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. […]
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My Grandmother Elizabeth Lasi Neufeld’s Journey
Submitted by Alexandria Fischer My Grandma Neufeld’s German/Lutheran ancestors moved to Yugoslavia in the 1700s. Here they farmed the lush farmland and were living a comfortable and meaningful life. Over 100 years later in 1929, my great-great grandparents: Andrew Wolf and Magdalena Schindler and their daughter & husband (my Great Grandparents): Margaret Wolf and Frank […]
Agatha Driedger Neufeld
I was born in Schönfeld, Russia September 18, 1923 and came to Canada with my parents and three siblings the following year. My first memories go back to Pelee Island where a group of Russian Mennonites, including my family, settled in the 1920s. It was on Pelee that, in 1927, little Mieche (Mary) Driedger died […]
