Breslau

• Name	Breslau
  Born	1000
  Gender	Unknown
  Building	1813	226 Woolwich St., Breslau, Ontario
  	log house
  	Services were begun in Breslau in 1815. In 1834,  Benjamin Eby's  log meeting house, which had been built in Berlin in 1813, was moved to Breslau to the Cressman farm. Preaching services which were held every four weeks began in the reconstructed meeting house in 1837. A new brick church was built in 1856, at which time the old log meeting house was moved to Frederick Schaefer's brickyard. The old building may have been used for storage or an office until approximately 1880 when it was clad with white "Breslau Brick" from the brickyard, and used as a home by Frederick Schaefer and his family. The address of the house is reported to have been 18 Woolwich Street; it was still standing in 1985, according to Alder 1985, with the original log walls possibly preserved within the brick ones.1a 1aAmbrose, Rosemary. Waterloo County Churches A Research Guide to Churches Established Before 1900. Kitchener, Ontario, Canada: Waterloo-Wellington Branch, Ontario Genealogical Society, 1993. [used the kind permission of Rosemary Ambrose 2011]
  Church	1815	226 Woolwich St., Breslau, Ontario
  	congregation begun
  	Services were begun in Breslau in 1815. In 1834,  Benjamin Eby's  log meeting house, which had been built in Berlin in 1813, was moved to Breslau to the Cressman farm. Preaching services which were held every four weeks began in the reconstructed meeting house in 1837. A new brick church was built in 1856, at which time the old log meeting house was moved to Frederick Schaefer's brickyard. The old building may have been used for storage or an office until approximately 1880 when it was clad with white "Breslau Brick" from the brickyard, and used as a home by Frederick Schaefer and his family. The address of the house is reported to have been 18 Woolwich Street; it was still standing in 1985, according to Alder 1985, with the original log walls possibly preserved within the brick ones.1a 1aAmbrose, Rosemary. Waterloo County Churches A Research Guide to Churches Established Before 1900. Kitchener, Ontario, Canada: Waterloo-Wellington Branch, Ontario Genealogical Society, 1993. [used the kind permission of Rosemary Ambrose 2011]
  Church	1860	Mill St., Breslau, Ontario
  	congregation begun
  	Peace Lutheran Church Begun: c.1860 Closed: c.1927 The Lutheran congregation in Breslau is reported to have been organized c.1860 by  Pastor Immanuel Wurster  of St. Peter's Lutheran Church in Preston, who served there from 1854-1881. Pastor Wurster also organized the Lutheran congregations in Hespeler and Shantz Station at about the same time. A church, which was built in 1885, was located on the south side of Mill Street in Breslau. The building was still there in 1969, in use as a residence.1a 1aAmbrose, Rosemary. Waterloo County Churches A Research Guide to Churches Established Before 1900. Kitchener, Ontario, Canada: Waterloo-Wellington Branch, Ontario Genealogical Society, 1993. [used the kind permission of Rosemary Ambrose 2011]
  Church	1872	Breslau Missionary Church, Breslau, Ontario
  	congregation begun
  Church	1866-1893	Breslau United Brethren in Christ Church, Breslau, Ontario
  	Breslau United Brethren in Christ Church Begun: c.1866 Closed: c.1893 Part of the Waterloo Circuit of the United Brethren in Christ, the congregation was added to the Circuit in 1866-1867 when the pastors were  Revs. A.B. Sherk,   D.B. Sherk , Henry Krupp and G. Rutt. At the Quarterly Conference of the United Brethren in Christ on July 18, 1868 approval was given for the purchase of a site for a church at Breslau. The church was built later in that year. Discussion at the Quarterly Conference on February 10, 1883 concerned a refusal to transfer a lease from the Mennonites to the Lutherans for use of the church building - whether because the church premises were being shared with the Mennonites or because the United Brethren in Christ was no longer an active congregation is not known.1a 1aAmbrose, Rosemary. Waterloo County Churches A Research Guide to Churches Established Before 1900. Kitchener, Ontario, Canada: Waterloo-Wellington Branch, Ontario Genealogical Society, 1993. [used the kind permission of Rosemary Ambrose 2011]
  Church	1860-1927
  Church	1848-1955	Bridgeport Free Church, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario
  	Land on the Bloomingdale Road was donated on November 16, 1848 by  John U. Tyson  for a free cemetery and free church, to be available for the use of any denomination. The first German Baptist congregation in Canada was organized here on September 10, 1851 by the Rev. August Rauschenbusch. (This 16-member congregation was the forerunner of Benton Street Baptist Church in Berlin/Kitchener.) The first pastor was  Rev. Henry Schneider  who was ordained to the Baptist Ministry on November 12, 1852.1a 1aAmbrose, Rosemary. Waterloo County Churches A Research Guide to Churches Established Before 1900. Kitchener, Ontario, Canada: Waterloo-Wellington Branch, Ontario Genealogical Society, 1993. [used the kind permission of Rosemary Ambrose 2011] \lang4105
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Person ID	I1045	Properties
  Last Modified	9 Oct 2011

  
  

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  Building - log house - 1813 - 226 Woolwich St., Breslau, Ontario Church - congregation begun - 1815 - 226 Woolwich St., Breslau, Ontario Church - congregation begun - 1872 - Breslau Missionary Church, Breslau, Ontario Church - 1866-1893 - Breslau United Brethren in Christ Church, Breslau, Ontario Church - 1848-1955 - Bridgeport Free Church, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario  = Link to Google Earth