Rev. Cyrus N. Good[1, 2] 1869 -

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• Prefix	Rev.
  Birth	19 Nov 1869	, , Iowa   [3, 4, 5, 6]
  Gender	Male
  Name	C. N. Good
  Occupation	Berlin Congregation of the Mennonite Brethren in Christ Church, Lancaster St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario
  	minister
  Occupation	1900	Elmwood, Grey Co., Ontario   [3]
  	Minister of the Gospel
  Occupation	1900	Elmwood, Grey Co., Ontario   [3]
  	minister of the gospel
  Occupation	1901	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Minister
  Occupation	1912	Bethany Mennonite Church, Lancaster St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario
  	minister
  Eby ID Number	00041-3313
  Buried	Woodland Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario
  Person ID	I9121	Generations
  Last Modified	31 Mar 2012

  
  

  Father	Jacob G. Good,   b. 9 Mar 1840, Lancaster, Hoging County, Ohio ,   d. 17 Nov 1914, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario
  Mother	Rosena Frank,   b. 18 Oct 1842, Germany ,   d. 1935
  Married	3 Sep 1865	, Waterloo Region, Ontario
  Family ID	F2651	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 1	Lovina Schneider,   b. 13 Feb 1873, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario ,   d. 16 Feb 1899
  Married	23 May 1894	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario   [2, 7]
  Last Modified	15 Jun 2008
  Family ID	F1120	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 2	Levy C. Hallman,   b. 19 Feb 1977, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario ,   d. 22 Dec 1942, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario
  Married	2 Oct 1900	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario   [3]
  Children	1. Gordon Ray Good,   b. Abt 1905,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	15 Jun 2008
  Family ID	F6589	Group Sheet

  
  

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  Event Birth - 19 Nov 1869 - , , Iowa Married - 23 May 1894 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario Occupation - Minister of the Gospel - 1900 - Elmwood, Grey Co., Ontario Occupation - minister of the gospel - 1900 - Elmwood, Grey Co., Ontario Married - 2 Oct 1900 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario Occupation - Minister - 1901 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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  Rev. C. N. Good Berlin, Canada : a self portrait of Kitchener, Ontario before World War One : being a printing of the complete text of Berlin: celebration of cityhood, a volume published in 1912 by the German Printing and Publishing Co. of Berlin, Limited, and of various other documents

  
  

• Notes

  Cyrus Good, "is married to Lovina Snyder. They reside in Berlin where he is engaged as clerk in the grocery business. He is preparing himself for the ministry and will in a year or so (D. V.) be appointed to a field of labor by the Mennonite Brethren in Christ. He is a good man and no doubt will make an able worker in the Lord's vineyard."1a 1aThe Biographical History of Waterloo Township, by Ezra Eby _____________________________ Bethany Missionary Church A congregation of Reforming (or Reformed) Mennonites was organized at a meeting on May 15, 1874 by a group of church members who had been excommunicated from their former church.  A conference at Bloomingdale on March 23, 1875 resulted in the union of Reforming (or Reformed) Mennonites and New Mennonites into a new group known as United Mennonites.  In 1883, the congregation became a Mennonite Brethren in Christ Church and was to remain as such for the next sixty-four years.  In November 1947 the General Conference held in Potsdam, Ohio approved a change of name to United Missionary Church.  During meetings held from March 12 to 16, 1969 the former United Missionary Church and the former Missionary Church Association joined together to form The Missionary Church. Early meetings of what would become known as Bethany Mennonite Church were held in homes until the summer of 1877 when a church was built on the present site on Lancaster Street East, at the future corner of that street and Chapel Street.  The church was the twelfth one to be built in Berlin.  Completion and dedication of the new church was in late December, 1877.  Services were held in German in the beginning with English-language services being introduced in the 1880s.  In 1900 a decision was made to have German-language services every other Sunday morning.  A vestibule, new platform, and altar rail were added to the 1877 building in 1900, but it wasn't many years later that the need for a new and larger church became pressing.  The old church was torn down in 1908 to make way for construction of a new one on the same site.  Dedication Sunday was September 20, 1908.  Of interest is the fact that a large tent, pitched at the back of the church property, was used for church services in the interim.  The new church was known as the Berlin Congregation of the Mennonite Brethren in Christ.  About this same time occasional references were made to the name of  Bethany.  A violent storm and high winds on the evening of November 29, 1919 caused the front part of the church roof to be lifted off.  Major renovations to finish the basement and add a new heating system were made to the church in 1940, and in 1964 an Educational Wing was added. The first pastor was Moses Weber.  He was followed by Peter Geiger, John McNally and John Steckley.   Pastor C.F. Krauth was minister in 1908 when the new red brick church was built.  He was followed by  Cyrus N. Good, Silas Cressman and Ephraim Sievenpiper. Of interest: annual Camp Meetings were held by the congregation in Samuel Schneider's woods through the years 1887-1910.2a 2aWaterloo County Churches A Research Guide To Churches Established Before 1900 By Rosemary Ambrose




• Sources

  [S3] Book - Vol I A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., Ezra E. Eby, (Berlin, Ontario, 1895), 714. [S3] Book - Vol I A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., Ezra E. Eby, (Berlin, Ontario, 1895), 348. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 016160-00. Cyrus N. GOOD, 30, minister of the gospel, State of Iowa, Elmwood, widower, s/o Jacob G. & Rosina married Livy C. HALLMAN, 28, Waterloo Co.., Berlin, d/o John S. & Mary, witn: Elden C. HALLMAN & Ida M. GOOD both of Berlin, 2 October 1900 in Berlin [S86] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1901, Canada. Department of Agriculture, (1901, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Library and Archives Canada, n.d.), 1843584., Waterloo (South/Sud) G-6 Page 11. [S113] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wellesley Twp. - 1881, Canada. Department of Agriculture, (1881, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Library and Archives Canada, n.d.), 1375901., Division 2 Page 31. [S86] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1901, Canada. Department of Agriculture, (1901, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Library and Archives Canada, n.d.), 1843584., Waterloo (South/Sud) G-6 Page 11, 1 Jan 2006. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 012300-94. Cyrus GOOD, 24, clerk in store, United States, Berlin, s/o Jacob & Rosena married Lovina SCHNEIDER, 21, Canada, Berlin, d/o Samuel & Rebecca, witn: Josiah GOOD & Annie TROXEL (?) both of Berlin, 23 May 1894 in Berlin