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Mennonite Archives of OntarioConrad Grebel University College
140 Westmount Road North
Waterloo, ON N2L 3G6
Phone: 519-885-0220 x24238
Dates of creation: 1942-1978
Physical description: 15 cm. of textual and visual records
Biographical sketch: John Enns was born 23 March 1910 in Ohrloff, Molotschna, Ukaine. In 1924 his family immigrated to Canada and came to Waterloo, Ontario. In 1926 the family homesteaded in what became Reesor, Ontario. In 1936 John Enns became the school teacher for the settlement. When the school closed in 1966, he taught in Kapuskasing until retirement in 1971. He was the last inhabitant of the Reesor community, and was the community's historian. He succeeded his brother Gerhard as caretaker of the Reesor Mennonite Cemetery in 1971, and was instrumental in the preservation of the cemetery and erection of a monument on the site in 1978. He died on 28 August 1986.
Custodial history: The fonds was donated to the Archives at various times. Reesor Mennonite Cemetery records received from Hildegard Martens in 2019.
Scope and content: The fonds primarily consists of typescripts, and photograph albums related to the history of Reesor, Ontario created around 1973 by John Enns. Also included is some correspondence related to the erection of a monument at Reesor, preservation of the cemetery and its transfer of ownership to the Conference of the United Mennonite Churches in Ontario. An additional photo album relates to Enns' service at the Montreal River Alternative Service Camp in 1942, and copies of clippings related to Enns' life and death.
Notes: Photographs related to Reesor, Ontario may be found in the Mennonite Archival Image Database.
Original archival description created in 1990s by Sam Steiner and updated in 2020 by Laureen Harder-Gissing
File list:
Vol. 1
Vol. 2
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Phone: 519-885-0220 x24238
Conrad Grebel University College
140 Westmount Road North
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 3G6
519-885-0220
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Conrad Grebel University College is situated on the traditional territory of the Attawandaron (Neutral), Anishinaabeg, and Haudenosaunee peoples. Read Grebel's full territorial acknowledgement.