©Mennonite Heritage Centre 2002
Last updated April 17, 2002
Title: Herold Mennonite Church fonds
Dates: 1918-1945, 1974
Extent: 16 cm of textual records
The Herold Mennonite Church began in 1918. It resulted from a group of families from Oklahoma decided to emigrate to avoid conscription of their sons into the US army during WWI. They settled just north of Morden, Manitoba and built their meeting house there in 1920. They were an active congregation with a 'Jugendverein' (youth society) which attracted a faithful following. In 1934 the membership stood at 34. The diphtheria epidemic of 1934 affected many of the families including the death of Michael Klaassen, their leader from 1918 to 1934. They had several vicinity leaders serve in the following years including Bishop Benjamin Ewert of the Bergthaler Gemeinde. In 1939 it was decided to dissolve the congregation and many families decided to join the Morden Bergthaler Church. Some families continued to meet in the Herold meeting house until 1942.
This fonds consists of a membership register (1918-1942), a congregational meeting minute book (1920-1939), and a series of 10 notebooks of the Jugendverein (youth society) activities (1919-1945) which record the organization and activities of the participants of this congregation from its inception up to its dissolution. A brief congregational history and reunion programme (1974) are included.
Inventory file list available.
Much German.
No restrictions on access.
The Jugendverein material was donated by Ester Bergen, Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1993. Accession no. 93-111.
Herold Mennonite Church Jugendverein Records. – 1919, 1928-1945. – 6 cm of textual records (10 notebooks). Notebooks: