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Classification scheme:
Hist. Mss. 1.60 (s.c.)
Title: Jacob E. Schwartzentruber fonds
Physical description: 1 cm. of textual records
Biographical Sketch: Jacob E. Schwartzentruber (June 13, 1867-Dec. 15, 1957) was the son of Jacob Schwartzentruber and Jacobena Erb. On Feb. 21, 1893 he married Elizabeth Litwiller (Apr. 12, 1873-Mar. 31, 1929). The family lived in the original Peter Litwiller homestead north of St. Agatha, Ontario. The original two-story long hourse and barn remained on the property in 1999.
Custodial history: Donated to the archives in the 1980s.
Scope and content: The fonds consists of a diary recording Schwartzentruber's custodial duties at the Amish Mennonite meetinghouse west of the town in the late 1920s.
Notes:
Original archival description created 1990s by Sam Steiner.
For more information see Peter Litwiller and Elizabeth Lichti family history and genealogy (1998), pp. 425-432.
File list:
1. Jacob E. Schwartzentruber, diary, late 1920s?
