Below are the old photos I’ll be using at the book event at the Mennonite Heritage Museum in Abbotsford, BC on Saturday, October 29, 2022.
Memory Story Research
Child Bride
Jacob & Agnes 1938
Agnes Young, 8th grade graduation. Agnes is at the right end of the bench (viewer’s right).
The Gift of Laughter
Helena and Jacob Willems with children and their spouses. My mother, Agnes, stands behind Grandpa; my dad is behind her left.shoulder
My grandparents’ house was a house of women during WWII. Aunt Mary said, “We had so much fun, I didn’t care if I ever got married.
Grandma Willems’ clock
A large copy of this picture hung on my grandparents’ dining room wall. It intrigued me as a child and fascinates me even more now that I know its backstory.
The Zimmerman/Willems family c. 1916
Pulpit made by Heinrich H. Zimmerman for the Brotherfield M.B. Church, Waldheim, Saskatchewan. Now located in a scale replica of the church. Photo courtesy Dennis Zimmerman.
Heritage 