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| − | Didsbury, Alberta, a town of some 14,000 (2007 pop.), is located in Mountain View municipality, 48 miles (80 km) north of Calgary. It was founded in 1894 by [[Shantz, Jacob Yost (1822-1909)|Jacob Y. Shantz]] | + | Didsbury, Alberta, a town of some 14,000 (2007 pop.), is located in Mountain View municipality, 48 miles (80 km) north of Calgary. It was founded in 1894 by [[Shantz, Jacob Yost (1822-1909)|Jacob Y. Shantz]] and members of the [[Ontario Mennonite Brethren in Christ|Ontario Conference of the United Missionary Church]]. The Didsbury church, built in 1896, was the beginning of the [[Canadian Northwest Conference (United Missionary Church)|Canadian Northwest Conference]] of the [[United Missionary Church|United Missionary Church]], which was organized in 1907. The conference met annually at Didsbury, as did the annual camp meeting. [[Mountain View Bible College (Didsbury, Alberta, Canada)|Mountain View Bible College]] was founded here in 1926. The local United Missionary Church was the largest denomination in the town in the 1950s. The [[West Zion Mennonite Church (Carstairs, Alberta, Canada)|West Zion]] (MC) Mennonite Church at Carstairs and the [[Bergthal Mennonite Church (Didsbury, Alberta, Canada)|Bergthal Mennonite Church]] (GCM) with a Didsbury address are nearby. |
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Weber, M. "The Part Played by Immigrants from Waterloo County to the Didsbury, Alberta, Settlement in 1894." <em>Thirty-Eighth Annual Report of the Waterloo Historical Society. </em>(Kitchener, 1950). | Weber, M. "The Part Played by Immigrants from Waterloo County to the Didsbury, Alberta, Settlement in 1894." <em>Thirty-Eighth Annual Report of the Waterloo Historical Society. </em>(Kitchener, 1950). | ||
Revision as of 03:03, 12 April 2014
Didsbury, Alberta, a town of some 14,000 (2007 pop.), is located in Mountain View municipality, 48 miles (80 km) north of Calgary. It was founded in 1894 by Jacob Y. Shantz and members of the Ontario Conference of the United Missionary Church. The Didsbury church, built in 1896, was the beginning of the Canadian Northwest Conference of the United Missionary Church, which was organized in 1907. The conference met annually at Didsbury, as did the annual camp meeting. Mountain View Bible College was founded here in 1926. The local United Missionary Church was the largest denomination in the town in the 1950s. The West Zion (MC) Mennonite Church at Carstairs and the Bergthal Mennonite Church (GCM) with a Didsbury address are nearby.
Bibliography
Weber, M. "The Part Played by Immigrants from Waterloo County to the Didsbury, Alberta, Settlement in 1894." Thirty-Eighth Annual Report of the Waterloo Historical Society. (Kitchener, 1950).
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| Author(s) | Everek R. Storms |
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| Date Published | 1956 |
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Storms, Everek R.. "Didsbury (Alberta, Canada)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1956. Web. 25 Nov 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Didsbury_(Alberta,_Canada)&oldid=118037.
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Storms, Everek R.. (1956). Didsbury (Alberta, Canada). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 25 November 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Didsbury_(Alberta,_Canada)&oldid=118037.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 2, p. 52. All rights reserved.
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