LOG STRUCTURES OF THE EARLY SETTLERS Homestead consisted of half a lot, a 75 acre land parcel, marked by surveyed lines cut through the bush and identified by axe blazed trees. At each corner, where property lines intercepted, was a rough axe hewn square post, with concession and lot numbers carved into it. After […]
Watermelon and Roll Kuchen – A Summertime Treat
We are approaching the end of Summer 2013, and as I reflect on the activities of the season, it seems like a meal of watermelon and roll kuchen is always in order! Preferably eaten outside, it would not be uncommon to see a Mennonite family around Essex County under the shade of a large […]
Agatha Driedger
Agatha Driedger Dick, born 1918 in Schönfeld, Brasol My parents were Ältester Nicholai N. Driedger, born 1893, and Tina Dueck, born 1897, both in Schönfeld. By the time I came into the world, life in Schönfeld, along with many other Mennonite villages, had changed drastically. Every family feared for their lives because of the Machnov […]
