra E. <em>A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and Other Townships of the County, Being a History of the Early Settlers and Their Descendants Mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch Origin, and also Other Unpublished Historical Information Chiefly of a Local Character</em>. 2 vols. Berlin, Ont., 1895-96.<br />
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Reaman, G. Elmore. <em>The Trail of the Black Walnut</em>. n.p., 1957.<br />
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<em>Waterloo Historical Society Annual Report</em> (1912).<br />
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