Lehrerleut

Introduction

Lehrerleut, one of the Hutterite kinship groups, so named because their founder, Jacob Wipf, was a teacher in Russia and also in South Dakota. His group of thirteen families (a few joined the other two groups in South Dakota on arrival) was the last to come from Russia to South Dakota, arriving in 1877, the other two, the Dariusleut and the Schmiedeleut, having come in 1874-1875. The Lehrerleut families all came from the village of Johannisruh, Molotschna, where they had not lived in community. In South Dakota they founded the Old Elmspring Bruderhof near Parkston, which they occupied until 1932. From this original single Bruderhof twenty-two colonies had sprung by 1950, for which statistics are given below. Although the Lehrerleut are organized as a unit with their own leader (Vorsteher), they differ from the other two kinship groups only in very minor points, such as the wearing of buttons by the men in place of hooks and eyes.

Census of Lehrerleut Bruderhofs -- 1 July 1957

Name of Colony	Address	Founded	Population	Head Preacher, 1957
Lehrerleut Bruderhofs in Alberta
Acadia Valley	Oyen	1952	86	Peter J. Entz
Big Bend	Woolford	1920	127	John J. Waldner
Crystal Spring	Magrath	1937	97	Peter A. Entz
Elmspring	Warner	1929	122	Michael J. Mändel
Hand Hills	Hanna	1956	85	Samuel S. Kleinsasser
Hutterville	Magrath	1932	115	John J. Waldner
MacMillan	Cayley	1937	84	Jacob J. Wipf
Miami	New Dayton	1924	128	Peter P. Hofer
Milford	Raymond	1918	95	John P. Wipf
New Dale	Queenstown	1950	92	Samuel S. Decker
New Elm Spring	Magrath	1918	85	John J. Entz
New Milford	Winfred	1951	99	John J. Hofer
New Rockport	New Dayton	1932	102	John J. Wipf
O. K. Colony	Raymond	1934	153	Jacob J. Waldner
Old Elm Spring	Magrath	1918	98	Andrew J. Wurz
Rockport	Magrath	1918	125	John D. Hofer
Rooklake	Wrentham	1935	115	John A. Gross
Rosedale	Etzekom	1952	89	Michael M. Hofer
Spring Side	Duchess	1955	100	Joseph J. Waldner
Sunnyside	Warner	1935	135	Jacob M. Hofer
Total			2,131
Lehrerleut Bruderhofs in Saskatchewan
Benck	Shaunavan	1949	95	Jacob J. Wipf
Cypress	Maple Creek	1950	50	Jacob J. Entz
Slade	Tompkins	1952	80	Andrew A. Wipf
Total			225
Lehrerleut Bruderhofs in Montana
Birch Creek	Valier	1947	125	Jacob A. Waldner
Glacier	Cut Bank	1950	115	Michael J. Entz
Hillside	Sweet Grass	1950	129	Andrew A. Wurz
Miami	Pendroy	1948	145	John P. Wipf
Milford	Augusta	1945	150	Joseph Kleinsasser
Miller Ranch	Choteau	1949	162	David D. Hofer
New Rockport	Choteau	1948	90	Peter D. Hofer
Rockport	Pendroy	1948	127	Joseph J. Waldner
Total			1,043

 

Thus the 1957 total of Lehrerleut Bruderhofs was 31, with a total population of 3,400. The elder of the Lehrerleut in 1957 was Peter D. Hofer.

Author(s)	Harold S Bender
Date Published	1957

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Bender, Harold S. (1957). Lehrerleut. Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 4 December 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Lehrerleut&oldid=164563.

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