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Horodyszcze (German: <em>Horodischtz, Horodisch</em>). A congregation of Swiss-Volhynian Mennonites was located in the [[Volhynia (Ukraine)|Volhynian]] (now part of western [[Ukraine|Ukraine]]) village of Horodyszcze, 30 miles (48 km.) northeast of Rowno (Rivne), (coordinates: 49° 28' 0 N, 23° 19' 60 E), from 1837 until 1874. Coming from the Polish villages of [[Michelsdorf and Urszulin (Lublin Voivodeship, Poland)|Urszulin and Michelsdorf]] in 1837, the group made the move to Horodyszcze because of better farming opportunities. During the same year or soon thereafter twelve families moved from Horodyszcze, beginning the daughter colony at [[Waldheim (Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine)|Waldheim]]. The first baptism at Horodyszcze occurred in 1838. The congregation did not have a church building. Congregational leaders were Jacob Graber, Peter Kaufman, and Joseph Graber. Family names recorded in the church book included Albrecht, Voran, Graber, [[Kauffman (Kaufman, Kaufmann, Kauffmann, Coffman, Cauffman) family|Kaufman]], Flickinger, Prieheim, Gering, [[Schrag (Schrock, Shrock, Schrack, Schragg) family|Schrag]], [[Stuckey (Stucky, Stucki) family|Stucky]], Schwartz, Rysz, Senner, Strausz, and [[Krehbiel (Krehbill, Krebell, Kraybill, Krayenbuhl, Crayenbühl, Craybill, Grabill, Graybill) family|Krehbiel]]. The congregation at Horodyszcze joined the Waldheim congregation in the immigration to America in 1874. Under the leadership of Elder Peter Kaufman 53 families made the journey to [[Hutchinson County (South Dakota, USA)|Hutchinson]] and Turner counties, South Dakota. | Horodyszcze (German: <em>Horodischtz, Horodisch</em>). A congregation of Swiss-Volhynian Mennonites was located in the [[Volhynia (Ukraine)|Volhynian]] (now part of western [[Ukraine|Ukraine]]) village of Horodyszcze, 30 miles (48 km.) northeast of Rowno (Rivne), (coordinates: 49° 28' 0 N, 23° 19' 60 E), from 1837 until 1874. Coming from the Polish villages of [[Michelsdorf and Urszulin (Lublin Voivodeship, Poland)|Urszulin and Michelsdorf]] in 1837, the group made the move to Horodyszcze because of better farming opportunities. During the same year or soon thereafter twelve families moved from Horodyszcze, beginning the daughter colony at [[Waldheim (Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine)|Waldheim]]. The first baptism at Horodyszcze occurred in 1838. The congregation did not have a church building. Congregational leaders were Jacob Graber, Peter Kaufman, and Joseph Graber. Family names recorded in the church book included Albrecht, Voran, Graber, [[Kauffman (Kaufman, Kaufmann, Kauffmann, Coffman, Cauffman) family|Kaufman]], Flickinger, Prieheim, Gering, [[Schrag (Schrock, Shrock, Schrack, Schragg) family|Schrag]], [[Stuckey (Stucky, Stucki) family|Stucky]], Schwartz, Rysz, Senner, Strausz, and [[Krehbiel (Krehbill, Krebell, Kraybill, Krayenbuhl, Crayenbühl, Craybill, Grabill, Graybill) family|Krehbiel]]. The congregation at Horodyszcze joined the Waldheim congregation in the immigration to America in 1874. Under the leadership of Elder Peter Kaufman 53 families made the journey to [[Hutchinson County (South Dakota, USA)|Hutchinson]] and Turner counties, South Dakota. | ||
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Schrag, Martin H. "European History of the Swiss-Volhynian Mennonite Ancestors of Mennonites now Living in Communities in Kansas and South Dakota." Master's dissertation, 1956. | Schrag, Martin H. "European History of the Swiss-Volhynian Mennonite Ancestors of Mennonites now Living in Communities in Kansas and South Dakota." Master's dissertation, 1956. | ||
Schrag, Martin H. "The Swiss Volhynian Mennonite Background." <em>Mennonite Life</em> IX (October 1954): 156-61. | Schrag, Martin H. "The Swiss Volhynian Mennonite Background." <em>Mennonite Life</em> IX (October 1954): 156-61. | ||
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Horodyszcze (German: Horodischtz, Horodisch). A congregation of Swiss-Volhynian Mennonites was located in the Volhynian (now part of western Ukraine) village of Horodyszcze, 30 miles (48 km.) northeast of Rowno (Rivne), (coordinates: 49° 28' 0 N, 23° 19' 60 E), from 1837 until 1874. Coming from the Polish villages of Urszulin and Michelsdorf in 1837, the group made the move to Horodyszcze because of better farming opportunities. During the same year or soon thereafter twelve families moved from Horodyszcze, beginning the daughter colony at Waldheim. The first baptism at Horodyszcze occurred in 1838. The congregation did not have a church building. Congregational leaders were Jacob Graber, Peter Kaufman, and Joseph Graber. Family names recorded in the church book included Albrecht, Voran, Graber, Kaufman, Flickinger, Prieheim, Gering, Schrag, Stucky, Schwartz, Rysz, Senner, Strausz, and Krehbiel. The congregation at Horodyszcze joined the Waldheim congregation in the immigration to America in 1874. Under the leadership of Elder Peter Kaufman 53 families made the journey to Hutchinson and Turner counties, South Dakota.
Bibliography
Schrag, Martin H. "European History of the Swiss-Volhynian Mennonite Ancestors of Mennonites now Living in Communities in Kansas and South Dakota." Master's dissertation, 1956.
Schrag, Martin H. "The Swiss Volhynian Mennonite Background." Mennonite Life IX (October 1954): 156-61.
| Author(s) | Martin H Schrag |
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| Date Published | 1959 |
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Schrag, Martin H. "Horodyszcze (Rivne Oblast, Ukraine)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1959. Web. 22 Nov 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Horodyszcze_(Rivne_Oblast,_Ukraine)&oldid=135096.
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Schrag, Martin H. (1959). Horodyszcze (Rivne Oblast, Ukraine). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 22 November 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Horodyszcze_(Rivne_Oblast,_Ukraine)&oldid=135096.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 4, p. 1095. All rights reserved.
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