Classification scheme:
Hist. Mss. 1.74 (s.c.)
Dates of creation: [196-]-[197-]
Physical description: 2 cm of textual records
Biographical sketch: Jacob D. Janzen (Feb. 2, 1895-Aug. 10, 1984) was born in the Molotschna Colony in Ukraine. On May 11, 1921 he married Elisabeth Unrau; they had seven children. They immigrated to Winkler, Manitoba in 1925 and the following year moved to Leamington, Ontario. He was ordained as a minister in 1926 and actively served for 45 years.
Custodial history: Photocopies made by the Mennonite Archives of Ontario in late 1970s.
Scope and content: The fonds consists of photocopies of materials prepared by Janzen in his later years. Primarily in German.
Note: Original archival description created by Sam Steiner
File list:
- "Etliche persoenliche Erfahrungen der ersten Jahre unseres Lebens in Kanada" (Personal experiences of our first years in Canada)
- "Goldhochzeit zu Leamington," Der Bote, 22 Juni 1971 (Golden wedding in Leamington)
- "Kurzgefasste Lebensergahrungen von Jacob David Janzen,...", (Brief life experiences of Jacob David Janzen)
- "Lebensereignisse von Elisabeth Janzen geb. Unrau" (Life events of Elisabeth Janzen)
- Miscellaneous sheets with genealogical information on the Unrau and Janzen families
- "Lebenserfahrungen meiner Schwester Katharina Enns," 1973 (Life experiences of my sister Katharina Enns)
- "Stammbuch des Jacob Enns, Tiegenhof, 1870" (Genealogy of Jacob Enns)
- "Eine kurgefasste Beschreibung ueber die Entetehung und Entwickelung der Leamington Vereinigten Mennoniten-Gemeinde in Ontario," 1969 (A brief summary of the development of the Leamington United Mennonite Church in Ontario)
- Poem in English read at the time of the 50th anniversary by John and Helen Dick, 1971
- Sundry "Familien-Chronik" (family histories)