This photo is of the "A. J. Shantz home, near Hespeler on a farm. Shantz took in the Jacob Bartels family when they arrived from Russia in 1924. He provided a little house for them to live in. See: NP163-02-24. Relates to Chapter VIII of manuscript.
Anson and Lovina (Bechtel) Groh at their homestead with their children and a woman who is possibly a neighbour or domestic servant. Left to right: Mary Williams, Anson Groh (holding son Melvin), daughter Mabel, wife Lovina (Bechtel) and son Herbert Groh.
This photo is of the Bartel home in Hespeler, purchased in 1929. The Hespeler group continued to worship in this house until they moved to a rented hall. House still in possession of the Bartel family, in 1983. Relates to Chapter VIII of manuscript.