Valentin Pelsy
1870 - 1925 (55 years)-
Name Valentin Pelsy [1] Birth 26 Aug 1870 Rhodes, Moselle, FR [1] Gender Male CLER Y Occupation Farmer and Miller Ordained 1898 Sarrebourg, Moselle, FR - Minister and Elder
Religion Mennonite Death 28 Nov 1925 [1] Burial Gosselming, Moselle, Lorraine, FR - Mennonite Cemetery
Person ID I10640 Schrock-Birkey Connection Last Modified 31 Jan 2024
Father Joseph Pelsy, b. 13 Oct 1846, Rhodes, Moselle, FR d. 6 May 1922, Gosselming, Moselle, Lorraine, FR (Age 75 years) Mother Barbe Hirschy, b. 15 Jan 1847, Gosselming, Moselle, Lorraine, FR d. 24 Aug 1916, Gosselming, Moselle, Lorraine, FR (Age 69 years) Marriage 11 May 1868 [1] Family ID F7447 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Marie Wagler, b. 10 Feb 1888 d. 16 Dec 1928 (Age 40 years) Marriage 29 Apr 1920 [1] Family ID F7486 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 10 Oct 2012
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Event Map Birth - 26 Aug 1870 - Rhodes, Moselle, FR Ordained - 1898 - Sarrebourg, Moselle, FR Burial - - Gosselming, Moselle, Lorraine, FR = Link to Google Earth
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Notes - Valentin Pelsy (1870-1925), a Mennonite leader and elder of Alsace-Lorraine, was born in 1870 at Rhodes, near Saarburg, Lorraine. In consequence of a leg fracture in his youth that required many operations he was excused from military service. In 1888 his parents moved to Gosselmingen; there Valentin was responsible for the mill as well as the farm. He was led to study at the Bible school at Chrischona near Basel, Switzerland, by his friend Pierre Sommer, who had earlier attended that school. Later he and his brother Paul farmed the Mückenhof near Saarbourg, which was burned down at the beginning of World War I. The brothers rebuilt it as well as they could and continued their farming. In 1920 Valentin married Marie Wagler of Schneckenbusch and settled on the farm of his grandparents at Gosselmingen.
Valentin Pelsy exerted a deep influence in his home congregation Saarbourg, where he was ordained as preacher and elder in 1898. He also served in the neighboring congregations, such as Morhange (Mörchingen). He had no little part in the spiritual revival in the Mennonite congregations in Alsace and Lorraine. In 1925 he was chosen as president of the newly organized conference of these congregations. With tact and self-sacrifice he served as an organizer and as a pastor. Unfortunately his service was of short duration, for he died on 23 November 1925.
MLA style: Geiser, Samuel. "Pelsy, Valentin (1870-1925)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1959. Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 22 November 2008 <http://www.gameo.org/encyclopedia/contents/P451.html>
- Valentin Pelsy (1870-1925), a Mennonite leader and elder of Alsace-Lorraine, was born in 1870 at Rhodes, near Saarburg, Lorraine. In consequence of a leg fracture in his youth that required many operations he was excused from military service. In 1888 his parents moved to Gosselmingen; there Valentin was responsible for the mill as well as the farm. He was led to study at the Bible school at Chrischona near Basel, Switzerland, by his friend Pierre Sommer, who had earlier attended that school. Later he and his brother Paul farmed the Mückenhof near Saarbourg, which was burned down at the beginning of World War I. The brothers rebuilt it as well as they could and continued their farming. In 1920 Valentin married Marie Wagler of Schneckenbusch and settled on the farm of his grandparents at Gosselmingen.
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Sources - [S67] Belsly Rudolphe & Gerber Barbara (tableau général).
- [S67] Belsly Rudolphe & Gerber Barbara (tableau général).