Fancy Dutch
Founder | |
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The Holy Roman Empire, Rhenish Palatinate | |
Regions with significant populations | |
German Pennsylvania (Germantown, Dutchland), Ohio, Indiana | |
Religions | |
Roman Catholic, Lutheran, German Reformed | |
Scriptures | |
Latin Vulgate Bible, Luther Bible | |
Languages | |
Pennsylvania High German Pennsylvania Dutch English |
The Fancy Dutch (German: Hoch Deutsche), also known as the High Dutch, and historically as the Pennsylvania High Germans (German: Pennsylvanisch Hoch Deutsche), are the Pennsylvania Dutch who do not belong to Plain Dutch sects.[1][2][3][4] Unlike the Amish, the conservative Dunkards, or Old Order Mennonites, they do not wear plain clothing, and can fight in wars. Many popularly associated characteristics of Pennsylvania Dutch culture, including spielwerk, hex signs,[5] and other aspects of Pennsylvania Dutch art, music, and folklore, are derived from the Fancy Dutch. The tourism industry and mainstream media often erroneously attribute such contributions to the more conservative Plain Dutch, though they would reject these aspects of their more worldly Fancy counterparts.
For most of the 19th century, the Fancy Dutch far outnumbered the Plain groups among the Pennsylvania Dutch. But since the two World Wars and the subsequent suppression of the German language in the US, as well as socioeconomic trends generally, there was substantial pressure on the Pennsylvania Dutchmen to assimilate. All the while, the Amish population has grown, especially in recent[when?] decades.
Today most Pennsylvania Dutch speakers are Plain Dutch, whereas the Fancy Dutch have mostly assimilated into the larger Anglo-American ethnic culture of the United States and no longer present a distinct ethnic separateness. This fact contributes to the widespread misunderstanding in the 21st century whereby the term Pennsylvania Dutch is misinterpreted to be synonymous with the Plain Folk.
While Plain Dutch communities are centered on Lancaster County, Pennsylvania and Holmes County, Ohio, the Fancy Dutch or their descendants live in the countryside surrounding Reading, Allentown, York, and Lebanon. Most of their descendants are now assimilated with the larger Anglo-American culture and speak English principally and often exclusively, no longer speaking the Pennsylvania Dutch language on any daily or fluent basis.[6]
Fancy Dutch religion and Anglo-American prejudice[edit]
As the descendants of Palatines,[7] Fancy Dutch people were mostly from Lutheran and Reformed church congregations (non-sectarians), as well as Roman Catholics.[8] They were therefore often called Church Dutch or Church people, to distinguish them from so-called sectarians (Anabaptist Plain people),[6] along the lines of a high church/low church distinction. The adjectives Fancy and Gay similarly denoted contrast with plain practices, although frugality and unostentatiousness were in fact prevalent among most Church Dutch as well.
Anglo-Americans created the stereotypes of "the stubborn Dutchman" or "the dumb Dutchman", and made Pennsylvania Dutch the butt of ethnic jokes in the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries, though these stereotypes were never specific to the Plain Folk; most of the Pennsylvania Dutch people in those centuries were Church people. Here is Pennsylvania Dutch Professor Daniel Miller's argument against the "Dumb Dutch" stereotype:
๐๐ฒ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ซ๐ก ๐ช๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ฃ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฅ๐ฑ๐๐๐ฏ๐ข ๐ฒ๐ซ ๐ฐ๐ ๐ฅ๐ฌฬ๐ซ๐ข ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ข ๐๐ข๐ฆ ๐ก๐ข ๐๐ข๐ซ๐ซ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฉ๐ณ๐๐ซ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ ๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ ๐ฅ๐ข? โ๐ฅ๐ฏ๐ข ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ฆ๐ข ๐ฆ๐ซ ๐๐ฐ๐ฑ ๐๐ข๐ซ๐ซ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฉ๐ณ๐๐ซ๐ฆ๐ข ๐ฐ๐ฆ๐ซ ๐ก๐ข๐ฏ ๐๐๐ฏ๐ฑ๐ข ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ซ ๐ก๐ข๐ฏ ๐๐ข๐ฉ๐ฑ. ๐๐๐ซ๐ซ ๐ช๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐ซ ๐ก๐ข๐ฏ ๐๐ข๐ฉ๐ฑ ๐ฑ๐ฏ๐ฬ๐ด๐ข๐ฉ๐ฑ, ๐จ๐๐ซ๐ซ ๐ช๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฒฬ๐ด๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ฉ๐ฉ ๐๐ซ ๐ก๐ข ๐๐ข๐๐ฬ๐ฒ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ซ๐ข, ๐ด๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ข ๐๐ฉ๐๐ฐ๐ฐ ๐๐ข๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ด๐ฌ๐ฅ๐ซ๐ข. ๐๐ฆ๐ข ๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ข๐ฅ๐ซ๐ข ๐ค๐ข๐ด๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฐ, ๐ด๐ฆ๐ข ๐ท๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฒ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข.
๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฉ ๐๐ข๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐๐๐ญ๐ฑ๐ข, ๐ก๐ฆ๐ข ๐๐ข๐ซ๐ซ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฉ๐ณ๐๐ซ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ ๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ ๐ฅ๐ข ๐ด๐ฬ๐ฏ๐ข ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ก๐ข๐ฏ โจ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฑ. โ๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฉ ๐ด๐ฌ๐ฅ๐ฏ? ๐๐ฆ๐ข ๐ฅ๐ข๐ซ ๐ก๐ฆ๐ข ๐๐ข๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ข ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ฆ๐ข ๐ฒ๐ซ ๐ก๐ฆ๐ข ๐๐ข๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ข ๐ฒ๐ซ ๐ซ๐ข๐ฒ๐ข๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ข ๐๐๐ฐ๐ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ซ๐ข, ๐ฒ๐ซ ๐ฐ๐ฆ๐ข ๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐ซ๐ข ๐ซ๐ข๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฌ๐ฏ ๐ค๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ข ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฉ๐ข. โ๐ซ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ซ๐ข๐ฏ โ๐ฆ๐ซ๐ฐ๐ฆ๐ ๐ฅ๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ฆ๐ซ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฉ ๐ท๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ค๐ฐ๐๐ช- ๐ฆ๐ซ ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฐ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ข. ๐๐ซ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฉ ๐๐ฉ๐๐ฑ๐ท ๐ฐ๐ฆ๐ซ ๐ฐ๐ฆ๐ข ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ท๐ฆ๐ข๐ช๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ฏ๐ข ๐๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ณ๐ฬ๐ฑ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ด๐๐ฏ๐ข.
๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฉ ๐๐ข๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ช๐ข๐ฅ๐ซ๐ข, ๐ก๐ฆ๐ข ๐๐ข๐ซ๐ซ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฉ๐ณ๐๐ซ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ ๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ ๐ฅ๐ข ๐ด๐ฬ๐ฏ๐ข ๐ซ๐ข๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ ๐ฅ๐ช๐๐ฏ๐ฑ, ๐ด๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ฆ๐ข ๐ซ๐ข๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ฃ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ ๐ฅ ๐ฒ๐ซ ๐ฑ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ฆ๐ซ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ข ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฉ ๐๐ฬ๐ซ๐จ๐ข๐ข๐ฐ. ๐๐ฆ๐ข ๐ฐ๐ฆ๐ซ ๐ซ๐ข๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ค๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฒ๐ฃ๐ค๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฑ ๐ฆ๐ซ ๐ก๐ข ๐๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ ๐จ๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฉ โ๐๐ฐ๐จ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ง๐ฒ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ข, ๐๐ด๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฉ ๐ฆ๐ฐ ๐ซ๐ข๐ฑ ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ฑ๐ฅ๐ด๐ข๐ซ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ค. ๐๐ฆ๐ข ๐ฐ๐ฆ๐ซ ๐ก๐ข๐ฐ๐ด๐ข๐ค๐ข ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฉ ๐๐ข๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฏ ๐๐. ๐๐ซ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฏ ๐๐ข๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐จ๐ฌ๐ซ๐ซ๐ข ๐ค๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ฃ๐ฃ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ก๐ข, ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐ซ๐ข ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ข ๐๐ข๐ฐ๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐ก๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฑ ๐ท๐ฒ ๐ก๐ฒ๐ฅ, ๐ด๐ฒ ๐ก๐ฆ๐ข ๐๐ข๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ ๐ฅ๐ฉ๐ข๐ ๐ฅ๐ฑ ๐ช๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ฑ. ๐๐ฆ๐ข ๐ฅ๐ข๐ซ ๐๐ฉ๐ฉ ๐ค๐ข๐ซ๐ฒ๐ค ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ซ๐ค ๐ฃ๐ฌ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฏ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ ๐ฅ ๐ฒ๐ซ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ ๐ฅ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ฃ๐ฃ๐ข ๐ท๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฆ.
๐๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฒ๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐ฏ๐๐๐ฏ, ๐ก๐๐ฐ๐ฐ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฉ ๐๐ข๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ด๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ซ ๐ก๐ข ๐๐ข๐ซ๐ซ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฉ๐ณ๐๐ซ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ ๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ ๐ฅ๐ข ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐๐ช๐ช๐ข, ๐ฐ๐ฆ๐ ๐ฅ ๐ก๐๐ด๐ข๐ค๐ข ๐ฐ๐ ๐ฅ๐ฬ๐ช๐ช๐ข. ๐๐ฆ๐ข ๐ฉ๐ฌ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ข ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ฏ๐ข ๐๐ฆ๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ซ๐ข๐ฑ ๐๐ข๐ซ๐ซ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฉ๐ณ๐๐ซ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ ๐ฅ ๐ก๐ข๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ ๐ฅ๐ด๐ฬ๐ฑ๐ท๐ข ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฐ๐ข, ๐ฒ๐ซ ๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฉ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐ข ๐ข๐ฐ, ๐ก๐๐ฐ๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ฆ๐ข ๐ก๐ข๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ ๐ฅ ๐ ๐ฉ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฆ๐ซ ๐ฐ๐ฆ๐ ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ซ. ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ซ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ ๐ฅ ๐จ๐ฌ๐ซ๐ซ๐ข ๐ฐ๐ฆ๐ข ๐ซ๐ข๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ ๐ฅ๐ด๐ฬ๐ฑ๐ท๐ข, ๐ฒ๐ซ ๐๐ข๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ข ๐ฐ๐ฆ๐ข ๐ซ๐ข๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ ๐ฅ๐ด๐ฬ๐ฑ๐ท๐ข. โ๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฉ ๐ซ๐ข๐ฑ ๐ก๐ฒ๐ช๐ช? ๐๐ฆ๐ข ๐๐ฬ๐ซ๐จ๐ข๐ข๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ ๐จ๐ข ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ฏ๐ข ๐๐ฆ๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐ซ ๐ก๐ข๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ ๐ฅ๐ข ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฉ๐ข ๐ฃ๐ฌ๐ฏ ๐ก๐ฆ๐ข ๐ค๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ฉ๐ฑ ๐๐ญ๐ฏ๐ฌ๐ ๐ฅ ๐ท๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ซ๐ข, ๐๐ด๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฒ๐ซ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ค๐ข๐ซ๐ข ๐๐ข๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ด๐ข๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ข ๐ฐ๐ฆ๐ ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ ๐ฅ๐ฬ๐ช๐ช๐ข, ๐ก๐ข๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ ๐ฅ ๐ท๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฆ.[9]
Where do we find so prosperous and beautiful farms as those of the Pennsylvania Dutch? Their farms in Eastern Pennsylvania are the model of the world. When we travel in the world, we can above all see the farmers, how that class of people lives. They certainly understand how to farm.
