© Mennonite Heritage Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba (Last
updated March 27, 2007)
Toews, Isaac, 1887-1976
Retrieval numbers: Volume
2768-2770
Title: Isaac Toews Fonds
Dates:
1905-1974 , predominant 1925-1955
Extent: 18 cm
of textual material
Repository: Mennonite Heritage Centre
Archives
Historical note
Isaac W. Toews was born on August 7, 1887 to Peter (1841-1922) and
Anna (Warkentin) (1843-1925) Toews, in Gruenthal, Manitoba. In 1907, he moved
to Linden, Alberta, to begin homesteading. He was baptized into the Church of
God in Christ in Stalwell (near Linden) in 1910. A year later, he returned to
Gruenthal to find a wife, and was married to Helen Penner Bartel on December
20, 1911. They had nine children. Isaac was called and ordained as a minister
to the Church of God in Christ in Stalwell in 1922. He served the church in
various capacities for the remainder of his life, including as a traveling
revivalist and evangelist, as a leader within the church conference, and as a
pastor in the conscientious objector camps during World War II. Isaac and
Helen moved to the Sunchild Mission near Rocky Mountain House in 1956, and
then to Crooked Creek, Alberta in 1958. Helen died in 1961, and daughter Annie
took over the housekeeping for her father. Annie died in 1963, after which
Isaac moved to Mt. Lehman, British Columbia. He remarried to Florence Amoth of
Bonner Ferry, Idaho, on January 10, 1968. On February 10, 1976, he died in
Chilliwack, BC.
Scope and content note
This fonds contains both personal and pastoral materials. The
personal materials consist of a financial ledger and various financial
documents and correspondence relating to farming operations. The pastoral
materials consist of correspondence, minutes, reports and other documents. A
large portion of the correspondence relates to alternative military service,
and some also relates to church discipline.
Index terms
Subject terms
Toews, Isaac, 1887-1976
Creators
Toews, Isaac, 1887-1976
Adjunct descriptive data
Finding aids
Inventory file list available
Related material in this repository
Peter Toews fonds
Notes
Language
Mostly English with some German
Arrangement
Description completed by Joanne Moyer in March
2007.
Restrictions on access
None to access
Immediate source of acquisition
These materials were deposited in the Mennonite Heritage Centre
Archives by Milton and Margaret Toews of Neilburg, Saskatchewan, along with
some papers belonging to Peter Toews, Isaac's
father.
Inventory File List
Volume 2768
- Correspondence concerning pastoral and broader church work, community concerns, and refugees, in English and German, 1925-1954.
- Correspondence concerning pastoral and broader church work, community concerns, and refugees, in English and German, 1926-1955.
- Alternative Service during WWII: correspondence, lists of conscientious objectors, and related documents; also some correspondence concerning farm business during the war; in English, 1940-1949.
Volume 2769
- Miscellaneous church materials including correspondence, articles about public service and freedom of conscience, and a notebook containing notes that appear to be from a church conference, in English and German, 193-?-1949.
- Church of God: financial statements, minutes, reports, and statements of faith, in English and German, 1940-1950.
- Reports and minutes from various church committees, including the Mennonite Central Committee, in English and German, 1926-1943.
- Reports and minutes from various church committees, including the Mennonite Central Committee, in English, 1941-1952.
- Reports and minutes from various church committees, including the Mennonite Central Committee, and Bible study guides, in English and German, 1939-1952.
Volume 2770
- Church of God: correspondence, 1955-1961.
- Church of God: membership survey and regulations for deliberative assemblies, ca. 1940.
- Marriage regulations and forms for British Columbia, 1969-1974.
- Documents regarding farm business, 1941-1942.
- Ledger book, 1905-1917.
- Business records, including receipts, Department of Agriculture certificates, tax forms, and correspondence, in English and German, 1915-56.
- Correspondence and minutes regarding church work and community concerns, 1945-1950.