The Initial Years in Essex County – 1925 – 1928: Additional Families Arrive Following the example of Mr. Lohrenz, a number of families from the Waterloo area came to Essex County in the spring of 1925; at the same time six families from Waterloo went directly to Pelee Island, which constitutes a separate story. (See Mennonite Memories Of Pelee Island […]
The Herman Lepp Story
Herman P. and Gertrude Lepp Herman Peter Lepp (1903-1966) was the son of Peter P. Lepp (1867-1921) who. In turn was the grandson of Master Peter Lepp (1817-1871). It was Master Peter Lepp who established the Lepp factory in Chortitza, which after his premature death, became known as the Lepp-Wallman Factory. Peter P. Lepp became […]
Anna Letkeman Story
Anna Letkeman born 1936 in Swift Colony, Mexico interview by Astrid Koop My parents Ben and Agnes Sawatzky Schmidt were both born in Saskatchewan; my mother in 1906 and my father in 1903. Their parents, in turn, had been born in Russia. I was born in the Swift Colony of Cuauhtemoc, Mexico, one of nine […]