Some people say, the Pennsylvania Dutch are behind the times. Is this true? They have the best farms and the best and newest machines, and they go to good schools. In regards to them, there are some who are slow- in matters of the church. In some places they (the Plain Dutch) live in the same way as their ancestors.
Some people say that the Pennsylvania Dutch are not smart, because they aren't so knavish and tricky as some of the Yankees. They are not so quick on the tricks that many rascals use, but that is not necessary. They are better off this way. Our people can afford not do that trickery, as the bad people do. They have enough learning to be happy and righteous.
It is amazing that some Pennsylvania Dutch are ashamed in this way. They don't allow their children to speak Pennsylvania Dutch or to read it, and are embarrassed that they have Dutch blood. They can't speak good English, and they don't want to speak Dutch. Is that not dumb? The Yankees send their children to German schools to speak the good old language, but our own people want to be ashamed of being Dutch.
The prejudice is now mostly a fossil of the past, the subject of consciously clichรฉd jokes rather than true spite or discord ("laughing with rather than laughing at"), now that assimilation is widespread. Just as Fancy Dutch or their descendants no longer speak the Pennsylvania Dutch language with any regularity (or at all, in many cases), they are not necessarily religious anymore, meaning that calling them "Church Dutch" is no longer particularly apt, although even among those that no longer regularly attend any church, many remain cultural Christians.
Fancy Dutch society[edit]
The Pennsylvania Dutch came to control much of the best agricultural lands in all of the Pennsylvania Commonwealth. They ran many newspapers, and out of six newspapers in Pennsylvania, three were in German, two were in English and one was in both languages. They also maintained their Germanic architecture when they founded new towns in Pennsylvania.[10]
Pennsylvania Dutchmen already possessed an ethnic identity and a well-defined social-system that was separate from the Anglo-American identity. Their Anglo-American neighbors described them as very industrious, very businessminded, and a very rich community.[10]
Here is a conversation of two businessmen describing Germantown, the capital of Pennsylvania Dutch urban culture in 1854:
The Chairman: "How important is Germantown?"
Mr Hasten: "It is a very rich community and is the finest district around Philadelphia. The highest class of people that can be served in such a community, probably of the whole American Union, is a resident in Germantown. It is a distinctly separate city."[11]
The Pennsylvania Dutch had a strong dislike for New England, and to them the term "Yankee" became synonymous with "a cheat." Indeed, New Englanders were the rivals of the Pennsylvania Dutch.[10]
Black Dutch[edit]
Some Black and indigenous peoplein North America have historically identified with Pennsylvania Dutch culture, with many of the Pennsylvania Dutch diaspora being Melungeons who referred to themselves as "Black Dutch".[12][unreliable source?] In the Province of Pennsylvania, Palatines lived between Iroquois settlements and the two peoples "communicated, drank, worked, worshipped and traded together, negotiated over land use and borders, and conducted their diplomacy separate from the colonial governments".[13] Some Palatines learned to perform the Haudenosaunee condolence ceremony, where condolences were offered to those whose friends and family had died, which was the most important of all Iroquois rituals.[14] The Canadian historian James Paxton wrote the Palatines and Haudenosaunee "visited each other's homes, conducted small-scale trade and socialized in taverns and trading posts".[14]
Relations between the Palatine Dutch and Indians were sometimes friendly. The descendants of the Palatine Dutch and Indians were known as Black Dutch.[12][unreliable source?] However, according to the National Park Service, relations were not always friendly because the Palatine settlers were in many instances "cheating the Indians in much the same way the Palatines had been cheated by the English".[15] Black Dutchmen of the Pennsylvania Dutch Country spoke Pennsylvania Dutch and followed Fancy Dutch traditions.[16][17][18][19]
Slaves living within Pennsylvania lands also learned the Pennsylvania Dutch language; slavery sharply declined after the emancipation act of 1780, creating a free Black Dutch population. Slavery was finally abolished from the Commonwealth's law in 1847.[16] In Canada, an 1851 census shows many Black people and Mennonites lived near each other in a number of places and exchanged labor, or the Dutch would hire Black laborers. There are accounts of Black families providing child care assistance for their Dutch neighbors. These Pennsylvania Dutch were usually Plain Dutch Mennonites or Fancy Dutch Lutherans.[20] The black-Mennonite relationship in Canada soon evolved to the level of church membership.[20]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Mark G. Spencer (2015). The Bloomsbury Encyclopedia of the American Enlightenment, volume 1. Bloomsbury Publishing USA. p. 485.
- ^ P.C. Croll (1911). The Pennsylvania-German A Popular Magazine of Biography, History, Genealogy, Folklore, Literature, Etc ยท volume 12. p. 631.
- ^ J. Hecor St. John de Crรจvecoeur (1981). Letters from an American Farmer and Sketches of Eighteenth-Century America. Penguin. p. 394.
- ^ David W. Kriebel (2007). Powwowing Among the Pennsylvania Dutch: A Traditional Medical Practice in the Modern World. Penn State Press. ISBN 978-0-271-03213-9. Retrieved August 1, 2013.
- ^ Savidge, Mariella (August 2008). "Demystifying Hex Signs, the Colorful Soul of Pennsylvania Dutch Decor". The Washington Post. Retrieved December 18, 2017.
- ^ a b Louden, Mark L. (2016), Pennsylvania Dutch: The Story of an American Language, Johns Hopkins University Press, ISBN 9781421428970
- ^ "Chapter Two โ The History Of The German Immigration To America โ The Brobst Chronicles". Homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com. Retrieved August 28, 2017.
- ^ H.T. Dickinson, "Poor Palatines and the Parties", p. 472.
- ^ Daniel Miller (1903). Pennsylvania German: A collection of Pennsylvania German productions in poetry and prose, Band 1. pp. 156, 157, 158.
- ^ a b c David L. Valuska, Christian B. Keller (2004). Damn Dutch: Pennsylvania Germans at Gettysburg. United States of America: Stackpole Books. pp. 5, 6, 9, 216.
- ^ Pneumatic-tube Service: Hearing Before the Committee on the Post Offices and Post Roads, United States Senate, Sixty-fourth Congress, First Session on H.R. 10484, an Act Making Appropriations for the Service of the Post Office Department for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1917, and for Other Purposes with Reference to the Pneumatic-tube Service. United States of America: U.S. Government Printing Office. 1916. p. 196.
- ^ a b Donald N. Yates (2014). Old World Roots of the Cherokee: How DNA, Ancient Alphabets and Religion Explain the Origins of America's Largest Indian Nation. United States of America: Mcfarland. p. 14.
- ^ Preston, David. "'We intend to live our lifetime together as brothers': Palatine and Iroquois Communities in the Mohawk Valley". pages 179โ189 in New York History, Volume 89, No. 2, Spring 2008, p. 188.
- ^ a b Paxton, James, Joseph Brant and his world, Toronto: James Lorimer & Company, 2008, p. 13
- ^ "The Palatine Germans". National Park Service. Retrieved July 30, 2023.
- ^ a b James O. Lehman, James O.. Lehman, Steven M. Nolt, Professor James O Lehman, Professor of History and Anabaptist and Pietist Studies Steven M Nolt (2007). Mennonites, Amish, and the American Civil War. JHU Press. pp. 29, 30.
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- ^ Joey L. Dillard (2010). Perspectives on Black English. Walter de Gruyters. p. 20.
- ^ Thomas White (2009). Forgotten Tales of Pennsylvania. Walter de Gruyters. p. 160.
- ^ a b Samuel J. Steiner (2015). In Search of Promised Lands: A Religious History of Mennonites in Ontario. MennoMedia, Inc. p. 14.