Correct. Although the majority of Amish-Mennonites (Amman-Mennonites) had merged with the "Old Mennonites" or Mennonite Church from 1848-1866. This would have added large numbers of "Amman-Mennonite" surnames to the pool.Neto wrote: ↑Thu Dec 14, 2023 7:56 amA question (or two):Ernie wrote: ↑Wed Dec 13, 2023 5:56 pm Reist Mennonite surnames include:
Allgyer, Amstutz, Auker, Baer, Bear, Bauman, Bender, Bergey, Boll, Brenneman, Brubacher, Burkholder, Byers, Danner, Derstine, Diller, Eberly, Ebersole, Eby, Ehst, Eshbach, Eshleman, Faus, Fox, Freed, Frey, Funk, Gehman, Good, Groff, Halteman, Heatwole, Hege, High, Hoover, Horst, Hurst, Hostetter, Huber, Kreider, Landis, Lehman, Martin, Miller (Reist offspring), Moyer, Musser, Myers, Newswanger, Nolt, Reiff, Rhodes, Rodes, Rohrer, Rudolph, Sensenig, Shank, Shaum, Shirk, Showalter, Siegrist, Stauffer, Strite, Sweigart, Wadel, Weaver (Reist offspring), Weber, Wenger, Witmer, Zehr, Zeiset, Zimmerman
There are scores of thousands of these folks if not hundreds of thousands of these folks who are still non-resistant and non-conformed.
Are the Reist Mennonites by any chance the ones that we "Russian Mennonites" always called "Old Mennonites"? (I am not referring to "Old COLONY Mennonites - that is something different, a group from my own people.) I had never heard this designation before.
I don't know anything about these surnames.Neto wrote: ↑Thu Dec 14, 2023 7:56 am Second, I see the name Funk in your list. I have Funk relatives, and it is a fairly common name in Plautdietsch circles. Do you know the genealogical/ethnic background for this family name?
EDIT: A third... Now I also see the name Wadel in your list. I wonder if there is a connection between Wadel and Wedel.