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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
St Teresa Roman Catholic Cemetery, Elmira (CC#4594): German Company Tract, Lot 92, Woolwich Township, Waterloo County
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions with index of about 160 markers in the cemetery that was the original churchyard of St Theresa's parish before the church moved into Elmira. The land was originally deeded by Joseph ...Keywords: CemeteriesGenealogyIndexesYear of publication: 1992Historical Period: 1853-1990Export options:Strasburg Lutheran Cemetery (CC#6480): Waterloo Township
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions of 13 markers with an index. The introduction notes that the first log church was built in 1847-48 and the cemetery was officially established in 1850, though some burials occurred ...Year of publication: 1990Historical Period: 1845-1910Export options:The ancestry in Germany and the descendants in Canada and the United States of Caspar Otterbein and his wife Margaret Hahn, and of Jakob Braun and the wife Wilhelmina Prankert
Type: ReportAbstract: Genealogies of two German families who came to Woolwich Township. Other related families include the Strohs, Oswalds, Stefflers and Israels. A name index to this work was produced by Elizabeth ...Keywords: GenealogySettlers GermanOtterbein familyHahn FamilyBraun FamilyIsrael familyOtterbein Johann CasparStroh familyOswald familySteffler familyYear of publication: 1974Historical Period: 1800-1974Export options:The family tree of Heinrich (Henry) and Phillipine Grube
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy of a German emigrant couple who settled in Wilmot Township, and the families of their thirteen children. Henry was a shoemaker in New Hamburg, but later farmed in Logan Township. ...Keywords: GenealogySettlers GermanFootwear industryGrube familyGrube HenryGrube Phillipine Ritz (m. Henry)Ritz JacobWillert familyWilhelm John S.Wilhelm Louisa Grube (m. John S.)Year of publication: 1986Historical Period: 1815-1986Export options:The Henry B. Steckle family
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy including information on many family members born in the county. Numerical references correspond to Ezra E. Eby's notations in {Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other ...Year of publication: 1967Historical Period: 1820-1967Export options:The Kraemer-Spetz families: early settlers in Waterloo County, 1827-1961
Type: ReportAbstract: Family histories and genealogies of the Kraemer and Spetz families, Catholics of Waterloo County who intermarried. Information about St Jerome's College and early priests of Waterloo County is given ...Keywords: GenealogySettlers FrenchBrewery industrySettlers GermanKraemer GeorgeKraemer Johanna Spetz (m. George)Kraemer familySpetz FamilyKroetsch JohnKroetsch Mary Ann Spetz (m. John)Year of publication: 1961Historical Period: 1827-1961Export options:The Weishar family, 1818-1983
Type: BookAbstract: A history of the ancestors and descendants of Andrew Weishar and Margaretha Zinger. Andrew, a native of Alsace- Lorraine, farmed in Waterloo Township from 1863 to 1871, when he and his family moved ...Keywords: GenealogyFarmersBiographiesWeishar familyWeishar AndrewZinger ChrysostumWeishar Margaretha Zinger (m. Andrew)Brohman LeonardAlsace-LorraineWaterloo TownshipYear of publication: 1984Historical Period: 1860-1983Export options:Waterloo County births as recorded in 1872 and 1873
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions of all births by townships and villages, with details of date, name of child, names of father and mother, father's occupation, place of residence and accoucheur (doctor or midwife). ...Keywords: BirthsChildrenOccupationsStatisticsYear of publication: 1974Historical Period: 1872-1873Export options:Waterloo County deaths as recorded in 1870, 1871 and 1872
Type: ReportAbstract: Lists of 304 deaths in 1870, 363 in 1871 and 426 in 1872, transcribed from records in the "Waterloo County Archives". In each case details are provided of name, date of birth, age at death, ...Keywords: Census recordsYear of publication: 1973Historical Period: 1870-1872Export options:Waterloo Township, German Company Tract lot number 16
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A portrait of the Weber family who settled in Waterloo Township in 1805. The author defines German Company Tract lot 16, which was owned by various members of the Weber family from 1805 to 1853. In ...Year of publication: 1970Historical Period: 1805-1853Export options: