Wallenstein Evangelical Church
Begun: c.1842
Closed: c.1910
This German Evangelical congregation was one of the earliest in the area. Although the log church was located in Wellington County, it is included in this book due to its proximity to Wellesley Township in Waterloo County - just on the north side of Highway 86 which is the county line.
The church closed c.1910 and its members moved to nearby Evangelical churches in Floradale and Elmira. A Methodist mission (of Linwood, Hawkesville and Milverton) held services in the church for a time, followed by a Mennonite congregation. Deterioration of the wooden building resulted in its removal in 1971 or 1972. About ten stones from the cemetery located behind the church were eventually gathered together and placed in a cairn. It is possible another ten stones were lost or too badly broken to have been used. The stones are in English which indicates that the cemetery was probably used by the community at large.
Records:
Baptism dates: unknown Location of records: unknown
Marriage dates: unknown Location of records: unknown
Burial dates: unknown Location of records: unknown
Reference: R. Taylor 1985.
Information excerpted from: Waterloo County Churches, A Research Guide to Churches established before 1900, by Rosemary Willard Ambrose © Waterloo-Wellington Branch, Ontario Genealogical Society, 1993. It is reproduced by permission.
For a complete list of resources mentioned above, please click here.
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Closed: c.1910
This German Evangelical congregation was one of the earliest in the area. Although the log church was located in Wellington County, it is included in this book due to its proximity to Wellesley Township in Waterloo County - just on the north side of Highway 86 which is the county line.
The church closed c.1910 and its members moved to nearby Evangelical churches in Floradale and Elmira. A Methodist mission (of Linwood, Hawkesville and Milverton) held services in the church for a time, followed by a Mennonite congregation. Deterioration of the wooden building resulted in its removal in 1971 or 1972. About ten stones from the cemetery located behind the church were eventually gathered together and placed in a cairn. It is possible another ten stones were lost or too badly broken to have been used. The stones are in English which indicates that the cemetery was probably used by the community at large.
Records:
Baptism dates: unknown Location of records: unknown
Marriage dates: unknown Location of records: unknown
Burial dates: unknown Location of records: unknown
Reference: R. Taylor 1985.
Information excerpted from: Waterloo County Churches, A Research Guide to Churches established before 1900, by Rosemary Willard Ambrose © Waterloo-Wellington Branch, Ontario Genealogical Society, 1993. It is reproduced by permission.
For a complete list of resources mentioned above, please click here.
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