TY - JOUR KW - Families KW - Genealogy KW - Place names KW - Waterloo County AU - Albert Hess AB - A short account of life for peasants in Hesse, Germany, from which significant numbers emigrated to Waterloo County in the 1830s and 1840s. The article is based on research done on the author's trip to Hesse in 1972, where he found convincing evidence of ancestors of county families such as Ratz, Euler, Dreger, Ernst, Kaufman, Kranz, Schmalz, Breithaupt, Lautenschlager, Smith (Schmidt), Pfohl, Einwechter, Nahrgang, Hachborn, Stroh, Wettlaufer, Kalbfleisch, Krug, Schaefer, Staebler, Seyler, Wilker, Doerbecker, Doersam, Doering, Hahn, Neeb, Weitzel, Knipfel, Lotz, Doehn and Koch. BT - Waterloo Historical Society C1 - Ratz Family; Euler Family; Dreger Family; Ernst Family; Kaufman Family; Kranz Family; Schmalz, Balthazar; Breithaupt Family; Lautenschlager Family; Smith Family; Schmidt Family; Pfohl Family; Einwechter Family; Nahrgang Family; Hachborn Family; Stroh Family; Wettlaufer Family; Kalbfleisch Family; Krug Family; Schaefer Family; Staebler Family; Seyler Family; Wilker Family; Doerbecker Family; Doersam Family; Doering Family; Hahn Family; Neeb Family; Weitzel Family; Knipfel Family; Lotz Family; Doehn Family; Koch Family C3 - Germany, Hessen; Waterloo Co C4 - 1830-1850 C7 - English(30) DP - Elizabeth Bloomfield. WATERLOO REGIONAL HISTORY BIBLIOGRAPHY SYSTEM. Most pre-1993 items are also included in the print work Waterloo County to 1972: an Annotated Bibliography of Regional History. Kitchener: Waterloo Regional Heritage Foundation, 1993. ID - 1570 LA - English M1 - Journal Article M3 - Print(0) PY - 1972 SP - 63 EP - 72. ill. EP - T1 - I found Waterloo County in Hesse T2 - Waterloo Historical Society VL - 60 ER -