Books available for purchase by the

Essex-Kent Mennonite Historical Association

Leamington, Ontario

Die Leamingtoner Vereinigten Mennonitengemeinde 1925-1972 Rev. N. N. Driedger. Edited by Jacob N. Driedger. German language; statistics, memories and many photos of the congregation's early years in Canada..197 pages. $5.

Mennonite Graves on Pelee Island and the Reesor Settlement 1987. Information compiled by Edith Tiessen and Astrid Koop. Information about Mennonites who lived and died in these settlements. 1991. 37 pages. $2.00

South Western Ontario Women in Mission 1925-1987 Reports and photos of 23 women's groups who met through the years. $2.

What God has joined together… 1986. Editorial committee: Henry N. Driedger, Martha Wiens, Astrid Koop. Weddings of Essex County Mennonite Church members 1926-1946.

45 pages. Statistics and photos.

Memories sixty years of Mennonite life in Essex and Kent Counties 1925-1985. Nine Mennonite congregations. Editorial committee: Mary M. Janzen, Linda Tiessen, Martha Wiens, Astrid Koop.

Biographies of our Late Leaders and Histories of the Mennonite Churches in Essex and Kent Counties, 1925-1995 compiled by Gisela Schartner and Astrid Koop. Foreword by Rev. David Derksen, information about the six conference churches in EK area and New Reinland, Old Colony and Reinland Mennonite Churches. Contributions from the leading ministers. Many photos. 141 pages. $10.

The Mennonites in Essex and Kent Counties, Ontario, an introduction. 1997; Editor Victor Kliewer. 18 Mennonite congregations, values and lifestyles, cooperative projects and institutions. 110 pages. $10.

Sarmem (Sara's Memories) 1998. By Sally Froese Dyck. This book contains information about the Froese family's journey to Canada in 1926, to Gretna, Manitoba, then Halkirk, Alberta, British Columbia and Leamington, Ontario. 99 pages. $10.

The Mennonite Settlemnent on Pelee Island, Ontario 1999. Editor Astrid Koop, many photos, maps, list of Mennonite Island families, interviews of former Islanders.119 pages. $20

Mennonite Peace Perspectives from Essex and Kent 2001. Victor D. Kliewer, editor; 2001. Contains many photos, confessional material, sermons by late pastors, WWI and post WWII experiences, Statements to Government, peace making efforts and reflections. 143 pages.$20.

Memories of Reesor The Mennonite Settlement in Northern Ontario 1925-1948. Hedy Lepp Dennis. 2001.Many photos and contributors. Third printing. $30.

There Was a Boy by Jacob N. Driedger, 2003. In the foreword Victor J. Winter says…"in writing about the rustic, simple experiences of an immigrant community, Jake has found humour, pathos and redemption".100 pages. $25.

Putting Away Childish Things by Jacob N. Driedger, 2006. Recollections of the 1940s; events related to WWII, high school years, Niagara Christian Collegiate, poetry. 115 pages. $20.

80 Years: Our Country Canada 1925-2005 editor Astrid Koop. Reports from 22 Mennonite congregations in Essex-Kent. Immigrations from a)Russia, b)Prussia and Russia, b)Latin America. Many photos. $ 25

Two Journeys of Faith Diaries kept by Katharine Schellenberg Klassen and Rev. Johann P. Klassen. 2007. Edited by Erna Klassen Witherspoon, Krysanne C. Klassen, Helen E. Moore. $10.

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