@book{1638, keywords = {Genealogy, Settlers, Germans, Farmers, Land ownership, Textile Industry, Financial institutions, Census records, Mennonites, Amish, Biographies, Immigration, Leis family, Wellesley Township, New Hamburg, Millbank, Kingwood, Alsace-Lorraine, Wellesley Bank, Maple View Mennonite Church Wellesley, Wellesley Mill End Store, Wellesley Shirt Factory}, author = {Ralph Lebold}, title = {The John B. Leis Family History and Genealogy}, abstract = {A history of a family founded by Joseph, a German orphan who came to Canada in 1817 and began farming in Wellesley in 1844. His grandson, John B., was a farmer, an implement dealer, and the owner of a fruit store and harness shop in the Wellesley area. Census information, correspondence and land records have been reproduced, with family photographs, reminiscences and genealogical information.}, year = {1979}, number = {Book, Whole}, pages = {50 p. ill. map+}, language = {English}, }