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April 24, 2015

Part Three: Immigration to Essex County

Horse and Wheelbarrow

The First Places of Employment The Mennonites that came to Essex County seemingly gained their employment at first in two chief area: the Broadwell brickyard at Kingsville and the Jasperson brickyard at Coatsworth. The work at the brickyards was burdensome, since men at that time were doing work done by machines today. In the photograph above, one can see Rev. […]

Article by Bruno Penner / Filed Under: Stories Now / Tagged With: 1925-1972, N. N. Driedger, The Leamington United Mennonite Church: Establishment and Development

October 4, 2014

Part 2 of Immigrants to Essex County

Rev and Mrs. Lohrenz

On to Essex County Part 2 In the autumn of 1924 a committee had already been formed consisting of new Ontario immigrants and the established Mennonites for the purpose of finding jobs for the immigrants. When rumours were heard about job opportunities in Essex County, about 180 miles south- west of Waterloo, delegates from the […]

Article by Bruno Penner / Filed Under: Stories Now / Tagged With: 1925-1972, N. N. Driedger, The Leamington United Mennonite Church: Establishment and Development

August 14, 2014

The Initial Years In Essex And Kent Counties

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 […]

Article by Bruno Penner / Filed Under: Stories Now / Tagged With: 1925-1972, N. N. Driedger, The Leamington United Mennonite Church: Establishment and Development

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