Martin Mennonite Cemetery CC#4521

(Martin Meeting House Cemetery)


King Street North St., Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario

Located on the south east corner of King St. N. and Country Squire Road on the northern edge of Waterloo. Minister Reubin G. Martin served in the 1980s as a non-salaried congregational leader. In 1925 there were 160 members; in 1975, 186. The congregation ceased worship at Martin's Meetinghouse in December 1993. It had been affiliated with the Mennonite Conference of Ontario (1824-1889) and the Old Order Mennonite Church (1889-1993). The language of worship was German.

The congregation began services in 1824. The first building was occupied in 1848. The congregation originated through immigration from Pennsylvania. The group left the Mennonite Conference of Ontario in 1889 because of concerns about the advent of revivalism, and use of the English language in worship and Sunday school.

The meetinghouse was shared by the Old Order Mennonites and the Markham-Waterloo Mennonite Conference until the end of 1993, when the Old Orders stopped using the building for regular worship as city traffic conditions became too dangerous for horse-drawn vehicles. As of 2001 the building was still used for funerals. The Martin's congregation subsequently met at the Conestoga meetinghouse west of St. Jacobs.

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