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A biographical history of the Eby family: being a history of their movements in Europe during the Reformation and of their early settlement in America; as also much other unpublished historical information belonging
Type: BookAbstract: A detailed genealogy of the descendants of Theodorus Eby, Peter Eby and Nicholas Eby who migrated to Pennsylvania from Europe between 1715 and 1820. Names and vital dates are given of all descendants ...Keywords: BiographiesClergyGenealogyMarriageMennonitesImmigrationPennsylvania GermansEby familySchneider Barbara Eby (m. Joseph)Eby John HannesYear of publication: 1889Historical Period: 1800-1889Export options:A biographical history of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county: early settlers and their descendants
Type: BookAbstract: A reprint of the first chapter in Eby's book which is indexed in detail in the WRP database. There is a biographical sketch of Eby as one of the earliest local historians. The Pennsylvania Mennonite ...Keywords: MennonitesBiographiesIndigenous peoplesWar 1812Military conscriptionPennsylvania GermansWaterloo TownshipEby Ezra E.Sherk JosephBetzner SamuelYear of publication: 1970Historical Period: 1799-1861Export options:A biographical history of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county: being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character
Type: BookAbstract:A collection of biographical sketches of the mainly Pennsylvania German Mennonites who settled in Waterloo Township and adjoining areas in the first half of the nineteenth century. The details for ...
Year of publication: 1895Historical Period: 1798-1895Export options:Amish and Tunkers critiqued ca. 1830
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Contemporary descriptions of Waterloo County Amish and Tunkers in the 1830s, taken from a journal of Rev. William Proudfoot and a letter by Christian G. Klinckhardt. Brief introductions by E. ...Keywords: TunkersAmishMennonitesPennsylvania GermansEducationGerman languageCustoms and traditionsAgricultureWaterloo TownshipWilmot TownshipYear of publication: 1992Historical Period: 1829-1834Export options:Bishop Benjamin Eby
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A brief biography of Benjamin Eby, containing a transcript of "A short biography of the venerable old bishop," by one of Eby's parishioners who comments on Eby's character and sermons. The article is ...Keywords: BiographiesClergyMennonitesTeachersSchoolsPennsylvania GermansEby BenjaminEby IsaacEby VeronicaShoemaker JohnYear of publication: 1962Historical Period: 1785-1834Export options:(Re)locating Anna Weber's art within Pennsylvanian-German Mennonite folk culture
Type: Journal ArticleYear of publication: 2013Export options:Schneider, Joseph
Type: Book ChapterAbstract: A biography of the pioneer settler, sawmill owner and community leader, whose property, Lot 17 of the German Company Tract, became the site of Berlin. The authors explain the church and community ...Keywords: Pennsylvania GermansMennonitesIndustriesBiographiesBerlin (Ontario)Waterloo TownshipMuseumsYear of publication: 1988Historical Period: 1820-1843Export options:The Magdeburg Letter: a printed paper amulet traditionally used by Pennsylvania-German Mennonites to provide protection
Type: Journal ArticleKeywords: Pennsylvania GermansMennonitesYear of publication: 2018Export options:The Pennsylvania-German Wunder-Fisch (Marvel-Fish) Manuscript
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: The manuscript housed in the Joseph Schneider Haus museum in Kitchener, Ontario is put in historical context, compared with similar documents held in other locations, and analyzed for its religious ...Year of publication: 2012Export options: