1875 Jan
 

p8

"On the 4th of Dec., Bishop John Schroeder, from the Mechalener church, in Poland with about 200 souls, arrived at Atchison, Kansas; and his party were provided with shelter at Peabody and Newton. They came by way of Antwerp over the Red Star Line to Philadelphia, on the Steamer Nederland."

"On the 4th of December, the steamship Vaderland left Antwerp with 700 Mennonite passengers on board. Due in Philadelphia on the 19th or 20th of December. The Steamer Abbotsford, with 400 on board collided with another vessel in the English Channel, and in consequence was compelled to run into Liverpool for repairs. This caused considerable detention to the passengers." (1 p8)

Research and copies by Romaine Stauffer, 2009 Dec 15.

p10

"A correspondent from Peabody, Kansas writes,--'I found this country completely devasted by the grasshoppers, but the farmers now have out a very fine crop of wheat, and the prospects seem encouraging again. The Russian brethren are coming into this part of the State in considerable numbers. They seem well pleased with the country. Bro. Stuckey's party buried about fourteen children here on Bro. H. Hornberger's farm. Bro. Buller's party are about ten miles west from here. Bro. Ewert and the Funk's are doing well to the best of my knowledge. Our little flock of American brethren is slowly increasing, numbering now thirty-one members, five were this fall received into the church of Bish. Brundage, by baptism. Bish. Brundage means to attend Conference in Mo., perhaps you will meet him there.'" (1 p10)

Reference

o Herald of Truth, Vol. XII, No. 1 (Mennonite Church of North America, 1875 Jan). Excerpts www.dgatx.com/family...pubs/1875/01/hs.html (2009 Dec 15).

Notes

1. "The Brethern in Kansas" in Herald of Truth, Vol. XII, No. 1 (Mennonite Church of North America, 1875 Jan), p10. Also www.dgatx.com/family...pubs/1875/01/hs.html (2009 Dec 15). Burial of immigrant Russian Mennonite children, 1874. See Jacob Stucky.