Milford Hutterite Colony (Raymond, Alberta, Canada)

Milford (Buck Ranch) Hutterite Bruderhof, founded in 1918 near Raymond, Alberta, by the members of the Bruderhof in Milford, South Dakota, and their preachers Johann Kleinsasser and Jerg Waldner; they sold the holdings in South Dakota and bought the Big Bend site. In 1947 the Milford Bruderhof numbered 125 souls, with 60 baptized members.

Daughter colonies of the Milford Hutterite Colony include: Miami Hutterite Colony (New Dayton, Alberta, Canada); Milford Hutterite Colony (Wolf Creek, Montana, USA); Winnifred Hutterite Colony (Bow Island, Alberta, Canada); Rosetown Hutterite Colony (Rosetown, Saskatchewan, Canada); Miltow Hutterite Colony (Warner, Alberta, Canada); and Rockglen Hutterite Colony (Rockglen, Saskatchewan, Canada).

In 2017 the Milford Hutterite Colony was a Lehrerleut colony.

Additional Information

Location

Raymond, Alberta (coordinates: 49.378056, -112.6975 [49° 22' 41" N, 112° 41' 51" W])

Address

Box 244, Raymond, AB T0K 2S0

Switchboard Phone

403-752-4175

Managers and Ministers

Manager	Minister	Years
Ben Wipf	Joe Kleinsasser	1999
Ben Wipf	Joe Kleinsasser	2020

Author(s)	David Decker
	Bert Friesen
Date Published	July 2020

Cite This Article

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Decker, David and Bert Friesen. "Milford Hutterite Colony (Raymond, Alberta, Canada)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. July 2020. Web. 21 Nov 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Milford_Hutterite_Colony_(Raymond,_Alberta,_Canada)&oldid=168984.

APA style

Decker, David and Bert Friesen. (July 2020). Milford Hutterite Colony (Raymond, Alberta, Canada). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 21 November 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Milford_Hutterite_Colony_(Raymond,_Alberta,_Canada)&oldid=168984.

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Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 3, p. 688. All rights reserved.

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