The Purpose of PGFSO
est. 1951
The purpose of the Pennsylvania German Folklore Society of Ontario is to research and
record the contribution of the early settler families from Pennsylvania who began arriving in Upper Canada beginning in 1786. Many of these families were of the Mennonite faith. These families, settled in three areas: The Twenty(Vineland/Jordan), Waterloo and York Counties. To quote Dr. Arthur Graeff “It was given to one generation in Canada to migrate and pioneer, another to build and expand, another to purify and develop.” The present day generation is surveying the past and preserving it.