| description: | Hon. William Hespeler Born In Baden Baden, Germany, Dec. 29, 1930. He Came To Canada In 1850 And Joined His Brother In Preston, On, In The Milling Distilling And Merchandising Business. He Acted As An Agent To Convince Mennonites To Settle In Manitoba. The Outcome Was In 1874, 284 Families Of German - Russian - Mennonite Extraction Came To Settle The First Mennonite Settlement East Of The Red River. In 1883 He Was Appointed German Consul For Manitoba And Northwest Territories |