Mennonite Archives of Ontario
Lorraine Roth photographs of Mennonite properties in Waterloo Region and Oxford County
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Foreground contains gravel, middle ground shows a field. Just beyond the field are a few tombstones, barely visible. Beyond the tombstones are trees. The upper half of the photograph is sky. Roth notes "could be view toward Baden Hills from Huron Rd."
Close up view of white tombstone. Tombstone reads "Leah Schwartzentruber beloved wife of Joel Roy died Sept. 21, 1930 aged 73 yrs. 10 mos.". Roth notes "St. Agatha Mennonite Cemetery".
Close up view of white tombstone, mounted on post supporting a roof. Roth notes "Peter Sommer tombstone transferred from New Hamburg Cemetery in 1930s to Riverside Cemetery southeast of town on southwest corner of pergola".
Close up view of red brick left gate post, containing a plaque that reads "Site of original area Mennonite church 1864-1883 plaque bequeathed by Orval M. Jantzi".
Field in foreground, white house in middle ground with more fields in the background. Roth notes "2-storey log house built by / for Rudolph & Maria (Litwiller) Roth".
Close up view of red brick right gate post, containing a plaque that reads "Zurich Mennonite Cemetery plaque bequeathed by Edwin Steckle erected 1981".
Gravestones in middle ground under evergreen trees. Roth notes " Amish Mennonite burials were made on adjoining Lot (2 E 1/2) on this side of cemetery".
View of structure with low walls, and posts supporting a roof. The walls and posts have tombstones embedded in them. Roth notes "View of pergola from southeast".
Close up view of white tombstone, mounted on post supporting a roof. Roth notes "Peter Sommer tombstone transferred from New Hamburg Cemetery in 1930s to Riverside Cemetery southeast of town on southwest corner of pergola".
Close up view of very old tombstone. Tombstone is white, with some black at the top and in the lettering. The name "Jacob Buerge" appears on the tombstone, along with a birth and death date. There are several lines of illegible writing at the bottom of the stone.