Mennonite Archival Information Database

150th anniversary drama "Wilderness to Wide World"

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

Part of Wanner Mennonite Church slide collection

A view of the departing audience.

150th anniversary drama "Wilderness to Wide World"

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

Part of Wanner 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.

150th anniversary drama "Wilderness to Wide World"

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

Part of Wanner 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-25.2/21-4-23
Item
11 Oct 1987

Part of Wanner 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-25.2/21-4-22
Item
11 Oct 1987

Part of Wanner 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-25.2/21-4-21
Item
11 Oct 1987

Part of Wanner Mennonite Church slide collection

150th anniversary drama "Wilderness to Wide World." Scene II: 1884. Absalom Snyder and Anson Groh work in the cemetery and reminisce.

150th anniversary drama "Wilderness to Wide World"

CA MAO III-25.2/21-4-20
Item
11 Oct 1987

Part of Wanner Mennonite Church slide collection

150th anniversary drama "Wilderness to Wide World." Scene I: 1834. In the old Henry Wanner cabin Pastor John Baer visits Henry (age 84).

Martha (Elliot) Ellis tombstone

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

Part of Wanner Mennonite Church slide collection

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

John C. Snyder and Catharine Shantz memorial stone

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

Part of Wanner 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."

John Groh tombstone, Wanner Cemetery

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

Part of Wanner Mennonite Church slide collection

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

E. G. Snyder homestead

CA MAO III-25.2/21-4-16
Item
[1987?]

Part of Wanner Mennonite Church slide collection

Edward Groff Snyder (1905-1991) home, built by Absalom Snyder (1817-1900).

Bechtel house

CA MAO III-25.2/21-4-15
Item
[ca. 1909]

Part of Wanner Mennonite Church slide collection

Bechtel family homestead.

Groh homestead

CA MAO III-25.2/21-4-14
Item
[ca. 1887]

Part of Wanner Mennonite Church slide collection

Anson Groh pictured with his family in front of their home. Caption reads:

"The Groh home is another pioneer log house in the community. It, too, was in the possession of the Groh family for four generations. It is presently in a very good state of preservation, and serves as the headquarters of the Ontario Department of Lands and Forests for the Huron District."

Wanner Church, 1938

CA MAO III-25.2/21-4-13
Item
1938

Part of Wanner Mennonite Church slide collection

Wanner Church, built in 1938.

Wanner Church, 1837 building

CA MAO III-25.2/21-4-12
Item
1929

Part of Wanner Mennonite Church slide collection

The original Wanner Church building, built in 1837 and remodelled in 1872.

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