Cambridge (Ontario)

CA MHSBC 232-1-3-2016.164.047
Einzelstück
Unknown

Teil vonMiscellaneous Russian & Canadian photographs

This is a head and shoulder portrait of a woman wearing a hat. The flower pattern on the front of her blouse appears to be made of the same fabric as the sleeves and neck of her blouse.

Unknown

Nancy Wismer Schmiedendorf

CA MAO XV-19.3-1992-14-1481
Einzelstück
1964

Teil vonThe Canadian Mennonite photograph collection

Informal photo taken by the Kitchener-Waterloo Record on the occasion of her 92nd birthday. Used in the CM 12-16-11. She lived in Cambridge (formerly Preston) at the Fairview Mennonite Home.

Unknown

Furnace room demolition, 1968

CA MAO III-25.2/21-3-09
Einzelstück
25 Aug 1968

Teil vonWanner Mennonite Church slide collection

Educational wing construction - demolition of the furnace room.

150th anniversary drama "Wilderness to Wide World"

CA MAO III-25.2/21-4-22
Einzelstück
11 Oct 1987

Teil vonWanner Mennonite Church slide collection

150th anniversary drama "Wilderness to Wide World." Scene III: The Amigos meet at Cora Groh's for 5th anniversary.

150th anniversary drama "Wilderness to Wide World"

CA MAO III-25.2/21-4-24
Einzelstück
11 Oct 1987

Teil vonWanner Mennonite Church slide collection

Christopher Derksen places tags on the locations of missionaries from Wanner.

150th anniversary drama "Wilderness to Wide World"

CA MAO III-25.2/21-4-26
Einzelstück
11 Oct 1987

Teil vonWanner Mennonite Church slide collection

A view of the departing audience.

Martha (Elliot) Ellis tombstone

CA MAO III-25.2/21-4-19
Einzelstück
[1987?]

Teil vonWanner Mennonite Church slide collection

Tombstone of Martha Ellis (1776-1861), the first wife of William Ellis, in the Wanner Mennonite Cemetery.

150th anniversary drama "Wilderness to Wide World"

CA MAO III-25.2/21-4-23
Einzelstück
11 Oct 1987

Teil vonWanner Mennonite Church slide collection

150th anniversary drama "Wilderness to Wide World." Scene IV: 1987. Narrator Margaret Strom reads the list of 'missionaries' who have gone out from Wanner through the years.

150th anniversary drama "Wilderness to Wide World"

CA MAO III-25.2/21-4-25
Einzelstück
11 Oct 1987

Teil vonWanner Mennonite Church slide collection

After the service, former Pastor Herb Schultz and Shirley talk with the oldest member of Wanner Church - A. Junia Shantz. He died the following year in early 1988.

John Groh tombstone, Wanner Cemetery

CA MAO III-25.2/21-4-17
Einzelstück
[1987?]

Teil vonWanner Mennonite Church slide collection

John Groh's (1788-1871) tombstone in Wanner Mennonite Cemetery.

John C. Snyder and Catharine Shantz memorial stone

CA MAO III-25.2/21-4-18
Einzelstück
[1982?]

Teil vonWanner Mennonite Church slide collection

This is a replacement memorial stone for John C. Snyder and Catharine Shantz, installed in 1982. Below an image of two horses pulling a Conestoga wagon, and the name "SNYDER," the stone reads:
"John C. Snyder 1792-1834, Catharine Shantz 1792-1854. John C. Snyder was born in Franklin County, Pennsylvania. In 1806 he emigrated to Canada with his parents Christian O. and Elizabeth Schneider who are buried in Doon Cemetery. In 1814 he married Catharine Shantz. They resided north of Hespeler where John died of cholera in 1834. Their family consisted of nine children: Levi, Absalom, Hannah, Samuel, Amos, Elizabeth, Nancy, Christian, and Rebecca. Erected by their descendants in 1982."