Classification scheme:
Hist. Mss. 1.61
Dates of creation: 1867-1924
Physical description: 5 cm. of textual record, 5 published works
Biographical sketch: Christian Gascho (25 March 1857-30 January 1943) was the oldest son of Bishop John Gascho and Barbara Erb. On 1 October 1878 he married Leah Zehr; they had one son and five daughters. On 10 December 1893 he was ordained as a deacon in the Wilmot Amish Mennonite Church; on 4 November 1894 he was ordained as a minister.
Gascho was active in the formation of the Ontario Amish Mennonite Conference, and served on the Non-Resistant Relief Organization in its early years. He was also active in the Amish Mennonite Sunday School Conference.
Custodial history: Donated to the Mennonite Archives of Ontario in the 1980s.
Scope and context: The fonds consists of several school exercise books from Gascho's youth, a small quantity of papers and notes, and several publications.
Notes: Further materials related to Christian Gascho may be found by searching the Archives.
Original archival description created 1990s by Sam Steiner.
File list:
- School exercise books, 1867-1869
- Non-Resistant Relief Organization minutes and correspondence, 1917-1924
Note: A digital copy of this file is available with the Ontario Mennonites and the First World War digital files. - "Memorandum of laws affecting the members of the Mennonite Religious Society and Military Service in Canada," 1918? (Two typescript and one printed copy)
- Misc. programs and notes, 1918-1935
- Neuer Calendar für Bauern und Handwerker, 1835
- Jubeltone (a German songbook used in the Wilmot Centre Sunday school (Methodist) which the Amish attended when German was removed from the public school system)
- Hammond's modern atlas of the world, 1920 (purchased in 1924 when the first Amish missionaries from the area went abroad)
- Biblisches Hand-Concordanz