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<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:DoNotOptimizeForBrowser /> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]-->Vauxhall, [[Alberta (Canada)|Alberta]] Mennonite settlement, about 60 miles northeast of [[Coaldale (Alberta, Canada)|Coaldale]], Alberta. In accord with the decision of the Mennonite civic meeting of Coaldale, P. H. Regehr was appointed on 23 October 1929, to investigate possible sites for the settlement of landless persons living in Coaldale. On 8 November 1930, Regehr reported large areas of suitable land available for Mennonite settlement at Medicine Hat and in the Vauxhall district, which would be fertile with irrigation. In 1933-34 both Mennonites ([[General Conference Mennonite Church (GCM)|General Conference Mennonite]] [GCM]) and [[Mennonite Brethren Church|Mennonite Brethren]] (MB) from other parts of Alberta moved in. On 15 April 1934, the [[Vauxhall Mennonite Brethren Church (Vauxhall, Alberta, Canada)|Vauxhall MB Church]] was organized, which had 86 members in 1959. The [[Vauxhall Mennonite Church (Vauxhall, Alberta, Canada)|Vauxhall-Grantham Mennonite Church]] (GCM) had 41 members in 1959. In the summer of 1940 both of these churches were burned down because of the war spirit, but have been rebuilt. | <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:DoNotOptimizeForBrowser /> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]-->Vauxhall, [[Alberta (Canada)|Alberta]] Mennonite settlement, about 60 miles northeast of [[Coaldale (Alberta, Canada)|Coaldale]], Alberta. In accord with the decision of the Mennonite civic meeting of Coaldale, P. H. Regehr was appointed on 23 October 1929, to investigate possible sites for the settlement of landless persons living in Coaldale. On 8 November 1930, Regehr reported large areas of suitable land available for Mennonite settlement at Medicine Hat and in the Vauxhall district, which would be fertile with irrigation. In 1933-34 both Mennonites ([[General Conference Mennonite Church (GCM)|General Conference Mennonite]] [GCM]) and [[Mennonite Brethren Church|Mennonite Brethren]] (MB) from other parts of Alberta moved in. On 15 April 1934, the [[Vauxhall Mennonite Brethren Church (Vauxhall, Alberta, Canada)|Vauxhall MB Church]] was organized, which had 86 members in 1959. The [[Vauxhall Mennonite Church (Vauxhall, Alberta, Canada)|Vauxhall-Grantham Mennonite Church]] (GCM) had 41 members in 1959. In the summer of 1940 both of these churches were burned down because of the war spirit, but have been rebuilt. | ||
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Vauxhall, Alberta Mennonite settlement, about 60 miles northeast of Coaldale, Alberta. In accord with the decision of the Mennonite civic meeting of Coaldale, P. H. Regehr was appointed on 23 October 1929, to investigate possible sites for the settlement of landless persons living in Coaldale. On 8 November 1930, Regehr reported large areas of suitable land available for Mennonite settlement at Medicine Hat and in the Vauxhall district, which would be fertile with irrigation. In 1933-34 both Mennonites (General Conference Mennonite [GCM]) and Mennonite Brethren (MB) from other parts of Alberta moved in. On 15 April 1934, the Vauxhall MB Church was organized, which had 86 members in 1959. The Vauxhall-Grantham Mennonite Church (GCM) had 41 members in 1959. In the summer of 1940 both of these churches were burned down because of the war spirit, but have been rebuilt.
| Author(s) | D. J Thiessen |
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| Date Published | 1959 |
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Thiessen, D. J. "Vauxhall (Alberta, Canada)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1959. Web. 5 Jan 2025. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Vauxhall_(Alberta,_Canada)&oldid=85663.
APA style
Thiessen, D. J. (1959). Vauxhall (Alberta, Canada). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 5 January 2025, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Vauxhall_(Alberta,_Canada)&oldid=85663.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 4, p. 799. All rights reserved.
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