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| − | Stenvers, a Dutch Mennonite family descended from a family of [[Burgsteinfurt (Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany)|Burgsteinfurt]], Westphalia, Germany. Since the early 17th century a branch lived at Enschedé | + | Stenvers, a Dutch Mennonite family descended from a family of [[Burgsteinfurt (Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany)|Burgsteinfurt]], Westphalia, Germany. Since the early 17th century a branch lived at Enschedé in the textile business, and later textile manufacture; a number of them served as deacons of the Mennonite church. Sometime later its members were also found in other Mennonite congregations. Kl. Stenvers was treasurer of the [[Deventer (Overijssel, Netherlands)|Deventer]] Mennonite congregation about 1900. In the 17th century the name Stenvers was also spelled Stenforts or Stenvorts. They may have belonged to the same branch as the [[Stenfort family|Stenfort family]]. |
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Stenvers, a Dutch Mennonite family descended from a family of Burgsteinfurt, Westphalia, Germany. Since the early 17th century a branch lived at Enschedé in the textile business, and later textile manufacture; a number of them served as deacons of the Mennonite church. Sometime later its members were also found in other Mennonite congregations. Kl. Stenvers was treasurer of the Deventer Mennonite congregation about 1900. In the 17th century the name Stenvers was also spelled Stenforts or Stenvorts. They may have belonged to the same branch as the Stenfort family.
| Author(s) | Nanne van der Zijpp |
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| Date Published | 1959 |
Cite This Article
MLA style
Zijpp, Nanne van der. "Stenvers family." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1959. Web. 25 Nov 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Stenvers_family&oldid=118741.
APA style
Zijpp, Nanne van der. (1959). Stenvers family. Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 25 November 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Stenvers_family&oldid=118741.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 4, p. 629. All rights reserved.
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