Elmira Mennonite Cemetery
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Elmira Mennonite Cemetery

Elmira, Waterloo Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada

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    Elmira, Waterloo Regional Municipality, Ontario Canada
    Coordinates: 43.60112, -80.56564
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Elmira Mennonite Cemetery is situated next to the Elmira Mennonite Meetinghouse, a light-brick building that is shared by the Old Order and the Markham Mennonite groups. The cemetery serves both congregations as well as Elmira Mennonite Church (its red-brick church is just southeast of the cemetery) and Zion Mennonite Church in downtown Elmira. Cemetery maintenance is shared among the four congregations.



The cemetery dates back to June 1854, when the then-called West Woolwich branch of the Mennonite Church purchased 2 acres/0.8 hectares for a meetinghouse and graveyard. The first burial was of a child, David Foell, who died May 21, 1855. "First grave" is inscribed on the cement base of the gravestone.



The cemetery has been expanded over the years. In 1962, and again in 1989, adjoining land was purchased to enlarge the graveyard.



The largest and oldest section of the cemetery, closest to the meeting house, contains predominantly simple, white gravestones. The inscriptions on the older stones are in German, the language spoken by Mennonites of the area.





Elmira Mennonite Cemetery is situated next to the Elmira Mennonite Meetinghouse, a light-brick building that is shared by the Old Order and the Markham Mennonite groups. The cemetery serves both congregations as well as Elmira Mennonite Church (its red-brick church is just southeast of the cemetery) and Zion Mennonite Church in downtown Elmira. Cemetery maintenance is shared among the four congregations.



The cemetery dates back to June 1854, when the then-called West Woolwich branch of the Mennonite Church purchased 2 acres/0.8 hectares for a meetinghouse and graveyard. The first burial was of a child, David Foell, who died May 21, 1855. "First grave" is inscribed on the cement base of the gravestone.



The cemetery has been expanded over the years. In 1962, and again in 1989, adjoining land was purchased to enlarge the graveyard.



The largest and oldest section of the cemetery, closest to the meeting house, contains predominantly simple, white gravestones. The inscriptions on the older stones are in German, the language spoken by Mennonites of the area.





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