View source for Enns (Entz, Ensz, Enss, Ens, Enz, Enten)

This Mennonite family name was originally found in the rural [[Flemish Mennonites|Flemish]] congregations of [[West Prussia|West Prussia]]. Members of this family migrated to [[Russia|Russia]] and [[North America|North America]]. While in South Russia the family mostly adopted the spelling form Enns. Most Mennonites with this family name are now located in [[Alberta (Canada)|Alberta]], British Columbia, [[Manitoba (Canada)|Manitoba]], [[Saskatchewan (Canada)|Saskatchewan]], [[Ontario (Canada)|Ontario]], [[Kansas (USA)|Kansas]], [[California (USA)|California]] and [[Arkansas (USA)|Arkansas]].

Well-known Canadians from this family include [[Enns, Daniel Peter (1877-1946)|Daniel P. Enns]] (1877-1846), who<i> </i>served as secretary-treasurer of the [[C364me.html|Canadian Mennonite Board of Colonization]], and J. H. Enns (b. 1889), who served as elder of the [[First Mennonite Church (Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada)|Schönwiese Mennonite Church]] in Winnipeg.
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