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The History
Part 1: 1520 – 1805
Preface
Introduction
Origins of the Mennonites
Early Martin Ancestors
The Haudenosaunee
Arrival of the Mennonites in Upper Canada
German Company Purchase
Part 2: 1800 – 1889
Settlement in Block 2
Settlement in Block 3
Early Mennonite Church
Growth and Government
Settlement in the Queen’s Bush
Social Change and Revival
The Old Order Mennonites
Part 3: 1889 – 1945
Conference Mennonites…
The Dave Martin Mennonites
Hawkesville Plymouth Brethren
Peter and Lovina’s Conversion
The Markham Mennonites
Conscientious Objection
Part 4: 1920 – 2020
Mennonite Fundamentalism
The Anabaptist Vision
The Orthodox Mennonites
Beyond the Mennonites
Beyond Faith and Religion
Conclusion
Ancestors
Early Martin Ancestors Revisited
Jeorg Kündig: Ur-Ancestor
Schaefers, Randals, Broxes
The Webers
The Baumans
The Brubachers
The Schneiders
The Mossers
The Burkhards
Oh, My Guth-ness!
The Oberholtzers
Commentary
My Journey
How this Project Started
Coming Home
My Views of the Mennonites
Reclaiming Spirituality
Atheist Mennonite?
Visiting PA Ancestors
DNA Results
DNA Results: No Surprise
Finding Thomas Randall
Zapf-Ziegler-Foerster-Brox
How Inbred am I?
Story Sidebars
The First Settlers
The Erbs and Ebys
The Amish of Wilmot Township
A Heartbreaking Saga
Mennonites of the Vistula Delta
River Brethren / Tunkers
Interesting Relatives
“Cress”
Louis Beeshy 1
Louis Beeshy 2
Arnold Strycker
Famous Relatives
Me and Jim Beam
My Cousin Georgie
An Interesting Discovery
Isaiah Bowman
Random Stuff
It’s a Small World…
The Hiestand House
Summer Sausage
Menno Magic
Steiner’s History
“Benedict and Maria”
Mary Douglas / Peter Hoover
Reference
Ancestor Trees
Elias Martin Tree
Annie Brox Tree
Peter Martin Tree
Lovina Martin Tree
Ancestral Families
Early Martins I
Early Martins II
Later Martins
Kündigs
Brox-Zieglers
Baumans
Guth/Goods
Mossers
Webers
Brubachers
Schneiders
Oberholtzers
Maps
Interactive Map: Waterloo County
Menno churches & Amish districts
European Migrations 1530 – 1800
Pennsylvania to Upper Canada
Map of Block 2 in 1805
Block 2 Settlement
Block 3 Settlement
Queens Bush Settlement
Charts and Tables
Mennonite Evolution (1530 – 2020)
Significant Menno Congregations
Where the Ancestors are Buried
Bibliography
Contact
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500 Years of Migration
an autobiographical history of Ontario Mennonites
Jacob Z Brox and Catherine F Ziegler’s Ancestors
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