1894–1972.
5.5 cm of textual records and 1 microfilm reel.
Administrative history
The church began when some members of the Winkler Mennonite Brethren Church bought some farms 8–12 miles northwest of Winkler. The congregation organized with John Heide as pastor. It began with 13 members in total. A church building was erected after 1917 after using schools for meeting places. The new building was half of a mile north of Kronsgart. The church was a member of the Manitoba Provincial Conference of the Mennonite Brethren Church.
The leaders of the church included: J. B. Penner (1927–1931), Peter Labun (1932–1933), J. B. Penner (1934–1943), A. A. Hyde (1944–1966), John Redekopp (1967–1973).
The language of worship is German.
Scope and content
This fonds consists of membership, family and marriage registers, membership transfers and church minutes.
Custodial history
Some of the records were microfilmed in 1978 through the work of the Historical Commission of the Mennonite Brethren Conference. In the fall of 1984 the minutes from 1957–1972 were given to Pastor Walter Janzen of the Winkler Mennonite Brethren Church by Ken Schaak who had found it among Garden Valley School Division records.
Notes
- Volume 511.
- Finding aid: The records are classified under the Canadian Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches inventory BC530 (series description and file list available).
- Finding aid for microfilm: R85, pp 1–136; R90, 771–806.
- Microfilm file list adapted from a previous finding aid by Leslie Wiebe June 2003.
Series description
Kronsgart Mennonite Brethren Church membership, family and marriage register.
1894–1953.
2.5 cm of textual records and 34 pp (microfilm).
This series consists of the church membership, family and marriage register, some membership transfers, a marriage notice and a brief history of the church chronicle.
- Finding aid: Kronsgart Mennonite Brethren Church file list no. 1–2
- microfilm R90, pp 771–806.
Kronsgart Mennonite Brethren Church business meetings.
1933–1972.
3 cm of textual records and 136 pp (microfilm).
This series consists of congregational and church business meeting minutes.
- Finding aid: Kronsgart Mennonite Brethren Church file list no. 3–4.
- microfilm R85, pp1–136.
Textual file list
Volume 511
- Membership, Family and Marriage Register. – 1894–1953.
- Membership Transfers. – alphabetical.
- Congregational Minutes. – 1933–1957.
- Church Business Meeting Minutes. – 1957–1972
Microfilm file list
Reel 85
- Congregational Meeting Minutes (Book I). – May 1933–Mar.1957. – p.1–136.
Reel 90
- Brief “Church Chronicle” (Book V). – [19--]. – p.803–806.
- Membership, Family and Marriage Registers (Book V). – ca.1894–ca.1953. – p.771–802.
