Rev. Moses H. Schmitt^[1]

1876 - 1947  (71 years)

• Name	Moses H. Schmitt
  Prefix	Rev.
  Born	13 Aug 1876	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1881	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Mennonite
  Residence	1891	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Mennonite
  Occupation	1901	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Farmer Son
  Eby ID Number	00048-3568.3
  Died	23 Dec 1947	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Buried	First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I6305	Generations
  Last Modified	25 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	John Becker Schmitt,   b. 30 Jun 1835, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 17 Mar 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 75 years)
  Mother	Magdalena Hallman,   b. 13 Dec 1839, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 27 May 1893, East Of Berlin, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 53 years)
  Married	19 Mar 1872	Mannheim, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  Family ID	F1644	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Leah Weber,   b. 5 Mar 1874, Freeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 14 Aug 1944, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 70 years)
  Married	26 Feb 1902
  Children	1. Naomi May Schmitt,   b. 24 Oct 1903, Carstairs, , Alberta, Canada ,   d. 11 Aug 1988, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 84 years)   2. Leighton W. Schmitt,   b. 27 Mar 1905, Carstairs, , Alberta, Canada ,   d. 12 Feb 1995, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 89 years)   3. Lloyd Elmer Schmitt,   b. 17 Mar 1913, of, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 25 Apr 1981, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 68 years)
  Last Modified	26 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F6306	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Rev. Moses H. Schmitt

  
  

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  Schmitt, Moses H. (1876-1947) Moses H. Schmitt Moses H. Schmitt: deacon, minister and bishop of the West Zion Mennonite Church near Carstairs, the Mayton Mennonite Church at Mayton, Alberta, the Clearwater Mennonite Church near Youngstown, Alberta, and the Sharon Mennonite Church near Guernsey, Saskatchewan, was born 13 August 1876 near Baden, Ontario, and died at Galt, Ontario, on 23 December 1947. He married Leah Weber (1874-1944) on 26 February 1902. They had four sons and one daughter; two sons died in infancy. Moses Schmitt grew up, joined and participated in the Mennonite churches in the Berlin (Kitchener) area of Ontario. He first came west in 1900 to look for a homestead and moved the following year.In 1901 he became a founding members of the West Zion Mennonite Church near Carstairs, and was in the lot but not chosen as the congregation's first deacon. He was chosen and ordained as a deacon in 1909, serving in that capacity until 1915 when he was chosen and ordained as a minister. The circumstances of Moses Schmitt's ordination as a minister were somewhat unusual. John K. Lehman, a minister in the congregation at Mayton, moved to Oregon in the spring of 1915. The conference agreed to provide the Mayton congregation with ministerial support. The West Zion congregation was closest to Mayton, but an additional minister was needed if ministers from West Zion would also assist at Mayton. Moses Schmitt, while remaining on his farm in Carstairs, was ordained to meet the needs of the Mayton congregation. The Lehman's returned to Mayton in 1917. Conference leaders then asked Moses Schmitt to move to Reist/Youngstown, Alberta, to assist the struggling Clearwater congregation there. In 1919 Schmitt answered a call to serve the Sharon Mennonite Church near Guernsey, after Abram Reist agreed and was ordained as the minister of the Clearwater congregation. Moses Schmitt served the Sharon congregation near Guernsey as minister from 1919 until his retirement and move back to Ontario in 1940. He was ordained as a bishop on 12 August 1929 to serve both the local congregation and the conference. He was, according to a published obituary, "Loved in the home circle, respected by the community, appreciated in church circles for his humility, loyalty, and sacrificial service." Regehr, Ted D. "Schmitt, Moses H. (1876-1947)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. December 2003. Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 14 Nov 2005 <https://www.gameo.org/encyclopedia/contents/S35535.html> ______________ Schmitt. - Moses H., son of the late John B. and Magdalena (Hallman) Schmitt, was born near Baden, Ont., Aug. 13, 1875; passed away at the Galt General Hospital, following a lengthy illness, Dec. 23, 1947; aged 72 y. 4 m. 10 d. He was married to Leah Weber, who predeceased him on Aug. 14, 1944. Surviving are 2 sons (Leighton, Petersburg, Ont.; and Lloyd, New Dundee, Ont.), one daughter (Mrs. Osias Gingrich, Elmira, Ont.), 11 grandchildren, 2 brothers (Herman, Kitchener, Ont.; and Jonathan, Red Deer, Alta.), and 2 sisters (Mrs. Joseph Weber, Carstairs, Alta.; and Mrs. Irvin Snider, Guernsey, Sask.). In his early years he became a Christian. In 1901 he moved from Waterloo Co., Ont. to Carstairs, Alta., where he was ordained deacon in 1910, minister in 1915, and bishop in 1928. In 1940 he moved back to Ontario and spent his last years in the fellowship of the First Mennonite Church, Kitchener. He was loved in the home circle, respected by the community, appreciated in church circles for his humility, loyalty, and sacrificial service. Funeral services were in charge of C. F. Derstine, assisted by S. F. Coffman, J. B. Martin, Manasseh Hallman, and Oscar Burkholder. Text: II Sam. 3: 38. Gospel Herald - Volume XLI, Number 2 - January 13, 1948, pages 46, 47.

  
  

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  [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..., 763. [S132] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1901, Waterloo C-5 Page 9. [S140] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1881, Div. 1 Page 45. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, January 13, 1948 - Obituary of Moses H. Schmitt. [S939] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1891, Div. 3 Page 49. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration. Magdalena Hallman Born: Tp of Dumfries Age: 32 Father: John Hallman Mother: Sally Hallman Born: abt 1840 Spouse: John B Schmitt Age: 36 born: Tp of Wilmot Father: George R Schmitt Mother: Salomy Schmitt married 19 Mar 1872 married: Waterloo, Mannheim

  
  

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  Born - 13 Aug 1876 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1881 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1891 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Farmer Son - 1901 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 23 Dec 1947 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth