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David Rempel (8 June 1869-7 March 1949) was born in Russia but came at the age of 10 to Canada. He lived Swift Current, [[Saskatchewan (Canada)|Saskatchewan]] and married Aganeta Wiebe (18 August 1874-23 October 1945) on 27 January 1895. He was one of the six delegates of the [[Old Colony Mennonites|Old Colony Mennonites]] of [[Canada|Canada]] sent to [[Argentina|Argentina]] and [[Brazil|Brazil]] in 1919 to investigate settlement possibilities. He was also part of delegations to Quebec (1920) and [[Mexico|Mexico]] (1921). Rempel kept a diary of his trips to [[South America|South America]] and Mexico; his writing is an important index of the goals, impressions and reactions of the delegation on these trips.

= Bibliography =
Dyck, John and William Harms, eds. Reinländer Gemeinde Buch 1880-1903. Winnipeg, MB: The Manitoba Mennonite Historical Society, 1994: 189.

Ens, Adolf. Subjects or Citizens? The Mennonite Experience in Canada, 1870-1925. Ottawa, ON: The University of Ottawa Press, 1994: 203-204.

GRANDMA (The Genealogical Registry and Database of Mennonite Ancestry) Database, 5.00 ed. Fresno, CA: California Mennonite Historical Society, 2006: #157879.

Schmiedehaus, Walter. Eine feste Burg ist unser Gott. Cuauhtemoc, 1948: 72 ff.

See David Rempel's diary in [http://www.mennonitechurch.ca/programs/archives/index.htm Mennonite Heritage Centre archives], 600 Shaftesbury Blvd., Winnipeg, Man., R3P 0M4; vol. 4395-3.

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 Sawatzky, Harry Leonard. ''They Sought a Country: Mennonite Colonization in Mexico''. Berkeley, Calif.: University of California Press, 1971: 31-52.
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 Rempel was a representative of the [[Swift Current (Saskatchewan, Canada)|Swift Current]] settlement in many of the [[Canadian Mennonite Land-Seeking Delegations, 1919-1922|land-seeking delegations]] sent by the [[Old Colony Mennonites|Reinländer Mennonites]] of central Canada in 1919-1922. These delegations paved the way for the [[Emigration from Canada to Mexico and Paraguay in the 1920s|emigration]] of around half of the Reinländer community, with 37 percent of the Swift Current Reinländer relocating to [[Chihuahua (Mexico)|Chihuahua]], [[Mexico]], beginning in 1922.
-Rempel kept a detailed diary of his trips to Latin America, kept up an extensive correspondence, and wrote reports of the delegations' findings.<ref>As of 2024 there is a English translation by Jake Wiens of most of Rempel's diaries from his trips to Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico, but no translations or transcriptions of the other documents are present in the archives. In ''Village among Nations'', Royden Loewen refers to a translation of Rempel's letters by Robyn Dyck Sneath.</ref> These documents are a crucial source for knowledge about the itinerary, goals, impressions, reactions, and dynamics of these trips.
+Rempel kept a detailed diary of his trips to Latin America, kept up an extensive correspondence, and wrote reports of the delegations' findings.<ref>As of 2024 there is an English translation by Jake Wiens of most of Rempel's diaries from his trips to Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico, but no translations or transcriptions of the other documents are present in the archives. In ''Village among Nations'', Royden Loewen refers to a translation of Rempel's letters by Robyn Dyck Sneath.</ref> These documents are a crucial source for knowledge about the itinerary, goals, impressions, reactions, and dynamics of these trips.
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 David Rempel was born on 8 June 1869 in [[Russia]] (likely in the [[Fürstenland Mennonite Settlement (Kherson Oblast, Ukraine)|Fürstenland colony]] in present-day Kherson, [[Ukraine]]) to Bernhard Rempel and Anna Peters. At the age of 10 he immigrated to [[Manitoba (Canada)|Manitoba]] with his parents. On 27 January 1895 he married Aganetha Wiebe (18 August 1874-23 October 1945), and they moved to [[Swift Current (Saskatchewan, Canada)|Swift Current]], [[Saskatchewan (Canada)|Saskatchewan]], sometime after 1901. Rempel died on 7 March 1949 in Chihuahua, Mexico.
-Rempel was a representative of the [[Swift Current (Saskatchewan, Canada)|Swift Current]] settlement in many of the [[Canadian Mennonite Land-Seeking Delegations, 1919-1922|land-seeking delegations]] sent by the [[Old Colony Mennonites|Reinländer Mennonites]] of central Canada in 1919-1922. These delegations paved the way for the [[Emigration from Canada to Mexico and Paraguay in the 1920s|emigration]] of around half of the Reinländer community, with 37 percent of the Swift Current Reinländer relocating to [[Chihuahua (Mexico)|Chihuahua]], [[Mexico]], beginning in 1922. Rempel kept a detailed diary of his trips to Latin America, kept up an extensive correspondence, and wrote reports of the delegations' findings.<ref>As of 2024 there is a English translation by Jake Wiens of most of Rempel's diaries from his trips to Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico, but no translations or transcriptions of the other documents are present in the archives. In ''Village among Nations'', Royden Loewen refers to a translation of Rempel's letters by Robyn Dyck Sneath.</ref> These documents are a crucial source for knowledge about the itinerary, goals, impressions, reactions, and dynamics of these trips.
+Rempel was a representative of the [[Swift Current (Saskatchewan, Canada)|Swift Current]] settlement in many of the [[Canadian Mennonite Land-Seeking Delegations, 1919-1922|land-seeking delegations]] sent by the [[Old Colony Mennonites|Reinländer Mennonites]] of central Canada in 1919-1922. These delegations paved the way for the [[Emigration from Canada to Mexico and Paraguay in the 1920s|emigration]] of around half of the Reinländer community, with 37 percent of the Swift Current Reinländer relocating to [[Chihuahua (Mexico)|Chihuahua]], [[Mexico]], beginning in 1922.
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 David Rempel was born on 8 June 1869 in [[Russia]] (likely in the [[Fürstenland Mennonite Settlement (Kherson Oblast, Ukraine)|Fürstenland colony]] in present-day Kherson, [[Ukraine]]) to Bernhard Rempel and Anna Peters. At the age of 10 he immigrated to [[Manitoba (Canada)|Manitoba]] with his parents. On 27 January 1895 he married Aganetha Wiebe (18 August 1874-23 October 1945), and they moved to [[Swift Current (Saskatchewan, Canada)|Swift Current]], [[Saskatchewan (Canada)|Saskatchewan]], sometime after 1901. Rempel died on 7 March 1949 in Chihuahua, Mexico.
-Rempel was a representative of the [[Swift Current (Saskatchewan, Canada)|Swift Current]] settlement in many of the [[Canadian Mennonite Land-Seeking Delegations, 1919-1922|land-seeking delegations]] sent by the [[Old Colony Mennonites|Reinländer Mennonites]] of central Canada in 1919-22. These delegations paved the way for the [[Emigration from Canada to Mexico and Paraguay in the 1920s|emigration]] of around half of the Reinländer community, with 37 percent of the Swift Current Reinländer relocating to [[Chihuahua (Mexico)|Chihuahua]], [[Mexico]], beginning in 1922. Rempel kept a detailed diary of his trips to Latin America, kept up an extensive correspondence, and wrote reports of the delegations' findings.<ref>As of 2024 there is a English translation by Jake Wiens of most of Rempel's diaries from his trips to Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico, but no translations or transcriptions of the other documents are present in the archives. In ''Village among Nations'', Royden Loewen refers to a translation of Rempel's letters by Robyn Dyck Sneath.</ref> These documents are a crucial source for knowledge about the itinerary, goals, impressions, reactions, and dynamics of these trips.
+Rempel was a representative of the [[Swift Current (Saskatchewan, Canada)|Swift Current]] settlement in many of the [[Canadian Mennonite Land-Seeking Delegations, 1919-1922|land-seeking delegations]] sent by the [[Old Colony Mennonites|Reinländer Mennonites]] of central Canada in 1919-1922. These delegations paved the way for the [[Emigration from Canada to Mexico and Paraguay in the 1920s|emigration]] of around half of the Reinländer community, with 37 percent of the Swift Current Reinländer relocating to [[Chihuahua (Mexico)|Chihuahua]], [[Mexico]], beginning in 1922. Rempel kept a detailed diary of his trips to Latin America, kept up an extensive correspondence, and wrote reports of the delegations' findings.<ref>As of 2024 there is a English translation by Jake Wiens of most of Rempel's diaries from his trips to Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico, but no translations or transcriptions of the other documents are present in the archives. In ''Village among Nations'', Royden Loewen refers to a translation of Rempel's letters by Robyn Dyck Sneath.</ref> These documents are a crucial source for knowledge about the itinerary, goals, impressions, reactions, and dynamics of these trips.
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 [[File:First page of David Rempel's Travel Diary.jpg|thumb|''A photograph of the first page of David Rempel's travel diary, housed in the Mennonite Heritage Archives. Photo by Imani Ndemu (Winnipeg).'']]
-David Rempel was born on 8 June 1869 in [[Russia]] (likely in the [[Fürstenland Mennonite Settlement (Kherson Oblast, Ukraine)|Fürstenland colony]] in present-day Kherson, [[Ukraine]]) to Bernhard Rempel and Anna Peters. At the age of 10 he immigrated to [[Manitoba (Canada)|Manitoba]] with his parents. On 27 January 1895 he married Aganetha Wiebe (18 August 1874-23 October 1945), and they moved to Swift Current, [[Saskatchewan (Canada)|Saskatchewan]], sometime after 1901. Rempel died on 7 March 1949 in Chihuahua, Mexico.
+David Rempel was born on 8 June 1869 in [[Russia]] (likely in the [[Fürstenland Mennonite Settlement (Kherson Oblast, Ukraine)|Fürstenland colony]] in present-day Kherson, [[Ukraine]]) to Bernhard Rempel and Anna Peters. At the age of 10 he immigrated to [[Manitoba (Canada)|Manitoba]] with his parents. On 27 January 1895 he married Aganetha Wiebe (18 August 1874-23 October 1945), and they moved to [[Swift Current (Saskatchewan, Canada)|Swift Current]], [[Saskatchewan (Canada)|Saskatchewan]], sometime after 1901. Rempel died on 7 March 1949 in Chihuahua, Mexico.
 Rempel was a representative of the [[Swift Current (Saskatchewan, Canada)|Swift Current]] settlement in many of the [[Canadian Mennonite Land-Seeking Delegations, 1919-1922|land-seeking delegations]] sent by the [[Old Colony Mennonites|Reinländer Mennonites]] of central Canada in 1919-22. These delegations paved the way for the [[Emigration from Canada to Mexico and Paraguay in the 1920s|emigration]] of around half of the Reinländer community, with 37 percent of the Swift Current Reinländer relocating to [[Chihuahua (Mexico)|Chihuahua]], [[Mexico]], beginning in 1922. Rempel kept a detailed diary of his trips to Latin America, kept up an extensive correspondence, and wrote reports of the delegations' findings.<ref>As of 2024 there is a English translation by Jake Wiens of most of Rempel's diaries from his trips to Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico, but no translations or transcriptions of the other documents are present in the archives. In ''Village among Nations'', Royden Loewen refers to a translation of Rempel's letters by Robyn Dyck Sneath.</ref> These documents are a crucial source for knowledge about the itinerary, goals, impressions, reactions, and dynamics of these trips.

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	David Rempel was born on 8 June 1869 in [[Russia]] (likely in the [[Fürstenland Mennonite Settlement (Kherson Oblast, Ukraine)\|Fürstenland colony]] in present-day Kherson, [[Ukraine]]) to Bernhard Rempel and Anna Peters. At the age of 10 he immigrated to [[Manitoba (Canada)\|Manitoba]] with his parents. On 27 January 1895 he married Aganetha Wiebe (18 August 1874-23 October 1945), and they moved to Swift Current, [[Saskatchewan (Canada)\|Saskatchewan]], sometime after 1901. Rempel died on 7 March 1949 in Chihuahua, Mexico.		David Rempel was born on 8 June 1869 in [[Russia]] (likely in the [[Fürstenland Mennonite Settlement (Kherson Oblast, Ukraine)\|Fürstenland colony]] in present-day Kherson, [[Ukraine]]) to Bernhard Rempel and Anna Peters. At the age of 10 he immigrated to [[Manitoba (Canada)\|Manitoba]] with his parents. On 27 January 1895 he married Aganetha Wiebe (18 August 1874-23 October 1945), and they moved to Swift Current, [[Saskatchewan (Canada)\|Saskatchewan]], sometime after 1901. Rempel died on 7 March 1949 in Chihuahua, Mexico.

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-David Rempel (8 June 1869-7 March 1949) was born in Russia but came at the age of 10 to Canada. He lived Swift Current, [[Saskatchewan (Canada)|Saskatchewan]] and married Aganeta Wiebe (18 August 1874-23 October 1945) on 27 January 1895. He was one of the six delegates of the [[Old Colony Mennonites|Old Colony Mennonites]] of [[Canada|Canada]] sent to [[Argentina|Argentina]] and [[Brazil|Brazil]] in 1919 to investigate settlement possibilities. He was also part of delegations to Quebec (1920) and [[Mexico|Mexico]] (1921).  Rempel kept a diary of his trips to [[South America|South America]] and Mexico; his writing is an important index of the goals, impressions and reactions of the delegation on these trips.
+[[File:First page of David Rempel's Travel Diary.jpg|thumb|''A photograph of the first page of David Rempel's travel diary, now housed in the Mennonite Heritage Archives. Photo by Imani Ndemu (Winnipeg).'']]
-= Bibliography =
+David Rempel was born on 8 June 1869 in [[Russia]] (likely in the [[Fürstenland Mennonite Settlement (Kherson Oblast, Ukraine)|Fürstenland colony]] in present-day Kherson, [[Ukraine]]) to Bernhard Rempel and Anna Peters. At the age of 10 he immigrated to [[Manitoba (Canada)|Manitoba]] with his parents. On 27 January 1895 he married Aganetha Wiebe (18 August 1874-23 October 1945), and they moved to Swift Current, [[Saskatchewan (Canada)|Saskatchewan]], sometime after 1901. Rempel died on 7 March 1949 in Chihuahua, Mexico.
-Ens, Adolf. <em>Subjects or Citizens? The Mennonite Experience in Canada, 1870-1925</em>. Ottawa, ON: The University of Ottawa Press, 1994: 203-204.
+Rempel was a representative of the [[Swift Current (Saskatchewan, Canada)|Swift Current]] settlement in many of the [[Canadian Mennonite Land-Seeking Delegations, 1919-1922|land-seeking delegations]] sent by the [[Old Colony Mennonites|Reinländer Mennonites]] of central Canada in 1919-22. These delegations paved the way for the [[Emigration from Canada to Mexico and Paraguay in the 1920s|emigration]] of around half of the Reinländer community, with 37 percent of the Swift Current Reinländer relocating to [[Chihuahua (Mexico)|Chihuahua]], [[Mexico]], beginning in 1922. Rempel kept a detailed diary of his trips to Latin America, kept up an extensive correspondence, and wrote reports of the delegations' findings.<ref>As of 2024 there is a English translation by Jake Wiens of most of Rempel's diaries from his trips to Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico, but no translations or transcriptions of the other documents are present in the archives. In ''Village among Nations'', Royden Loewen refers to a translation of Rempel's letters by Robyn Dyck Sneath.</ref> These documents are a crucial source for knowledge about the itinerary, goals, impressions, reactions, and dynamics of these trips.
 GRANDMA (The <strong>G</strong>enealogical <strong>R</strong>egistry <strong>an</strong>d <strong>D</strong>atabase of <strong>M</strong>ennonite <strong>A</strong>ncestry) Database, 5.00 ed. Fresno, CA: California Mennonite Historical Society, 2006: #157879.
-Schmiedehaus, Walter. <em>Eine feste Burg ist unser Gott</em>. Cuauhtemoc, 1948: 72 ff.
+Loewen, Royden. ''Village among Nations: "Canadian" Mennonites in a Transnational World, 1916-2006''. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2013: 24-27.
-See David Rempel's diary in [http://www.mennonitechurch.ca/programs/archives/index.htm  Mennonite Heritage Centre archives], 600 Shaftesbury Blvd., Winnipeg, Man., R3P 0M4; vol. 4395-3.
+Sawatzky, Harry Leonard. ''They Sought a Country: Mennonite Colonization in Mexico''. Berkeley, Calif.: University of California Press, 1971: 31-52.
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+{{GAMEO_footer|hp=Vol. 4, p. 298|date=June 2025|a1_last=Krahn|a1_first=Cornelius|a2_last=Ens|a2_first=Gerald}}