Henry H. Janzen

Title: Henry H. Janzen fonds

Dates of creation: 1925-1929

Physical description: 11 pages of textual records

Biographical sketch: Henry H. Janzen was born in 1901 in the Molotschna settlement in Russia and died on 4 March 1975 in Kitchener, Ontario. He immigrated to Canada in 1925 and began his public ministry in 1927. Janzen's pastoral ministry included the following Mennonite Brethren congregations: Kitchener (ON), 1932-1944; South End (Winnipeg, MB), 1947-1949; North End (Winnipeg, MB), 1953; and Clearbrook (BC), 1962-1964. He was moderator of the Ontario Mennonite Brethren Conference, 1932-1946, and was on the executive committee of the Canadian Mennonite Brethren Conference, 1946-1949, 1951-1952, 1963. He was moderator of the North America Mennonite Brethren Conference, 1954-1957.

Custodial history: Donated to the Archives before 2007

Scope and content: The fonds consists of immigration papers.